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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 11: U.S. President Joe Biden holds news conference at the 2024 NATO Summit on July 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. NATO leaders convene in Washington this week for the annual summit to discuss future strategies and commitments and mark the 75th anniversary of the alliance’s founding. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Almost two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to drop out of the presidential race, AP poll shows

By Darlene Superville, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, and others

US President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media

Booming stocks and cooling inflation have convinced 35% of Americans the economy is going well—but that’s still not boosting Joe Biden

By Josh Boak, Emily Swanson, and others

President Joe Biden greets audience members during an event

Slowing inflation still hasn’t convinced U.S. voters that Joe Biden is doing a good job with the economy

By Josh Boak, Emily Swanson, and others

FILE – Activists demonstrate as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, in Washington, Oct. 31, 2022. As the Supreme Court decides the fate of affirmative action, most Americans say the court should allow consideration of race as part of the admissions process, yet few believe students’ race should play a significant role in decisions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Most Americans say colleges should be able to use affirmative action in admissions, but race should play a small role, new poll shows

By Collin Binkley, Emily Swanson, and others

FILE – President Joe Biden answers questions on the U.S. debt limits ahead of a bilateral meeting with Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Saturday, May 20, 2023. As he embarks on his reelection campaign, just 33% of American adults say they approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy and only 24% say national economic conditions are in good shape, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Only 33% of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of the economy, new poll finds

By Aamer Madhani, Emily Swanson, and others

FILE – Abortion-rights and anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in at least 50 years in 2022, in the wake of the Dobbs decision that led to state bans and other restrictions on abortion. That’s according to the General Social Survey, a long-running and widely respected survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago that has been measuring confidence in the court since 1973, the same year that Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide.(AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

Just 18% of Americans have a great deal of confidence in the Supreme Court after it overturned Roe marking a 50-year low

By Mark Sherman, Emily Swanson, and others

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Conservation in Action Summit at the Department of the Interior, March 21, 2023, in Washington. Approval of Biden has dipped slightly since a month ago, nearing the lowest point of his presidency as his administration tries to project a sense of stability while confronting a pair of bank failures and inflation that remains stubbornly high. That’s according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which shows there have been modest fluctuations in support for Biden over the past several months. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

President Biden’s approval rating has sunk near record lows as Americans worry about bank failures and inflation

By Josh Boak, Emily Swanson, and others