"Americans do not trust several major U.S. institutions, including the national news media.

The recently released Center Square Voters' Voice poll found that 43% of Americans say the media is trustworthy, compared with 54% who said it is not trustworthy.

Younger people were more likely to trust the media, with 47% of those ages 18-34 saying they trust it and 46% saying the opposite.

The numbers steadily worsen as likely voters get older, with 41% of likely voters 65-years-old and older saying they trust the media, compared to 57% who do not."

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"President Biden has released another historic budget, proposing record high tax increases to fund massive increases in spending. While he talks about fiscal responsibility, the President is calling for more spending and higher taxes than any other in our history.

"Under his budget, the total amount of taxes Americans pay every year would nearly double, Increasing from $4.4 trillion in 2023 to $8.6 trillion in 2034, a 95% increase. At the same time, spending would soar, increasing from $6.1 trillion in 2023 to $10.3 trillion in 2034, an increase of 70%.

"The President is proposing $4.9 trillion in tax increases, the largest tax increase ever proposed. Under his budget, taxes as a share of the economy would average 19.7% of GDP, well above the 50-year average of 17.3%. Over the next ten years, taxes would increase to the highest extended levels in our nation's history, climbing above 20% of GDP four years in a row, a level reached only once before in World War II."

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"If you want to know what the country thinks about President Joe Biden's agenda, look at how they vote. Not at the ballot box. But with their feet.

"Earlier this month, the Census Bureau released data on 'net domestic migration.' This tracks where people are moving between counties in the country. Last year, the 10 counties that gained the most through net migration had one thing in common -- they were conservative counties that voted for Donald Trump in 2020.

"At the other end of the spectrum, all 10 counties that saw the biggest negative net migration also have one thing in common -- they all voted for Biden in 2020. That includes two blue counties located in red states -- Miami-Dade County, Florida, (where Biden beat Trump 53%-46%), and Dallas County, Texas, (where Biden got 65% of the vote).

"But this is just part of the story. People have been fleeing liberal counties in droves for each of the past three years."

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"Following Monday's Supreme Court oral argument in the social media censorship case Murthy v. Missouri, outraged free-speech advocates rightfully excoriated Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson for worrying that the First Amendment will 'hamstring[] the government in significant ways in the most important time periods.

"Given that 'hamstinging' the federal government was precisely the purpose of the Bill of Rights, Justice Jackson's comment laid bare the fundamental disdain she and other politically liberal justices hold for the classically liberal freedoms our Constitution protects.

"But even worse than Jackson's 'hamstring' comment was something she said a half-dozen sentences later."

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"Voters oppose regulations to phase out gas powered cars by a 2 to 1 margin. But, among the Elite 1%, 72% favor banning gas powered vehicles. Great example of the federal government seeking the consent of the Elite 1% rather than the consent of the governed."

See Mr. Rasmussen's post here.

"Days after Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) took the unprecedented step of calling on Israelis to depose their prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, several of his Democratic colleagues praised the move, including Brian Schatz (Hawaii), Ron Wyden (Ore.), and Patty Murray (Wash.).

Others, however, are staying mum, and they just happen to include virtually all of the Democrats running in swing states. Nor did any of them respond to requests for comment from the Washington Free Beacon regarding whether they share Schumer's view. They include Wisconsin's Tammy Baldwin, Pennsylvania's Bob Casey, Montana's Jon Tester, and Ohio's Sherrod Brown. Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin -- who is running to replace the state's outgoing senator, Debbie Stabenow -- has also remained silent, as have her fellow House colleagues running for Senate seats, Ruben Gallego of Arizona and David Trone of Maryland.

In fact, only a single Senate Democrat running in a competitive race has addressed Schumer's remark head-on: Nevada's Jacky Rosen, who issued a statement indicating she did not share his views. 'Israel is our closest ally in the Middle East, and as a democracy, it is up to the Israeli people to determine their political furure,' Rosen said in a statement."

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"It's a rematch.

"President Biden and former President Trump each hit a key marker last week, clinching enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee of their respective party.

"The outcome of the general election will come down to a handful of states, as usual.

"The map maintained by The Hill and Decision Desk HQ lists seven contests as toss-ups."

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"The Biden administration on Wednesday reapproved a sanctions waiver that unlocks upwards of $10 billion in frozen funds for the Iranian government, according to a copy of the notice submitted to Congress late Wednesday and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

"The sanctions waiver -- which has drawn fierce GOP opposition on Capitol Hill -- allows Iraq to transfer electricity payments to Iran via third-party countries. The sanctions waiver was last approved by the Biden administration in November and set to expire this month, putting the White House in a tight position as a mounting chorus of GOP lawmakers express concern about sanctions being bypassed. The authority granted in the latest waivers allows Iraq to convert dinars into Euros and transfer payments into Iranian banks accounts in Oman.

"Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress raised concerns about the waiver earlier this week, the Free Beacon reported, saying that sanctions should not be lifted on the hardline Iranian regime in light of its support for Hamas and other terrorist proxy groups waging war on Israel and American outposts in the region."

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"The budget plan President Joe Biden unveiled on Monday would hike taxes, increase federal spending to unprecedented levels, and lock in budget deficits that average nearly $2 trillion annually for the next decade.

"But possibly the craziest detail is the fact that the White House is trying to frame all of that as being an exercise in fiscal restraint.

"No, really. In a 'fact' released alongside the budget, the White House touted how the proposal would cut the deficit by $3 trillion over the next 10 years. 'Strong and shared growth that benefits all Americans isn't just good for working families and the economy; it will also lead to better fiscal outcomes,' the administration claims, adding that Biden believes 'long-term investments in our nation and its people should be paid for.'

"Someone in the White House might want to Google what the phrase 'paid for' actually means, because Biden's budget assumes the federal government will keep borrowing at near-record levels for the next decade."

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"Special Counsel Robert Hur on Tuesday directly disputed the White House narrative on President Biden's retention of classified documents after his vice presidency, confirming Biden 'willfully' retained classified documents, indicated Biden lied to reporters when he said he did not share such information, and testified his report 'did not exonerate' Biden of wrongdoing.

He insisted in nationally televised testimony to Congress that Biden did 'willfully' keep nationally secrets but that prosecutors did not believe they could prove it to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.

Hur was appointed special counsel by the Justice Department to look into Biden's handling of classified document after he left the Obama White House in 2017."

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