The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is working with "determination" to find four people presumed trapped under rubble in Haifa, following an Iranian missile strike there, the Times of Israel reported.
"Earlier this evening, a missile was fired from Iran at Haifa, this was a direct hit by a missile on a multi-story building," Home Front Command Chief Maj. Gen. Shai Klapper said. "This complex scene requires advanced rescue operations. The Home Front Command's search and rescue units, together with emergency organizations, have high expertise in operations of this kind," he added.
The Israeli military will act with "determination, professionalism, and thoroughness until the trapped are found," Klapper stressed.
America has evolved (devolved?) not to a democracy or constitutional republic, but rather into an entire nation run on polling. How else to explain some of the following contradictions:
Biden's second term will go down in history as equal to or worse than Jimmy Carter's on an endless variety of topics. From a national security perspective, Biden very nearly cost us our country. Average polling for Biden's second term was 39-41%. This comes from large aggregated polling averages, such as The Hill/DDHQ and Ballotpedia's week-over-week index.
Trump's second term is less than 15 months old and is likely to be considered one of the most consequential presidencies in the last hundred years. Average polling numbers for Trump's second term have been 39% (currently 40.9%). This figure comes from the multi-poll aggregate published on April 3, 2026, which averages all major national pollsters.
For grins and giggles—Kamala Harris' numbers: At the time she entered the 2024 race (July 21, 2024), Harris immediately polled at ~48% nationally in head-to-head matchups with Trump. At the end of the 2024 race (Election Day, November 5, 2024): Aggregated polling showed Harris ~48.5% vs. Trump ~47.7%, a Harris +0.8% national polling lead. Actual result: Trump won the popular vote 49.8% to 48.3% (Trump +1.5%).
The obvious conclusion is that polling (at least in national elections) is untethered to election outcomes or facts on the ground. 2024 was not a one-off either. It also happened in 2016. No other election in the last 12 years was polling so inaccurately that it led to the other guy winning.
“Democratic bias in polls reached record highs in recent elections.”
The study explores “shy” or socially pressured respondents and concludes that cross-pressured voters exist on both sides. Still, the net effect in recent U.S. cycles has leaned toward overstating Democratic support.
2016: National polls were close, but state polls systematically understated Trump.
2020: Polling errors were of “unusual magnitude”, the worst in 40 years, and again overstated Democratic support.
That leaves us with an open, but reasonable, question—why isn’t the predictable and consistent misstatement in polls adjusted statistically beforehand to ensure accuracy? Would you be surprised that polls are already tuned (biased)? Pollsters adjust for nonresponse, education, turnout, and social desirability.
Even given pollster “adjustments,” polling still consistently undercounts Republicans…full stop. Given that most pollsters are either unashamedly in the tank for Democrats or are mainstream media types with a dubious history of fairness and love for anyone on the right, I’m a heck of a lot more than circumspect as to the veracity of the vast majority of polls.
Or, as this British comedy show explained:
Despite their manifest ideological failings, polls have the power to change election outcomes that is not appreciated. Polling affects:
Voters
Donors
Media
Campaign strategy
Party elites
Narratives about momentum, viability, and inevitability
This is why polling is not a passive reflection of public opinion. It is an active force in the political ecosystem. Polling shapes perception, and perception shapes reality.
Polling is not passive; it is an active tactic the left has used to influence voters in myriad ways. Low polling numbers take away a certain percentage of voters regardless of the issues.
Polling is not a passive snapshot of public sentiment; it has become an active political instrument that the left has learned to wield with strategic precision. By saturating the media environment with surveys showing Republicans trailing, polling shapes voter psychology long before ballots are cast. Low polling numbers reliably peel away a measurable share of soft or low-information voters who interpret those numbers as a signal of inevitability or futility.
This dynamic disproportionately harms Republicans, whose coalition includes more turnout-sensitive, institution-skeptical voters who are likelier to disengage when they believe their candidate is losing. In this way, polling doesn’t merely report the political landscape — it helps construct it, reinforcing narratives that advantage Democrats while depressing Republican enthusiasm at critical moments. In the majority of cases, polling affects Republicans considerably more than Democrats, and it likely has skewed races in Democrats’ favor more often than we know.
Let’s circle back to some of those earlier polling numbers we threw out:
Biden’s second-term numbers are very close to Trump’s. Think about that for a moment and imagine a pollster asking the key question:
“Do you approve or disapprove of the way [PRESIDENT’S NAME] is handling his job as president?”
Frankly, it’s a meaningless question because the answer most people are giving is not a clean, rational evaluation of performance. They’re giving a fast, emotionally filtered, identity-driven response, shaped by how the brain processes politics, inadvertently or on purpose, leading people away from reason and serious analysis.
This is also intended and has led to our elections becoming popularity contests. As a society, we’ve crossed the Rubicon, where sound bites trump rational arguments and truth is never couched in black-and-white terms… always subtle but consequential nuance, seldom in our favor.
Biden vs. Trump should be a 90-10 issue, but the fact that it’s not is all you need to know to understand how difficult our task is. Polling is an unfortunate reality we will continue to battle and are disadvantaged by. Understanding that polling is just another frontier we must overcome is today’s takeaway.
Could Marco Rubio be the one to take down the woke and seemingly untouchable Rep. Ilhan Omar?
He seems to think that $40 million fortune of hers came from something different than wine sales from her winery.
Marco Rubio says the US State Department will no longer accept Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's sponsorship of foreign refugees after more than a dozen of the Minnesota fraudsters were found to be on her list.
— GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE (@GOP_is_Gutless) March 29, 2026
Which is shockingly direct. Usually, they don't state things so directly.
But if it's true that Omar ran a pay-to-play refugee operation, it would surely be illegal. And who would be in a position to know this better than Rubio who runs the Department of State and all its adjacents?
With a confident tweet like that, it seems likely that he knows something. What's more, he's been after her for at least six weeks;
Ilhan Omar's emergency bid to halt the DOJ probe into her enormous wealth surge was brutally DENIED by federal judge — no hearing, no mercy, doors sealed shut in seconds — as the Somali-born congresswoman faces imminent subpoena storm.
Cleveland Clinic ispilotinga conversational AI tool for inpatient nursing that integrates directly into EHRs.
The tool, developed by the AI platform Ambience, enables nurses to ask plain-language questions and receive real-time, citation-backed responses informed by clinical notes, lab results, hospitals policies and more EHR-stored data, according to a March 31 news release. It is designed to reduce time spent navigating records and support care planning.
The tool is intended to cut documentation time and provide quicker access to relevant clinical information to support care coordination and decision-making.
Cleveland Clinic is the first health system to pilot the tool, which was developed in collaboration with its inpatient nurses and nursing informatics team. The AI assistant is limited to clinical questions and includes safeguards such as real-time monitoring and “nurse-in-the-loop” feedback, according to the release.
The launch is part of Ambience’s broader effort to develop AI tools specifically for nursing workflows across care settings. The platform currently supports more than 200 specialties across outpatient, emergency and inpatient environments.
After months of urging United Parcel Service (UPS) to honor its Teamsters contract and return to the bargaining table over unilateral driver buyouts, UPS on Sunday agreed to terms on a new settlement with the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee — capping severance offers while rewarding and protecting the seniority of Teamsters drivers.
Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien successfully pushed UPS into negotiations in the wake of national grievances filed against the package giant over its Driver Choice Program (DCP), which UPS pursued in February without agreement from the union. Those grievances forced UPS to withdraw the DCP in 13 states in March before ultimately agreeing to negotiate.
Under terms of the strong new settlement, UPS will be limited in the number of severance packages it can offer. Those who wish to accept them will receive $150,000 payments for early retirement. Offers will be made to long-haul feeder drivers and Regular Package Car Drivers based on seniority in all regions of the country. UPS has agreed not to pursue or offer any other severance programs for the life of the current Teamsters National Master Agreement, which does not expire until July 31, 2028.
“UPS never had the contractual right to unilaterally offer driver buyouts, but with enough pressure and member solidarity UPS finally did the right thing by putting its commitments to hardworking Teamsters down in writing,” O’Brien said. “Lifelong Teamsters who have given so much of themselves to making UPS the king of parcel delivery will have the right of first refusal on any severance agreements. Union seniority and the rights of all our members will be honored. UPS will no longer have the chance to go around the union without giving Teamsters the respect they deserve at the bargaining table.”
The settlement between the Teamsters and UPS caps the total number of severance payments to 7,500 drivers across all job classifications nationwide.
The United Arab Emirates said it is willing to support the US military campaign against Iran to regain control the Strait of Hormuz, Fox News reported citing an interview with Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor to the UAE President
"For us, the Strait of Hormuz cannot be held hostage by one country," Gargash said.
"We’re not ready to act as a maritime force but we will join any American-led effort, international effort to secure navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. We are ready to play our part," he added.
"This is extremely important for the global economy and global trade; it is an issue that is extremely important for everybody. The Strait of Hormuz cannot be held hostage by any country," Gargash said.
Israel and the United States have finalized a list of strategic targets in Iran to be struck if Tehran fails to meet President Donald Trump’s ultimatum, The Jerusalem Post reported citing two informed sources.
The report says final details were reportedly settled during a meeting last week between IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and US Central Command leaders, where officials discussed roles and mission objectives should the ultimatum expire.
According to the report, Israeli officials are urging Washington to prioritize strikes on Iran’s energy sector and national infrastructure, arguing such attacks could trigger economic collapse and weaken the regime’s grip on power.
