It's hard to argue you care about the working class while you're fighting to not fund SNAP payments. It's hard to argue Democrats are to blame for the shutdown when your party controls all of Congress. It's hard to argue prices are coming down everywhere when they're obviously going up for coffee, orange juice, ground beef, energy and housing.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground.
My boss, the Gazette's national editor, was Brian Kappler, strawberry blond and in his forties, viewed with suspicion among my fellow Serious Young Reporters because he was unfashionably conservative (he liked Rush Limbaugh's radio show) and sometimes not serious (he earned good side-gig money moonlighting as the paper's celebrity gossip columnist, using the pen name Doug Camilli). But I liked Kappler fine.
NEW YORK CITY - Nearly 300,000 New Yorkers have cast their vote in the mayoral general election during the first four days of early voting, according to data from the city board of elections. In four days of early voting, Brooklyn has seen the highest turnout among the five boroughs, with over 92,000 ballots cast, followed by Manhattan with 89,000. Queens came in third with nearly 69,000 votes cast. The Bronx had around 25,000 votes cast and Staten Island saw 22,400 votes cast.
July 16: Independent TD Catherine Connolly announces her bid to become president. She is supported by Independents, the Social Democrats and People Before Profit. August 14: Fine Gael presidential candidate Mairead McGuinness withdraws from the race. The former European Commissioner takes the decision on medical advice. September 2: Former minister Heather Humphreys is confirmed as the new Fine Gael candidate, with MEP Sean Kelly dropping out of the party race.
Rival Heather Humphreys trailing behind in pre-election poll, but over-65s back her Young voters are on course to send Catherine Connolly to Áras an Uachtaráin if they turn out at the polls today. New polling data shows the Galway woman has a massive lead over her rival among voters under 34. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news
According to the latest Gallup poll showing that 48% of Americans consider themselves Democrats, compared to 41% who identify with the Republican Party. Before last year's election, Republicans led Democrats. One curious thing, [CNN data dude] Harry Enten pointed this out this morning, in the first part of this year, the generic ballot Democrats versus Republicans was basically tied, Phillip said. Now, Democrats have an advantage.
With just weeks to go until Election Day, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa are set to meet for the first mayoral debate of the general election at 7 p.m. tonight at WNBC's studios in 30 Rockefeller Center.
Catherine Connolly is now leading the race for the Áras and is ahead of Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys by nine points, a new poll for the Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks today shows.
In a Friday appearance on Fox News, Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) said that 57% of people who identify themselves as MAGA republicans support an extension of Obama-era tax credits for those who buy their own health insurance through the ACA Marketplace. The statistic comes from a new poll published on Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which found that 78% of all adults support Congress in extending these tax credits, along with 57% of MAGA Republicans.
Although the midterm elections are more than a year away, political observers in Massachusetts are ramping up speculation about two key topics: how Gov. Maura Healey will fare in her reelection bid and whether Sen. Ed Markey will have any major challengers. A new poll released this week by the Fiscal Alliance Foundation offers some insight into where things could be headed.
Ever since he helped avert a government shutdown in March-citing WIRED's reporting on Elon Musk's desire for one as part of his rationale -Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has been waiting for this moment to redeem himself. The problem is that Schumer may have already blown his chance. With a government shutdown now here, frustrations over Schumer's leadership have been bubbling up behind the scenes.
Public support for digital IDs has collapsed after Keir Starmer announced plans for their introduction, in what has been described as a symptom of the prime minister's reverse Midas touch. Net support for digital ID cards fell from 35% in the early summer to -14% at the weekend after Starmer's announcement, according to polling by More in Common. The findings suggest that the proposal has suffered considerably from its association with an unpopular government.
According to a poll the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy published Thursday, 47 percent of 1,030 Americans surveyed said they have "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in higher education institutions, with a net positive rating of 33-up 13 percentage points since 2023. Survey respondents reported more confidence in higher education than in the police (44 percent), the medical system (38 percent) and large tech companies (25 percent).
