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Still Rising: Rasmussen Poll Shows Donald Trump Approval Ratings Now at 51 Percent 

- Breitbart 

This week, a new poll from Rasmussen tracking shows that a majority of likely U.S. voters approve of President Donald J. Trump’s job performance. President Trump’s approval rating sits at 51 percent—“according to Rasmussen, Obama was at 46 percent on April 4 of 2010, the second year of his presidency,” Breitbart reports.

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FDA Commissioner Calls on Internet Providers to Help Police Opioid Offerings

- The Washington Post

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has “called on Internet providers to help rid the Web of illegal offers of prescription opioids and illicit drugs such as fentanyl that have contributed to the nation's drug crisis,” Lenny Bernstein and Elizabeth Dwoskin of The Washington Post write. Internet companies need to do more to find and remove such listings, Commissioner Gottlieb said.

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Leadership Is Here to Fight Opioids

-The Detroit News 

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams says that President Trump’s opioid initiative marks a “significant moment” in our country’s effort to reverse the drug crisis. “With the new opioid initiative, he is providing the leadership necessary to make serious headway in this battle,” the Surgeon General writes.

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Sessions Credits Trump with Stopping Migrant Caravan

- The Hill 

On Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions “credited President Trump with halting a ‘caravan’ of migrants the president had warned were headed toward the U.S. border through Mexico,” The Hill reports. “Let me be clear as well: we will not accept the lawlessness of these types of efforts,” Attorney General Sessions said.

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Wall Street Closes Higher As China Tariff Fears Ease

- Reuters 

The three major Wall Street market indexes closed higher on Wednesday as the White House explained its position on trade with China. New National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said the Trump Administration is in a “negotiation” with China over tariffs and other issues, not a trade war.

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A Common Sense Approach to the Census Citizenship Question

- The Hill 

In an op-ed for The Hill, Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) outlines the hypocrisy of Democrats on immigration. The left opposes the Trump Administration’s decision to reinstate a question on citizenship status in the 2020 short-form census questionnaire. “How can you advocate for illegal immigrants if you aren’t willing to understand the very problem you are trying to solve?” Rep. Barletta asks.

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Trump Has Not Forgotten Rural America’s Needs, Contributions

- Lexington Herald Leader 

“This past week, I hit the road for our third ‘Back to Our Roots’ RV tour, driving across Michigan, Ohio and now Kentucky,” Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue writes. “As always, these tours are an opportunity to escape the noise of Washington and hear directly from the American people.” Secretary Perdue said rural Americans care most about trade, the economy, jobs, and burdensome regulations.