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Fox News Poll: ‘Resilient discontent’ defines the US mood at 250th anniversary
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As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, American voters remain attached to the country, even as a majority describe it in negative terms and many believe Americans are more divided by their values than united by them.
That’s according to the latest Fox News national survey released Monday.
When asked what one word best describes the United States today, two-thirds of voters choose a negative word such as «failing,» «divided,» «struggling,» or «corrupt.» That includes nearly twice as many Democrats as Republicans.
Only about one-quarter of voters suggest a positive word, such as «freedom,» «great,» «powerful,» or «strong,» and more than four times as many Republicans as Democrats use those terms.
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By a 16-point margin, a larger number of voters believe Americans are mostly separated by different values (58%) than bound by shared values (42%). Majorities of Democrats (62%) and independents (65%) think Americans are separated by different values, while views among Republicans are split (49% shared vs. 50% different values).
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Even so, the survey finds broad agreement on some fundamental American principles. When describing the U.S., more than 8 in 10 voters say it’s important to emphasize national unity and shared values (85%) as well as U.S. democratic principles (83%). Three-quarters (77%) prioritize highlighting the country’s multiculturalism and diversity. Of the three, there’s relatively wide partisan disagreement on multiculturalism, with 88% of Democrats viewing it as an important descriptor of the country compared to 67% of Republicans — a 21-point gap.
And while national attachment remains strong, it has noticeably eroded compared to two decades ago when 93% said they would rather live in the U.S. than any other country. Today, that number is 81%, while 19% say they would rather live elsewhere — a share that has more than tripled since 2004 and 2005.
The desire to leave is especially pronounced among voters under age 30 and Democrats, as about 3 in 10 of each group would rather live outside the U.S. By contrast, almost all Republicans (96%) and most voters ages 45 and over would stay in the U.S. (86%).
Enthusiasm about the country’s upcoming 250th anniversary clearly reflects the partisan gap: more than twice as many Republicans (74%) as Democrats (35%) are excited about the milestone. Fully 84% of MAGA Republicans are excited compared to 57% of non-MAGA Republicans. More than half of veterans (55%), White men without a college degree (63%), and White evangelical Christians (70%) are also excited.
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«These findings suggest a national mood best described as ‘resilient discontent,’» says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts Fox News surveys with Democratic counterpart Chris Anderson. «The growing share who would rather live elsewhere combined with stark partisan differences in enthusiasm for the country’s anniversary, suggests commitment to the nation is becoming less automatic and more conditional.»
Conducted May 15-18, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,002 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (109) and cellphones (635) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (258). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.
Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.
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Rusia lanzó un nuevo ataque masivo con drones y misiles contra Ucrania: al menos 15 muertos y 44 heridos
Una nueva ola de ataques con misiles y drones lanzados por Rusia causó la muerte de al menos 15 personas y dejó heridas a otras 24 en la capital ucraniana, Kiev, y su región durante la noche del martes y la madrugada de este miércoles. Este bombardeo se suma a los más reciente en una serie de ofensivas mortales del Kremlin contra territorio ucraniano.
Periodistas en la ciudad reportaron explosiones poco después de la medianoche, luego de que la fuerza aérea ucraniana advirtiera sobre la llegada de misiles balísticos. Uno de ellos describió la presencia de humo negro y el persistente olor a quemado en el aire horas después del ataque.
La administración militar de Kiev confirmó que los misiles y drones impactaron edificios residenciales y almacenes. “El enemigo está atacando una vez más deliberadamente a personas e infraestructura civil”, señaló la institución en un comunicado difundido en Telegram. En Kiev, el ataque provocó incendios en cuatro distritos, y dejó una mujer muerta y al menos 24 personas heridas.
En la región de la capital, las autoridades informaron de 14 fallecidos y más de 20 heridos en las zonas aledañas. “La región de Kiev ha sufrido esta noche uno de sus ataques enemigos más trágicos”, escribió Tymur Tkachenko, jefe de la administración militar regional.
La nueva ola de ataques se suma a otras incursiones nocturnas recientes: el sábado, bombardeos rusos sobre Kiev y sus suburbios dejaron 10 muertos y más de 30 heridos, mientras que drones ucranianos hundieron un buque portacontenedores ruso en el Mar Negro. En los últimos meses, Ucrania solicitó a sus aliados el suministro de más interceptores Patriot de fabricación estadounidense, a medida que Rusia incrementa el uso de misiles balísticos más de cuatro años después del inicio de la invasión a gran escala.
Un análisis de la agencia AFP indicó que tanto Rusia como Ucrania intensificaron sus ataques de largo alcance en las últimas semanas, con Rusia duplicando el uso de misiles en julio. El empleo de drones se volvió habitual y Ucrania incrementó sus bombardeos contra infraestructuras, incluidas instalaciones de petróleo, gas y logística en territorio ruso.
Cinco personas murieron y otras diez resultaron heridas el martes por la mañana en la región de Moscú, en una ofensiva de Kiev dirigida a almacenes del gigante ruso de comercio electrónico Wildberries. El alcalde de Moscú informó que las defensas aéreas rusas interceptaron y destruyeron al menos diez drones que se dirigían hacia la capital. El gobernador de Tula, al sur de la capital, reportó que las defensas destruyeron 107 drones ucranianos durante la noche, con daños en dos edificios de apartamentos y un incendio en una instalación logística de Wildberries.
La empresa, a la que Ucrania acusa de almacenar piezas de drones y colaborar con el Ejército ruso, ordenó una “evacuación preventiva”. Mientras tanto, Kiev expresó indignación por un vídeo que muestra a un hombre perseguido por un dron en Kherson, hecho al que calificó como una “caza” deliberada de civiles.
Los observadores de derechos humanos de la ONU alertaron por el aumento de víctimas civiles, que alcanzó su nivel más alto desde el inicio de la invasión rusa en febrero de 2022. El presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelensky, afirmó que la falta de interceptores de misiles balísticos “solo anima a Rusia a lanzar ataques que cuestan vidas humanas”. La semana pasada, Zelensky se reunió con el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, para solicitar licencias que permitan la producción de sistemas Patriot en Ucrania.
Rusia declaró que el ataque del sábado tenía como objetivo industrias del complejo militar-industrial y centros logísticos. Entre los edificios dañados en Kiev se encuentran la embajada de Lituania y un edificio residencial de cinco plantas.
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Trump-backed candidate lands GOP nod, setting up high-stakes governor showdown
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President Donald Trump’s kingmaker status in Republican primaries was on the line Tuesday in Michigan’s GOP gubernatorial nomination showdown – and the president passed the test.
Republican Rep. John James, a two-time U.S. Senate nominee in the crucial Great Lakes battleground state who was endorsed by Trump in late June, topped multimillionaire businessman Perry Johnson to win the GOP primary, the Associated Press reported.
The West Point graduate and Army Ranger who served multiple combat tours as an Apache helicopter pilot in the Iraq war will face off in a high-stakes and expensive general election battle with two-term Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Democrats’ gubernatorial nominee, in the race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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Rep. John James of Michigan, a Republican candidate for governor, speaks to a voter at a campaign event in Harrison Township, Michigan, on August 3, 2026. (Luke Trevisan/Fox News)
James preached party unity in his victory speech.
«The primary is over now. We come together. One team, one fight, one mission to save Michigan. To those who supported me. Thank you. And for those who did not, I’m going to work every single day to earn your trust,» he told supporters.
The GOP primary between James and Johnson, a former gubernatorial and presidential candidate, turned combative. Johnson, who is White, referred to James, one of the few Black Republicans in Congress, as a «DEI candidate» and in a recent debate accused James of playing the «race card.» James, meanwhile, called Johnson «desperate.»
Johnson, who shelled out millions of his own money into his campaign, dramatically outspent James in the primary showdown.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson campaigns on eve of the Michigan primary at a campaign event on August 3, 2026 in Novi, Michigan. (Luke Trevisan/Fox News)
But James told Fox News on the eve of the primary that «nobody outworks a ranger,» and «money isn’t the only thing. People want someone who resonates with them, someone who has the proven leadership capability to turn the state around.»
James and Johnson were the final two Republican candidates in a nomination race that previously included former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and state Senate Republican leader Aric Nesbitt. They both suspended their GOP gubernatorial campaigns, but their names remained on the primary ballot.
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, is running for governor in the 2026 race to succeed term-limited Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Trump gave James a boost last month as he campaigned with the congressman at a rally in Michigan.
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries this spring and summer, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Kentucky and Texas, as well as the Louisiana primary.
But Trump’s endorsement streak in statewide and congressional Republican primaries was snapped in early June when his last-minute endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to propel the three-term congressman to victory.
Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump’s Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk.
Trump-backed candidates won two of the three top races in key GOP primary runoff elections in Georgia and Alabama in June, with the one setback coming against billionaire businessman Rick Jackson, who shelled out over $100 million of his own money to boost his campaign.

President Donald Trump, center, and GOP Senate candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers, left, listen as Rep. John James, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks at an event at the General Motors Proving Ground Monday, July 27, 2026, in Milford, Mich. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
A week later, Trump-backed first-time candidate Anthony Constantino, a businessman and former boxer, defeated Robert Smullen, a retired Marine Corps colonel and New York assemblyman who had the backing of the state party, in the upstate New York race to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Meanwhile, in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial runoff, Trump couldn’t lose.
That’s because, besides backing Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette a few weeks earlier, he also gave a last-minute endorsement to state Attorney General Alan Wilson, who ended up winning the late June showdown in a landslide.
The president also enjoyed victory in Louisiana, where Sen. Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, was ousted as he sought renomination. Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow ended up winning the nomination in the runoff election.
And last month, Trump-backed Rep. Andy Biggs, a former House Freedom Caucus chair, won Arizona’s primary for governor in a landslide.
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