Americans divided over tariffs, pardons and Russia probe

A new CBS News poll finds Americans split on questions about President Trump’s foreign policy and the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Democrats and Republicans differ widely in their views of Mr. Trump’s tariffs of some foreign imports and his approach to foreign affairs […] Read more »

The Russia Investigation Isn’t Less Popular — It’s Just More Polarizing

… A look at Mueller’s favorability ratings over the past year shows that more and more people have an opinion about the special counsel. And as he’s transitioned from being a relatively obscure bureaucrat to a fixture in the news, the number of people who dislike Mueller has certainly grown […] Read more »

Democrats Don’t Need a Message. They Have Trump.

… Midterm elections are about grievances, often directed against an incumbent president. There are more than four-dozen competitive House races, and Democrats may settle on similar themes. But they don’t need a single agenda. … The anti-Trump message will resonate almost everywhere. In some places, it’ll amount to an all-out […] Read more »

Trump Loses Ground With Men, Gains With Women, Gets High Marks For Handling North Korea: IBD/TIPP Poll

President Trump’s approval rating dropped two points to 36%, while support for his handling of the economy increased, and most approve of his handling of the North Korea situation, the latest IBD/TIPP Poll finds. CONT. John Merline, Investor’s Business Daily Read more »

Trump’s war of attrition against Mueller bears fruit among Republicans

President Trump is waging a war of attrition against special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. If his goal is to poison the reception to whatever Mueller’s findings turn out to be, as seems evident from what he and his allies have done, he is making progress. The slow but […] Read more »