Ryan King

6 days ago | nypost.com | Ryan King

Fewer than a fifth of Americans view Democrats as a party with strong leadership that is able to get things done, with Republicans scoring roughly double on both of those metrics, a new poll has found. When asked about which party has strong leaders, 40% of American adults said Republicans, compared to 16% Democrats and 43% neither, according to a CNN/SSRS survey taken last month.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Ryan King

The White House has lashed out against a US trade court decision to strike down a huge swath of President Trump’s tariffs. But before the ruling, Trump’s protectionist agenda was one of his least popular policies, according to multiple polls. Earlier this month, for example, more voters considered Trump’s tariff policy to be the “biggest” mistake of his second term (26%), than any other issue, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Ryan King

Democrats in congress are a dying breed. The death of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), announced Wednesday, marks the third sitting member of the House Democratic caucus to pass away this year alone. Since March, the Dems have lost Connolly, 75; Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Texas), 70; and Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), 77. 5 All of the last eight deaths of sitting lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have been Democrats.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Ryan King

Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has privately expressed openness to joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel in a move that would dramatically shake up the Middle East, according to two congressmen who met with him last month. In exchange, al-Sharaa wanted assurances that Israel would stop bombing Syria, stop fomenting sectarian divisions and reach a renegotiated arrangement regarding the Golan Heights, Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Martin Stutzman (R-Ind.) told The Post.

2 weeks ago | nypost.com | Ryan King

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday that Syria may be weeks away from plunging into another civil war or collapsing altogether. Rubio, who met with top Syrian officials last week during President Trump’s Middle East trip, said fears for the fledgling Damascus government were the main reason Trump abruptly opted to implement a 180-day waiver on sanctions last week following his meeting in Saudi Arabia with President Ahmed al-Sharaa.