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Biden’s Gains Against Trump Vanish on Deep Economic Pessimism, our latest Bloomberg News Morning Consult poll shows bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Nippon Steel has sent a formal proposal of its pledges to the United Steelworkers, and wrote Pennsylvania's senators outlining those offers.

From Joe Deaux and me on the latest as the Japanese steel giant woos support for its purchase of US Steel:
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A majority of Republicans and 69% of voters overall in seven swing states say they favor higher taxes on the wealthy and the super-rich, the latest Morning Consult/Bloomberg News poll shows trib.al/61GQ9f7

A majority of Republicans and 69% of voters overall in seven swing states say they favor higher taxes on the wealthy and the super-rich, the latest Morning Consult/Bloomberg News poll shows trib.al/GsgXzX3

a lil tax policy from our Bloomberg Politics survey:

Majorities of Biden AND Trump backers support raising taxes on the rich. And, there's not much political division between the two sides on new tariffs.

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The poll also shows Biden is gaining ground on Trump in battleground states. Trump still maintains a lead across all swing states, but Biden is ahead in Wisconsin and the candidates are neck and neck in Pennsylvania and Michigan.

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NEWS: The latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds that taxing the rich is a wildly popular idea among swing state voters.

That includes the merely affluent -- those making $400,000 and up -- as well as billionaires.

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The Cook Political Report will put its entire archive online, offering a remarkable and nonpartisan window into modern American political history.
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John Paulson, Howard Lutnick to Host Trump Palm Beach Fundraiser SCOOP from@nancook and ⁦Amanda Gordon⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW in our latest survey for Bloomberg:
• Biden has no advantage over Trump across the swing-state map
• Dems get most, but both sides in DC taking more blame for migrant surge
• More swing-state voters see Biden as too old, Trump as dangerous

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President Joe Biden needs Pennsylvania, a state that could decide the 2024 presidential election. He especially needs a big vote in the Democratic Philadelphia region to win statewide. Mark Niquette explains trib.al/re5j9g1

A whopping 82% of voters in the critical swing states think Biden is too old even as a majority label Trump “dangerous” after NATO comments, felony charges. Our Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll: ⁦Bloomberg Politics⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US House Speaker Johnson stayed back to talk with Biden in Oval after other congressional leaders left. Speaker Mike Johnson: 'I had a one on one.'

Want to know just how Trump is going to pay those judgments against him? Erik Larson spells it out: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Good read from Josh Wingrove Bloomberg Politics