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Americans are divided over whether the Republicans in Congress (42%) or President Obama and the Democrats (39%) are better handling federal budget negotiations. They seem to support Republicans' position in favor of greater spending cuts while ...

Americans may be as focused at this point on how their elected representatives are going about the process of passing a new health law as they are on the legislation itself.

Americans, more than ever, want their political leaders in Washington to compromise in order to get things done, rather than stick to their principles at the cost of getting nothing done.

Read about Americans' views of the Republican Party, the steepest drop in Gallup's weekly Economic Confidence Index since 2008, the state of the global workplace, and more in this week's review.

A record 41% of U.S adults prefer that the same party control the presidency and Congress. Meanwhile, 23% say it is better to have divided party control, and 32% say it makes no difference.

The American public has little interest in building a wall along the southern U.S. border and rates it one of the least important things the president could do at this point.

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index held steady at -18 for the week ending March 23, with neither component of the index showing any change from the previous week.

The 21% who mention dissatisfaction with government and poor leadership as the most important problem is the highest since January 2014.

U.S. investors' economic views warmed a bit in the past quarter, as the Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index rose to +37 from +25, even as frigid temperatures kept job growth and retail sales in check.

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index edged down to -20 last week, the lowest weekly score for the index so far in 2014.