After nine months of explosive monetary and fiscal stimulus, you'd think economic recovery would be upon us. But the June jobs report tells a much different story.

Thirty-six percent (36%) of Americans say road rage is increasing in the United States, while 42% say it’s staying about the same.

General Motors laid out a plan in bankruptcy court Thursday that includes an Initial Public Offering of stock next year.

As America gets ready to celebrate its 233rd birthday, 44% of likely voters say the nation’s best days are in the past.

As America gets ready to celebrate its 233rd birthday, 44% of likely voters say the nation’s best days are in the past.

As America gets ready to celebrate its 233rd birthday, 44% of likely voters say the nation’s best days are in the past.

Forty-five percent (45%) of U.S. voters say it’s better for the country if the White House and Congress are each run by a different political party.

Forty-four percent (44%) of U.S. voters have an unfavorable opinion of former “Saturday Night Live” comedy writer Al Franken as he prepares to join the U.S. Senate as its newest Democratic member.

Americans hope to discuss health care, climate change, green economics or public infrastructure with any degree of realism, then the time has come to acknowledge that hearing someone say "a trillion dollars" is no reason to panic. Politicians and pundits cite that figure to argue that we cannot afford health care reform, following recent cost estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), but the plain truth is that we spend (and squander) more than that on purposes not nearly so wise and humane as universal quality health care.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 33% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President.