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What passes for expertise on Russia in the US today is corrupted by partisan politics, which distorts fact-based analysis The US used to produce experts on Soviet and Russian affairs like Jack Matlock. Today we get the likes of Michael McFaul. The decline of popular interest in Russian-area studies, combined with intellectual laziness on the […]
Trump hailed his 2020 deal with Beijing as “transformative” for the US. He was right – it’s made ordinary US citizens much poorer At the end of January, the US-China ‘phase one’ trade deal made under Donald Trump expired. The agreement, struck in January 2020 at the very beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and before […]
Among young adults, one person in five claimed a place in the community The number of adult Americans who identify as something other than heterosexual has risen to a record 7.1%, a new Gallup phone survey revealed on Thursday. The metric has more than doubled since 2012, the first year the company started tracking such […]
Economic woes, border policies and the coronavirus pandemic ranked among the most pressing issues for Americans Inflation ranks at the top of the list of “urgent issues” for Americans, followed by immigration and Covid-19, a new survey found, showing that Republicans, Democrats and independents share some of the same financial concerns. A new Quinnipiac University […]
A heavily redacted letter claims the agency collects data without any judicial or congressional oversight Two US senators have accused the CIA of bulk collecting data on citizens following the release of documents disclosing the problems with how the agency searches and handles the information. In their letter, sent on April 13, 2021, but partially […]
The US State Department told those still in the country to depart immediately citing an alleged threat of Russian invasion The US government advised Americans in Ukraine to leave the country immediately and by any means available on Thursday. The previous US travel alert issued in January cited the same concerns of “increased threats of […]
A new poll shows that fewer Democrats and Republicans than ever believe the former US president was responsible for the unrest A steadily decreasing number of Americans believe former President Donald Trump carries full or partial blame for the riot at the US Capitol in 2021, according to a new survey. The trend is true […]
Only a small percentage believe people under 18 should be legally allowed to get gender reassignment surgery “without any conditions” A YouGov poll conducted on behalf of RT has found very little support for the idea of gender reassignment surgery before someone turns 18, with only 8% overall believing minors should be legally allowed getting […]
Over two in three people confessed to becoming ‘germaphobes’ following two years of Covid Over two out of three Americans have become ‘germaphobes’ since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in the US in March 2020, according to a recent survey by Xlear and OnePoll published on Wednesday. Some 69% of respondents said they had adopted […]
A government audit found that the US spy agency had ‘critical control gaps’ The US National Security Agency (NSA) broke its own guidelines when applying a law that allows it to access sensitive data on Americans, according to an unclassified version of the semi-annual report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). Among other […]
Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court has been met with accusations of politicization A new ABC News/Ipsos poll has found a majority of Americans disapprove of President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court, with most saying they want him to consider “all possible […]
Four out of five people in the US think the pandemic won’t end until it mutates to a ‘mild illness’ An overwhelming majority of Americans surveyed by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research believe they’ll be “stuck with” the novel coronavirus “forever” – or at least for a long time, according to a […]
The 79-year-old president was asked to comment on a recent poll showing nearly half of those surveyed believe he is in cognitive decline US President Joe Biden said he has “no idea” why a growing number of voters see him as mentally unfit, after a new survey found a large proportion of respondents are in […]
40% of respondents gave Biden’s performance an ‘F’ grade More than two-thirds of voting Americans agree President Joe Biden has taken the US down the wrong track, a new poll conducted a year into his presidency has revealed. The results showed some 68% of respondents thought the country was going in the wrong direction, while […]
Approximately 40% of those polled said the president actually makes them ‘nervous’ Just days ahead of his one-year anniversary in the White House, President Joe Biden has been hit with a disappointing poll. It found a majority believing the US is doing “somewhat” or “very” badly. Half of the respondents in a new CBS poll […]