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Public confidence in the office of the presidency has been trending downward for years. According to historical Gallup survey data, more than 40% of American adults had little or no confidence in the...
The 2024 presidential election is only months away, and for millions of Americans, the economy is top of mind. According to a June 2024 poll conducted by public opinion research company Morning...
About one in five voters in the United States is millennial, and these 15 presidents have the lowest popularity ratings with that generation.
Despite the efforts of multiple presidential administrations, the problem of illegal immigration — particularly along the southern border — has gone unaddressed by Congress for decades. Most...
Happiness is an elusive quality for individuals, families, and whole countries. That doesn’t deter us from trying to get more of it and to compare how happy we are in relation to others....
Vladimir Putin is undoubtedly one of the most controversial leaders in the world today. The former KGB officer, now President (for life), has his eyes set on reconstituting as much of the defunct...
Federal land can be a contentious issue, depending on who you are, where you live, and what your favorite news channel says about the topic that day. But what exactly are federal lands and how much...
The 2024 presidential election is only five months away, and the latest poll numbers suggest the Biden campaign is facing an uphill battle. According to a recent survey conducted by public opinion...
For the U.S. Senate, 2023 was a year marked by gridlock and scandal. Last year, productivity in the upper chamber hit a historic low, as the senate enacted only 40 public bills into law, by far the...
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has had seven official and three temporary Ministers of Defense. The position is chiefly concerned with the day-to-day running of Russia’s...
“War,” wrote Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz, “is a mere continuation of policy by other means.” On War may have been written in the 19th century, but the book’s key ideas...
Since declaring independence in 1776, the United States has fought in at least 12 major wars and scores of smaller conflicts. Amazingly, today, America has close alliances with some of its former...
In March 1999, Admiral Dennis C. Blair testified before Congress that China was not a serious threat to the United States. He claimed that it would be “several years” before the People’s...