One year ago on Monday, then-President Joe Biden stunned the political world by ending his campaign for re-election.

Biden’s exit from the 2024 White House race also rocked the Democratic Party, which went on to suffer setbacks on Election Day, as the party lost control of the presidency, the Senate and fell short in its bid to win back the House majority.

One year later, the Democratic Party is still reeling.

Just 28% of Americans view the party favorably, according to a CNN poll conducted July 10-13 and released last week. That’s the lowest mark for Democrats in the entire history of CNN polling, going back over 30 years.

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The CNN poll is far from an outlier.

Just 19% of voters questioned in a Quinnipiac University national poll give Democrats in Congress a thumbs up on how they’re handling their duties, with 72% disapproving.

That’s an all-time low since Quinnipiac University first began asking congressional approval questions in their surveys 16 years ago.

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The Democratic Party has been in the political wilderness since November’s elections. Not only did the party lose power, but Republicans made gains among Black, Hispanic and younger voters, all traditional members of the Democratic Party’s base.

Then-Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her presidential nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)

Since President Donald Trump‘s return to power earlier this year, an increasingly energized base of Democrats is urging party leaders to take a stronger stand in pushing back against the president’s sweeping and controversial second-term agenda. Their anger is directed not only at Republicans, but at Democrats they feel aren’t vocal enough in their opposition to Trump.

That has fueled a plunge in the Democratic Party’s favorable ratings, which have hit historic lows in several surveys this year.

The trend is reflected in the new Quinnipiac poll, which was conducted July 10-14.

Just 39% of Democrats approve of the way Democrats in Congress are handling their jobs, with 52% disapproving and 9% not offering an opinion.

«The approval numbers for Democrats can be characterized as flat out terrible,» Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy said.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the top two Democrats in Congress, speak at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on June 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch)

While the approval ratings for Republicans in Congress aren’t as «terrible» as the Democrats, they’re nothing to brag about.

Only a third of voters questioned in the poll said they approved of the way congressional Republicans were handling their duties, with 62% giving them a thumbs down.

However, just over three-quarters of Republicans (77%) said they approved of the way GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill were handling their jobs, with just one in five disapproving.

Additionally, in the CNN poll, while not as bad as the Democrats, the favorable rating for the Republican Party registered at a low 33%.

Meanwhile, Trump’s approval ratings in both polls remain underwater, at 40%-54% in the Quinnipiac survey and 44%-56% in the CNN survey.

Trump started his second tour of duty in the White House with approval ratings in positive territory, but his numbers quickly sank underwater in many polls. The president’s approval ratings were in negative territory in 13 of the 17 polls conducted so far this month.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Washington D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The CNN survey has a silver lining for the Democrats.

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The poll indicates that Democrats are more energized than Republicans in voting in next year’s midterm elections, when the GOP will be defending its thin House and Senate majorities.

Seventy-two percent of Democrats and independents who lean toward the party said they are extremely motivated to vote next year, 22 points higher than the share of Republicans and GOP-aligned voters who said they were extremely motivated to vote.

At least 19 people were killed and 164 injured as a Bangladesh air force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in the capital Dhaka on Monday after experiencing a technical problem shortly after takeoff, a military spokesperson said.

The F-7 BGI jet took off at 1:06 p.m. from the Bangladesh Air Force base in Kurmitola, Dhaka, as part of a routine training mission, but encountered a mechanical failure, said the spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Sami Ud Dowla Chowdhury.

«The pilot … made a valiant attempt to divert the aircraft away from densely populated areas. Despite his best efforts, the aircraft … crashed into a two-story building belonging to Milestone School and College,» he said.

The pilot was among those killed in the incident, the military said, adding that a committee had been formed to investigate its cause.

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The F-7 BGI is the final and most advanced variant in China’s Chengdu J-7/F-7 aircraft family, according to Jane’s Information Group. Bangladesh signed a contract for 16 aircraft in 2011 and deliveries were completed by 2013.

The Chengdu F-7 is the license-built version of the Soviet MiG-21.

Videos of the aftermath of the crash showed a big fire near a lawn emitting a thick plume of smoke into the sky, as crowds watched from a distance.

LONDON-BOUND PLANE CARRYING MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE CRASHES AFTER TAKEOFF IN INDIA

Firefighters and army members carry the body of a victim after an air force training aircraft crashed into Milestone College campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 21, 2025. (Stringer/Reuters)

Firefighters sprayed water on the mangled remains of the plane, which appeared to have rammed into the side of a building, damaging iron grills and creating a gaping hole in the structure, footage filmed by Reuters showed.

«A third-grade student was brought in dead, and three others, aged 12, 14 and 40, were admitted to the hospital,» said Bidhan Sarker, head of the burn unit at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where some victims were taken.

Images from the scene also showed people screaming and crying as others tried to comfort them.

SMALL PLANE CRASHES IN SAN DIEGO SETTING HOMES AND VEHICLES ON FIRE

An ambulance passes near the wreckage where an air force training aircraft crashed into Milestone College campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 21, 2025. (Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)

«When I was picking (up) my kids and went to the gate, I realized something came from behind … I heard an explosion. When I looked back, I only saw fire and smoke,» said Masud Tarik, a teacher at the school.

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The incident comes a little over a month after an Air India plane crashed on top of a medical college hostel in neighboring India’s Ahmedabad city, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and 19 on the ground, marking the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Las defensas antiaéreas ucranianas enfrentan su mayor desafío desde el inicio de la invasión rusa, ya que los ataques masivos con drones logran penetrar las líneas defensivas a un ritmo sin precedentes, según datos oficiales analizados por el Financial Times.

Los ataques coordinados con drones Shahed, de diseño iraní pero ahora fabricados en territorio ruso, están saturando los sistemas defensivos ucranianos mediante tácticas de “enjambre” que han triplicado la tasa de impactos exitosos en los últimos meses.

Según información de la fuerza aérea ucraniana citada por el Financial Times, aproximadamente el 15% de los drones lograron penetrar las defensas entre abril y junio de este año, un aumento significativo respecto al 5% registrado en los tres meses anteriores.

El volumen de ataques también se ha intensificado considerablemente. Un ejemplo notable ocurrió durante el fin de semana, cuando Rusia lanzó 426 drones de ataque tipo Shahed en una sola operación nocturna que se extendió hasta las primeras horas del lunes, según reportes de las fuerzas aéreas ucranianas.

“El problema no es que las defensas aéreas ucranianas estén empeorando. Lo que vemos es que las nuevas tácticas de enjambre y los drones ahora vuelan a mayor altitud, lo que los hace más efectivos”, explicó Yasir Atalan, del Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales, al diario británico.

Moscú ha demostrado una notable capacidad de adaptación en sus técnicas de combate, implementando modificaciones que han incrementado significativamente la efectividad de los drones Shahed, relativamente lentos en comparación con otros proyectiles.

Las innovaciones incluyen ajustes que permiten a los drones volar a velocidades superiores y operar más allá del alcance de las ametralladoras montadas en camiones que Ucrania utiliza tradicionalmente para derribarlos.

Rusia ha denominado “Geran” (geranio) a sus versiones adaptadas y producidas domésticamente de los Shahed, siguiendo la práctica soviética de nombrar armamento con nombres de flores. La variante Geran-3, equipada con motor turbo y capaz de alcanzar hasta 800 kilómetros por hora en picada, ha sido empleada contra Kiev en las últimas semanas, según analistas citados por el FT.

El aumento en la producción doméstica de estos drones ha permitido a Rusia ejecutar ataques de saturación masiva. El 9 de julio se registró un ataque récord cuando las fuerzas rusas desplegaron 728 drones Shahed y señuelos, además de siete misiles de crucero Iskander y seis misiles balísticos Kinzhal lanzados desde aeronaves.

“El incremento en el tamaño de los lanzamientos satura los sistemas defensivos, lo que aumenta la tasa de impacto”, agregó Atalan al Financial Times.

“En lugar de desplegar 500 drones por todo el país como solían hacer, las fuerzas rusas ahora atacan una o dos ciudades a la vez”, afirmó Oleksandr Matviienko, experto en drones de Counteroffensive Pro, una publicación especializada en tecnología de defensa ucraniana.

Las defensas actuales de Ucrania contra los Shahed incluyen guerra electrónica para interferir con sus sistemas de guía GPS, ametralladoras y cañones antiaéreos, incluyendo el avanzado Oerlikon Skynex, un cañón de defensa aérea producido por la empresa alemana Rheinmetall.

En el ataque del domingo por la noche y lunes por la mañana, aproximadamente el 5.4% de los más de 400 drones rusos alcanzaron sus objetivos, una tasa menor que el promedio de los meses recientes. Esta vez las defensas funcionaron algo mejor que en las semanas previas.

El presidente Volodimir Zelensky anunció el 10 de julio que Ucrania ya está “derribando docenas de Shaheds” con drones interceptores de fabricación doméstica en cada ataque ruso. A principios de mes, reveló un acuerdo con Eric Schmidt, director ejecutivo de la empresa estadounidense Swift Beat, para coproducir cientos de miles de drones para Ucrania, incluyendo drones interceptores.

Según Oleksandr Matviienko, para ser efectivos, estos nuevos drones anti-drones necesitarían alcanzar altitudes de 6 kilómetros y velocidades de 200 kilómetros por hora para interceptar los Shahed.

Andrew Turner, director ejecutivo de Saibre Capital y ex mariscal del aire de la Real Fuerza Aérea británica, describió al Financial Times la evolución de las defensas de drones y misiles de Ucrania como típica de la competencia constante entre nuevas innovaciones en la guerra aérea.

“Es un duelo persistente y una evolución entre medidas versus contramedidas versus contra-contramedidas”, señaló Turner. “En Ucrania, este tipo de escalada está ocurriendo cada 14 días, por lo que se mueve a gran velocidad”.