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In the 118th Congress, 94% of representatives and all but one senator hold at least a bachelor’s degree, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.

Three-in-ten U.S. adults say they have ever used an online dating site or app, and Tinder tops the list of dating apps the survey studied.

One-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of the alternative social media site Gettr, and only 1% say they regularly get news there.

House Freedom Caucus members and their allies produced 28% of all tweets from GOP House members between September 2022 and mid-January 2023.

The median age of voting House lawmakers is 57.9 years, while the new Senate’s median age is 65.3 years.

Religiously unaffiliated people were harassed by governments, private groups or both in 27 countries in 2020.

Belgium, Finland and Italy are among the European countries with the shortest median lengths of government.

About one-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of Gab, an alternative social media site, and 1% say that they get news there regularly.

In the U.S. House, Freedom Caucus members and allies have less seniority than other Republicans and are more likely to come from the South.

Most Black adults (63%) say voting is an extremely or very effective strategy for Black progress; only 42% say the same of protesting.