Drew DeSilver

Almost six-in-ten uninsured Americans live in states that haven't set up their own health-insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act.

Americans perceptions of the economy differ significantly by partisanship, regardless of what the actual economic data show.

In 2011, about 3 million U.S. children were living with and being primarily cared for by a grandparent.

Facts and figures to mark National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15.

A short history of the financial crisis that exploded five years ago, in one chart.

The federal debt ceiling is nearly $16.7 trillion.

Americans have a pretty good sense of how well different aspects of the economy have -- and haven't -- recovered from the Great Recession.

Supporters of gun-rights tend to feel more strongly about their position, and more willing to act on it politically, than backers of gun-control legislation.

Amount the U.S. intelligence community proposed to spend on counter-terrorism in fiscal 2013.

The presidency may well be a “bully pulpit,” in Theodore Roosevelt’s original sense, a position that commands attention. But as President Barack Obama prepares to address the nation Tuesday in support of taking military action against Syria, there’s little evidence (at least in recent times) that presidential speeches are very effective at moving the needle […]