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Sharply more Americans than in January name immigration as the most important problem facing the U.S. The issue ranks first on the list.

Just 13% of U.S. adults approve of the job Congress is doing, the lowest since 2017.

The 32% of Americans who follow political news very closely is down from the prior two readings but typical of years before a presidential election.

Trust in government institutions remains below historical averages. Americans trust local government the most and the federal legislative branch the least.

Americans' already dim view of the economy has gotten a little worse in September after the trend lines had pointed up over the summer.

Americans' job approval ratings of Congress and President Joe Biden are generally stable at low levels.

Dan Witters joins the podcast to discuss the state of loneliness in the U.S. Later, Lydia Saad and Jeff Jones give an update on Americans' attitudes toward the pandemic.

For the seventh year in the past decade, Americans name dissatisfaction with the government as the top problem in 2022, with economic issues close behind.

Americans' confidence in the federal government to handle problems abroad has recovered six percentage points after tumbling last year.

An estimated 5.6% of U.S. adults rate their lives poorly enough to be categorized as "suffering," the highest level in 14 years of measurement.