Are Trump’s legal troubles earning him Republican support?

As former President Donald Trump awaits outcomes from multiple investigations, three-quarters of U.S. adults think he has done something illegal or unethical, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. Yet scandals appear to have done little to tarnish Trump’s appeal among potential Republican voters as he runs for the White […] Read more »

Most say Trump is not above the law

The latest Reuters/Ipsos survey following news of a possible indictment for Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, shows Americans believe Donald Trump is not above the law, and a large majority say Trump should stand trial if he broke the law. Americans also do not support violent acts […] Read more »

Fox News faces bad choices with a possible Trump indictment

If former President Trump is to be believed, his indictment and arrest are imminent on charges related to paying off adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. We don’t know how an indictment might impact Trump’s electoral chances, but looking at how Republicans reacted to Trump’s stolen-election claims and his role in the […] Read more »

Attacks on Manhattan investigation show GOP still can’t break from Trump

Amid all the other uncertainties surrounding the possible indictment of Donald Trump, the flurry of events has made one thing unequivocally clear: the former president remains the center of the GOP universe. The rush of GOP leaders to preemptively condemn Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s potential indictment of Trump as […] Read more »

Fox News Poll: More voters feel sting of inflation

As President Biden returns from an overseas trip marking one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, voters give their highest marks to date for his handling of that situation – but his rating on the most important issue to them, the economy, remains dismal. … Fully 78% say the economy […] Read more »

Americans want Congress to deal with the debt ceiling. How to do it is complicated

American voters lean in favor of raising the debt ceiling, but are divided on how to pay down the national debt, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. By a 52%-to-46% margin, registered voters said they support raising the debt ceiling. They divide along party lines with 8 in 10 Democrats […] Read more »