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Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris hold up their phones as she delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

1 in 5 Americans get their news from social media influencers, report finds

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

People wait to vote in person at Reed High School in Sparks, Nev., prior to polls closing on Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

Support slipping for adding Election Day to the annual holiday list

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

The U.S. Capitol is seen here at dawn. (Associated Press)

Public’s view of politics slipping, now ‘unrelentingly negative’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Storm clouds approach a church in Mequon, Wis., on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. A new Pew Research Center report published Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, explores how religion in the U.S. intersects with views on the environment and climate change. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) **FILE**

‘Highly religious’ Americans say Earth merits protection, but fewer fear climate change: Study

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

This image released by the BBC shows London-based reporter Marianna Spring, who illustrated how disinformation spreads on sites like Facebook, Twitter and TikTok despite efforts to stop it, and how that impacts American politics. (Robert Timothy/BBC via AP)

BBC tries to understand American politics by creating fake Americans

By David Bauder

The New York Young Republicans Club — established in 1911 — has a full social calendar for Halloween and Election Night, among other things. (Courtesy of the New York Young Republicans Club)

Young Republicans cheer ‘MAGAween’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Supporters of Republican President Donald Trump hold signs that read "No Bernie! No socialism. Socialism leads to communism" while supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt., wait in line for a campaign event in El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Pew survey finds fewer Americans favor socialism, capitalism

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Transgender flag at LGBT gay pride march. (Photo credit: Ink Drop via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

Majority of Americans support tolerance of but not laws favoring trans people, says Pew poll

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

President Biden speaks with members of the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 23. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Revealing Pew poll shows journalists sensing turmoil

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Shown are meat products at a grocery store in Roslyn, Pa., Tuesday, June 15, 2021. U.S. producer prices soared 11% in April from a year earlier, a hefty gain that indicates high inflation will remain a burden for consumers and businesses in the months ahead. The Labor Department said Thursday, May 12, 2022, that its producer price index which measures inflation before it reaches consumers climbed 0.5% in April from March. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Inflation is Americans’ top concern: Pew study

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk, the world's richest man and the owner of SpaceX and Tesla, says he is a free speech absolutist who doesn't support the kind of content moderation that saw people like ex-President Donald Trump get banned for inciting violence. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Most Americans hide their politics on Twitter: Pew survey

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

People attend an abortion-rights rally at the Utah State Capitol Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Majority of Americans say abortion should be legal, but many support restrictions, Pew poll shows

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Bible on a pulpit. Photo credit: Wolkenengel565 via Shutterstock. FILE

What’s driving a youth movement in Miami churches?

By Michelle Marchante and Miami Herald - Associated Press

A new study from the Pew Research Center found that Fox News continues to win the battle for the conservative and the Republican audience. It far outpaces its rivals Newsmax and One America News. (Associated Press photographs)

Inside the Beltway: Fox News still top choice of Republicans

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

CORRECTS TO MISSY MILLARD-Missy Millard, left, cooks with her mom, Kim, in their home in Layton on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (Annie Barker/The Deseret News via AP)

Juggling parenting, work and a pandemic not getting easier

By LOIS M. COLLINS - Associated Press

Confidence and trust in the news media has shrunk once again, according to a Pew Research Center study, based on two surveys. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Public confidence in media shrinks

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Pandemic’s effect on remittances to Latin America varied

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

A sizable number of Americans have heard conspiracy theories about the origins of the coronavirus, according to a Pew Research Center poll. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The coronavirus pandemic conspiracy plot thickens

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

A massive poll from the Pew Research Center reveals that 6-out-of-10 Americans say the news media "does not understand people like me." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside the Beltway: Americans say news media ‘doesn’t understand people like me’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, Hermoine Dickey, 8, rides in a car on her way to Wuhan Tiange International Airport for a U.S. evacuation flight. Face masks are in short supply in parts of the world as people try to stop the spread of a new virus from China. Health officials recommend strap-on medical masks for people being evaluated for the new virus, their household members and caregivers. (Priscilla Dickey via AP, File) **FILE**

Coronavirus upstages election as Americans heed pandemic, not politics: Report

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times