Opinion Today
January 29, 2026
Fox News Poll: 59% of voters say ICE is too aggressive, up 10 points since July Dana Blanton, Fox News While more than half of voters approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing on border security, a new Fox News survey finds a majority disapproves of how he is handling immigration and a growing number view the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency’s tactics as "too aggressive" — including significant portions of the president’s coalition.
What Americans think about immigration enforcement and the death of Alex Pretti David Montgomery and Taylor Orth, YouGov Majorities of Americans want fewer ICE agents in Minneapolis, say immigration agents weren't justified in the amount of force used in the killing of Alex Pretti, and want criminal charges for the agents who shot Pretti, new YouGov polling on immigration enforcement finds. About half (51%) of Americans say they support the goals of Trump's immigration policy, but only 27% say they support both Trump's goals and the way he's implementing it.
Fox News Poll: Donald Trump starts 2026 with 44% approval Dana Blanton, Fox News New year, same take. Voters say the economy is in bad shape, that President Donald Trump’s policies haven’t helped, that he isn’t spending enough time on the economy and that things are unlikely to get better this year.
What Americans Really Mean by ‘Affordability’ Nate Cohn, New York Times [unlocked] The difficulty of purchasing a ticket to the middle class has created a sense that the economy isn’t working, even when the economy isn’t so bad by usual measures like growth or unemployment. Trump voters support military intervention in more countries Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing and Leo Shane III, Politico 65 percent of Trump voters say the U.S. should take military action in at least one country, according to a new POLITICO poll.
