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Harry Enten Says More Americans Blame Trump For Higher Gas Prices Than They Did Under Bush, Obama, Biden

'[Trump] is getting blamed more to a historic degree'…

Poll finds 61 percent of Americans believe attacking Iran was a mistake

Poll finds that Americans are concerned about impact of the war on the cost of living and sceptical of success thus far.…

The great disconnect: Why Israel is losing America while winning in Iran - opinion

Israel enjoys strong backing in US policy circles, but public and generational support is steadily eroding.…

61% of Americans see Trump’s Iran war as ‘mistake’: new poll

More than 6 in 10 Americans now say President Donald Trump’s war in Iran was a “mistake,” according to a poll out Friday from the Washington Post, ABC…

Brits pick their favourite Royal Family member in new Channel 5 documentary — but it’s not King Charles

The documentary looks at ‘who we’d proudly put on a tea towel – and who we’d rather banish to the Tower’…

Pro-Trump commentator snaps and drops F-bomb on CNN when asked to justify Iran war

Scott Jennings was questioned by Adam Mockler about political concessions gained by the US in its war on Iran Scott Jennings, CNN ’s most prominent pro-Trump commentator, was trigg…

Donald Trump's Iran War Seen as 'Mistake' by Historic Margins—New Poll

While a new poll shows GOP voters largely backing Trump's war, support drops among "non-MAGA Republicans."…

Marcus King Doesn’t Have Time for Your Judgement: ‘The Court of Public Opinion Is So F-cked’

Marcus King went to Macon, Georgia, home of the Alllman Brothers, to record a companion album to 'Darling Blue,' the new 'No Room for Blue.'…

The case for housing is jobs and growth

Plus leverage over Israel, A.I. and immigration, and revisiting Bush’s Social Security plan…

Snap CEO praises AI for writing two-thirds of the company’s code but warns fellow tech executives underestimate ‘societal pushback’ to the tech

A survey in March found only 26% of Americans had a favorable view of AI.…

One year from presidential election, a 'quiet anger' in France' streets

Trump's Approval Rating Hits New Low With His Most Favorable Pollster

Trump has also landed record or near‑record lows among key voting blocs, including Gen Z and independent voters.…

Why governments beyond Hong Kong are wary of prediction markets

Lack of oversight allows prediction platforms to recast weighty issues as wagers and take bets from those exploiting privileged information.…

Hegseth backtracks on war-funding estimates at Senate hearing

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that the conflict in Iran was seen by President Trump as a historic “opportunity” — and tap-danc…

Will AI lead to more accurate opinion polls?

It's cheaper and faster to collect people's opinions using AI, but will it make polls more accurate?…

How Trump’s Approval Rating Has Changed Since White House Dinner Shooting

Any “modest and fleeting” boost is “unlikely to overwhelm broader structural pressures,” a polling expert told Newsweek.…

Poll Shocker: Plurality of Democrats Believe Trump’s Assassination Attempt Was Staged

He who fights with monsters might take care, lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.…

Blake Lively's decision to invoke the Depp-Heard saga could backfire in court of public opinion, experts warn

PR and legal experts warn Blake Lively that drawing parallels between her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni and the Depp-Heard case is a risky strategy.…

The more young people use AI, the more they hate it

It's been almost three years since Silicon Valley started aggressively pushing large language model-based chatbots like ChatGPT as the supposedly inevitable future of everything, a…

Americans oppose Trump ballroom 2-to-1; even more oppose his signature on money: Poll

There wasn't a shift in support for the ballroom after the attempted shooting.…

Wait, That's Not What the Media Has Been Telling Us — Majority of Americans Thinks We're Winning in Iran

Majority of Americans support Trump’s Iran strategy, seeing the U.S. as winning despite media negativity.…

In a time of big shocks, Australians want bigger answers

Our research has found that people are pragmatic, especially about their energy choices. Politicians are the ones lagging.…

Prime Minister’s backdown on gas tax comes at a cost

For too long, gas companies have got away with paying a pittance for what they send overseas. It’s time for the government to act.…

Opinion: Healthcare or health care? Help STAT decide

Should STAT use “healthcare” or “health care”? We want to hear from you.…

Trump’s War in Iran is Causing a Modern Crisis of Confidence

“Americans are facing a crisis of confidence not seen since the Carter Administration,” writes Will Johnson.…

Trump Approval Rating Plummets to Record Lows With Men and White Voters

The survey, conducted this week, shows support eroding across multiple demographic groups.…

Guardian Essential poll: more Australians approve of Hanson’s party leadership than Albanese or Taylor’s

One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groups…

Polls are getting more and more insane

In the U.S., surveys are asking questions that would have seemed utterly preposterous not long ago. How can survey research still responsibly serve democracy?…

Japanese public wants energy-saving as Takaichi holds back

The war in Iran is putting pressure on Japan to consider energy-saving measures, a challenge for the prime minister as she seeks to calm public anxiety over potential shortages.…

Stagecoach festivalgoers split on whether America is headed in the right direction ahead of its 250th birthday

Stagecoach festivalgoers shared mixed views on the country's direction, the Iran War and the American dream ahead of America's 250th birthday.…