The Daily Populous

Thursday February 12nd, 2026 day edition

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Gallup, the public opinion polling agency, will stop tracking presidential approval ratings after almost nine decades, a spokesperson confirmed.

The company said on Wednesday that it would stop measuring the favorability rating of individual political figures, which “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership”, after 88 years.

“That work will continue through the Gallup Poll Social Series, the Gallup Quarterly Business Review, the World Poll, and our portfolio of US and global research.”.

The Gallup Presidential Approval Rating is one of the most cited barometers of public opinion on the president’s performance, and has been in use since Harry Truman was in office.

The polling provides a snapshot of American history through its data, including a whopping 90% approval rating for George W Bush in the days following the 9/11 attacks.

Trump’s second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, which is among the lowest ever recorded by the company.

The US president started his second term with an approval rating of 47%. »

Raising Cane’s files lawsuit as landlord tries to evict them for chicken smell

Authored by dexerto.com

A Boston landlord is attempting to evict a Raising Cane’s restaurant in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood over complaints that the location “smells like chicken fingers,” according to a lawsuit.

“Despite these efforts, Defendant continues to complain that its tenant’s chicken-finger restaurant smells like chicken fingers,” the company said in its lawsuit.

The lawsuit also alleges the landlord attempted to pressure Raising Cane’s into waiving a lease provision that grants the chain exclusivity as the building’s “exclusive chicken restaurant,” according to CBS Boston. »

Poland Prepares for Drone War With Russia

Authored by cepa.org

He added that it should be operational as soon as this summer, far sooner than the EU’s drone wall.

This direct through-line, connecting preparations for a full-scale conventional war with responses to Russia’s accelerating shadow war, is what separates Poland from the rest of the Western alliance and has placed it at the forefront of military innovation in NATO.

Since Russia’s military drone incursion into its airspace in September, Warsaw has introduced a swath of new measures to counter the new phase in the Russia-NATO shadow war. »

A 410-pound manatee rescued from a Florida storm drain is now recovering at SeaWorld Orlando

Authored by independent.co.uk

A manatee that got stuck in a Florida storm drain while seeking warmer waters is now on the mend at SeaWorld Orlando after a large effort to rescue it.

The crews convened on the scene after a worker with Melbourne Beach spotted the manatee, the city's Vice Mayor Terry Cronin told WESH-TV in Orlando.

Last year, SeaWorld Orlando rescued 56 manatees and has already taken in seven this year. »