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Domenico Montanaro

After a year of campaigning and more than $120 million in ad spending in Iowa, the caucuses have come and gone. Here are key takeaways about Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and GOP politics.
A year after the court did away with the right to an abortion, 57% say they oppose the decision, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. They’re also in favor of continuing affirmative action programs.
The president drew a clear distinction with House Republicans, baiting them into several moments of hectoring, while seemingly getting them to agree to not cut Social Security or Medicare.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took something of a victory lap this weekend for his controversial flight sending migrants to the tony northeastern island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
The committee, across eight hearings, has built a case — more political than legal — that Trump, who continues to lie about the election and teases he’ll run in 2024, is not fit to hold the office.
There were a number of eye-opening findings in the Jan. 6 committee’s fourth hearing that showed the depth and breadth of Trump and his allies’ pressure on local and state officials.
The committee transported the audience back to Jan. 6 with video of what happened that day. It also made a strong case that former President Trump was responsible for what happened.
The president painted an optimistic view of life amid the pandemic in front of a Congress that appeared to be more unified than in recent years.
The former president blasted Republicans who have crossed him and kept up repeated election lies in an NPR interview.
The NPR/Marist survey has President Biden with a 42% approval rating. Americans also don’t feel the direct payments or expanded child tax credits Democrats doled out helped them much.
President Biden’s approval rating slid to just 43%, according to a new NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll. The decline is principally due to independents, a key swing group.
Among the questions: What happens to the Americans still in Afghanistan? And: What does the exit mean for Biden’s approach to the world?
The simple question of whether the U.S. should stay or go was not simple at all. Now, Biden’s determination to leave Afghanistan has resulted in a bigger mess than he bargained for.
The ruling this week essentially gutted what’s left of the Voting Rights Act, but there’s a lot of action — and inaction — happening elsewhere on the topic. Here’s what to watch for next.
Fifty-six percent are more worried that those who want to vote can, but the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll also found that most agree that voters should have to present photo ID at the polls.
Here’s what American adults say about President Biden’s handling of the economy, their top economic concerns and how they’re feeling about the coronavirus pandemic now.
President Biden set a goal of 70% of U.S. adults fully vaccinated by July 4. The White House is acknowledging Tuesday that it will likely come up short of that.
Trump will give a speech before the North Carolina GOP Saturday night, marking the beginning of what’s expected to be a summer spree of campaigning.