“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%).

Wall Street Journal: “President Trump faces growing obstacles to his agenda from the courts, investors and world leaders. But on social media, his top officials are using their influence to tell Americans a different story, one in which Trump is securing victory after victory on his main goals. The strategy gives his cabinet the most robust public presence of any in recent memory.”

“Like figures in an action movie, they are constantly on-screen and in motion, using social-media platforms and friendly news outlets not only to amplify Trump’s political messages but also to create a more intimate connection with supporters. In the process, they share glimpses into the daily life of government officials whose predecessors most often remained remote and largely unknown.”

A group of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s classmates at Yale University urged him in a new letter to reconsider his role “in facilitating the Trump administration’s intended transformation” of the United States “into an authoritarian state,” CNBC reports.

Responded Bessent: “It is equal parts odd and sad that a group of people, most of whom I have never met, feel they have standing in my life choices due to a tenuous overlap from 40 years ago.”

He added: “How very brave of these people to wage their campaign from behind a keyboard rather than to engage in the real-life political process. They should look inward, exercise some agency, and come out from behind their desks—like I did—to get involved in the 2028 electoral cycle.”