Buying a home has gotten harder for young adults in most U.S. metro areas
About nine-in-ten adults under 40 say buying a home is harder than it was for their parents, as rising prices and mortgage rates push homeownership further out of reach.
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5 facts about religion in the Philippines
Nearly all Filipinos believe in God, most pray daily and 92% identify as Christian, with Catholics as the majority.
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Trading volume on prediction markets has soared in recent months
Prediction market trading volume has risen from under $5 billion monthly in mid 2025 to nearly $24 billion in April 2026, with sports dominating.
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About 9% of U.S. births in 2023 were to unauthorized or temporary legal immigrant mothers
Generally, the trends in births to unauthorized immigrants follow the growth and decline of the unauthorized immigrant population.
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Federal workforce shrank 10% in Trump’s first year back in office
The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education Department and USAID had the steepest cuts.
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U.S. foreign aid is plunging in second Trump administration
U.S. foreign aid fell to its lowest inflation-adjusted level in over two decades in fiscal 2025, dropping to $47.3 billion — more than $24 billion less than the prior year.
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How we measured Americans’ engagement in public life
This piece explains how researchers measured Americans’ engagement in public life using multimode surveys, address-based sampling and cluster analysis.
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Republicans, Democrats continue to differ sharply on voting access
About six-in-ten Americans support no-excuse early or absentee voting, but partisan divides remain, with GOP support falling sharply since 2018.
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Southerners tend to be more religious than other U.S. adults – but less religious than they used to be
People who live in the American South continue to be more religious, on average, than residents of the Midwest, Northeast and West.
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Appendix: Categorizing state abortion laws
To categorize state laws on abortion, Center researchers referenced data from The New York Times. Data and classifications for each state are current as of March 9, 2026. Refer to the table below for more detail.