Republicans are about twice as likely as Democrats to say they trust they trust the news they get from podcasts *more than* they trust the news they get from other sources. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...

For the people who use it, TikTok is increasingly a source of news. 55% of adult TikTok users in the US now they say regularly get news there, up from 22% five years ago. New from @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

NEW from @pewresearch.org: 20% of US adults now regularly get news from TikTok, up from 3% in 2020. Among the youngest adults, 43% now regularly get news there, up from 9% in 2020. Full analysis: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

From @brookings.edu: "Early warning signs for the DC region’s economy amid federal downsizing"

80% of Israeli adults have an unfavorable opinion of the UN, up from 62% before the Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza. (This year's survey was fielded before several additional countries recognized Palestinian statehood.) www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Across 24 countries surveyed by @pewresearch.org earlier this year, a median of 62% of adults said they had little or no confidence in Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world affairs.

As of the end of April, the US owed the UN more than $3 billion in unpaid dues for the organization's two main budgets: its peacekeeping budget ($1.53 billion outstanding) and its regular budget ($1.5 billion outstanding). www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Does the US benefit from being in the UN? Majorities of liberal Democrats, moderate Democrats and moderate Republicans say that it benefits a fair amount or great deal. A majority of conservative Republicans say it benefits not too much or not at all. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"Roughly three-quarters (73%) of H-1B workers whose applications were approved in fiscal 2023 were born in India. A majority of approvals every year since 2010 have gone to workers born in India." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

As the Trump administration makes changes to the H-1B visa program, tech companies may feel the effect: Amazon has had more H-1B applications approved than any other employer in recent years. Also on the list: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Oracle, Intel. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

DECLINING TRUST: Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. Each recent birth cohort is less trusting than the previous one. www.pewresearch.org/SocialTrust

"Political violence has waxed and waned in the U.S. since its founding, and the political orientation of those perpetrating such violence—if one exists—has swung back and forth on the left-right spectrum over time as well." (via @wsj.com)

Most Americans (79%) say it's good for US universities to accept international students. But there's also considerable support for limiting the number of students from certain countries, especially China. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

In 2022, most Republicans said that publicly calling out others for potentially offensive social media posts is more likely to "punish people who didn't deserve it." Most Democrats said it's more likely to "hold people accountable for their actions." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

This 2021 analysis has been trending today on @pewresearch.org: Americans and ‘Cancel Culture’: Where Some See Calls for Accountability, Others See Censorship, Punishment

77% of Americans say freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society. (Survey fielded in February.) www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

From earlier this year: More than half of Americans say US news organizations are influenced a great deal by corporate and political interests. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

In a new @pewresearch.org survey out today, 56% of Americans say they would feel less confident about what they learned from a news story if they later found out it was written by AI: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

How would you react if you found out that a song you like was created by AI? A majority of Americans (58%) say it wouldn't change their opinion of the song.

NEW from @pewresearch.org: How religious is your state? This interactive feature will tell you where your state falls on four key measures of religiousness. It's based on the 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study (n=36,908).

79% of Americans say social media distracts people from issues that are truly important www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

92% of Americans say it's very or somewhat important that the media in the US can report the news without government censorship. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

In a @pewresearch.org study published earlier this year (long before Charlie Kirk), 92% of Americans said it's very or somewhat important that people in the US can say what they want without government censorship. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Where are people happy with how their political system is functioning? In the Netherlands and Sweden, around 7 in 10 adults say it's fine as is or needs only minor changes. In most other surveyed countries, people want major changes or complete reform. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

56% of Americans say journalists are often unable to separate their personal views from what they report on. That view is especially common among Republicans. Most Democrats say journalists ARE largely able to keep their personal views separate. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

Chart from @nytimes.com shows how often each Supreme Court justice has voted in favor of the government in emergency applications during Trump's second term so far, as well as during Biden's term. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...

If it feels like you haven't heard much about Pope Leo since he became the new leader of the Catholic Church, you're in good company: Around 9 in 10 US Catholics say they know little or nothing about him. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

The first @pewresearch.org survey about Pope Leo finds that more than 8 in 10 American Catholics have a favorable opinion of the new pontiff. As this chart shows, recent popes have been broadly popular among US Catholics. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

From a @pewresearch.org survey earlier this year: "Americans are now less likely than in 2023 to say the U.S. government or technology companies should take steps to restrict extremely violent content online." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Crime has fallen in D.C. during the federal law enforcement surge, faster than it was already dropping this year. But the show of force appears to have deterred other activity too: foot traffic, dining out, visits by immigrants to food pantries and health clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Graphic footage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk has been widely available online. In a survey earlier this year, 58% of Americans said tech companies should take steps to restrict extremely violent content online – down from 71% who said that in 2023. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

"The enduring power of the Sept. 11 attacks is clear: An overwhelming share of Americans who are old enough to recall the day remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news." www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

81% of Polish adults have a favorable opinion of NATO – the highest percentage in any member state surveyed by @pewresearch.org this year. www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

"Five weeks after President Trump fired the chief of the agency that gathers the country’s labor and price data, his advisers are preparing a report laying out alleged shortcomings of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs data." (via @wsj.com)

ICYMI, my ~last~ story for @houstonchronicle.com ran this week. It was ofc about Texas prisons - how much more unsafe they've become for prisoners over the past decade, by many metrics: More suicides, homicides, uses of force by guards, accidental deaths, assaults, and rapes.

"Israelis have consistently had a more unfavorable than favorable opinion of the UN. But their opinions have soured even more since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023. This year, only 16% of Israelis have a favorable view of the UN – the lowest level in surveys going back to 2007."

NEW: Ahead of next week's General Assembly, 80% of Israelis now express an unfavorable opinion of the United Nations. That includes 51% who have a *very* unfavorable view – the highest percentage across all 25 countries surveyed by @pewresearch.org this year. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Come work with me as a writer/editor/data journalist at @pewresearch.org: pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

In a @pewresearch.org survey earlier this year, 43% of Americans disapproved of RFK Jr.'s performance as health secretary, while 36% approved and 21% weren't sure. *Strong* disapproval exceeded *strong* approval by a roughly 2-to-1 margin.

New @kff.org / @washingtonpost.com poll shows most parents nationally and in Florida – including MAGA Republicans – want schools to require vaccines bit.ly/3VBVNVi

Notable: In both parties, there's widespread skepticism that Supreme Court justices are keeping their personal politics out of decisions. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

86% of Americans say Supreme Court justices should not bring their own political views into their decisions, but only 14% say the justices are doing an excellent or good job in that respect. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

NEW from @pewresearch.org: The share of Americans with a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court remains near historic lows and the partisan divide remains enormous: 71% of Republicans vs. 26% of Democrats see the court favorably. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

From earlier this year: "Views of the U.S. have worsened while opinions of China have improved in many surveyed countries" www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

51% of Republicans who say they distrust national news organizations nevertheless say they trust Fox News. New @pewresearch.org analysis looks at the relationship between public trust in media generally vs. public trust in media specifically. ⬇️

In a 2023 @pewresearch.org survey, only 3% of Americans said it's best for a president to be in their 70s or older. (Trump is 79.) www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

WWII ended with Japan's surrender 80 years ago today. Looking back, Americans are divided over whether the use of nuclear weapons in Japan was justified. But most (69%) believe that the development of nuclear weapons has made the world less safe.

"His frustration over the lack of a central database of daily presidential actions inspired him to take upon himself the enormous burden of keeping meticulous records of every presidential act, movement, and utterance, single-handedly filling an immense void in American history."

Images from Katrina are just as shocking 20 years later. A family member of mine was in a military helicopter unit and took these photos. This was more than a week after landfall; that's how bad it was.

56% of union members voted for Kamala Harris in 2024 – identical to the share who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. Data from the @pewresearch.org validated voters study: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...