Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump has put into practice that old maxim that it’s better to ask for forgiveness than for permission — except that the president of the United States never apologizes. The order issued on Friday by a federal judge in Washington to remove the Republican’s name from the Kennedy Center (KC), the capital’s major center of music and opera that Trump renamed without permission, has left the cultural institution in a state of uncertainty after more than a year of political meddling from the White House.

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Seventeen months of Donald Trump’s presidency have taken a toll on his popularity among Latinos. In the 2024 election, one factor that helped the Republican return to the White House was historic support from the Latino community, primarily among men. If Hispanics have traditionally leaned toward the Democratic Party, the 2024 vote reversed that trend and, among men, Latino votes favored Trump. However, one in four Latino voters who supported him would not do so again. That is what the latest bipartisan poll released Wednesday by the Latino organization UnidosUS shows: 67% of respondents disapprove of the president’s performance, compared with 30% who approve. Sixty-eight percent say the country is headed in the wrong direction. The survey was conducted among 3,000 Latino voters between April 27 and May 14.

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