WASHINGTON—The Obama administration redoubled its push to confirm Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland as a new opinion poll showed 62 percent of Americans think the Senate should vote on the nomination, rather than leaving the high court seat vacant until a new president is sworn in next year. “Chief Judge Garland deserves a hearing, just […]
WASHINGTON—A new U.S. political survey shows billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump with a sizeable lead in three key battleground states in his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is holding diminished leads in the same states as she seeks the Democratic nomination, Quinnipiac University said Wednesday as […]
Only one in three Americans approves of President Barack Obama’s handling of the international agreement to restrain Iran’s nuclear program, according to a new Gallup survey. The pollster questioned more than 1,000 people in the last few days and said Thursday that 55 percent disapproved of Obama’s handling of Iran policy and 33 percent approved […]
ANCHORAGE: Early Wednesday The Pew Charitable Trust released a report entitled“States Find Savings Through Medicaid Expansion”. The Pew report cites a study by the Robert Wood Johnson foundation that found Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and West Virginia will see a combined total of $1.8 billion in savings (and revenues) by the end […]