Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the January 26, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
More Americans support than oppose abolishing ICE Alexander Rossell Hayes, YouGov After federal immigration agents on Saturday shot and killed a Minneapolis resident for the second time this month, more Americans now say they would support abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement than say they would oppose eliminating the agency. A majority of Americans say ICE's tactics are too forceful and about half say they strongly disapprove of the way the agency is handling its job, according to a YouGov Poll conducted hours after the shooting.
Artificial Intelligence Andy Kemp, Gallup
How Americans are using AI at work, according to a new Gallup poll Matt O'Brien and Linley Sanders, Associated Press
Europeans are gloomy about pretty much everything. Who can blame them? Marion Solletty and Júlia Vadler, Politico Utah: Views on Trump’s immigration policy and birthright citizenship — Deseret News/Hinckley Institute poll Lauren Irwin, Deseret News Trump is losing normies on immigration Nate Silver, Silver Bulletin
Trump’s Neediness Is Transforming America E. J. Dionne Jr., New York Times [unlocked] Yes, It’s Fascism Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic [unlocked] The People Struggle Against Tyranny Thomas Zimmer, Democracy Americana The First Three Weeks of the Year Will Reshape the World Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy Stacie Goddard (Wellesley) and Abraham L. Newman (Georgetown), New York Times [unlocked] Welcome to the American Winter Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic [unlocked] This Isn’t About Immigration Anymore John Della Volpe, JDV on Gen Z Minnesota shooting scrambles America’s gun debate Naftali Bendavid and Kim Bellware, Washington Post [unlocked] Republicans’ House Majority Is Shakier Than Ever Anvee Bhutani and Olivia Beavers, Wall Street Journal [unlocked] He’s 26 and Ready to Fix the Democrats’ Strategy Joseph Bernstein, New York Times [unlocked]
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How Evil Regimes Cling to Power (w/ Stephen Kotkin)
Shield of the RepublicThe Audacity of Mamdani
Impolitic with John Heilemann