Opinion Today: Topline
Selected links from the April 7, 2026, edition of Opinion Today
Top tax frustrations for Americans: Feeling that some wealthy people, corporations don’t pay fair share Andy Cerda and J. Baxter Oliphant, Pew Research Center With the annual IRS filing deadline approaching, majorities of Americans continue to be bothered by the feeling that some wealthy people and corporations do not pay their fair share in federal taxes.
Republicans have become less likely to say NATO membership benefits the U.S. Moira Fagan and Sneha Gubbala, Pew Research Center
Americans express pride in U.S. space program Alec Tyson, Ipsos
The State of Southeast Asia 2026 Survey Report The ASEAN Studies Centre at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Allies Fear They Are Tied to an Erratic U.S. and Now Have Nowhere to Turn Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked] This Is Not How Presidents Typically Communicate Barbara A. Perry (University of Virginia), The Atlantic [unlocked] Trump Hasn’t Given Up on His ‘Unrequited Love’ for Putin Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times [unlocked] The Terrorist in Chief Paul Krugman What makes an impeachable offense? Julia Azari, Good Politics/Bad Politics Vance’s Deal With the Devil Isn’t Paying Off Dana Milbank (NOTUS), The New York Times [unlocked] Deportation in the Trump Era Is All About Location Ronald Brownstein, Bloomberg Opinion Loomer, Fox and 'a RINO': Inside Trump's earthquake endorsement in California Blake Jones, Dasha Burns, Jeremy B. White, Lindsey Holden, Dustin Gardiner and Melanie Mason, Politico Senate Democratic Leaders Back Moderates in the Primaries. Progressives Say That’s a Mistake. Daniella Diaz and Christa Dutton, NOTUS Democratic Candidate Recruitment Is Booming, Even in Republican Districts Alex Roarty, NOTUS Tax cuts are the hot new idea for Democrats Sahil Kapur, NBC News Enough With the Nepo Candidates, Democrats Michelle Cottle, The New York Times [unlocked]
There’s more in today’s FULL edition of Opinion Today:
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Voters say they want "somebody that's for us"
The Strength In Numbers Podcast with G. Elliott MorrisWar usually boosts presidents. Why isn’t it helping Trump?
CNNTamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump’s shifting messaging on Iran war
PBS News Hour