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Americans' ratings of the CIA and FBI have recovered somewhat after sharp drops last year. The public is increasingly critical of the job the Federal Reserve Board is doing.

Americans rate 12 of 16 federal government agencies and departments negatively. The U.S. Postal Service remains the highest-rated agency.

Americans' positive evaluations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are holding steady, but more are giving it a poor rating than before.

On the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, about two-thirds of Americans think there was more than one person involved in the murder, but there is little consensus about who that was.

Americans' views of national and local crime have improved since last year, largely due to Democrats' more positive perceptions.

Despite being criticized by President Donald Trump and others, the FBI maintained a 58% excellent/good rating from Americans in December, unchanged from 2014.

In 1975, Americans' image of the FBI was much less positive than 10 years earlier, following revelations about FBI surveillance practices.

In 1954, most Americans thought that if J. Edgar Hoover were to say that the FBI had most of the American communists under its eye, they would feel pretty sure it was true.

Crime became an issue in the recent midterm elections, underscoring the importance of understanding what lies behind Americans' views of the issue.

A new high of 63% of U.S. adults say the crime problem in the U.S. is extremely or very serious.