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June 29, 2016

More Americans Are Taking Summer Vacations

Could this be a sign of a recovering economy? More Americans say they have taken summer vacations or plan to take one this year than they have for several years.

June 29, 2016

Voters Favor More Deportation, Not Less

A tie vote in the U.S. Supreme Court last week upheld a lower court ruling that halted President Obama’s plan to exempt millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. Most voters continue to oppose that plan as they have from the start and believe instead that the U.S. government needs to more aggressively deport those who are here illegally.

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June 29, 2016

Convicted and Unemployed By John Stossel

Just got out of jail? Odds are that within five years, you'll get caught doing something illegal and go back to jail.    

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June 29, 2016

Beware of the Supreme Maestro of Shameless Cover-ups By Charles Hurt

America, you cannot say you were not warned.

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June 29, 2016

Outsourcing Security Is Dumb and Deadly By Michelle Malkin

It is not a theory that delegating the protection of our embassy and military personnel to other countries risks lives. It is a reality bathed in American blood.

June 29, 2016

Bernie's Decision to Vote for Hillary Doesn't Impress Many Democrats

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders recently announced that he will vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump but stopped short of endorsing his former Democratic primary rival. A sizable number of Democrats say they’d vote for Sanders for president if they still had that option, but most voters, regardless of political party, say his announcement will have little impact on how they vote this fall.

June 28, 2016

Most Here Aren’t Worried About ‘Brexit’

Despite the media panic and market swings that have resulted, Americans still aren’t sweating Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and are not particularly worried that the “Brexit” will hurt them in the pocketbook.

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June 28, 2016

Brexit Earthquake Hits Britain By Michael Barone

Earthquakes seldom hit the British Isles. But one did late Thursday night and early Friday morning, as the constituency returns started pouring in on the referendum to decide whether the United Kingdom would remain in or leave the European Union.    

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June 28, 2016

The Fraud Goes On by Thomas Sowell

Last week the Supreme Court of the United States voted that President Obama exceeded his authority when he granted exemptions from the immigration laws passed by Congress.

June 28, 2016

Voters Favor GOP Plan To Sell Health Insurance Across State Lines

Among the many changes in the House Republicans’ proposed health care alternative to Obamacare are reforms for medical liability and malpractice as well as letting consumers buy health insurance across state lines. Voters aren’t sold on government caps on malpractice payouts but remain enthusiastic about removing state barriers to purchasing health insurance.

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June 28, 2016

After Brexit, a Trump Path to Victory By Patrick J. Buchanan

Some of us have long predicted the breakup of the European Union. The Cousins appear to have just delivered the coup de grace.

While Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU, England voted for independence. These people, with their unique history, language and culture, want to write their own laws and rule themselves.

June 27, 2016

29% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-nine percent (29%) 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 June 23.

June 27, 2016

Voters Still Value Cost Reduction Over Universal Health Care Coverage

House Republicans last week unveiled a long awaited proposal for an alternative health care law to replace Obamacare that would, among other things, eliminate the health insurance requirement and aim to reduce health care costs. Most voters still say lowering costs is more important than universal coverage.

June 27, 2016

Most Voters Don't See Love As Answer to Terrorism

Voters like Attorney General Loretta Lynch a lot more than her predecessor Eric Holder but don’t agree with her that love is the best response to terror incidents like the one in Orlando.

June 25, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 25, 2016

Is the “Brexit” vote a sign of things to come? Our polling certainly suggests that most Republicans at least also have had their fill of rule by out-of-touch elites.

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June 24, 2016

Mass Shootings are the New Normal. Get Over it By Ted Rall

What is wrong with Americans?

OK, that's a very open-ended question with many potential answers.

June 24, 2016

Voters Question Government’s Focus on Domestic Islamic Terrorism

Following the shooting massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub by a man pledging allegiance to the radical Islamic State group (ISIS), fewer voters than ever think the government gives the right amount of attention to the threat of Islamic terrorism here at home.

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June 24, 2016

Trump Pivoting Away From Tabloid-Style Campaigning By Michael Barone

Donald Trump is the latest proof that the campaign always reflects the candidate and that the candidate is a product of his experience over the years. So, as Trump, after clinching the Republican nomination, reshuffles and rejiggers a campaign that has fallen behind Hillary Clinton, it's instructive to look at his political ground zero.   

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June 24, 2016

Has Trump Found the Formula? by Patrick J. Buchanan

Stripped of its excesses, Donald Trump's Wednesday speech contains all the ingredients of a campaign that can defeat Hillary Clinton this fall.

June 24, 2016

Is Trump Already A Third-Party Candidate?

Events in recent weeks suggest that Donald Trump is already running a third-party candidacy.