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March 5, 2025

The Death of Europe By John Stossel

America needs more rules to protect workers, say some from both parties.

March 4, 2025

Climate Change: 58% Believe It’s Getting Warmer

A majority of Americans think global warming is real, despite scientific evidence cited by critics of the climate change agenda.

March 4, 2025

Majority Suspect Fraud in Social Security, Support DOGE Audit

Most voters favor the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) doing an audit of the Social Security system, and think such an audit would find rampant fraud in the program.

March 4, 2025

Europe's Decline Was a Choice By Daniel McCarthy

Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, might not shock Europe's leaders the way Donald Trump does, but he too has a tough message for them.

March 4, 2025

For Whom the Zelle Tolls By Stephen Moore

One of the more baffling lawsuits in the final days of the Biden administration was the complaint against Zelle, the popular money transfer network. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau argued that, despite Zelle's service being free, the network's users were being ripped off.

March 3, 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 February 27, 2025.

March 3, 2025

51% Approved of Trump’s First Full Month as President

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...

March 1, 2025

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending March 1, 2025

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

February 28, 2025

Tax Time: 33% Concerned IRS Will Audit Them

Even though Americans overwhelmingly say they’ve never cheated on their taxes, one-third of them are worried they’ll get audited by the IRS.

February 28, 2025

Election Integrity: 60% Favor Requiring Paper Ballots

A majority of voters favor an election integrity measure recently advocated by President Donald Trump.

February 28, 2025

Getting to Denmark By Michael Barone

Sooner or later, The New York Times catches on to the news. In the case of immigration policy, the news it has caught up with is that mass immigration, legal and illegal, from less-developed countries is politically toxic.

February 27, 2025

FBI Director Kash Patel Starts With 47% Favorability

By a double-digit margin, more voters have a favorable than unfavorable opinion of Kash Patel, newly confirmed as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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February 27, 2025

House District Loyalty in the Trump Era By J. Miles Coleman

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— In presidential elections since 2016, only 28 of the 435 current House districts have backed nominees of different parties.

— In next year’s House elections, districts that have been Electoral College bellwethers since 2016 could play a large role in determining whether Democrats can recapture the majority.

— Still, Republicans have some potential offensive targets in districts that have been national popular vote bellwethers.

— While House Democrats find themselves in a similar overall situation now as they did in 2017, the general contours of the House battlefield are different.

February 26, 2025

Does Everyone Hate What Trump is Doing? Far from It By Brian C. Joondeph

On social media, one might get the impression that Americans who voted for President Donald Trump now feel buyer’s remorse.

February 26, 2025

Worries About Gas Prices Have Eased

Americans are now paying about 50 cents a gallon less for gasoline than they were a few months ago, but many still think the price could go up again.

February 26, 2025

Trump Is Right -- Fire Bad Federal Employees and Reward Good Ones By Stephen Moore

   All in Washington are acting like their hair is on fire in response to the Department of Government Efficiency requirement that federal employees list what they accomplished last week. Many are acting like they can't think of anything, like they may need to "phone a friend" to get an answer.

February 26, 2025

Most Voters Are Angry About Waste of Taxpayer Money

As President Donald Trump’s administration exposes wasteful federal spending, more than two-thirds of voters are angry about the situation.

February 26, 2025

Dumb Things Socialists Promise By John Stossel

Socialism is popular!

February 25, 2025

Is Trump Acting Like a Dictator? 74% of Democrats Say So

While Republicans see President Donald Trump as doing the job he was elected to do, Democrats see the president’s action in a sinister light.

February 25, 2025

How Trump Makes Europe Stronger By Daniel McCarthy

   President Donald Trump has a plan to save Europe, and the results of Sunday's election in Germany show it's working.