Politics Jun 08 Democrats and Republicans are skeptical of U.S. espionage, AP-NORC poll says A big shift is that Republicans have become substantially less likely over the last decade to say it's at least sometimes necessary to sacrifice freedom in response to threats.
Nation Jun 02 Rescuers at Iowa building collapse complete search for survivors, move on to recovery An Iowa task force has completed its search for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed Davenport apartment building without finding three missing people who are feared dead, authorities said Friday.
Nation May 31 Some residents of collapsed Iowa building remain missing; no human activity detected, city says Davenport authorities have not provided an update on the number of people missing since Tuesday, when they said five people were unaccounted for, including two who could still be in the wreckage that was too dangerous to search.
Nation May 30 5 unaccounted for including 2 likely in wreckage of collapsed Iowa apartment building, mayor says Five people remain unaccounted for, including two people whose remains may be in a pile of rubble at the site of a partially collapsed apartment building, officials of the city of Davenport, Iowa, said Tuesday.
Education May 26 Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, bans books depicting sex acts from school libraries The new law signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds mandates the removal of all books depicting sex acts from Iowa school libraries. Religious texts will be exempt from the ban.
Nation Apr 22 Extreme weather is nearly universal experience across the country, AP-NORC poll says An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, a new poll shows, and most of them attribute that to climate change.
Nation Apr 11 Many Americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next car, poll shows The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago shows that the Biden administration’s plans to dramatically raise U.S. EV sales could run into resistance from consumers.
Politics Apr 07 Most Americans oppose Social Security, Medicare cuts, AP-NORC poll says Americans are deeply opposed to cutting into Medicare or Social Security benefits, and most support raising taxes on the nation's highest earners to keep Medicare running as is.
Economy Mar 22 Americans’ faith in banks hit low after failures, says AP-NORC poll Only 10 percent of U.S. adults say they have significant confidence in the nation's banks and financial institutions, a new poll finds. That is down from the 22 percent who said they had high confidence in banks in 2020.
Politics Feb 23 China’s global influence worries many in the U.S., says AP-NORC poll A new poll shows that just 40 percent of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, and a majority of them are anxious about Beijing's global influence.