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March 18, 2025

Inflation: Most Still See High Grocery Prices

A majority of Americans report higher food costs, and inflation continues to impact the nation’s eating habits.

March 18, 2025

The FDA Can Save Lives by Keeping Copycat Drugs Off the Market By Stephen Moore

For decades, the United States has led the world in pharmaceutical innovation -- developing drugs that combat cancer, heart disease, AIDS, diabetes and other killer diseases. One recent study found that "in health-sciences output in the Nature Index, the United States' Share is almost 8,500, higher than the next 10 leading countries combined."

March 18, 2025

NATO: Most Voters Still Value Alliance

A majority of American voters maintain a positive view of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as President Donald Trump pressures Europe to increase their military contributions to the alliance.

March 18, 2025

The Democrats' Civil War By Daniel McCarthy

Chuck Schumer is running scared from his own party.

March 18, 2025

What if President Autopen’s Signatures were Written in Disappearing Ink? By Brian C. Joondeph

An autopen, as described by Wikipedia, is a device designed to automatically reproduce signatures. It is commonly used by celebrities to sign numerous autographs. Presidents have utilized autopens since the era of Harry Truman, with Gerald Ford being the first to openly acknowledge their use.

March 17, 2025

47% Wearing Green for St. Patrick’s Day

Today is St. Patrick’s Day and nearly half of Americans will participate in the annual celebration of Irish heritage.

March 17, 2025

45% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Forty-five percent (45%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending March 13, 2025.

March 15, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 15, 2025

In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...

March 14, 2025

Consumer Spending Update: Economic Confidence Slips in March

Economic confidence deccreased to 107.2 in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Economic Index, more than four points lower than February.

March 14, 2025

Trump Speech Scores Higher Than Democrat Reaction

President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last week, and his speech was significantly more popular with voters than the way Democrats reacted.

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March 14, 2025

Tariffs Based on Tendentious History Could Be Political Malpractice By Michael Barone

   Will the second Trump administration come undone by an economic policy based on what the British military historian Lawrence Freedman, describing Vladimir Putin's rationale for invading Ukraine, calls "tendentious history"?

March 13, 2025

Most Voters See Government Shutdown as Likely

One day before a deadline for Congress to approve a new spending agreement, a majority of voters expect a shutdown of the federal government.

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March 13, 2025

Three Things That Usually Happen in Midterms By Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— There are at least three fairly consistent things that we see in midterms compared to presidential elections.

— The turnout of eligible voters in midterms is consistently lower than the turnout in the most recent presidential election.

— Midterm electorates are typically older, whiter, and more educated than presidential electorates.

— The non-presidential party usually wins a higher share of the two-party House vote in the midterm than that party did in the preceding presidential election.

March 12, 2025

73% Favor Making English Official Language

Voters overwhelmingly favor legislation to make English the official language of the United States, following President Donald Trump’s recent executive order.

March 12, 2025

Fewer Taxpayers Expect Refund This Year

A little more than a month before the Internal Revenue Service deadline, most Americans have not yet filed their income taxes, and fewer of them expect a refund compared to last year

March 12, 2025

48% Say Higher Tariffs Bad for U.S. Economy

As President Donald Trump wages trade wars with Canada and China, nearly half of voters believe raising tariffs on imports would hurt America’s economy.

March 12, 2025

Tax the Past? By John Stossel

        Climate activists have found a new way to force us to pay more for energy.

March 11, 2025

50% Agree ‘The Future Is Female’

March is Women’s History Month, and perhaps because of Kamala Harris’s defeat in last year’s election, voters are less confident that women’s leadership will increase – at least in the short term.

March 11, 2025

Want to Soak the Rich? Tax University Endowments. By Stephen Moore

                  Republicans are searching for ways to "pay for" their tax cuts. Democrats want the rich to pay more tax. Here's a solution that should make everyone happy.

                  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith is suggesting a tax on the $840 billion college endowments. These endowments will soon eclipse $1 trillion in size -- more money than the entire GDP of many countries.

March 11, 2025

Can Donald Trump Win a Trade War? By Daniel McCarthy

President Donald Trump knows better than to treat the "honeymoon" a president gets in his first months of office as a time to relax. He's fighting as hard now as he did at the height of last year's campaign.