Number of Americans who believe in God dips to new low: Gallup
Belief in God among U.S. adults has reached a new low, according to Gallup poll results released Friday. A large majority (81 percent) of Americans say they believe in God, based on the poll conducted May 2-22, but that number has dipped 6 points from a consistent 87 percent from 2013-2017. Over 90 percent of Americans said they believed in God from 1944 to 2011, the number stabilizing at a high of 98 p
Read MoreIf the FEC won’t protect voters, the courts should — but it might be up to Congress
I was a Republican commissioner on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) from 1991 to 1995. During that time, for the most part, at least, the FEC functioned as designed: the commission of three Democrats and three Republicans worked collaboratively to ensure agency operation and even-handed enforcement of campaign laws. My bipartisan team led what was then, and still is, the only government agency whose sole responsibility is overseeing the integrity of political campai
Read MoreNASCAR's Clint Bowyer involved in deadly crash in Missouri
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (WDAF) — An investigation is underway following a crash involving former NASCAR Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer. A 47-year-old woman died in the crash. The crash was reported just before 9 p.m. J
Read MoreThe Hill's Morning Report — Biden on defense, says recession not ‘inevitable’
President Biden’s plea for Americans’ patience during a rare sit-down interview on Thursday won’t remedy the nation’s inflationary pressures, diminish the odds of a recession or calm voters’ bewilderment that two gallons of gasoline and a small steak now cost them about the same. Faced with tighter budgets and record high inflation, families can skip the steak, but most can’t bike or stroll to their jobs in corporate offices, hotels, restaurants and manufacturing plants. Affording gasoline, milk, rent and groceries are near-term problems no matter how forward-thin
Read MoreGun-safety bill bogs down on details
Senate negotiators on Thursday failed to reach a final deal on the legislative text of a gun-safety proposal, which means the bill will probably be delayed at least a week. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told reporters that negotiators hadn’t reached agreement on the final draft of the bill after several rounds of meetings Thursday. “This is the hardest part because at some point you just to make a decision and when people don’t want to make a decision, you can’t accomplish a result. And that’s kind of where we are right now,” Cornyn, the lead Republican negoti
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