Most Americans continue to rate the U.S. economy negatively as partisan gap widens
Nearly three-in-four U.S. adults (74%) say economic conditions are only fair or poor, up slightly from 72% in January 2024.
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Americans’ experiences with news from AI chatbots and search summaries
☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story YouTube has agreed to pay a $24.5 million settlement to President Donald Trump and others whose accounts were suspended following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The platform froze Trump’s account, blocking him from […]
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Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
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Congress has long struggled to pass spending bills on time
Congress has passed all its required appropriations measures on time only four times in nearly five decades.
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Relatively few Americans are getting news from AI chatbots like ChatGPT
About one-in-ten U.S. adults say they get news often (2%) or sometimes (7%) from AI chatbots.
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Americans have mixed feelings about AI summaries in search results
One-in-five U.S. adults say they find AI summaries in search results extremely or very useful, 52% say they’re somewhat useful, and 28% say they’re not too or not at all useful.
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Americans view Trump, Vance and congressional leaders in both parties more negatively than positively
Democrats now express more disapproval of their congressional leadership than they have in several decades.
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Growing share of Americans say fewer people having kids would negatively impact the U.S.
Over half of Americans (53%) now say fewer people choosing to have children in the future would negatively impact the United States.
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Platforms Americans use to get news, including social media and podcasts
☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television and drew big ratings on Tuesday after ABC suspended him for his comments about the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s killing. In his opening monologue, Kimmel defended free speech and the freedom of […]
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1 in 5 Americans now regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020
Among adults under 30, 43% say they regularly get news from TikTok, up from 9% in 2020.
