The government shut down for five- and-a-half hours Friday night as Congress wrestled to agree upon a spending bill to keep the government running, but voters would rather see a shutdown until Congress can cut spending.
The #MeToo movement is sweeping the nation, but a sizable number of Americans think it has gone too far.
A once-secret memo released last week scrutinizes the FBI and Justice Department officials for their surveillance practices of a former Trump campaign adviser, and half of voters think those officials went too far.
The United States is expected to begin pulling troops out of Iraq after the government there declared victory over the Islamic State Group (ISIS), and more voters now agree that America and its allies have won that war.
Most voters are now unwilling to give the FBI a pass when it comes to playing politics in the last presidential election.
Several states are considering a law that would make an attack on law enforcement officers a hate crime, and most voters continue to support a so-called “Blue Lives Matter” law.
Most voters favor the immigration reform plan detailed by President Trump in his State of the Union speech and think it’s likely to finally produce a secure southern border.
The nation is better off economically than it has been in years, but most voters see America as an increasingly divided land with worse still to come.
Voters concede that opposition to President Trump’s agenda is politically motivated, but even after Trump’s conciliatory State of the Union speech, they’re slightly less convinced Congress should work with the president.
Most voters don’t generally have faith that the promises made in the president’s State of the Union address will be accomplished, but they think Trump has a better chance than most of keeping his promises.
President Trump should have a sizable audience for his State of the Union speech tonight, but more voters than usual say they are likely to tune in to the official Democratic response as well.
While a majority of voters continue to be skeptical of big business and its ties to government, that number is down significantly from previous surveys.
Nearly half of voters think the recent government shutdown will have a negative impact on the economy, but few believe it will affect their personal lives.
A former CIA officer was arrested this week for retaining highly classified information relating to the U.S. spy network in China. While most voters consider spying a serious threat to the United States, they’re slightly more likely to see Russia as the culprit than China.
Voters think a special prosecutor is needed to see if the nation’s top cops have been playing politics.
Will rising tensions between the state of California and the federal government push the so-called "Calexit" initiative over the finish line? Most Americans hope not.
Last week, the founders of “New California” read their Declaration of Independence in a hopeful step toward eventual statehood.
In the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is pushing even harder for statehood, and more Americans than ever support welcoming the commonwealth as the 51st state. They’re far less likely to support statehood for our nation’s capital, though.
Democrats have been complaining recently about President Trump’s physical and mental health, but his White House physician who also worked for President Obama blew those concerns away at a press conference. His political opponents, however, aren’t buying it.
Several black members of Congress have been calling for President Trump's impeachment for months and now are boycotting his upcoming State of the Union speech over his criticism of Haiti and some nations in Africa. But very few voters think this continuing confrontation is good for the black community.
