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February 20, 2017

Most Say No to Higher Taxes For Infrastructure Projects

If President Trump moves ahead with a major federal plan to rebuild infrastructure in the United States, most Americans don't think they should have to pay any extra taxes to fund it.

February 18, 2017

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending February 18, 2017

Voters clearly aren’t seeing the same President Trump that many in the Washington press corps see.

February 17, 2017

23% Rate Local Infrastructure As Poor

President Trump has talked about a major federal plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure, and Democrats are receptive. Americans aren’t overly concerned about infrastructure problems, though, and see them primarily as a state responsibility.

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February 17, 2017

The Deep State Targets Trump by Patrick J. Buchanan

When Gen. Michael Flynn was forced to resign as national security adviser, Bill Kristol purred his satisfaction, "If it comes to it, prefer the deep state to the Trump state."

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February 17, 2017

Partisan Lines Stay Fixed Amid Trump Turmoil By Michael Barone

Amid the turmoil of the first month of the Trump administration, with courts blocking his temporary travel ban and his national security adviser resigning after 24 days, the solid partisan divisions in the electorate -- modestly changed in 2016 from what they'd been over the previous two decades -- remain in place.   

February 17, 2017

Most Still See Radical Islamic Terrorism As Serious Threat

President Trump's belief that radical Islamic terrorism is a threat to America is one of the primary reasons behind his temporary freeze on refugees and visas. Most voters continue to recognize that threat and believe the United States is still at war with radical Islam.

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February 17, 2017

Trump Is the Answer to All That Ails Washington By Charles Hurt

In a whirling dervish White House press conference, President Trump manhandled the press, piledrived all the fake news and reminded the world why he tore through both political parties and got elected president in the first place.

February 16, 2017

Most Still See Visa Scofflaws As Threat, Want Them Deported

Most voters continue to believe that those who illegally overstay their visas to this country are a likely national security threat and that the federal government needs to work harder to send them home.

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February 16, 2017

2018’s Initial Senate Ratings By Kyle Kondik

At first blush, one might think that the Democrats have a decent chance of taking control of the Senate in the 2018 midterm. After all, midterms frequently break against the president’s party, which has lost an average of four seats in the 26 midterms conducted in the era of popular Senate elections (starting with the 1914 midterm).

February 16, 2017

Federal Regulations: Gain One, Lose Two?

President Trump feels strongly that federal government overregulation is hurting the economy and has signed an executive order mandating that every time a government agency adds a regulation, it needs to cut two others. Most Republicans approve; most Democrats don't

February 15, 2017

Voters Want More Regulation of Financial System

Voters are more confident in the government's oversight of the banking industry but also look more favorably on increasing that supervision.

February 15, 2017

Most See Increased Danger from New Middle Eastern Refugees

While President Trump’s refugee freeze is tied up in the courts, the State Department has sped up acceptance of newcomers from the Middle Eastern terrorist havens targeted by the freeze. Most voters think that’s making America less safe.

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February 15, 2017

Bumps in the Road: Trump vs. Obama By Michelle Malkin

The resignation of national security advisor Michael Flynn has the anti-Trump media declaring the new administration a "mess," in "turmoil" and thrown into "chaos."

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February 15, 2017

Repeal! No, Wait! By John Stossel

Republicans promised to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But now they are hesitating.    

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February 15, 2017

Media and Liberals Think They've Finally Caught Their Prey By Charles Hurt

Mike Flynn was right to quit. You don’t lie to the vice president of the United States and let him go out on national television and lie to the American people.

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February 15, 2017

Tax and Regulatory Reform Will Mark the End of Obama's War on Business by Lawrence Kudlow

On the very day President Donald Trump's incentive-based tax and regulatory policies are put in place, former President Barack Obama's war on business will have officially come to an end. No longer will American companies be punished by uncompetitive rates of taxation and unnecessary rules and regulations.

February 15, 2017

Is The Future Female?

Hillary Clinton recently declared that "the future is female," and nearly half of voters - regardless of gender - agree there will be more women leaders in the near future. But younger voters are more convinced of this than their elders.

February 14, 2017

Voters Agree Judges Play Politics But Frown on Criticizing Them

President Trump has been highly critical of the judges who stopped his temporary refugee and visa ban. While just over half of voters agree with the president that most judges play politics, they still don’t think public criticism of judges by name is a good thing.

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February 14, 2017

Is the Left Playing with Fire Again? By Patrick J. Buchanan

To those who lived through that era that tore us apart in the '60s and '70s, it is starting to look like "deja vu all over again."

February 14, 2017

Americans Say No To Body Cameras For Teachers

Though Americans place a lack of discipline high on the list of problems in public schools today, most don’t think teachers in the United States should follow the lead of some in the United Kingdom who are wearing body cameras to record students’ behavior.