The Supreme Court's approval rating — long the highest among the three branches of government — has sunk to a record low, joining President Trump and Congress in drawing low public support. Why it matters: Americans aren't just unhappy with individual leaders. They're increasingly convinced the country's biggest institutions aren't working for them. By the numbers: 33% of Americans approve of the Supreme Court's performance, according to a Gallup survey of 1,200 adults conducted from July 1-19 — days after the justices wrapped their latest term. - That's down 6 percentage points from 2025, the court's previous low. - About 13.5% of Americans approve of Congress' performance, down from 23.2% in July 2025, per YouGov data . -…
The Supreme Court's approval rating — long the highest among the three branches of government — has sunk to a record low, joining President Trump and Congress in drawing low public support. Why it matters: Americans aren't just unhappy with individual leaders. They're increasingly convinced the country's biggest institutions aren't working for them. By the numbers: 33% of Americans approve of the Supreme Court's performance, according to a Gallup survey of 1,200 adults conducted from July 1-19 — days after the justices wrapped their latest term. - That's down 6 percentage points from 2025, the court's previous low. - About 13.5% of Americans approve of Congress' performance, down from 23.2% in July 2025, per YouGov data . -…Open
Confidence has reached a near-all-time low as Americans report increasing distrust in core institutions across the board, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. The poll , conducted during the first half of June, measured trust across 14 private and public institutions, finding that most had levels of distrust at or near their lowest points since polling began in 1993. (RELATED: DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Continues Its Election Integrity Offensive) The medical system matched its lowest recorded rating ever, with Americans telling Gallup that their faith in the institution had plummeted to 28 percent. However, newspapers and public schools — each rating one percentage point above their all-time lows — were still lower than the…Open
The internet is awash in speculation, suspicion and disgust over the millions of new pages of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Justice Department on Friday. - Few believe the story is anywhere near finished. Why it matters: The DOJ's final release has delivered tantalizing revelations about Epstein's ties to elite society. But it has brought neither clarity nor closure to the fundamental questions that have kept the scandal alive. The big picture: The Epstein files metastasized beyond the Trump administration's control in 2025. Here are five reasons the public's obsession is unlikely to abate in 2026. 1. An expanding blast radius. - Some Epstein associates — British power broker Peter Mandelson , Norwegian royal Mette-Marit ,…
The internet is awash in speculation, suspicion and disgust over the millions of new pages of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Justice Department on Friday. - Few believe the story is anywhere near finished. Why it matters: The DOJ's final release has delivered tantalizing revelations about Epstein's ties to elite society. But it has brought neither clarity nor closure to the fundamental questions that have kept the scandal alive. The big picture: The Epstein files metastasized beyond the Trump administration's control in 2025. Here are five reasons the public's obsession is unlikely to abate in 2026. 1. An expanding blast radius. - Some Epstein associates — British power broker Peter Mandelson , Norwegian royal Mette-Marit ,…Open