Opinion Research Corporation

by Mark Silva Not only President Barack Obama, but also First Lady Michelle Obama has contributed to promoting a "more positive" view of the United States abroad during their weeklong tour of Europe, most Americans tell pollsters. That view is......

by Mark Silva The United States will take part in group talks with Iran about its suspect nuclear program, the Obama administration said today - a marked shift from the strategy of the Bush administration, which labeled Iran as part......

by Mark Silva The gay-marriage question has landed in the nation's capital, where the District of Columbia council today voted to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. The vote was unanimous, 13-0, until councilman Marion Barry...

by Mark Silva Rush Limbaugh doesn't only want President Barack Obama to fail. He also wants the president's first nominee to the Supreme Court to fail. "Do I want her to fail? Yeah.' '' Limbaugh said of federal Judge Sonia......

by Mark Silva Dick Cheney, who has maintained something of a higher profile after leaving the vice president's office than he held in office, has not made a lot of new friends. Most Americans surveyed -- 55 percent -- hold......

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Economist Pierre Ellis was in his office on the 11th floor of the World Trade Center's north tower on Sept. 11 when terrorists slammed a hijacked jet into the building. Like thousands of others, he scrambled down a crowded stairway to safety. "We didn'...

The Sun-Sentinel joined with some of the nation's largest news organization in January to review the disputed Florida ballots from last year's presidential election. The unprecedented agreement teamed the Sun-Sentinel and its sister papers in the Tribune...

If the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed Florida's courts to finish their abortive recount of last year's deadlocked presidential election, President Bush probably still would have won by several hundred votes, a comprehensive study of the uncounted...

The Tribune Company and other media organizations hired the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to review and categorize discarded ballots from the 2000 election in Florida. The study was designed to be the most thorough of...

The close ties between Britain and the United States were highlighted anew Thursday when royalty, a former president, and hundreds of friends and relatives of the Britons killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks mourned together at Westminster Abbey. Former...

Nick Senella, a 46-year-old insurance agent from this hilly patch of southwestern Pennsylvania, can't talk politics at the Sunday supper table anymore. His father-in-law is determined to vote for Sen. John Kerry in next month's presidential election....