approval

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s weekly politics newsletter for closely monitoring the horse race between Trump’s approval rating and the Washington, D.C., temperature in Celsius.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

PS, meanwhile, pointed to an August 2024 letter in which a Los Angeles World Airports executive said that city approval was not required.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Not everything served up would meet with approval from the steak-frites purists.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee of non-agency scientists and doctors on Thursday voted 10-3 to support approval of Replimune’s melanoma immunotherapy, though not without agency staffers putting up a fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Smithy ate the lamb and nodded in approval.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Waiving such environmental protection requirements would allow approvals to be expedited "to launch rockets, reenter spacecraft, and operate launch and reentry sites," the FAA said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Paramount has already received approvals from the Justice Department, the European Union and several other key territories, including China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Daera has said a financial assistance scheme has been developed and the "necessary approvals for the proposal are currently being pursued".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Officials have to design the project, get the necessary approvals and permits and coordinate with other departments before work can begin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The government’s engine of bureaucracy accelerated slowly, however, and although the Justice Department decided to make its move against him, it took time and approvals to decide when and where an arrest could be made.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady