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Opinion Today (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedThe Age Of Artificial Intelligence: 73% Concerned About Potential Threat To Human Survival Quinnipiac University Poll Following recent warnings about rogue AI agents, sparking debate over safety versus economic advantage as the U.S. and China race to develop AI systems, 73 percent of Americans are either very concerned (38 percent) or somewhat concerned (35 percent) that future AI
Opinion Today (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedU.S. Supreme Court Begins Term With Historically Low Ratings Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup The Supreme Court’s public standing has weakened the past few years, with less than half of Americans saying they trust the institution, and now only one in three approving of the job it is doing. The declines are largely due to plummeting trust a
Opinion Today (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedU.S. Media Trust: Edges Up From Record Low Lydia Saad, Gallup Americans’ confidence in the news media has pulled back from last year’s record low, but trust remains historically weak and polarized. Just one-third of Americans believe the media report the news fully, accurately and fairly, while two-thirds have limited or no confidence. A
Opinion Today (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedOnly 13% of voters buy Trump’s promise to send $5k checks if GOP wins midterms G. Elliott Morris, Strength In Numbers The big story out of Dallas was Donald Trump’s pledge to send every American adult a $5,000 check if and only if Republicans keep control of Congress. This type of thing is tricky to poll about, since people generally support transfers, but w
Opinion Weekend (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedTrump Is Predicting Midterms Success but Republicans Are Starting to Panic Annie Linskey, Meridith McGraw and Josh Dawsey, The Wall Street Journal [unlocked] President’s approval rating drops to 37% in WSJ poll, lowest of any president heading into midte
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