Trump's War on 'Fake News' Offers a Great Civics Lesson By Charles Hurt
President Trump is lashing out against “fake news” in what is quite possibly the greatest civics-journalism course ever publicly taught in America.
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February 22, 2017
February 22, 2017
Fighting for the Falsely Accused By Michelle Malkin
Former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Brian Franklin is finally free. But he is still fighting to clear his name.
February 22, 2017
Most Say White House Leakers Deserve Prosecution
Following numerous leaks of secret information intended to embarrass President Trump to the news media, most voters think the leakers should be punished.
February 21, 2017
Voters Lean Toward Two-State Solution for Israelis, Palestinians
President Trump last week appeared to back away from the longstanding U.S. policy position that a separate Palestinian state is essential to any peace settlement between the Israelis and Palestinians. But voters here tend to see that as key to any successful agreement.
February 21, 2017
Support for Deportations Plummets
Voters have long complained that President Obama was not sending illegal immigrants home fast enough. Now with President Trump in office, they’re worried that too many people are being deported.
February 21, 2017
Is a Trump-Putin Detente Dead? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Among the reasons Donald Trump is president is that he read the nation and the world better than his rivals.
February 20, 2017
46% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-six percent (46%) 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 16.
February 20, 2017
Most See Russia as Likely Influence on Trump
Most voters think Russia is a likely influence on President Trump’s foreign policy but also tend to think critics of fallen National Security Adviser Michael Flynn are more interested in scoring political points than in U.S. national security.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
