Love him or hate him, you've got to hand it to Donald Trump. His trade and tariff strategy -- risky as it is -- seems to be working. The master negotiator is hammering out agreements -- first with the Europeans and now with Mexico -- that are better deals for American firms and workers.
Most voters think President Donald Trump’s newest nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, will be confirmed. But they’re not as confident as they have been with previous selections.
Voters think the upcoming midterm elections are more about President Trump than individual candidates and issues, but they don’t think a Democratic win necessarily means Trump should change course.
Forty-three percent (43%) 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 August 30.
More Americans are celebrating the “labor” in Labor Day this year.
Mexico and the United States on Monday completed negotiations for a new trade pact that would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and U.S. and Canadian officials on Friday were attempting to arrive at a deal to meet President Trump’s deadline that day.
This summer, the sex scandal that has bedeviled the Catholic Church went critical.
As children start returning to school, most parents continue to think highly of their local schools.
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
Warm remembrances of Sen. John McCain have been filling the political air since his death last weekend. They'll continue through his the memorial service in Phoenix, his funeral Saturday at Washington National Cathedral and his interment at the Naval Academy cemetery in Annapolis on Sunday.
Americans recognize the importance of police officers but one-in-five think their local cops need to dial down their tactics.
Voters approve of President Trump’s decision to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and think the new U.S. trade deal with Mexico is better for America.
We’ve been starting Crystal Ball pieces with a few “key points” summing up the article. As we head into Labor Day weekend and the start of the sprint to Election Day, we thought we’d do something different. Instead of key points from this article, here are some key points about this election so far:
Voters continue to believe illegal immigration is a major problem, and few feel the government is doing enough to handle it.
A New York police union is offering a $500 reward to any civilian who helps police officers subdue a suspect who is resisting arrest, but Americans aren’t convinced such a proposal is a good idea in their community.
The ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to raise questions about whether the president is queuing up to remove Sessions from his position. While few give the attorney general positive marks, Democrats are even more impassioned than Republicans that Trump shouldn’t can him.
In the competition of ideas, you can't win the game if you're not on the playing field.
Are those who question the severity of global warming worse than Nazis? I wouldn't think so, but YouTube, owned by Google, seems to.
I wrote last week that YouTube added a Wikipedia link about global warming to videos like ones I do about climate change.
After a neck-and-neck race last week, Democrats have once again jumped into the lead on the Rasmussen Reports Generic Congressional Ballot.
Voters continue to prioritize making sure the economy is growing over making sure it is fair, but they think government involvement would make society less fair.
