Number of Republicans who say they support Trump over GOP rise: poll
Republicans who support former President Trump more than they support the GOP climbed to 41 percent in August, up seven points from May when 34 percent said they supported Trump more than the party, according to an NBC News poll released Sunday. A slim majority of Republicans, or 50 percent, say they support the party more than they do Trump, the poll finds. But
Read MoreCalifornia’s ‘privilege’-based curricula are at odds with American ideals
California’s schools increasingly are embracing the notion that students should be judged based on the color of their skin, rather than the content of their character. And these schools are not alone. Equality before the law, a fundamental American value, is under siege today in schools across the country. From the singling out of a biracial high school student in Nevada as an “oppressor” to teaching white students that they are inh
Read MoreThe Hill's Morning Report — Midterm jitters grip GOP
There are 78 days until Election Day and Republicans are worried. The GOP strategy to flip both the House and Senate based on public discontent with President Biden’s policies and the economy is being tested in the runup to Labor Day, according to recent polls and the hand-wringing witnessed in the last week among Republicans (including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky). Th
Read MoreWhy Democrats are feeling better about their Senate odds
Democrats are growing increasingly optimistic about their chances of holding the Senate this year amid a spate of favorable public polling and signs that some of the GOP’s top candidates are struggling to get their campaigns off the ground. To be sure, Democrats have zero margin for error. The Senate is split 50-50 and any misstep or error — forced or unforced — could hand Republicans the majority in November. But for now, at least, strategists and operatives on both sides of the aisle say Democrats may have a real shot of defying the odds in what should be a bruta
Read MoreThe IRS could be on the verge of changing the way Americans file their taxes
The IRS could be on the cusp of revolutionizing the way that Americans file their taxes. The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by President Biden on Tuesday provided $80 billion in funding for the agency, including $15 million to deliver a report on a free, government-run tax e-filing system that tax simplification advocates have long argued for. But the agency is on a tight deadline to deliver. While most of the $80 billion for the IRS in the new legislative package goes out over the next decade, the agency has only ab
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