The bond market not only determines how much interest the government must pay to borrow money; it also influences how much interest ordinary Americans will pay on car loans, mortgages and credit card ...

Private investors are the biggest holders of national debt – $24.4 trillion as of March 2025 – followed by federal trust funds and retirement programs.

LGBTQ U.S. adults under 50 who have never married say they want to get married someday, and 63% of non-LGBTQ adults in this age range say the same.

The amount each UN member must pay varies. In 2025, the U.S. was responsible for 22% of the UN’s regular budget and 26.2% of ...

Today, half of U.S. adults say these types of company statements are very or somewhat important. The other half say they are ...

Eight-in-ten U.S. adults say Republican and Democratic voters not only disagree on plans and policies, but also cannot agree ...

Many Americans disapprove of several of the Trump administration’s most controversial immigration actions. For example, 61% disapprove of deporting some immigrants who are in the United States ...

A federal judge this week struck down a California law that restricted AI-generated video content, also known as deepfakes, related to elections. Elon Musk and X were part of the challenge to the law, ...

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to determine the age and generational makeup of the 119th Congress, including how it differs from that of prior Congresses. For this analysis, we obtained ...

More than half of adults in 19 of 24 countries surveyed lack confidence in Trump’s leadership on the world stage.

In a March 2025 analysis, Google users who encountered an AI summary were less likely to click on links to other websites than users who did not see one.

73% of U.S. adults have experienced some kind of online scam or attack, and these are common across age groups. Most get scam calls, texts and emails at least weekly. New findings, delivered monthly ...