A majority of voters reject reducing police funding and moving that money to social services, despite a national push in recent weeks from activist groups and some politicians, according to an ABC/Washington Post poll released Tuesday.The poll finds that a majority of Americans (63 percent) support the Black Lives Matter movement, and 69 percent say Black…
The public’s distrust of the news media continues, though it is far more pronounced among Republicans than it is among Democrats, according to a new poll. Almost two-thirds of likely U.S. voters — 63% — believe most major news organizations in America have their own political agenda according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey, which…
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said her union members want to reopen schools, but they say it must be done safely. | Getty Images | Getty Images A majority of voters oppose the Trump administration's demand that K-12 schools and day care centers be fully opened for in-person instruction during the…
Sen. Ted Cruz recently had advice for Joseph R. Biden, regarding the circumstances under which the Democratic presidential nominee should debate President Trump. “Biden’s two conditions: (1) the debate must occur in his basement, and (2) it cannot be televised or broadcast to anyone in America,” the Texas Republican quipped in a tweet. Do likely…
A new poll indicates Democratic voters are most excited about the prospect of Kamala Harris being tapped as Joe Biden’s running mate, but are wary of Elizabeth Warren being chosen.While 38 percent of Democrats overall found Warren an “acceptable” choice and 27 percent were "excited" about the idea, 19 percent found her to be a “not…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…