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Trump, who has credited the app with helping him win another term, has several times for the app to be spun off from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.

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More details from the AP-NORC poll on the country’s direction

The AP-NORC poll showing Republicans souring on the country’s direction shows an even more glaring shift among Republican women and the party’s under-45 crowd.

1. Among Republicans younger than 45, 61% say it’s going the wrong way, a spike of 30 percentage points since June.

2. About three-quarters of Republican women say the country is going in the wrong direction, up from 27% in June.

3. By comparison, 56% of Republican men say the country is going the wrong way, up from 30% in June.

4. And overall, only about 1 in 4 Americans say things in the country are headed in the right direction, down from about 4 in 10 in June.

Republicans surveyed cited and social discord, along with worries about jobs, household costs and crime.

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New AP-NORC poll shows who still watches late-night TV

A new poll finds that most Americans don’t watch late-night talk shows as regularly as they once did, and those who do routinely are more likely to be Democrats.

Only about one-quarter of Americans say they have watched a late-night talk show or variety show at least monthly in the last year, according to the survey from , conducted after the news that but before .

More people say they catch late-night TV segments online, through recirculated clips.

The poll comes as Kimmel’s suspension and Colbert’s cancellation while and the head of the Federal Communications Commission has pushed to from networks.

Late night hosts show humor and solidarity with Kimmel

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon used their late-night shows Thursday to support Jimmy Kimmel after .

5. Stewart satirized the network for indefinitely suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!� after Kimmel said “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of .�

6. Colbert took a more serious approach, calling his suspension “blatant censorship.�

7. Fallon praised Kimmel and vowed to keep doing his show as usual — before an announcer spoke over him, replacing his critical words with flattery about Trump.

Stewart asked , author of “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,� for tips. “We just kept doing our jobs. We just kept putting one foot in front of the other,� Ressa said.

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Republicans sour on the country’s direction

According to that was conducted shortly after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, only about half in the GOP see the nation on the right course, down from 70% in June.

RFK Jr.’s CDC advisory panel recommends new restrictions on vaccines

It advised Thursday that for MMR and chickenpox, instead of the combination shot MMRV vaccine.

The panel, whose members were by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this year to include anti-vaccine voices, is expected to vote Friday on hepatitis B shots for infants and COVID-19 shots.

The House will vote on funding patch as (another) shutdown looms

The House will take up a bill on Friday to in less than two weeks. The bill would generally continue existing funding levels through Nov. 21.

Democratic leaders say the GOP won't get their votes if they don't agree to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health care, by extending the tax credits needed to keep insurance affordable. Some Democratic support will be needed to pass the bill.