President Donald Trump touched on a wide variety of issues in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Gallup polling shows that Americans support some of his views but differ with him on others. Below are Trump’s quotes on 10 of the key points from his speech and a […] Read more »
IBD/TIPP Poll: Economic Optimism Fades Despite End To Government Shutdown
The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index slid two points to 50.3 in early February, the lowest since October 2017. The government shutdown helped drag the overall index lower, as confidence in federal economic policies fell to the lowest point in more than a year. CONT. Jed Graham, Investor’s Business Daily Read more »
Ahead of State of the Union, little has changed since last year
As President Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address, Americans’ views of how the country is doing are largely negative, and similar to a year ago. Despite a positive assessment of the economy, Americans give the president low marks and are pessimistic about the direction of the […] Read more »
State of the Union 2019: How Americans see major national issues
Following a political standoff that briefly delayed his annual speech to the nation, President Donald Trump will deliver his second State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The speech comes amid a debate between Trump and congressional Democrats over border security – one that recently led to the longest […] Read more »
4 in 10 call this the worst governing of their lifetimes
With a looming February 15 deadline to fund parts of the US government, few are optimistic the President and Congress will be able to reach agreement in time to prevent another partial shutdown, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Nearly two-thirds (64%) say an agreement is unlikely […] Read more »
Most oppose Trump declaring national emergency for wall funding
Sixty-six percent of Americans overall say President Trump should not declare a national emergency if Congress does not fund a border wall, although most Republicans (73 percent) think he should. … Few Americans believe North Korea has reduced its nuclear program since the last Trump-Kim summit, and most don’t think […] Read more »