{"id":275704,"date":"2025-09-25T15:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=275704"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:21:29","slug":"the-briefing-2025-09-25","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-09-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Platforms Americans use to get news, including social media and podcasts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-84537e8eb4764110 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-b3af2052aa92822b 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-b6a9ad61fa838126 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> Jimmy Kimmel addresses free speech and free press in return to ABC<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center: <\/strong>Platforms Americans use to get news, including social media and podcasts<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> New Pentagon policy restricting journalists draws pushback<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Trump expected to sign TikTok deal<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Facebook and YouTube remain top social media sites where Americans get news<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-543b57be115609db 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-15a80bd7eb32a049 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-0606957a550275be 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>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-suspension-charlie-kirk-a29db3adb762b9b148d56ce88c24485c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">returned to late-night television<\/a>\u00a0and drew big ratings on Tuesday after\u00a0<strong>ABC\u00a0<\/strong>suspended him for his comments about the aftermath of Charlie Kirk\u2019s killing. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/24\/business\/monologue-transcript-kimmel-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his opening monologue<\/a>, Kimmel defended free speech and the freedom of the press after\u00a0<strong>Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr<\/strong>\u00a0had <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-fcc-brendan-carr-threat-1236552608\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested there would be<\/a> \u201cadditional work for the FCC\u201d if media companies did not \u201ctake action\u201d against Kimmel. <strong>Sinclair<\/strong> and <strong>Nexstar,<\/strong> which together own ABC affiliates that reach about 23% of U.S. households,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/23\/jimmy-kimmel-return-sinclair-nexstar-abc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue to keep Kimmel&#8217;s show off their stations<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-069cea6111c046d9 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>Seven-in-ten Americans are at least somewhat concerned about potential restrictions on press freedom in the U.S., according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/24\/americans-remain-concerned-about-press-freedoms-but-partisan-views-have-flipped-since-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey conducted in late February and early March<\/a>. <strong>Partisan views on press freedom have flipped since 2024.\u00a0<\/strong>Under the Trump administration, a majority of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (60%) are extremely or very concerned about restrictions on press freedoms \u2013 about double the share of Republicans and GOP leaners (28%). In 2024, during the Biden administration, Republicans were more likely than Democrats to express concern about press freedoms (47% vs. 38%).<br><br>About one-third of Americans say\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2025\/04\/24\/free-expression-seen-as-important-globally-but-not-everyone-thinks-their-country-has-press-speech-and-internet-freedoms\/#attitudes-on-freedom-of-expression-in-latin-america-and-the-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speech and press\u00a0are completely free<\/a> in the U.S. Partisan views on these questions have also shifted since last year.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b617420a5d2d0066 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-43632fb1af61f14d 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-4a606ee2b1d89bf0 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>We released new data today updating trends on the\u00a0<strong>platforms where U.S. adults get their news. <\/strong>Our fact sheets examine the use of traditional media like television, radio and print publications, plus a range of digital pathways. Follow the links below:<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7a60f8dc32881d7a 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\">An analysis of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/news-platform-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news consumption on various platforms<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">News consumption on\u00a0<strong>social media sites,<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including X, YouTube and Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/podcasts-and-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0looking at who listens to\u00a0<strong>podcasts\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0gets news there<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1c153204179375a8 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>And read our updated analysis\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/09\/25\/1-in-5-americans-now-regularly-get-news-on-tiktok-up-sharply-from-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highlighting the rapid increase<\/a>\u00a0in the share of Americans who get news on\u00a0<strong>TikTok.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5a6e35a8e22ce108 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-a140945a4c6acfa2 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-3e2dec4ead4fc21a 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>New Pentagon policy <\/strong>requiring pledge from credentialed journalists not to report on unauthorized material <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/22\/media\/pentagon-parnell-hegseth-media-access-pledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">draws pushback from news orgs<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">U.S. judge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c62n7025wdgo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tosses Trump\u2019s $15 billion defamation lawsuit<\/a> against <strong>The<\/strong> <strong>New York Times<\/strong> and <strong>Penguin Random House<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>The Dallas<\/strong> <strong>Morning News<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keranews.org\/business-economy\/2025-09-23\/dallas-morning-news-sold-to-hearst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">completes sale<\/a> to <strong>Hearst, <\/strong>rejecting bid by <strong>Alden Global Capital<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Former <strong>Washington Post<\/strong> columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/24\/business\/media\/washington-post-karen-attiah.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">files grievance after being fired<\/a> over her social media posts about <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Microsoft <\/strong>in talks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/23\/microsoft-ai-marketplace-publishers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">develop AI marketplace for publishers<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>MSNBC <\/strong>makes a deal with <strong>Sky News <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/msnbc-sky-news-spartnership-global-reporting-1236527515\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">share newsgathering services<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New Jersey<\/strong> <strong>PBS <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nj-pbs-shutting-down-in-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will shut down in 2026<\/a> after funding cuts to public broadcasting<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2688fe09c0ea154e wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-64c54797d0e7dd26 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-7ddd957e9ae66e25 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>President Donald Trump<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-tiktok-deal-sale-china-rcna233524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">set to sign an executive order on Thursday<\/a> that would facilitate the <strong>sale of TikTok\u2019s U.S. operations from China-based company ByteDance to a group of American investors<\/strong> \u2013 potentially including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/21\/business\/tiktok-trump-murdochs-oracle-deal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Larry Ellison, Michael Dell and the Murdoch family<\/a>. The deal would comply with a law passed in 2024 that sought to ban TikTok in the U.S. if ByteDance did not divest its ownership.<br><br>This comes amid a <strong>sharp increase in the share of U.S. adults who get news on TikTok. <\/strong>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/09\/25\/1-in-5-americans-now-regularly-get-news-on-tiktok-up-sharply-from-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Pew Research Center survey<\/a>, one-in-five U.S. adults now regularly get news there, up from just 3% in 2020. Among adults under 30, 43% say they regularly get news on TikTok, more than four times the share who said this five years ago (9%). No other social media platform we\u2019ve studied has experienced faster growth in news consumption over that time.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-cb40d11d12152818 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-884f9fc33192e2d0 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-977f9b39d38ea72f 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>This week\u2019s chart comes from our <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">updated fact sheet about how Americans get news on social media<\/a>. Facebook and YouTube outpace all other social media sites as places where Americans regularly get news: 38% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news on Facebook, and 35% say the same about YouTube.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-631edee873dba4b9 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>Smaller shares of Americans regularly get news on Instagram (20%), TikTok (20%) or X, formerly Twitter (12%). Fewer say they get news on Reddit (9%), Nextdoor (6%), WhatsApp (5%), Threads (3%), Rumble (2%), Truth Social (2%) and Bluesky (2%).<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-99d076b882ce3598 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20px !important\" data-height=\"20px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-bb0b21150660bf15 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=\"f8f7f7\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?w=640\" alt=\"Line charts showing the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news on each social media site from 2020 to 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-275705 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f8f7f7; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"450\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png 1440w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=300,276 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=768,707 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=1024,943 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=440,405 440w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=200,184 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=260,239 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=310,285 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=420,387 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=640,589 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=740,681 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=1400,1289 1400w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=160,147 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-at-12.11.43-PM.png?resize=320,295 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8d954d4aa87df15c 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-d47b39bd29d0c0c5 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-09bd0fcbdb6a0d9a 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, Emily Tomasik and Joanne Haner. 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