Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 6, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
A third of Americans support US strike on Venezuela, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds Jason Lange, Reuters One in three Americans approves of the U.S. military strike on Venezuela that toppled the country's president and 72% worry the U.S. will become too involved in the South American country, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Monday.
Americans have mixed reaction to the U.S. removal of Venezuelan president Alec Tyson, Annaleise Azevedo Lohr and Bernard Mendez, Ipsos
Surveys just after Maduro's capture show Americans are divided on U.S. military action in Venezuela Carl Bialik and Taylor Orth, YouGov
We texted 1,000 Americans about U.S. actions in Venezuela. Here’s what they said. Scott Clement and Eric Lau, Washington Post [unlocked]
Post-Venezuela op, Americans aren’t rallying around Trump Eli Yokley & Cameron Easley, Morning Consult Lack Of Trust In Media Continues As Perceived Bias, Ideology Divide Readers: I&I/TIPP Poll Terry Jones, tippinsights
CDC Urges ‘Shared Decision-Making’ on Some Childhood Vaccines; Many Unclear About What That Means Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania Democrats look primed to win the House, but a wave might be harder Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post [unlocked] Why Democrats Aren’t Threatening Another Shutdown This Time Siobhan Hughes, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] Congressional power, ending with a whimper, not a bang? Steven Pearlstein, Roll Call Donald Trump’s poll numbers suggest his popularity is waning Bruce Stokes, Chatham House A Horseshoe Theory of Trump Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic [unlocked] The Fuck-Around-and-Find-Out Presidency Missy Ryan and Ashley Parker, The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump Is Unleashing Forces Beyond His Control David French, New York Times [unlocked] Venezuela raid enriches MAGA billionaire Judd Legum, Popular Information A $400,000 profit on Maduro's capture raises insider trading questions on Polymarket Bobby Allyn, NPR News For Many Jan. 6 Rioters, a Pardon From Trump Wasn’t Enough Alan Feuer and Dan Barry, New York Times [unlocked] Jan. 6 Never Ended Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-8), New York Times [unlocked] Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say Adam Liptak, New York Times [unlocked] What Can History Tell Us About Tariff Shocks? Regis Barnichon and Aayush Singh, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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How Will Americans React To U.S. Involvement In Venezuela?
GD POLITICSHow Do Trump’s Actions In Venezuela Square With MAGA And ‘America First’?
The NPR Politics PodcastTamara Keith and Amy Walter on the political fallout from military action in Venezuela
PBS News Hour