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A majority of Americans (56%) say the overall level of ethics and honesty in the federal government has fallen over the course of Trump’s term.

Americans remain critical of Trump administration’s approach to Iran

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Fort Bragg Army base in North Carolina on Feb. 13, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

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A campaign sign in Houston on Election Day 2024. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

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Unprepared for the Apocalypse

Over 87% of Americans are unprepared to protect themselves from even the most basic world-ending scenarios reports The Onion.
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Obama Not Overextended

A majority of Americans (56%) reject the criticism that Obama is trying to tackle too many issues.
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Bailing out Banks

Just under half (48%) of the public says spending billions of dollars to help keep financial institutions secure is the right thing to do; 40% say it is wrong.
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Tweeting

About one-in-ten online adults have used Twitter or a similar service.
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Bailing out Homeowners

The public is evenly divided over spending billions to help homeowners who are facing foreclosure on mortgages they cannot afford but most supporters say they are bothered by it.
reportMar 26, 2009

Unusually Wide Gap in ’Satisfaction,’ ’Right Direction’ Measures

Americans’ perception about the state and direction of the nation usually go hand-in-hand. However, big events, like last fall’s election, can split these two indicators of the public’s national outlook.
reportMar 26, 2009

Testimony of Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President, Pew Research Center to the Senate Finance Committee

Comments on a report that combines findings of one of our major national public opinion surveys with the Center’s analysis of four decades of demographic and economic trends from the Census Bureau and other sources.
reportMar 26, 2009

Before the Great Recession, a Phantom Recovery

The eight-year period from 1999 through 2007 is the longest in modern U.S. economic history in which inflation-adjusted median household income failed to surpass an earlier peak.
short readsMar 19, 2009

War in Iraq: Six Years and a New President Later

The public overwhelmingly supports (76%) President Obama’s plan to remove most combat troops from Iraq by the end of August.
reportMar 19, 2009

Public Has Split Verdict on Increased Level of Unmarried Motherhood

There is a stronger consensus in public opinion about the social cost of out-of-wedlock births than there is about the morality of these births.

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