Support for tougher gun laws climbs after May mass shootings: Gallup
Americans' support for tougher gun laws and reform has risen in the wake of several deadly mass shootings last month, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll found that 66 percent of respondents said they want stricter gun laws, while 25 percent of those surveyed said they would prefer gun laws remain as they are and 8 percent of respondents believe that they should be less strict. The percentage of Americans who want stricter gun laws is up 14 percentage points from a pol
Read MoreWork to do: Our full labor history must include Asian Pacific Americans
President Biden recently signed into law a bill that would explore whether to establish a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture. In his support of H.R. 3525, Biden said Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) “have literally shaped the history and the contours of this country.” The news of a potential national museum offers Americans a prime opportunity to better acquaint themselves with Asian Pacific American interventions in unionizin
Read MoreBiden approval rating at 42 percent: poll
President Biden’s low job approval rating isn’t getting any better. A NewsNation/DDHQ poll released on Thursday shows that only 42 percent of U.S. voters approve of the job Biden is doing in the White House. By comparison, 58 percent say they disapprove. That’s largely on par with where his approval rating sat in the same poll conducted last month. Still, it’s the latest evidence that the president’s political fortunes don’t appear to be improving. Driving Biden’s poor approval rating is deepening economic and financial concerns among voters. According to the p
Read MoreThe Hill's Morning Report — Biden gas tax call lands with a thud
President Biden made his latest push to ease prices for Americans on Wednesday by calling for a gasoline tax holiday. But he faces an uphill climb on Capitol Hill to enact it as Democratic leaders gave the proposal a lukewarm reception. After weeks of deliberations, Biden made his call for a three-month holiday of the federal gas tax through the summer travel season, which has driven already-high prices even higher. The president also made a separate appeal to states to provide similar relief to consumers by suspending their own gas taxes (
Read MoreWho is Jeffrey Clark, a key figure in Trump’s DOJ pressure campaign
Jeffrey Clark was a mid-level Justice Department lawyer specializing in environmental law when he became a central part of former President Trump’s plans to oust DOJ leadership who wouldn’t forward baseless investigations into election fraud. Clark was introduced to Trump by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and quickly became a leading advocate for the Justice Department to send a letter to Georgia asking the state to suspend its certification of the 2020 election results pending a DOJ investigation into nonexistent fraud. As Trump grew increasingly frustrated by a l
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