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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s action-packed first 100 days in office set a new yardstick for all presidents who followed. Here are highlights of the first 100 days of the past 15 presidents, as well as Gallup approval ratings at that stage for those who were elected starting in the 1950s.Franklin D. RooseveltAssumed office in the depths of the Great Depression and rescued the banking system, took the nation off the gold standard and established the foundation of the New Deal by signing 15 major bills into law affecting agriculture, industry, energy production and social welfare.Harry S. Truman82 percent approval rating at…

Senate Democrats have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to review the FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal travel on government aircraft, according to GAO and congressional sources.  The review will examine Patel’s use of the FBI’s private fleet of jets, as well as every director’s approach since 2013, when the GAO last studied the issue. Investigators at the congressional watchdog agency are expected to examine Patel’s flight records to determine the purpose of his travel, how much the bureau spent and whether Patel reimbursed the government for personal trips.  Last week, both CBS News and the New York Times reported…

An awning with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ seal marks the entrance to the department’s headquarters a block from the White House on March 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For Stephan Fihn, the reward was seeing how Veterans Affairs research changed his patients’ lives. “A big one was the management of prostate enlargement. You know, when I went into practice, the standard treatment for men with prostate symptoms was surgery,” he told NPR. Then VA research revealed that medication was just as effective as surgery. “So instead of sending a…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents of newborns to “do your own research” before vaccinating their infants during a televised interview in which he also suggested the measles shot was unsafe and repeatedly made false statements that cast doubt on the benefits of vaccination and the independence of the Food and Drug Administration.Mr. Kennedy made the remarks to the talk show host Dr. Phil in an interview that aired Monday on MeritTV to mark the 100th day of the Trump administration. He said, as he has in the past, that “if you want to avoid spreading measles, the…

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Politics / April 29, 2025 The party can’t break its addiction to the politics of technocratic managerialism. Ad Policy House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), accompanied by Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), speaks following a Democratic leadership meeting at the US Capitol on April 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) “What leverage do we have?” If this question had been asked by anyone other than House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, it would be an earnest expression of the Democratic Party’s dilemma. Instead, it betrayed its impotence. Let the word go forth: Democrats can’t help you.…

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in San Antonio arrested a man said to be an undocumented immigrant after a roughly eight-hour standoff that unfolded on Tuesday in a backyard where he tried to evade arrest by climbing a tree.The man, who immigration officials identified as Raul Ical, a 29-year-old from Guatemala, attracted a large crowd of residents and journalists.“You don’t have to sign anything,” yelled Jose Montoya, an activist with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, a local advocacy group, as Mr. Ical climbed down a ladder that federal agents had placed in the backyard.When Mr. Ical surrendered, looking…

President Trump said he “could” call up El Salvador’s president to secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was removed from the U.S. last month and sent to a Salvadoran prison in what a government official called an “administrative error.” Mr. Trump’s remarks — made in an interview that aired Tuesday with ABC News — come as his government grapples with a court order instructing it to “facilitate” the return of Abrego Garcia, who was removed despite a 2019 ruling that barred him from being sent to El Salvador. The administration has argued it’s up to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele…

Environmental Health Perspectives, widely considered the premier environmental health journal, has announced that it would pause acceptance of new studies for publication, as federal cuts have left its future uncertain.For more than 50 years, the journal has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to review studies on the health effects of environmental toxins — from “forever chemicals” to air pollution — and publish the research free of charge.The editors made the decision to halt acceptance of studies because of a “lack of confidence” that contracts for critical expenses like copy-editing and editorial software would be renewed after their…

President Trump, whose administration has insisted it could not bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador to the United States, said he does have the ability to help return the wrongly deported Maryland man, but is not willing to do so because he believes he is a gang member.“You could get him back, there’s a phone on this desk,” said Terry Moran, an ABC News correspondent, noting a Supreme Court order to “facilitate” the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.“I could,” Mr. Trump replied.Mr. Moran said Mr. Trump could call President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador and get Mr.…