Fewer Americans listing inflation as top issue in elections: survey
Fewer Americans said inflation is their top issue going into November’s midterm elections than in recent months, according to a new poll released on Thursday. Thirty percent of respondents in the NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll listed inflation as their top issue in the upcoming elections — down from 37 percent in July — as inflation showed signs of slowing. Even as fewer Americans placed inflation at the top of their list of concerns, it re
Read MoreBiden courts votes with pandemic emergency extension
The federal COVID-19 public health emergency will boost voter turnout for Democrats. That’s the unspoken reality of the Biden administration’s mid-August decision to extend the emergency past the midterm elections. It was a strange move, considering the administration recently loosened key pandemic restrictions, from soc
Read MoreBiden to receive updates on Queen Elizabeth's health
President Biden has been briefed on the health of Queen Elizabeth II and is expected to receive regular updates about her condition, White House national security spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Thursday. Kirby also said that Biden told British Prime Minister Liz Truss during a video call with other leaders on Thursday that he and first lady Jill Biden were thinking of the queen. “The president has been briefed, of course, this morning and will be updated throughout the day concerning news out of the United Kingdom,” Kirby told reporters. “His and the first
Read MoreLiberals push Biden on marijuana reform ahead of midterm momentum
Democrats are beginning to pressure President Biden to take on marijuana reform as Congress struggles to find a path forward on decriminalization and as the party contemplates what’s possible before the midterms. Liberals have been building momentum with just two months until the November elections with back-to-back wins on key pieces of Biden’s agenda, from student loans to healthcare and tax reform. With the wind at their sails, they are now hoping to get the president on their side once again by moving towards what they believe would change the
Read More1 in 4 now fear attacks near their homes: poll
A quarter of Americans said they now fear being attacked in their own neighborhood, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In breaking the poll down on racial lines, the surveyors found white were less likely to have fears of being attacked near their residences than people of color. The poll, published on Thursday, found that 25 percent of Black respondents said they have fears of being attac
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