“As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump is facing growing opposition to his ambitious and controversial agenda, with his approval rating in decline, majority opposition to major initiatives, and perceptions that his administration is seeking to avoid complying with federal court orders,” according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.

“No president in modern times has moved more swiftly than Trump to remake so many parts of government, as well as some outside institutions. The moves range from shrinking and reshaping the executive branch to upending the global economic order to cracking down on illegal immigration to challenging leading universities.”

“The initiatives have caused significant disruption to individuals, institutions and financial markets. They have produced a flurry of lawsuits from opponents, which Trump is contesting. There are few bright spots in the survey for the president, and none of his policies tested in the poll enjoy majority support.”

Wall Street Journal: “The effects of Trump’s fast-paced, far-reaching policy changes are reverberating across the country as the president hits the 100-day mark in office. In more than a dozen interviews with people of all political affiliations, voters said the president’s actions have already directly affected their day-to-day lives in a way they can’t remember a previous administration doing.”

“Democrats said Trump’s second term has been worse for them than they expected, pointing to instability caused by the president’s policies. People who voted for Trump were more divided, with some Republicans and independents raising concerns about the impact of tariffs and the cuts to government programs carried out by billionaire Elon Musk. Others said they were thrilled to see the president quickly enacting his campaign promises.”

New York Times: “Nearly four weeks into a costly global trade war with no end in sight, Mr. Trump is facing a barrage of lawsuits from state officials, small businesses and even once-allied political groups, all contending that the president cannot sidestep Congress and tax virtually any import at levels to his liking.”

“The lawsuits carry great significance, not just because the tariffs have roiled financial markets and threatened to plunge the United States into a recession. The legal challenges also stand to test Mr. Trump’s claims of expansive presidential power, while illustrating the difficult calculation that his opponents face in deciding whether to fight back and risk retribution.”

“The Trump administration is moving to consolidate control over the hiring and firing of federal workers, positioning a key agency to continue some of Elon Musk’s shrinking of the U.S. government as the Tesla CEO pulls back from Washington,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The effort is centralized in the Office of Personnel Management, the human-resources arm of the government. The office, a hub of Musk’s project, has begun approving positions federal agencies want to add… That is a change; agencies have typically decided which positions they filled.”

CNN: Three charts break down the scale of Trump’s federal layoffs.

“A new club is coming to Washington — and you probably can’t get in,” Politico reports.

“Donald Trump Jr., megadonor Omeed Malik and several other investors are launching an invite-only club that costs more than half a million to join with an exclusive post-White House Correspondents’ Dinner gathering.”

“The ‘Executive Branch’ is the brainchild of Malik and the president’s eldest son, and their partners at conservative fund 1789 Capital. It will be located in Georgetown.”

“Their goal, the people familiar with the plans say, is to create the highest-end private club that Washington has ever had, and cater to the business and tech moguls who are looking to nurture their relationships with the Trump administration.”

A new AP-NORC poll finds 39% have a favorable opinion of Donald Trump and 58% have an unfavorable view.

Similarly, a majority of the public disapproves of Trump overall as president, 59% vs. 39%.

These numbers are lower than Joe Biden’s when he left office.

New York Times: “Mr. Trump was on the ground in Rome for about 14 hours, and left immediately after the services for the pope in St. Peter’s Square, stopping only for handshakes or greetings with a few of the presidents, prime ministers, royals and religious leaders who came to the ceremony.”

“It was a startlingly fast turnaround for the first overseas trip of a new president, and left no time for discussion of his tariffs on the European Union, his turn toward normalizing relations with Russia or his insistence that Europeans must take far larger responsibility for their own defense.”

“Mr. Trump told aides he wanted to make it back to his golf resort in New Jersey before the end of the day.”

A new Fox News poll finds that one-third of Americans believe divine intervention helped secure Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

Thirty-two percent feel he was saved from an assassination attempts because God wanted him to be president again, including majorities of White evangelical Christians (56%), Republicans (60%), 2024 Trump supporters (62%), and MAGA supporters (70%).