Neill, a Democrat who describes himself as a “student of history,” cast Trump as an authoritarian who has followed the controversial playbook outlined in Project 2025, a conservative blueprint for transformative changes across the federal government that Trump tried to distance himself from before the November election.

June 23 -16: Trump’s approval rating dipped one point, to 41%, in a Reuters/Ipsos survey of 1,139 U.S. adults taken June 21-23 from its June 11-16 survey, with 57% disapproving (the latest poll has a 3-point margin of error).

"Of course, the big question is whether the support is sustainable in the long term given the dramatic cuts Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill to social safety programs this groups usual

Donald Trump’s plan to allow the European Union pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating how to finance the bloc’s defense-spending ambitions.

President Donald Trump announced this week that the United States will sell weapons to European nations that will ultimately help Ukraine, but many of the details are still being hammered out between allies.