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President Trump’s approval rating slipped to its lowest point during his second White House term amid his handling of the economy and the recent Houthi Signal chat leak, according to a survey published Wednesday.

The new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that the president’s approval rating was 43 percent, representing a 2-point drop since the late March iteration of the survey. After Trump took office on Jan. 20, his approval rating stood at 47 percent.

In the latest poll, 37 percent of respondents approved of Trump’s handling of the economy and 30 percent approved of his approach to addressing the high cost of living in the country.

President Donald Trump shook up his national security team on Thursday by firing senior officials on the National Security Council after a visit with far-right activist Laura Loomer, who indicated that she presented him with research on administration officials she suspects of insufficient loyalty to his agenda.

Although it was not immediately clear why the officials were fired, Loomer visited the White House on Wednesday.

At least four senior officials were fired afterward, including three with ties to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

They were David Feith, who oversaw technology and national security and worked at the State Department in Trump's first administration, Brian Walsh, a former aide to Rubio in his U.S. Senate office who oversaw intelligence matters, and Thomas Boodry, who handled legislative affairs for former Rep. Michael Waltz, Trump's current national security adviser. Boodry also worked for Rubio in his Florida Senate office.

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A Pennsylvania man is suing billionaire Elon Musk and his America PAC as part of a lawsuit that claims canvassers are still owed millions of dollars for getting people to sign petitions during last year's presidential election.

According to court records obtained by USA TODAY, the federal lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed on Tuesday in Pennsylvania by a man who was not identified for safety reasons. The suit alleges that Musk and the America PAC owe upwards of $5 million to about 100 people.

In the lawsuit, the man says he and other registered voters were promised $100 if they signed a petition supporting free speech and gun rights. The voters were then promised another $100 for every person they got to sign the petition, according to the court document.

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously overturned a lower court’s decision that the Food and Drug Administration incorrectly blocked companies from selling fruit- and candy-flavored vaping products.

The court rejected the conclusion that the FDA changed the rules on the companies as it was evaluating the companies’ marketing requests.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the court "cannot say that the FDA improperly changed its position."

But the decision did not resolve the companies' complaint that the FDA also didn't consider its proposals to keep its products out of the hands of minors. The court directed the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider that aspect of the case under a different legal standard.

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