88 percent say US is on wrong track: survey
Nearly nine in ten Americans say the country is headed on the wrong track, according to a Monmouth University poll released on Tuesday. The survey found that just 10 percent said the country is headed in the right direction — an all-time low since the pollster began asking the question in 2013 — while 88 percent said it is on the wrong track. The proportion of respondents who said the country is on the wrong track jumped by 9 percentage points from when the question was asked i
Read MoreClimate protesters arrested after shutting down DC-area highway
Maryland State Police (MSP) arrested 14 climate protesters on Monday after they shut down a highway in the Washington, D.C., area amid Fourth of July traffic. MSP and Montgomery County Police responded to the scene around 12:30 p.m. on Monday and found several protesters sitting on the ground on the inner loop of I-495 in Montgomery County, Md., blocking traffic. Police closed the roadway and set up detours while they worked to fix the situation. By 1:45 p.m., all lanes of the Capital Beltway were open, MSP noted. The group, identified as Declare Em
Read MoreMost in new poll say federal government's actions hurting them financially
The majority of Americans say the actions of the federal government are hurting their family when it comes to their top financial concern, according to a new poll. The Monmouth University poll found that 57 percent of respondents held this view, compared to between 34 percent and 47 percent in prior polls. Only 8 percent said that politicians in Washington have helped them. Inflation and gas prices topped the list of Americans’ top concerns. In his recent
Read MoreCourt nixes Trump-era rules loosening endangered species protections
A federal court on Tuesday reinstated endangered species protections that were loosened under the Trump administration. Judge Jon Tigar, an Obama appointee, vacated the rules in question. Under the Trump rules the Fish and Wildlife Service no longer provided the same protections to species that are considered threatened — those that are likely to become endangered — as they do for species that are endangered. The r
Read MoreCanceling student debt for everyone is bad policy and bad economics
Recent reports indicate that the Biden administration is considering canceling some student loan debt. At $1.7 trillion, the amount of student debt is astronomical. This is 30 times the entire budget of the U.S. Department of Education in 2022. Extravagant spending warrants extraordinary scrutiny, and such expensive policies demand a careful consideration of who benefits from this spending, and what else could be done with such a massive expenditure.
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