QAnon’s conspiracy theories have seeped into U.S. politics, but most don’t know what it is
Despite the spread of the conspiracy theories, about three-quarters of U.S. adults say they have heard or read nothing at all about them.
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Despite the spread of the conspiracy theories, about three-quarters of U.S. adults say they have heard or read nothing at all about them.
There’s broad concern among Democrats and Republicans about the influence that made-up news could have during the 2020 presidential election.
For some governments, the debt incurred on COVID-19 relief will add to the considerable red ink already on their ledgers before the pandemic.
Veterans of prime working age generally fare at least as well as non-veterans in the U.S. job market, though there are differences in the work they do.
About one-in-five newsroom employees (22%) live in these three metro areas, which, by comparison, are home to 13% of all U.S. workers.
Americans turn to a wide range of media outlets for political and election news, but Fox News and CNN stand out as especially common sources.
There are differences among Democrats in perceptions of the front-runners’ political views by race and ethnicity, age, education and ideology.
Despite improvements in recent decades, the former East Germany trails the former West on several important economic measures.
Republicans and Democrats are particularly divided on how closely they connect made-up news to the news media or to President Trump.
Trials are rare in the federal criminal justice system: Just 2% of criminal defendants went to trial in fiscal 2018. Acquittals are even rarer.
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