The Nevada Independent:
March decline in Las Vegas visitation blamed on international travel drop-off
Warning signs crop up as Strip visitation has fallen more than 7 percent in the first quarter of 2025. Tourism official points to “evolving federal policies.”
Las Vegas visitation fell nearly 8 percent in March, and the top research analyst for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) pointed Tuesday to uncertainty brought by Trump administration policies.
Southern Nevada drew almost 3.4 million visitors during the month, down from almost 3.7 million in March 2024.
For the first three months of 2025, Las Vegas visitation is down almost 7 percent compared to 2024, with declines in all three months — the first time that has taken place since the pandemic. Southern Nevada saw a 12 percent drop in visitation in February, which was attributed to the oversized crowd that came to Las Vegas a year earlier when the city hosted Super Bowl LVIII.
Analysts attribute much of this March’s fall-off to declines in international travel.
Will Bunch/Philadelphia Inquirer:
At 100 days, is a wounded Trump more dangerous?
How are things going on the 100th day of Donald Trump’s second presidency? Let’s check in from the lawn of the White House, along a section nicknamed “Pebble Beach” that will look familiar to TV viewers who see reporters’ live shots on the morning news shows.
On Monday morning, when what America thought about Trump 47 on Day 99 was the lead story, reporters were shocked to find the entire strip lined with 100 mugshots of what the regime says are undocumented immigrants who’ve committed the most horrific crimes, like rape or murder. The effete snobs of the media might be obsessing about tariffs and the looming prospect of empty store shelves, but the “Real America” would see the monsters hiding under their bed, waiting for the strongman who promised he alone can fix it.
To Team Trump, the PR stunt was another sign of their own self-anointed brilliance. “White House lawn looks a little different this AM,” Kaelan Dorr, White House deputy communications director, wrote on the Elon Musk-owned social media site X. “And they say yard signs don’t win elections...”
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Has a Trust Problem in Court
President’s policies face roadblocks with judges who don’t believe they can give his administration benefit of doubt
With increasing irritation, federal judges are questioning the Trump administration’s veracity in legal proceedings.
The consequences could be serious—both for the administration, which might see its odds of prevailing on close questions diminish before judges who lack confidence in government representations, and for the judiciary, should lip service to court orders become an acceptable norm.
The latest potential standoff could come this week, when U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is scheduled to hold a hearing on whether White House officials are flouting her orders to cease dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an action she found violated the Dodd-Frank law that established the agency.
“There is reason to believe,” Jackson said in an order last week, that officials “are thumbing their nose at both this Court and the Court of Appeals,” which upheld most of her orders to preserve the CFPB’s existence while an employee-union’s lawsuit against the layoffs proceeds.
The Economic Times:
How Pierre Poilievre lost the plot and Canada federal election 2025
Under Poilievre, the Conservatives became the favourite of an overwhelming majority of pollsters just a few months ago. The party enjoyed a massive pre-campaign lead over the Liberals till early February 2025. The writing was clear on the wall- the Conservatives under Poilievre were coming back to power.
After the ouster of Trudeau following an unpopular third term and Trump's threats, the Liberals were almost written off.
But Carney was not done yet.
Toronto Star:
Why Mark Carney’s election win sends strong message to Washington
Trump has shown himself to be a man who holds lengthy grudges. At the same time, he is someone who greatly respects displays of strength.
The election of Mark Carney’s Liberal Party to a fourth term in government sends two messages to Washington.
The first is that Canadians are prepared to fight it out over the threat of economic domination or even abandon the ties binding them to their southern neighbours. The second is that the country has many friends both highly placed and far away who are rooting for Canada’s success.
But how those messages will be received and acted upon by U.S. President Donald Trump—an unpredictable leader if ever there was one—is anyone’s guess.
The Times (UK):
You’re failing on the economy, Americans tell Trump in Times poll
Key findings
- Trump is failing to “make America wealthy again”, according to Republicans, Democrats and independents surveyed by YouGov for The Times
- His net approval rating is minus 11 points, with Hispanics and the young souring on him most since his election victory
- Tariffs are judged by 25 per cent as the biggest mistake of his first 100 days, while the same proportion see the immigration crackdown as his best achievement so far
- Almost half of people think he will seek an unconstitutional third term — while respondents name other frontrunners for 2028 presidential race
NPR:
More give Trump an F than any other grade for first 100 days, poll finds
Twice as many people said President Trump deserves a grade of F rather than an A for how he's handled his first 100 days in office, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
Forty-five percent said Trump deserves the failing mark, compared to 23% who would pass him with flying colors. It's understandable that partisans would have strongly polarized views of the president, but it's also notable that half of independents said he deserves an F, and only a slim majority of Republicans would give him an A.
Cliff Schecter on the latest MTG outrage:
