Most Republicans and Democrats favor raising the age for owning a semi-automatic weapon Kathy Frankovic, Linley Sanders & Taylor Orth, YouGov On Wednesday, Democrats in the House passed gun-control legislation — along with the votes of five Republicans — that would raise the age for purchasing semi-automatic rifles, ban high-capacity magazines, and expand background checks. The latest Economist/YouGov poll shows bipartisan support for many of those proposals while finding that Republicans nationally do not support all of Democrats’ gun-control efforts.
Index of Consumer Sentiment University of Michigan Consumer sentiment declined by 14% from May, continuing a downward trend over the last year and reaching its lowest recorded value, comparable to the trough reached in the middle of the 1980 recession.