CNN Inside Politics

President Trump arrived in China today for a high-stakes superpower summit, trailed by new evidence of economic trouble here in the US. At almost the exact moment the president descended from Air Force One in Beijing to the type of fanfare he loves, there was another reminder back home of why the stakes of this summit are so high: The war in Iran is pushing inflation to its highest level since 2022. 

 
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A new CNN poll shows Americans feel crushed by rising costs, and they blame President Trump. The poll reveals a deep sense of anxiety and insecurity about the economy. And those sentiments are backed by the just-released April inflation numbers, which are the highest in three years. 

 
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Today, the US and Iran have both rejected the latest proposals going back and forth to end the war. While Iran called its counterproposal "generous and reasonable," President Trump labeled it a "piece of garbage" and deemed the ceasefire "on massive life support." 

 
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Can the GOP maintain their edge with a new wave of gerrymandering?

Is the anti-Trump sentiment enough to swing the House? Dive into the political battle with Inside Politics as Manu Raju talks to top analysts and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell.
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We begin today's show with a huge defeat for Democrats in the redistricting war initiated by Republicans last year in Texas. The Virginia supreme court struck it down yesterday on a technicality, just one day after Tennessee's governor signed into law a new Republican gerrymander that breaks up the only majority Black district in that state. With Louisiana, Alabama and South Carolina all trying to change their maps, where does that leave things nationwide as we head toward this fall's crucial midterms? 

 
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