{"id":284559,"date":"2026-01-15T16:42:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=284559"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:42:34","slug":"the-briefing-2026-01-15","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2026-01-15\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI searches Washington Post journalist&#8217;s home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4f3eac32ce9a7e90 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-82f4063c2dc51a69 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-d093d98a3f87bd5f 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> FBI searches home of Washington Post journalist<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> The role of legal observers,\u00a0AI\u00a0and false information in coverage of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Dan Bongino to return to podcasting after stint at\u00a0FBI<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Over the last decade,\u00a0Wikipedia articles on\u00a0people and events in the news\u00a0often\u00a0had\u00a0the most monthly views<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-cbddaab097004258 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-dbd4feadc6b7f881 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-d1741bc43f613391 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>Yesterday, the <strong>FBI<\/strong>\u00a0\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fbi-washington-post-search-warrant-classified-documents-373bd02f4f9ea446dd71c1203da467f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">searched the home<\/a>\u00a0of <strong>Washington\u00a0Post journalist<\/strong>\u00a0Hannah Natanson as a part of an\u202finvestigation into leaked government documents,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/news\/hannah-natanson-fbi-washington-post-raid-devices-seized-runa-sandvik-security-computer-phone-laptop-sources.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raising concerns<\/a>\u00a0about press freedom and\u00a0journalists\u2019\u00a0security.\u00a0Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Pentagon requested the search because Natanson \u201cwas obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor.\u201d Natanson has spent much of the past year reporting on the Trump\u00a0administration\u2019s efforts to reshape the federal government and has more recently worked on articles about U.S. actions in Venezuela.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1f72b7afe1857553 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 a month into President Donald\u00a0Trump\u2019s second term, a <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\">2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a> found that Americans who had been closely following news about the Trump administration were much more likely than others to say they were extremely or very concerned about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the U.S. (49% vs. 29%).\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c66630008b6c8258 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>Journalists\u2019\u00a0concerns\u00a0with\u00a0government surveillance\u00a0are\u00a0not new.\u00a0A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2015\/02\/05\/investigative-journalists-and-digital-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2014 Center survey<\/a> of investigative journalists, conducted before\u00a0Trump\u2019s first term, found that\u00a0nearly two-thirds\u00a0(64%) believed that the U.S. government had\u00a0probably collected\u00a0data about their phone calls,\u00a0emails\u00a0or other online communications. And half said their employer was not doing enough to protect journalists and their sources from surveillance and hacking.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e04bcb7662d9d234 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-1512aeec38b097ca 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-21d2e89186beafbf 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\">The role of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/legal-observers-minneapolis-following-ice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal observers<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Minneapolis,\u00a0<\/strong>as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/08\/nx-s1-5671740\/ice-minneapolis-grok-ai-renee-nicole-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI prompts confusion<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/10\/us\/disinformation-minneapolis-shooting-ice.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">false information<\/a>\u00a0about ICE shooting spreads; plus, how the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/video-minneapolis-immigration-good-ice-george-floyd-9dc5b1f19af644f861963f0a041516f4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">role of video has changed<\/a>\u00a0between the\u00a0<strong>George Floyd\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Renee Good\u00a0<\/strong>deaths\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>BBC\u00a0<\/strong>seeks\u00a0to have\u00a0<strong>Donald\u00a0Trump\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5686164-bbc-trump-defamation-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defamation lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0dismissed\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Congress\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/01\/13\/voice-of-america-trump-congress-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">set to fund<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Voice of America<\/strong>\u00a0despite Trump\u2019s effort to shut it down\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">How\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/policy\/washington-lobbyists-paid-online-influencers-few-rules-69eccd13?st=k8TTWb&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">influencers<\/a>\u00a0are playing a new, often undisclosed, role in\u00a0<strong>lobbying\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>The Atlantic, Penske Media<\/strong> and <strong>Vox <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/861897\/atlantic-penske-vox-google-ad-tech-antitrust-lawsuits\">file antitrust suits<\/a> against <strong>Google<\/strong><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Some\u00a0<strong>local TV stations<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/analysis\/unaffiliated-local-tv-stations-leaving-national-affiliates.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cutting ties with national news networks<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Journalists\u00a0<\/strong>are often sent PR content from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pressgazette.co.uk\/news\/named-50-experts-and-linked-brands-publishers-should-treat-with-caution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experts who don\u2019t actually exist<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Job applicants for the U.S. military newspaper\u00a0<strong>Stars and Stripes\u00a0<\/strong>have been asked about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2026\/01\/14\/stars-and-stripes-trump-loyalty-test\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzY4MzY2ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzY5NzQ5MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjgzNjY4MDAsImp0aSI6ImI0NDA2NmExLTg0ZWYtNGRhMC04ZjJmLTZhYzQ5ZTNiMGMyMSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI2LzAxLzE0L3N0YXJzLWFuZC1zdHJpcGVzLXRydW1wLWxveWFsdHktdGVzdC8ifQ.g5JYnyPOuCAKFcxrrkk0bQexiSnDQpnTgproPa2k6pM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support for Trump policies<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d4d44113d1c410da 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-0d582fb9ea29aa25 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-af285301723a5a6a 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>Dan&nbsp;Bongino<\/strong>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/12\/arts\/dan-bongino-fbi-podcast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">returning to podcasting<\/a>&nbsp;after recently&nbsp;stepping&nbsp;down from his position as&nbsp;<strong>deputy director of the FBI<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong>&nbsp;During his time at the agency, Bongino sometimes refuted claims he had made on his popular show about topics including the Jan. 6,&nbsp;2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0e0836ab605434e2 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>Bongino was among the most common answers in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/02\/19\/no-consensus-on-who-comes-to-mind-when-americans-are-asked-to-name-a-news-influencer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 survey<\/a>&nbsp;when we asked Americans who regularly get news from news influencers on social media to name the first news influencer who comes to mind.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-93dd308478a8b684 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>Around a third of U.S. adults (32%) say they get news from podcasts at least sometimes, with younger adults especially likely to do so, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/podcasts-and-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. Among Republicans, 31% of podcast news consumers say they trust the news they get from podcasts more than the news they get from other sources, compared with 18% who trust it less.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-51dbf0a9c0409846 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-1b0313e52047c60b 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-392630a377002331 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 a new <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2026\/01\/13\/wikipedia-at-25-what-the-data-tells-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center analysis<\/a> of Wikipedia, which was launched 25 years ago today.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b97d6067307cfa9a 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 most-viewed English Wikipedia articles each month from July 2015 to October 2025 range from the COVID-19 pandemic to recently deceased public figures to \u201cAvengers: Endgame,\u201d reflecting interests and news of the time. Since 2015,\u00a0<strong>46% of the most-viewed articles were about prominent individuals, 31% involved movies and TV shows, and 14% were about events.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0597cc624365e9a0 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block 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=\"eeeeeb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-284581 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeeeeb; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png 1280w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=300,210 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=768,538 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=1024,717 1024w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=579,405 579w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=200,140 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=260,182 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=310,217 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=420,294 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=640,448 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=740,518 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=160,112 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/random.png?resize=320,224 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9b22594189b8e1ab 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-36fc7eac1392e373 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-79f94bfcf92b2a52 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, Joanne Haner, Sawyer Reed, Christopher St. Aubin, and Emily Tomasik. It is edited by Michael Lipka and copy edited by David Kent.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f5e0e8b64818ba82 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>Do you like this newsletter? 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