Polling

 National Memo - Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, approval of the United States has fallen by double-digit percentage points in multiple countries, according to a Pew Research Center poll released on Wednesday. The drop in global support follows Trump’s decision to insult multiple nations by imposing tariffs on allies—and even threatening military action.

In total, support for the United States fell in 19 of the 24 countries that Pew surveyed.

“Majorities in most countries also express little or no confidence in Trump’s ability to handle specific issues, including immigration, the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S.-China relations, global economic problems, conflicts between Israel and its neighbors, and climate change,” the Pew report summarized.

Most respondents characterized Trump as arrogant and dangerous, and very few of the people surveyed regarded the only convicted felon to serve as president as honest.

Support for the United States significantly declines from Pew’s 2024 poll, when President Joe Biden was in office. Notable declines occurred among the closest U.S. allies, including a 32 percent decrease in Mexico, 20 percent in Canada, 10 percent in France, 15 percent in Japan, and 16 percent in Germany.

Only three nations view the United States more favorably than they did in 2024: Israel, Nigeria, and Turkey. Though support increased by just seven percent or less.

Data: Pew Research; Chart: Axios Visuals

 The Hill -  More U.S. households are headed by same-sex married couples, according to data released Thursday by the Pew Research Center, with the number steadily growing over the last decade. 

Large shares of married LGBTQ couples said they were married for reasons including love, companionship and wanting to make a formal commitment to one another, according to a survey from the nonpartisan think tank based on responses from more than 1,100 U.S. adults married to or living with a same-sex partner. The data reflects responses from a larger poll of LGBTQ Americans conducted Jan. 8-19. 

Sixty-four percent also said legal rights were a major factor in getting married. 

The survey, released during Pride Month, comes as a growing number of Republican state lawmakers are urging the Supreme Court to reverse its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which effectively legalized same-sex marriage in the U.S. and celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.

New Republic - In May 2025, the Asian American Foundation published its fifth annual Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the U.S., or STAATUS, Index. The index, which was launched by the foundation in 2021 in the wake of spiking anti-Asian hate crimes during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Atlanta Massacre, compiles surveys on stereotypes and attitudes of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders as reflected in the media and public opinion.... This year’s report included two startling discoveries. Based on a survey of 4,909 U.S. adults ages 16 and above, this year’s report announced that “40 percent of Americans believe that Asian Americans are more loyal to their countries of origin than to the U.S., doubling since 2021.” Within the same survey, 27 percent of respondents stated that Chinese Americans are a threat to U.S. national security.