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The justices of the US supreme court even its conservatives have traditionally valued their institution's own standing. John Roberts, the current US chief justice, has always been praised even by liberals as a staunch advocate of the court's image as a neutral arbiter. For decades, Americans believed the court soared above the fray of partisan contestation. No more. In Donald Trump's second term, the supreme court's conservative supermajority has seized the opportunity to empower the nation's chief executive.

With two days until Congress's scheduled holiday recess, lawmakers will likely leave Washington without extending Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies. The enhanced subsidies for ACA marketplace plans will expire at the end of the year. Millions of Americans can expect a spike in their premiums, and some may see the price of their plans double or triple in the new year.

Many Europeans mistakenly think most migrants are in their country illegally, according to a poll that found overwhelming opposition to any increase in migration and strong support for a significant reduction in numbers, including deportation. Pluralities or majorities of between 44% and 60% of respondents polled in a survey by YouGov in Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain said they thought there many or somewhat more migrants were staying illegally than legally.

Trump also claimed he was crushing inflation, and inflation is stopped. While inflation declined from an annual rate of 3% in January to 2.9% in August, it has remained ahead of the Federal Reserve's 2% target. Politico's poll also had more telling numbers about specific instances where Americans are having to forego vital services: 27 %, said they have skipped a medical check-up because of costs within the last two years, and 23 % said they have skipped a prescription dose for the same reason.

By the numbers: Two-thirds of Americans - including majorities of independents and many Republicans - support preserving the 14th Amendment's guarantee of citizenship to those born in the U.S., the survey found. Roughly 8 in 10 Black Protestants favor keeping birthright citizenship, and solid majorities of Hispanic Catholics and Hispanic Protestants support it as well. Even among Trump's most supportive religious constituency - white evangelical Protestants - 53% say the Constitution's guarantee should stand.

Some 2,204 registered voters in the United States were asked how they viewed a host of political figures as part of a Harvard-Harris poll conducted between December 2-4. The highest rated figures, according to the poll, were Kennedy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, and California Governor Gavin Newsom (D). For RFK Jr., 43% of those polled viewed him favorably, while just 40% viewed him unfavorably for a gap of 3% toward favorable.

As we approach the end of 2025 and the one-year-mark of President Trump's second term, NPR wants to hear from swing voters about how they're feeling about politics. Do you think the country is going in the right or wrong direction? Are you happy with your vote last year or do you have any regrets? Or maybe you sat the election out? We want to hear your thoughts on the economy, foreign policy, how Congress is doing and more.

Younger people will tell you that it's embarrassing and old-fashioned - but the Miss France contest still has a prime-time Saturday night TV slot and attracts millions of viewers every year. Representatives for different regions have already been chosen and on Saturday night the new Miss France will be elected - with the contest a prime-time TV event that draws in millions of viewers. The TV show is expected to draw in around 7 million viewers and the Miss France final regularly makes it into the most-viewed TV lists.

"Moreover, we had the traditional underestimation of the opponent and overestimation of our own military."

We reported that certain areas of the city seemed safer since the National Guardsmen arrived, that the local crime statistics generally supported this impression, and that the soldiers were professional and restrained in their dealings with the locals. The politician didn't contest much of this, but noted that residents didn't like the National Guard presence-my friends and I commute into the city from the nearby suburbs-and the data showed some area businesses were being harmed as a result.

"worth the cost because people often graduate without specific job skills and with a large amount of debt to pay off,"

A majority of people in Germany don't think Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition government will last until the next election in 2029. According to a survey published by Bild newspaper and conducted by INSA, 54% of respondents said they thought the coalition government, comprised of Merz's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), would collapse before the end of its legislative term. Of those polled, 29% said they believed the coalition government would last, while 11% of respondents provided no answer.

The survey of 1,443 adults, conducted from Nov. 10-13 found: Democrats holding their largest advantage, 14 points, on the question of who respondents would vote for if the midterm elections were held today; President Trump's approval rating is just 39%, his lowest since right after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol; A combined 6-in-10 blame congressional Republicans or Trump for the government shutdown; and Nearly 6-in-10 say Trump's top priority should be lowering prices and no other issue comes close.

The share of men from ages 18 to 29 who said abortion would matter a great deal in shaping their vote increased by 12 points after they saw video testimony from people who were personally impacted by an abortion ban. For men ages 29 through 54 and those who were 55 and older, hearing directly from people affected by bans resulted in a 5 point increase in the same category.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's affordability platform is broadly popular with Americans across the U.S., new polling finds, adding evidence to the notion that politicians looking for winning ideas should consider tacking to the left. Polling of 1,133 American adults conducted by YouGov in the days surrounding Mamdani's decisive win in New York City's mayoral election finds majority support for all of the major tenets of Mamdani's platform,

Under the headline How would the proscription of the organisation be viewed by British people, one section of the document warned a ban could be a divisive issue. It described Palestine Action as a small single issue group with lower mainstream media exposure than other direct action groups such as Just Stop Oil. But it noted that the organisation's direct actions, and arrests of its activists, won media attention.

The world of social media is flashy and fast-paced: those who stand out rise to the top with their ballrooms, space rockets, and chainsaws, dominating the headlines. The researchers for Germany's "Mitte Studie" ("Center Study"), however, turn their attention away from the dazzling personalities and the fringes, to examine those who form the backbone of a democratic and open society, looking at their attitudes toward right-wing extremism, xenophobia and antisemitism.

The vast majority of Americans still support same-sex marriage according to a recent study, which was shared as the Supreme Court decides whether to hear a case that threatens marriage equality. Research published earlier this week found that 65.8 per cent of Americans support same-sex couples' right to marry, with 36.2 per cent saying they 'strongly' support keeping protections in place.

In April 1975, the Labour chancellor Denis Healey sought to grip the UK's runaway inflation and rising unemployment rates an economic crisis triggered by the shock rise in global oil prices by raising the basic rate of income tax. Now Rachel Reeves, faced with her own set of difficult economic circumstances, including a multi-billion-pound budget shortfall, is contemplating the same remedy breaking a 50-year taboo by becoming the first chancellor since Healey to hike the basic rate of income tax.

More recently, Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?

It's that time of year again: Many Americans will have to reset their clocks and circadian rhythms when daylight saving time ends on Sunday. That means, in most states, lighter mornings and darker evenings. At 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, the time for millions across the country will jump back one hour an adjustment that has been both welcomed by those seeking extra sleep time or criticized by those who see it as an inconvenience. Here is what you should know.