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President Biden Cancels 1.2 Billion In Student Loan Debt

Americans without a degree still believe in the value of college, a new poll says

5:00am April 09, 2025

The majority of Americans without degrees still believe in the value of higher education, according to the poll. But not all college degrees are created equal.

Most Americans want to read more books. We just don't.

11:36am April 07, 2025

When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.

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Former President Trump speaks at a conservative conference in Washington last month.

Politics & Government

GOP support for Trump softens as the former president's legal troubles mount

4:00pm July 28, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Former President Donald Trump is likely facing a third indictment and maybe a fourth. Fewer Republicans are saying Trump did "nothing wrong," the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

FILE - Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., criticizes President Joe Biden's policies and efforts on the debt limit negotiations as he holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

Slim majority wants debt ceiling raised without spending cuts, poll finds

12:00pm May 23, 2023

by Domenico Montanaro

Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress cannot agree on a path forward to avoid debt default even though Americans want to raise the debt ceiling without cutting spending, according to a new NPR poll.

Marijuana plants at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y. Sixteen percent of Americans say they smoke marijuana, with 48% saying they have tried it at some point in their lives.

Marijuana use is outpacing cigarette use for the first time on record

7:51am August 30, 2022

by Ayana Archie

Cigarette use has been declining for decades, while marijuana use has been on the rise, according to a new Gallup survey in the U.S.

HPU Poll surveys North Carolinians on gas prices, inflation

4:29pm April 12, 2022

by Keri Brown

As gas prices rise at the pump, a new poll

Politics & Government

New NC Poll Shows Dip In Democratic Leaders' Job Approval Ratings

3:55pm September 28, 2021

by David Ford

A new statewide poll shows sagging approval numb

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Economy

Poll Finds Many North Carolinians Still Wary Of Summer Travel

4:32pm April 07, 2021

by Paul Garber

The kickoff to the summer travel season is less than two months away.

A person wearing a face mask walks down a mostly empty Michigan Avenue in Chicago Thursday. In all major political groups, most people say they support shelter-in-place orders to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent poll.

8 In 10 Americans Support COVID-19 Shutdown, Kaiser Health Poll Finds

5:52pm April 23, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Only around 20% of Americans say shelter-in-place measures are "causing more harm than good," the Kaiser Family Foundation reports.

Activists march to the offices of Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in New York City in September 2017, just before the start of Senate hearings on stabilizing the Affordable Care Act.

Politics & Government

Poll Finds Wide Partisan Gaps On America's Biggest Problems

4:08pm October 18, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

A new Pew poll shows that there are few issues that Democrats and Republicans agree need to be fixed — and even then, they often don't agree on how to fix them.