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Columbus Day seems to be fading as a widely observed holiday, having come under fire in recent decades from Native American advocates and others.

Republican- and Democratic-led states alike already require hundreds of thousands of citizens to be vaccinated against various diseases.

The 2020 election featured dramatic increases in lawmaker posts and audience engagement, but less overlap in the sources shared by members of each party.

Social hostilities around the world involving religion declined in 2019 to the lowest level in five years.

Social hostilities involving religion, including violence and harassment against religious groups by private individuals and groups, declined in 2019, according to Pew Research Center’s 12th annual study of global restrictions on religion, which examines 198 countries and territories.

There is a wide partisan split on the fairness of the House committee’s probe.

Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.

Americans show more support than opposition for two infrastructure bills; majorities favor raising taxes on large businesses and high-income households.

Only 21 of the nearly 2,400 people who have served as a state governor since U.S. independence have resigned under pressure.

The 117th Congress’ total legislative output stands at 36 laws – only 30 of which count, by our criteria, as substantive legislation.