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‘SNL’ Star to Host Netflix’s First Original Podcast
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Published 01.14.26 12:28PM EST 
Pete Davidson during an interview on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‘ on January 30, 2025.
Pete Davidson during an interview on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‘ on January 30, 2025. Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
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Trump Tanking Among Key Voters in Major Midterm Warning
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Published 01.14.26 11:24AM EST 
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Donald Trump takes questions from the members of the press aboard Air Force One on January 11, 2026 en route back to the White House from Palm Beach, Florida. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Latino voters flocked to back Donald Trump in the 2024 election over precisely the same issue that is now seeing them scorn the MAGA leader.

More than 70 percent of Hispanic business owners rank the ongoing cost-of-living crisis as a top concern, with a further 42 percent saying they can only see the overall economic situation getting worse in the future, according to a survey conducted by the U.S. Hispanic Business Council, first reported by Politico on Wednesday.

Trump’s victory in the presidential race against Kamala Harris owed a significant debt to widespread economic anxiety among the Latino community, which at 48 percent handed him the largest share of the Hispanic vote of any Republican president in at least 50 years.

Sam Sanchez, CEO of Hispanic-run Third Coast Hospitality in Chicago, told Politico that outside of the pandemic, 2025 proved his worst business period in almost four decades.

“It sends a really negative message to the 48 percent of Hispanic voters that voted for President Trump,” he said. “Everything’s just starting to fall apart.”

MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA - DECEMBER 09: U.S. President Donald Trump enters to deliver remarks during an event at Mount Airy Casino Resort on December 9, 2025 in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. President Trump was discussing his administration's economic agenda and its efforts to lower the cost of living.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Trump's repeated promises of an economic boom have failed to materialize. Alex Wong/Getty Images

To date, the president’s claims to have “created the greatest economy in history” have not proven true by most, if not all, metrics of fiscal performance.

Amid Trump’s ongoing trade war with much of the rest of the planet, GDP growth has almost halved on 2024 during the first year of his second stint back in office.

At 2.7 percent, inflation also remains persistently high, with rising costs of utilities and groceries hitting lower- and middle-income families hardest.

The latest polls conducted by Quinnipiac University found that overall, 64 percent of registered voters agree that affordability has become “a very serious problem,” and more than 57 percent disapprove of Trump’s handling of the issue to date.

The ratings indicate economic performance is almost certain to play a seismic role in November’s crucial midterm elections.

Hard swings to Democrats among Hispanic voters at recent polls, notably in New Jersey’s gubernatorial and Miami’s mayoral races, suggest MAGA may not be able to rely on the same wave of Latino support that helped secure them the White House in 2024.

The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for comment on this story.

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Published 01.12.26 2:28PM EST 
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Bank Issues Warning About Trump’s New Credit Card Plot
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Published 01.14.26 11:54AM EST 
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with top business leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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Study Reveals Surprising Truth About Teen Screentime

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Published 01.14.26 11:57AM EST 
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BATH, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 12: In this photo illustration a 13-year-old teenage boy looks at an iPhone screen displaying various social media apps on January 12, 2026 in Bath, England. Recently the Australian Senate passed a law to ban children under 16 from having social media accounts and social media platforms, including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X, formerly Twitter, and Instagram potentially being be fined for preventing children younger than 16 from having social media accounts. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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Lululemon’s End-of-Season Sale Is the Motivation I Needed to Get Back to the Gym
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Published 01.12.26 5:00PM EST 
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Accused Grave Robber Allegedly Admits Selling Human Remains Online
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Published 01.14.26 10:27AM EST 
Jonathan Gerlach, 34, is facing more than 500 charges after investigators say they discovered more than 100 human skeletal remains in his home in Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Gerlach, 34, is facing more than 500 charges after investigators say they discovered more than 100 human skeletal remains in his home in Pennsylvania. Delaware County District Attorneys' Office
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OnlyFans Stars Booted from American Airlines Flight After Wild Airport Performance
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Published 01.14.26 10:36AM EST 
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Horror Shark Attack Leaves Surfer With ‘Puncture Wounds’ and Board Bit in Half
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Published 01.14.26 9:21AM EST 
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Grammy-Nominated Musician Found Dead at 50 in Home
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Published 01.14.26 9:04AM EST 
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 05:  John Forté attends "Kerouac's Road: The Beat Of A Nation" Premiere - 2025 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)
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Published 01.12.26 3:28PM EST 
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Cause of Death of Jackson Browne’s Son Ethan Revealed
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Published 01.14.26 5:53AM EST 
Ethan Browne and dad Jackson Browne during "Raising Helen" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, United States in 2004.
Ethan Browne and dad Jackson Browne during "Raising Helen" Los Angeles Premiere - Arrivals at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, United States in 2004. Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Jackson Browne and Son Ethan Browne during "Roxanne" Los Angeles Premiere at Plitt Theater in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Jackson Browne and Son Ethan Browne during "Roxanne" Los Angeles Premiere at Plitt Theater in Los Angeles, California, United States. Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty
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Saks Global Files for Bankruptcy after Luxury Retail Buy Turns Sour
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Published 01.14.26 6:27AM EST 
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - DECEMBER 30: Pedestrians walk past a Saks Fifth Avenue store on December 30, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Recent reports indicate that Saks Global Enterprises, the parent corporation of Saks Fifth Avenue, may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as they face a more than $100 million debt payment due at the end of December.  (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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