The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report has Alabama’s murder rate at 7.2 per 100,000 for 2015. The letter’s cited rate of 17.6 for firearm deaths should be lower. In any city, county or state every ...

The scent of this paradox hangs around statistics to this day, and accounts for much of the distrust which many people entertain for statistics generally.

It looks as though that distrust in the credibility of federal statistics extends far beyond the White House. Opinions to start the day, in your inbox. Sign up.

For example, there are 20 sources more conservative Republicans distrust than trust. That number falls to 15 sources among moderate and liberal Republicans. And though only four sources are trusted ...

President Trump and members of his administration have often expressed a distrust of science and experts. That distrust is now helping to shape policies in several areas of government, from ...

Amid conflict and distrust, The Associated Press sticks to ‘good, solid, fact-based journalism’ ‘If we’re not there, then who is?’ ...