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Prior to his execution on Monday for the 1995 bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City that resulted in the deaths of 168 people, Timothy McVeigh denied that he needed the help of any "unknown" collaborators to commit his deed. But ...

After President George W. Bush's address to nation last week, his overall job approval jumped to 90% -- the highest ever recorded by Gallup. More generally, in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, American support for government ...

With about half of Americans currently saying crime is up in their local areas, and about 7 in 10 saying it is up nationally, the U.S. public has a decidedly negative outlook about crime. Americans were relatively upbeat on these measures only ...

The "Millennial Generation" were born in an unusually peaceful era -- and came of age in a turbulent one. They're worried about a lot of things, lack of healthcare, crime, unemployment, but what scares them most might turn out to be what becomes ...

Many agencies within the federal government have had their roles redefined as they faced situations that had only previously existed in the hypothetical. Do Americans feel these agencies are up-to-task in the wake of the first few difficult ...

Violent crime in the United States, specifically murder, rose last year, according to new FBI data. Gallup's 2005 update on crime also shows a significant increase in Americans' perceptions of crime in their local area and across the nation. The ...

Racial profiling of Muslims may seem like a relatively new problem for Americans, but discussion of its practice with regard to other American minorities has been part of the public dialogue for more than a decade. A new Gallup poll on racial ...

The U.S. intelligence community was "dead wrong" in its accounts that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction prior to the start of the war two years ago, according to a recent presidential commission report. The commission also stated that the ...

Since 1941, The Gallup Poll has maintained an Index of Leading Religious Indicators -- a broad, annual assessment of religiosity among Americans, which is based on a series of Gallup questions relating to religious beliefs and practices. The ...

Terry Nichols, who is already serving a life sentence on a federal conviction for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, may now face a state murder trial that carries with it the possibility of a ...