A significant majority of people who voted for him in 2016 are planning to do so again. What is different about those who’ve had a change of heart?Robert Kaplan at home in Racine, Wis. “He said he was going to, quote unquote, drain the swamp, and all he’s done is splashed around and rolled around…
Oklahoma voters narrowly approved a ballot measure on Tuesday to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), defying Republican state and federal officials who have long opposed such a move.The ballot measure passed by only a few thousand votes, prevailing by 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent who opposed it.Still, it makes Oklahoma the fifth state…
The background: Deep-red Oklahoma had been one of just 14 states that hasn't expanded Medicaid under Obamacare and has the nation's second-highest uninsured rate, behind Texas. But even top Republican officials in Oklahoma recently acknowledged the state would eventually expand Medicaid coverage — it was just a question of how. Supporters of the ballot measure…
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden adjusts his mask after speaking at an event, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Lancaster, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) more > By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times - Monday, June 29, 2020 Roughly four-in-10 voters think presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden suffers from dementia, according…
Voters gave a thumbs-up to face masks and a thumbs-down to political rallies in the latest Fox News Poll. Eighty (80) percent have a favorable view of mask-wearers, including 89 percent of Democrats, 68 percent of Republicans, and 61 percent of those who strongly approve of President Trump’s job performance.By a 36-point margin, voters say presidential…
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…