{"id":222127,"date":"2025-04-03T13:02:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=222127"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:22:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:22:21","slug":"the-briefing-2025-04-03","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-04-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Americans say they are tuned in to news about the Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-72827037e3203b34 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-33c5ee8805662624 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7f12f1135ae26359 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> White House says it may control reporters\u2019 seating chart in press room<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> Most Americans say they are tuned in to news about the Trump administration\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Newsmax stock\u00a0surges after IPO<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> CBS revamps Evening News with more in-depth reporting\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> The reasons Republicans and Democrats are following news about the Trump administration<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-015b5faa9250ecb0 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c76fa6fb3b409d11 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2a21d4e2660c4fe9 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Trump administration said this week it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/03\/30\/white-house-press-briefing-seating-chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plans to take control of reporters\u2019 seating arrangement<\/a>\u00a0in the press briefing room, which has long been determined by the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association. This change would represent\u00a0<strong>yet another break from the traditional relationship between the White House and the press that covers it;<\/strong> the Trump administration has also given itself the power to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-white-house-press-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pick which news outlets participate in the press pool<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/02\/24\/trump-white-house-associated-press-lawsuit-00205723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">barred The Associated Press<\/a>\u00a0from attending certain events.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c53b335187e0350d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Most Americans in each major political party say the relationship between the Trump administration and the news media is bad, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/03\/31\/most-americans-say-they-are-tuned-in-to-news-about-the-trump-administration\/#views-on-the-trump-administration-s-relationship-with-the-news-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. But&nbsp;<strong>the American public has heard much less about this relationship than it did during Trump\u2019s first term. <\/strong>In 2017, nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) said they had heard a lot about the relationship between the Trump administration and the U.S. news media. As of Feb. 24-March 2, when this year\u2019s survey was conducted, just half that share (36%) say they\u2019ve heard a lot about this relationship, although an additional 44% say they have heard a little about it.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d29c198e5e403fe3 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-df251dba559d5c8c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-fc824e0bc2abb3d0 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>About seven-in-ten U.S. adults \u2013 including similar majorities of Republicans and Democrats \u2013 say they have been <strong>following news about the actions and initiatives of the Trump administration<\/strong> very (31%) or fairly (40%) closely, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/03\/31\/most-americans-say-they-are-tuned-in-to-news-about-the-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center survey<\/a> conducted Feb. 24-March 2. More people say they are following this kind of news very closely than said the same in the early days of the Biden administration in 2021 (31% vs. 22%).\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c6b2bacb372a0f8b wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In addition, 40% of Americans say they have been <strong>paying more attention to political news since Trump took office,<\/strong> compared with just 10% who report paying less attention.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2c25ebe2ae2a5fd0 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Read more about Americans\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/03\/31\/most-americans-say-they-are-tuned-in-to-news-about-the-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attention to news about the new Trump administration<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e3c48b4c9e5e3bfe wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-656709a18c73bf8e wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7701d5c692ff5f18 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Newsmax\u00a0<\/strong>stock\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/01\/media\/newsmax-stock-surges-after-ipo\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surges after IPO<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Gavin Newsom\u2019s new podcast\u00a0<\/strong>and Democrats\u2019 debate about their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/03\/30\/2025\/get-out-of-their-bubbles-or-harden-them-newsom-democrats-debate-their-media-future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">future media strategy<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at\u00a0<strong>former TV news anchors<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/31\/business\/media\/tv-news-anchors-substack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moving to Substack<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Court allows\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nyt-openai-copyright-lawsuit-chatgpt-cc19ef2cf3f23343738e892b60d6d7a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NYT\u2019s copyright lawsuit against OpenAI<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to advance<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">How\u00a0<strong>newsrooms are trying to grab audience attention<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/apr\/01\/i-cant-cope-with-it-any-more-newsrooms-scramble-to-retain-audiences-amid-the-big-switch-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amid growing news avoidance<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Bloomberg\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0rough start with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/29\/business\/media\/bloomberg-ai-summaries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI summaries<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>The Free Press<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/04\/01\/the-free-press-new-columnists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces new columnists<\/a> as subscriber base grows\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-bfd22837becbb543 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8d39b5af752558d3 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4c618c6ef16c8d3d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>CBS <\/strong>has launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/cbs-evening-news-overhaul-tv-ratings-paramount-1236352859\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new version of its evening news show<\/a>, aiming to engage more viewers with a focus on hearing firsthand from reporters and covering more in-depth stories. The network\u2019s audience for the evening news slot has consistently lagged behind that of ABC and NBC, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/network-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our analysis of data from 2016-2022<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-95495dfe8c27eb79 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The revamp may be especially challenging amid a changing news and information landscape. While <strong>far <\/strong><strong>more Americans now say they prefer to get news from digital devices than TV<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> most U.S. adults <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/news-platform-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">still at least sometimes get news from TV<\/a>. And CBS Evening News has reportedly seen a recent boost in views on <strong>YouTube<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> where 32% of Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">say they regularly get news<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-85912e0b1f11dc68 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7eddeaddf5e23312 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0b19d089179158b2 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Our chart this week looks at the <strong>major reasons for why Americans in each party have been following news about the new Trump administration.<\/strong> According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/03\/31\/most-americans-say-they-are-tuned-in-to-news-about-the-trump-administration\/#reasons-americans-follow-or-don-t-follow-news-about-the-trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Center survey<\/a>, among U.S. adults who are following news about the Trump administration\u2019s actions and initiatives very or fairly closely, identical shares of Democrats and Republicans (62% each, including those who lean to each party) say the personal relevance to their life is a major reason they are doing so. \u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-dd5599988bb6a67c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>But there are substantial gaps between the two parties on other reasons for following this news. Democrats are much more likely than Republicans to say <strong>concern about what the administration is doing<\/strong> (88%) and <strong>difficulty in avoiding the news<\/strong> (56%) are major factors in why they are following news about the administration, though substantial shares of Republicans also cite these reasons (45% and 31%, respectively). \u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7e7513210b568853 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Republicans, meanwhile, are much more likely to say they are following news about the Trump administration because they like what it is doing (64% vs. 8%).&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-116feea3bb4a203d wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f2f2f2\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?w=640\" alt=\"This chart looks at the major reasons people give for following news about the Trump administration. It displays differences between Republicans and Democrats on five potential reasons, including \u201cI\u2019m concerned about what the administration is doing,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s relevant to my life\u201d and \u201cI like what the administration is doing.\u201d \" class=\"wp-image-222129 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f2f2f2; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"420\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=286,300 286w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=768,805 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=387,405 387w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=200,210 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=260,272 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=310,325 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=420,440 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=640,670 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=740,775 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=160,168 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/04\/PJ_2025.03.31_trump-and-media_0-05.png?resize=320,335 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d3a104290ff6098f wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b90c47333fe7ff21 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9a33a4d2e5b81d30 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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