Five races for U.S. Senate and two for governor feature a major-party nominee who, if elected, would be the first woman in ...

The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Sarah Naseer, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. It is edited by Michael Lipka and ...

Housing affordability has emerged as a key issue in this year’s U.S. presidential election. Both Democrat Kamala Harris and ...

Here are five key facts about child care costs in the U.S., including how parents and U.S. adults overall see the issue.

The number of immigrants living in the U.S. grew by about 1.6 million people in 2023, the largest annual increase by number since 2000. A majority of Trump backers say more immigrants would make life ...

Featured story Elon Musk has frequently used X (formerly Twitter), the social media site he owns, to fuel doubts about the ...

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, 73% of U.S. adults say the freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society. Across 27 countries surveyed, people generally see social ...

Adults in Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines are the most likely to say it is important to have a leader who stands up for people with their religious beliefs. The globe’s 280 million ...

About eight-in-ten voters (81%) expect it to be easy for them to vote in this year’s election, including 43% who say it will ...

As was the case four years ago, Trump supporters are particularly skeptical that absentee and mail-in ballots will be counted ...