Trump's approval rating drops to record second-term low

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Trump's approval rating plummets to record second-term low, US denies visas for Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly, and classmate says Minnesota school shooter idolized Hitler.

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1 | Trump's approval rating plummets to record second term low

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2 |US denies visas for Palestinian officials ahead of UN General Assembly

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3 | Middle school classmate say Minnesota school shooter idolized Hitler

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4 | Mom accused of leaving 15-month-old in hot car to die while at work

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5 | Cracker Barrel co-founder, 93, slams rebranding disaster: 'Throwing money out the window'

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The Big Question 

If a monster hurricane like Katrina were to strike a city like New Orleans today, experts believe the federal government would be ill-equipped to respond.

"I think we're not prepared for another Katrina and we're getting less prepared every day as there's talk of disassembling FEMA," Dr. Irwin Redlener, founding director and senior advisor for the Columbia Climate School's National Center for Disaster Preparedness, told The Independent.

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STAT OF THE DAY

600,000

A federal appeals court has blocked the Trump administration from revoking humanitarian protections for more than 600,000 Venezuelans who were allowed to legally live and work in the United States, setting up another Supreme Court battle over the president's mass deportation agenda.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I'm worried they're going to have a Super Bowl wedding thing this season"

Vice President JD Vance is "worried" that Travis Kelce's engagement to Taylor Swift could tilt the NFL season in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs.

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