Some good news for President Biden from an unexpected source this week: Polling from Fox News put his approval rating at 56 percent. That’s above the president’s current average, as calculated by FiveThirtyEight, and, while not historically jaw-dropping, it is noteworthy in a deeply polarized political moment.

It’s largely a function of three things. The first is overwhelming support from Democrats, 60 percent of whom approve of him strongly and more than 9-in-10 who approve at least somewhat. The second is that a majority of independents at least somewhat approve of his performance. The third, and perhaps most unexpected, is that a fifth of Republicans say they at least somewhat approve — including 13 percent of those who also say they voted for former president Donald Trump last year.
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Those are striking results in the details. But if you are an avid consumer of Fox News’s programming and online content, you’d be forgiven for not having heard about them.

In Surfside, Fla., members of the Jewish community lead a prayer circle in hopes that the missing are found alive in the wreckage of a collapsed condo building.

June 25 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden on Friday signed a law designating the site of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., as a national memorial to ensure "that this isn't forgotten."

He signed the legislation during a White House ceremony flanked by lawmakers, survivors of the shooting and LGBTQ+ leaders.

"A place of acceptance and joy became a place of unspeakable pain and loss," Biden said of the Pulse nightclub. "We'll never fully recover, but we'll remember."

The legislation comes two weeks after the five-year anniversary of the shooting at the former gay nightclub, which left 49 victims dead. June also marks Pride month, commemorating the 1969 Stonewall riots and celebrating LGBTQ communities.