Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the May 4, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
Poll: The midterms' new big players are pushing agendas that voters don’t fully support Erin Doherty, Jasper Goodman, Jessica Piper, Daniel Barnes and Brendan Bordelon, Politico An April POLITICO Poll finds broad skepticism about both crypto and AI, creating a growing tension for candidates benefiting from the influx of cash.
AAPI adults have more confidence and trust in medical professionals like doctors and scientists than government officials, and most are stressed about health concerns AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and AAPI Data
Fewer AAPI adults report hate incidents but racism concerns linger, new poll shows Terry Tang and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, The Associated Press Majority Worldwide Say Media Can Operate Freely Benedict Vigers, Gallup
Trump Faces the Complicated Reality of a Costly, Unpopular War in Iran Zolan Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times [unlocked] Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder Scott Anderson, The New York Times [unlocked] America Is Officially an Empire in Decline Christopher Caldwell, The New York Times [unlocked] The Antiabortion Movement Is Turning on Trump Philip Wegmann, Liz Essley Whyte and Jennifer Calfas, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Trump flexes executive power with unprecedented flouting of lower court rulings Sudhin Thanawala, The Associated Press Trump finds a ‘Southern Strategy’ to save his dreams of dictatorship Will Bunch, The Philadelphia Inquirer [unlocked] Redistricting war accelerates winner-take-all political combat that’s straining American democracy Nicholas Riccardi, The Associated Press He spent 60 years building Black political power. He sees a wipeout coming. Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post [unlocked] New Drama Inside the DNC Lauren Egan, The Bulwark Why Almost Everyone Loses—Except a Few Sharks—on Prediction Markets Neil Mehta, Katherine Long and Caitlin Ostroff, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked] The Value of Reliable Statistics Nicholas Bloom, Erica L. Groshen, Duncan Hobbs & Michael R. Strain, National Bureau of Economic Research Labor Market Impacts of ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 Elizabeth Cox & Chloe N. East, National Bureau of Economic Research
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