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The public is more likely to have heard “a lot” about ongoing confrontations between police and protesters than several other stories.

Americans are following the president's statements on the COVID-19 pandemic less closely than a few months ago.

A majority of voters said it is very or somewhat important to them to get messages from the presidential campaigns about important issues.

Most Americans (71%) have heard of a conspiracy theory that alleges that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak.

Traffic to digital-native news sites has plateaued in recent years. After rising from 2014 to 2016, it remained steady through 2019.

Those ages 18 to 29 differ from older Americans in their news consumption habits and in their responses to major news events and coverage.

Some 61% of U.S. adults say they follow COVID-19 news at both the national and local level equally, and 23% say they pay more attention to local news.

59% of Americans think news organizations do not understand people like them, while a minority – 37% – say they do feel understood.

Americans’ confidence in checking COVID-19 information aligns closely with their confidence in checking the accuracy of news stories broadly.

With Election Day six months away, 52% of Americans are paying fairly close or very close attention to news about the presidential candidates.