America needs single-payer health care, say progressives. That's a system where government pays doctors and hospitals, and no sick person has to worry about having enough money to pay for care. After all, they say, "Health care is a "right!"
Just over half of voters still don't want to end Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, but even more are worried that President Trump's firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions is the first step toward shutting Mueller down. Democrats are far more protective of Mueller than Republicans are.
Despite the positive turn in the economy and job market over the last two years, faith in our children’s future has waned.
With the midterm election in the books, voters are shifting their attention to the presidential election in 2020 and are growing more convinced that there’s a second term in sight for the 45th president.
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California appears a lock to become the next chairman of the House's powerful Financial Services Committee. Waters is pledging to be a diligent watchdog for mom and pop investors, and recently told a crowd that when it comes to the big banks, investment houses and insurance companies, "We are going to do to them what they did to us." I'm not going to cry too many tears for Wall Street since they poured money behind the Democrats in these midterm elections. You get what you pay for.
In a rebuke bordering on national insult Sunday, Emmanuel Macron retorted to Donald Trump's calling himself a nationalist.
"Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism; nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism."
President Trump abruptly fired his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, right after the midterm elections last week. Democrats may not be too fond of the Alabama Republican, but they don’t agree with Trump’s decision to let him go. Republicans, on the other hand, are on board with the president.
For the sixth week in a row, 43% of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, this time according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending November 8.
Voters say illegal immigration and health care are the priorities for the new Congress but aren’t very hopeful that President Trump and Democrats in Congress will work together. Democrats want to get on with impeachment, too.
The likely new Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee now insists that he has no intention of trying to impeach new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Most voters agree with that decision.
Questions are already circulating about a couple of key Senate races, and Americans are expecting even more turmoil in the months ahead as Democrats return to power in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Veterans Day, a federal holiday honoring those who have served in the U.S. military, is this Sunday, and many Americans rank it as one of the nation’s most significant days.
Voters strongly believe House Democrats need to focus on areas where they can work with President Trump and congressional Republicans, but as far as Democrats are concerned, impeaching the president is the priority.
The war in Washington will not end until the presidency of Donald Trump ends. Everyone seems to sense that now.
The Republican president, considered a lightweight and an ignoramus by many in Washington, suffered a setback in the offyear elections, losing several seats and effective control in the House, while maintaining and perhaps strengthening his party in the Senate. His leverage on domestic issues is reduced, but he retains the initiative on foreign policy and judgeships.
After Tuesday’s midterm elections, mainstream media critics and the so-called “polling analyst” community believes they’ve found a new use for Generic Ballot question results. Their attempted quantifications concerning House-only specific seat changes and popular vote tabulations are both interesting and theoretical.
Consumer confidence is on the rise, but Americans don’t think their income is following the same trajectory.
More voters waited to make up their minds this year, including nearly one-out-of-three independents who delayed a decision until the final week before Election Day.
With unemployment at record lows, Americans remain highly confident about the job market, and most still think just about anyone can get ahead in today's world.
Coming out of yesterday’s midterm elections, voters overwhelmingly agree that one person’s vote can make a difference, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they think the process is fair.
