"The firm that pioneered political polling will no longer measure presidential job approval ratings, leaving Americans with a dimmer view into our politics." Gallup to end job approval polls after nearly 90 years. (via @sfcpoll.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

As The Post reported first this morning ;) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

🚨 SCOOP: The IRS improperly disclosed confidential immigrant tax information to DHS, per sources. It opens up HUGE liability for the US government. Trump is suing the IRS over substantially the same disclosures -- for $10 billion. 🎁 Gift link:

Gallup ends presidential approval polling. There are plenty of alternatives but having one firm back the 1930s was a great continuity. Here is my last update of their series. RIP. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Reposting with a working link! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Found with this: https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/early-brief/

An indication of how perception of time seems to have changed. This survey was fielded in November of 53, a full 10 months into the Eisenhower administration, and a solid majority thought it was too soon to judge its performance.

Trump's ICE surge is deeply unpopular across Minnesota, a new NBC News Decision Desk/KARE 11/Minnesota Star Tribune poll finds

News: Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval ratings after 89 years. Read the firm's reasons for making the change and what topics the Gallup will continue conducting in today's Early Brief s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

Psst: Tomorrow's Early Brief newsletter will include some interesting polling news. Sign-up link www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/...

Journalism job alert: @votebeat.org and @chalkbeat.org are hiring a story editor to work West Coast hours. Feel free to reach out to me if you have questions! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

I'm not overspending on coffee equipment, I'm improving my life forever -- gift link wapo.st/4r8UNq3

It never made sense to tell a downhiller like Lindsey Vonn, "Oh don't do that, you might hurt yourself." My piece for the @theatlantic.com on a great champion's crash. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

👀 What if I told you there was a hidden art gallery scattered across the country? What if I told you some of its treasures had vanished? What if I told you that I found them? A project three years in the making (🎁 gift link):

All worth a read as you watch these great sporting events and a reminder that the Washington Post newsroom remains committed to telling the story of our time to the best of our ability.

Trump shared a video depicting the Obamas as apes. He eventually deleted it, but not before the White House defended the video and called blowback "fake outrage." From @maeganvaz.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

51% of Americans overall said Trump is biased against Black people in April 2024, including 77% of Black Americans, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll. Both figures had declined since 2020 www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2024/...

KFF’s new interactive polling dashboard draws on more than a dozen surveys to show trends in trust in health information, attitudes toward vaccines, and use of news, social media, and AI for health-related information. Explore the dashboard: https://on.kff.org/HITdashboard

All but one Virginia House district could go blue in Democrats’ proposed map, reports The Post's Greg Schneider www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

NEW: NewsGuard, a company that rates the credibility of online news sites and tracks misinformation, just filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against Trump's FTC, alleging that the agency is strangling its business because it disagrees with the low ratings of right-wing outlets. wapo.st/4a28gdd

NYC’s small landlords say they won’t survive Mamdani plan to freeze rent, in-depth story from Tim Craig and Gaya Gupta www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

Stage 3: Bargaining

Important context on the NJ Democratic primary for the congressional seat vacated by the new governor: dark money tied to the Israel hardliner lobby could decide the race in favor of the lefty candidate. forward.com/opinion/8024...

Very interesting poll questions from YouGov, great pull from @pbump.com

Emily is the best sports data journalist working right now, and I have no doubt she will continue to do incredible things in whichever newsroom is lucky enough to hire her. I’ll deeply miss getting to work with such an amazing colleague (and fellow FPL fan!!!)

Donate to the fund for laid off Posties here: www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

So many incredible journalists got laid off today. Heroes, mentors, friends. Just an absolutely devastating day. Starting a thread here with some of their incredible work, and how to follow and support them.

Geoff is wonderful. Great at writing and making tech accessible.

For what it’s worth, @washingtonpost.com broke this story www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has shifted its immigration enforcement rhetoric and tactics following the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota. My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:

Photo ID requirements are hugely popular, but about 1 in 5 voting-age citizens would have difficulty meeting them, according to a 2023 University of Maryland national survey. Full story on via @mariana-alfaro.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New Economist/YouGov Poll: Do you think people who are licensed to carry a concealed handgun should be allowed to do so at a protest? Overall 43% Yes 39% No Democrats 48% Yes 33% No Republicans 38% Yes 48% No d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...

X’s Paris headquarters were raided by investigators as part of a criminal probe involving seven alleged offenses including spreading antisemitic content and involvement in distributing child pornography.

Elon Musk’s flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent. In 17 tests, Grok generated images after being told they would be used to degrade the person. www.reuters.com/business/des...

A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account. A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech. New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social

A version of what’s happening in Fulton Co. happened in Maricopa Co. five years ago. Back then, it was a private company breaking the chain of vote custody, at the behest of Trump. Now Trump is making the FBI & DNI do it. We called it an “adminsurrection” back then: wapo.st/4rsjY6H

"In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home." Via @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

The SCOTUS case that, for the first time in US history, found an individual right to own a gun in the 2ndA, struck down a gun ban in… Washington, DC. “DC vs Heller.”

Maryland County's policy on trans students’ pronouns didn’t violate teacher’s rights, appeals court says. Decision could affect other cases -- new from @nicoleasbury.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Under Musk's lead, "...xAI embraced making sexualized material, publicly releasing sexy AI companions, rolling back guardrails on sexual material and ignoring internal warnings about the potentially serious legal and ethical risks of producing such content..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Frozen dog shit everywhere, standing on end, like a thousand mini-Stonehenges.

Wow -> Hundreds of Kenyans have been recruited by the Russian military to serve on the front lines in Ukraine, according to former recruits and their families. Many have never returned. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

WSJ reports a whistleblower complaint filed in May against Tulsi Gabbard is so classified it has resulted in months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress. The IG is generally required to share complaints found credible within three weeks. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

There are complexities behind what seem to be even the most straightforward questions when it comes to immigration: Why a Minnesota child’s family doesn’t want ICE to deport her murderer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

New at @washingtonpost.com: Trump wants to build a *250-ft-tall arch*, for America’s 250th anniversary The structure would tower over nearby memorials — changing DC’s skyline and blocking views of the Lincoln Memorial It’s also spooking experts who say it’s just too big

this is an eminently losing battle that I will also continue to whole-heartedly fight

Last week, @washingtonpost.com analyzed hours of Don Lemon's Jan. 18 livestream that featured the protest at Cities Church in St. Paul. w/ @osviz-jarrett.bsky.social. Here's the story, with a gift link: wapo.st/4t7c5VJ

A December 2024 Post-UMD poll found 88% of Americans opposed putting reporters in jail for writing stories Trump dislikes, more unpopular than police stopping anti-Trump protests (72%) and pardoning J6ers (66%) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Astonishing story

ICE buys warehouses for mass detention network, rattling locals..."detention centers that would combined hold up to 80,000 people" www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...