Opinion Today
April 11, 2025
We asked 500 manufacturing workers about Trump’s tariffs Washington Post [unlocked] President Donald Trump pitched sweeping international tariffs as a windfall to American manufacturers and workers who he said suffered from decades of free trade agreements. But American manufacturing workers are not sold.
73% of Americans are financially stressed. Two-thirds say tariff concerns are the source Stephanie Dhue and Sharon Epperson, CNBC Americans are growing increasingly uneasy about the state of the U.S. economy and their own personal financial situation in the face of stubborn inflation and tariff wars. Plurality of voters wary of CEOs' support for Trump, while a similar share say media is too critical Faith Wardwell, NBC News Democrats drive the share of voters critical of CEO support for Trump in the NBC News poll, while Republicans drive the numbers critical of how the media handles Trump. Decoding Misinformation: Why we fall for fake news Steeven Ye, Davide Baldo and Oliviero Marchese, Ipsos Understanding the factors that influence a person's ability to distinguish between real and fake news is crucial to tackling the misinformation crisis. Voters Want to Make Polluters Pay Data for Progress New polling from Data for Progress and Fossil Free Media finds that voters believe that oil and gas companies misled the public about the climate damages their products would cause and should be on the hook for some of the costs. Moreover, voters oppose providing oil and gas companies legal immunity from lawsuits and legislation seeking to recover climate-related damages.