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2 months ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Monica Potts |Nathaniel Rakich
Plus, polling on U.S. expansion, the Russia-Ukraine war and approval of Trump. ByMonica Potts and Nathaniel RakichFebruary 19, 2025, 1:23 PMWelcome to Pollapalooza, 538's roundup of the latest polls. Andrew Harnik/Getty, Chip Somodevilla/Getty, AdobeWelcome to Pollapalooza, our occasional polling column.
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2 months ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Nathaniel Rakich |Tia Yang |Monica Potts |G. Elliott Morris
Economists agree they would raise prices, and Americans agree that would be bad. ByNathaniel Rakich, Tia Yang, Monica Potts, and G. Elliott MorrisFebruary 13, 2025, 5:33 PMWelcome to 538's latest politics chat. Welcome to 538's politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited.
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2 months ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Monica Potts
The rise of misinformation online has helped fringe ideas go mainstream. ByMonica PottsFebruary 12, 2025, 5:38 PMThe spread of health-related misinformation on social media may have helped pave the way for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to Trump's cabinet. Kevin Lamarque/Getty Images, AdobeIf you've been on social media over the past few years, odds are you've come across ads or social media influencers peddling products that make dubious medical claims.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Monica Potts
If you've been on social media over the past few years, odds are you've come across ads or social media influencers peddling products that make dubious medical claims. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans, particularly conservatives, have become more skeptical of science, vaccines and the government's role in health and food policy more broadly — and this has gone hand in hand with a proliferation of misinformation about those same topics.
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2 months ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Amina Brown |Monica Potts
A look at the careers of Trump's nominees to lead government agencies. ByAmina Brown and Monica PottsFebruary 3, 2025, 11:24 AMHow do President Donald Trump's picks to run federal agencies this term compare to previous presidents' choices?
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2 months ago | 
abcnews.go.com | Monica Potts
Polling shows Medicaid and other federal health programs are widely popular. The Trump administration and new Republican majority in Congress have big plans to extend tax cuts and crack down on immigration. To pay for these changes, they're in the market to cut government spending by trillions of dollars, and government-assisted health care programs are among their first targets.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Tia Yang |Meredith Conroy |Monica Potts |G. Elliott Morris
Welcome to 538's politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. tia.yang (Tia Yang, senior editor): President Donald Trump's second term began on Monday, and he's already taken a record number of executive actions. A lot has happened this week, so today we thought we'd debrief and discuss what mattered most (or least), what it tells us about how Trump is approaching his second presidency and what we might expect moving forward. So, what stood out to you all the most this week?
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
abc7.com | Monica Potts
When President-elect Donald Trump won his first term in 2016, he was still a new political figure. His win came as a shock to many, spurring protests and mobilizing opposition across the country. But while his dominance at the highest rungs of American politics remains deeply polarizing and upsetting to many, it's no longer surprising: Trump has been a prominent political figure for nearly a decade now.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Monica Potts |Cooper Burton
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our occasional polling column. Do Americans agree with Republicans' transgender bathroom bans? The history of bathroom access in the U.S. Capitol is part of a broader story about how political representation in the U.S. has been limited to men until recently — female lawmakers didn't have access to a bathroom near the House chamber until 2011, nearly a century after the first woman served in Congress and four years after the House elected its first female speaker.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
abcnews.go.com | Monica Potts
Despite his unpopularity, he won on immigration, the economy and leadership. ByMonica PottsNovember 14, 2024, 4:07 PMPresident-elect Donald Trump has been a divisive, unpopular political figure for years, and he remains so. Even as he improved on his previous two runs for office by winning the popular vote, it seems Americans by and large didn't change their minds about Trump personally — many still have misgivings about his character and bombastic, sometimes anti-democratic campaign rhetoric.
