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A majority of Americans (56%) say the overall level of ethics and honesty in the federal government has fallen over the course of Trump’s term.

Americans remain critical of Trump administration’s approach to Iran

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Photo: White House Faith Office Senior Adviser Paula White-Cain sings next to President Donald Trump during a National Day of Prayer event at the White House, attended by religious leaders of different faiths, on May 1, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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short readsDec 15, 2008

Be Good for Goodness Sake!

Despite American Humanist Assn. bus ads proclaiming “Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake,” a 57%-majority of Americans say belief in God is a prerequisite for morality.
short readsDec 15, 2008

First Pooch

Both the Obama and Biden families will be bringing a new family dog to the executive branch in January, joining the nearly six-in-ten Americans who own a pet.
short readsDec 9, 2008

Tattooed Gen Nexters

That’s the proportion of young Americans (ages 18-25) of both sexes who have had themselves tatooed. About half in this age group have done at least one of the following: had a tatoo, dyed their hair an untraditional color or had their bodies pierced in a place other than their ear lobe.
short readsDec 9, 2008

Podcasts Proliferate

About one-in-five internet users have downloaded a podcast.
short readsDec 9, 2008

News To You

About a quarter of news consumers are Integrators, mixing traditional and online sources of media.
short readsDec 9, 2008

Hajj to Mecca

Six-in-ten American Muslims say making a pilgrimage to Mecca is very important.
short readsDec 9, 2008

Necessary Cars

Detroit may take some comfort from the fact that nine out of ten (91%) Americans see their cars as a necessity, essentially the same number who said so a decade earlier (93%).
reportDec 9, 2008

News of Obama’s Team Linked with Mounting Challenges They’ll Face

With desperate automakers asking Congress for $34 billion, Barack Obama unveiling key Cabinet members, and the U.S. scrambling to ease tensions between India and Pakistan, the three top storylines in the news intertwined last week.
reportDec 8, 2008

Some Final Thoughts on Campaign ’08

A wrap-up of possibly overlooked polling trends and end-of-campaign happenings.
transcriptDec 8, 2008

Religion and Race: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective

Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2008 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Eddie S.Glaude Jr., author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, discussed religion and race in America. Specifically, he described historical […]

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