… GOP candidates looking ahead at tough races increasingly are eyeing new ways to address anxieties about gun violence, and to do that without crossing the party’s base, which sees gun restrictions as an infringement on the constitutional right to bear arms. “Republicans’ backs are already against the wall among […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Most back gun restrictions after shootings, Trump ratings down
In the wake of two mass shootings, overwhelming and bipartisan majorities of voters favor background checks on gun buyers and taking guns from people who are a danger to themselves or others, according to the latest Fox News Poll. Two-thirds also support a ban on “assault weapons,” although that majority […] Read more »
Public’s Priorities for U.S. Asylum Policy: More Judges for Cases, Safe Conditions for Migrants
The American public is broadly critical of the way that the federal government is dealing with the increased number of people seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. When it comes to what should be done about the situation, large majorities say it is important to increase the number of judges […] Read more »
Americans Largely Support Gun Restrictions To ‘Do Something’ About Gun Violence
After the mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, gun control is again at the forefront of the political conversation. President Trump has expressed openness to a federal red flag law and for “meaningful” background checks. “Frankly, we need intelligent background checks,” Trump told reporters Friday. He added, […] Read more »
Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information System Is Poisoned
Even on an internet bursting at the seams with conspiracy theories and hyperpartisanship, Saturday marked a new chapter in our post-truth, “choose your own reality” crisis story. It began early Saturday morning, when news broke that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein had apparently hanged himself in a Manhattan jail. … Mr. […] Read more »
Has a tipping point been reached on support for gun control?
FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver analyzes whether public opinion and Washington’s political will have shifted on gun control after repeated mass shootings. ABC News Recent polls: Guns Read more »