In August 2025, nine percent of survey respondents said that the most important problem facing the United States was the high cost of living and inflation. Another 24 percent said that the government and poor leadership was the most serious concern for the nation.

A survey conducted in July 2025 found that the most important issue for ***percent of Americans was inflation and prices. A further ***percent of respondents were most concerned about jobs and the economy.

In this 2018 survey, eight percent of respondents stated they think the biggest problem for the United States today is Donald Trump. In fact, most of the important problems mentioned are somehow related to the current POTUS – the most mentioned one being immigration and racism.

A country divided

Since Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, political camps in the United States are deeply divided and global politics is in turmoil; Trump’s job approval ratings are notoriously low, and in fact, they are lower than Reagan’s or Nixon’s averages ever were. Trump’s leadership is controversial at best and his executive orders often cause protests, especially among Democrats and liberals – like the travel ban for Muslims.

On the other side

One of Trump’s main campaign promises was a wall on the border with Mexico in order to keep potential illegal immigrants out and enhance security for American citizens. When he did not get the majority for this plan, he declared a national emergency to force the budget to be allocated, even though the majority of Americans did not support this idea, and it is unclear if the situation at the Mexican border actually warrants it. In fact, the total number of unauthorized immigrants has decreased over the last few years and today, many Americans believe that their country benefits from immigrants and their work .

A 2024 survey found that over half of U.S. individuals indicated the cost of accessing treatment was the biggest problem facing the national healthcare system. This is much higher than the global average of 32 percent and is in line with the high cost of health care in the U.S. compared to other high-income countries. Bureaucracy along with a lack of staff were also considered to be pressing issues. This statistic reveals the share of individuals who said select problems were the biggest facing the health care system in the United States in 2024.

Supplementary Empirical Teaching Units in Political Science (SETUPS) for American Politics are computer-related modules designed for use in teaching introductory courses in American government and politics. The modules are intended to demonstrate the process of examining evidence and reaching conclusions and to stimulate students to independent, critical thinking and a deeper understanding of substantive content. They enable students with no previous training to make use of the computer to analyze data on political behavior or to see the results of policy decisions by use of a simulation model. The SETUPS: AMERICAN POLITICS modules were developed by a group of political scientists with experience in teaching introductory American government courses who were brought together in a workshop supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation in the summer of 1974. The American Political Science Association administered the grant, and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research was host to the workshop and provided data for most of the SETUPS. The modules were tested and evaluated during the 1974-1975 academic year by students and faculty in 155 classes at 69 universities and colleges. Appropriate revisions were made based upon this experience. This collection comprises 15 separate modules: (1) Political Socialization Across the Generations, (2) Political Participation, (3) Voting Behavior, The 1980 Election, (4) Elections and the Mass Media, (5) The Supreme Court in American Politics, Court Decisions, (6) The Supreme Court in American Politics, Police Interrogations, (7) The Dynamics of Political Budgeting, A Public Policy Simulation, State Expenditures, (8) The Dynamics of Political Budgeting, A Public Policy Simulation, SIMSTATE Simulation, (9) The Dynamics of Political Budgeting, A Public Policy Simulation, SIMSTATE II Simulation, (10) Fear of Crime, (11) Presidential Popularity in America, Presidential Popularity, (12) Presidential Popularity in America, Advanced Analyses, (13) Campaign '80, The Public and the Presidential Selection Process, (14) Voting Behavior, The 1976 Election, and (15) Policy Responsiveness and Fiscal Strain in 51 American Communities. Parts 8 and 9 are FORTRAN IV program SIMSTATE sourcedecks intended to simulate the interaction of state policies. Variables in the various modules provide information on respondents' level of political involvement and knowledge of political issues, general political attitudes and beliefs, news media exposure and usage, voting behavior (Parts 1, 2, and 3), and sectional biases (15). Other items provide information on respondents' views of government, politics, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter as presidents, best form of government, government spending (Part 3), local police, the Supreme Court (Parts 4 and 15), the economy, and domestic and foreign affairs. Additional items probed respondents' opinions of prayer in school, abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment Law, nuclear energy, and the most important national problem and the political party most suitable to handle it (Part 3). Also included are items on votes of Supreme Court judges (Part 5), arrest of criminal suspects and their treatment by law enforcement agencies (Part 6), federal government expenditures and budgeting (Part 7), respondents' feelings of safety at home, neighborhood crime rate, frequency of various kinds of criminal victimization, the personal characteristics of the targets of those crimes (Part 10), respondents' opinions of and choice of party presidential candidates nominees (Part 13), voter turnout for city elections (15), urban unrest, and population growth rate. Demographic items specify age, sex, race, marital status, education, occupation, income, social class identification, religion, political party affiliation, and union membership.

Graph and download economic data for Total Value of Issues, with a Maturity Between 10 and 20 Days, Used in Calculating the AA Financial Commercial Paper Rates (FIN1020AAAMT) from 2001-01-02 to 2025-12-01 about 10-20 days, AA, used, issues, commercial paper, maturity, commercial, financial, rate, and USA.

Conservation planning in the Great Plains often depends on understanding the degree of fragmentation of the various types of grasslands and savannas that historically occurred in this region. To define ecological subregions of the Great Plains, we used a revised version of Kuchler’s (1964) map of the potential natural vegetation of the United States. The map was digitized from the 1979 physiographic regions map produced by the Bureau of Land Management, which added 10 physiognomic types. All analyses are based on data sources specific to the United States; hence, we only analyze the portion of the Great Plains occurring in the United States.We sought to quantify the current amount of rangeland in the US Great Plains converted due to 1) woody plant encroachment; 2) urban, exurban, and other forms of development (e.g., energy infrastructure); and 3) cultivation of cropland. At the time of this analysis, the most contemporary measure of land cover across the United States was the 2011 NLCD (Homer et al. 2015). One limitation of the NLCD is that some grasslands with high rates of productivity, such as herbaceous wetlands or grasslands along riparian zones, are misclassified as cropland. A second limitation is the inability to capture cropland conversion occurring after 2011 (Lark et al. 2015). Beginning in 2009 (and retroactively for 2008), the US Department of Agriculture - NASS has annually produced a Cropland Data Layer (CDL) for the United States from satellite imagery, which maps individual crop types at a 30-m spatial resolution. We used the annual CDLs from 2011 to 2017 to map the distribution of cropland in the Great Plains. We merged this map with the 2011 NLCD to evaluate the degree of fragmentation of grasslands and savannas in the Great Plains as a result of conversion to urban land, cropland, or woodland. We produced two maps of fragmentation (best case and worst case scenarios) that quantify this fragmentation at a 30 x 30 m pixel resolution across the US Great Plains, and make them available for download here. Resources in this dataset: Resource title: Data Dictionary for Figure 2 derived land cover of the US portion of the North American Great Plains File name: Figure2_Key for landcover classes.csv Resource title: Figure 1. Potential natural vegetation of US portion of the North American Great Plains, adapted from Kuchler (1964). File name: Figure1_Kuchler_GPRangelands.zip Resource description: Extracted grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest communities in the US Great Plains from the revised Kuchler natural vegetation map Resource title: Figure 2. Derived land cover of the US portion of the North American Great Plains. File name: Figure2_Key for landcover classes.zip Resource description: The fNLCD-CDL product estimates that 43.7% of the Great Plains still consists of grasslands and shrublands, with the remainder consisting of 40.6% cropland, 4.4% forests, 3.0% UGC, 3.0% developed open space, 2.9% improved pasture or hay fields, 1.2% developed land, 1.0% water, and 0.2% barren land, with important regional and subregional variation in the extent of rangeland loss to cropland, forests, and developed land. Resource title: Figure 3. Variation in the degree of fragmentation of Great Plains measured in terms of distance to cropland, forest, or developed lands. File name: Figure3_bestcase_disttofrag.zip Resource description: This map depicts a “best case” scenario in which 1) croplands are mapped based only on the US Department of AgricultureNational Agricultural Statistics Service Cropland Data Layers (2011e2017), 2) all grass-dominated cover types including hay fields and improved pasture are considered rangelands, and 3) developed open space (as defined by the National Land Cover Database) are assumed to not be a fragmenting land cover type. Resource title: Figure 4. Variation in the degree of fragmentation of Great Plains measured in terms of distances to cropland, forest, or developed lands. File name: Figure4_worstcase_disttofrag.zip Resource description: This map depicts a ‘worst case’ scenario in which 1) croplands are mapped based on the US Department of AgricultureNational Agricultural Statistics Service Cropland Data Layers (2011e2017) and the 2011 National Land Cover Database (NLCD), 2) hay fields and improved pasture are not included as rangelands, and 3) developed open space (as defined by NLCD) is included as a fragmenting land cover type.

United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Fails To Receive: 10 Years data was reported at 295.000 USD mn in 19 Nov 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 489.000 USD mn for 12 Nov 2025. United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Fails To Receive: 10 Years data is updated weekly, averaging 335.000 USD mn from Apr 2013 (Median) to 19 Nov 2025, with 660 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.378 USD bn in 09 Mar 2016 and a record low of 7.000 USD mn in 30 Dec 2015. United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Fails To Receive: 10 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z: Primary Dealer Statistics: Specific Issues.

United States PDS: Specific Issues: TIPS: Net Settled Position: 10 Years data was reported at -185.000 USD mn in 30 Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of -1.501 USD bn for 23 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Specific Issues: TIPS: Net Settled Position: 10 Years data is updated weekly, averaging -307.000 USD mn from Apr 2013 (Median) to 30 Apr 2025, with 631 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.175 USD bn in 07 Dec 2022 and a record low of -3.848 USD bn in 12 Jun 2019. United States PDS: Specific Issues: TIPS: Net Settled Position: 10 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z044: Primary Dealer Statistics: Specific Issues.

Graph and download economic data for Number of Issues, with a Maturity Between 10 and 20 Days, Used in Calculating the AA Financial Commercial Paper Rates (FIN1020AAVOL) from 2001-01-02 to 2025-11-06 about 10-20 days, AA, used, issues, commercial paper, maturity, commercial, financial, rate, and USA.

United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Term: General Transactions: Securities In: 10 Years data was reported at 0.000 USD mn in 19 Nov 2025. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD mn for 12 Nov 2025. United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Term: General Transactions: Securities In: 10 Years data is updated weekly, averaging 0.000 USD mn from Apr 2013 (Median) to 19 Nov 2025, with 299 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4.066 USD bn in 17 Apr 2013 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in 19 Nov 2025. United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Term: General Transactions: Securities In: 10 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z: Primary Dealer Statistics: Specific Issues.

United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Term: Specific Transactions: Securities Out: 10 Years data was reported at 17.784 USD bn in 30 Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 16.406 USD bn for 23 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Term: Specific Transactions: Securities Out: 10 Years data is updated weekly, averaging 21.182 USD bn from Apr 2013 (Median) to 30 Apr 2025, with 631 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 61.885 USD bn in 12 May 2021 and a record low of 3.491 USD bn in 21 Aug 2024. United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Term: Specific Transactions: Securities Out: 10 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z044: Primary Dealer Statistics: Specific Issues.

This special topic poll, fielded September 13, 1998, sought respondents' views on Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's ongoing investigation of President Bill Clinton and the resulting Starr Report, submitted to the United States Congress on September 10, 1998. Respondents were asked for their opinions on whether Congress should hold hearings about the possible impeachment of Clinton or whether Congress should drop the matter. Those queried were asked whether they believed that the details of sexual encounters between Clinton and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky were included in the Starr Report to show that Clinton lied or merely to embarrass him. Respondents were also asked whether they believed that Clinton had done anything illegal regarding the Lewinsky matter and whether the president should resign, be impeached, or be censured if it were proven that he either lied under oath or asked his aides to lie under oath. Those queried were asked for their opinions of the Starr Report and the Clinton response to that report, in which the White House argued against impeachment. Respondents were asked whether they believed Starr or Clinton, whether they believed that the Starr Report was fair or politically motivated, and whether this was more a personal matter for Clinton or a public concern. The results of the poll were announced on the ABC television program "Good Morning America." Demographic information on respondents includes sex and political party affiliation.

Graph and download economic data for Total Value of Commercial Paper Issues with a Maturity Between 10 and 20 Days (MKT1020MKTAMT) from 2001-01-02 to 2025-11-06 about 10-20 days, issues, commercial paper, maturity, commercial, and USA.

Sleep Medicine Market Overview

Sleep medicine is dedicated to diagnosing and treating sleep issues. It is becoming increasingly vital due to growing awareness of sleep's importance for health.

The demand for sleep analysis, wearable trackers, and treatments is rising, driven by stress, obesity, and lifestyle shifts.

Technological advancements, like wearables and telemedicine, have revolutionized this field, allowing for customized patient care.

The sector is experiencing significant growth, spurred by investments in health. Technological progress, and a better understanding of sleep's health impacts.

As it progresses, sleep medicine is expected to blend more technology and personalized care. Underscoring sleep's role in comprehensive health and disease prevention.

Government Debt in the United States increased to 38040094 USD Million in October from 37637553 USD Million in September of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Government Debt- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In a 2019 survey, healthcare was considered the most important political issue among Generation Z in the United States, with ** percent saying that it was very important. Civil rights, the price of education, climate change, and gender equality were also considered to be top political issues.

United States - of Commercial Paper Issues with a Maturity Between 10 and 20 Days was 341.00000 Number in November of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - of Commercial Paper Issues with a Maturity Between 10 and 20 Days reached a record high of 2334.00000 in January of 2001 and a record low of 0.00000 in December of 2007. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - of Commercial Paper Issues with a Maturity Between 10 and 20 Days - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Cumulative Outright Transactions: With Others: 10 Years data was reported at 285.914 USD bn in 30 Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 208.788 USD bn for 23 Apr 2025. United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Cumulative Outright Transactions: With Others: 10 Years data is updated weekly, averaging 203.753 USD bn from Apr 2013 (Median) to 30 Apr 2025, with 631 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 583.980 USD bn in 09 Apr 2025 and a record low of 44.058 USD bn in 14 Nov 2018. United States PDS: Specific Issues: Coupons: Cumulative Outright Transactions: With Others: 10 Years data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.Z044: Primary Dealer Statistics: Specific Issues.

Approximately 43 million people (about 14 percent of the U.S. population) rely on domestic wells as their source of drinking water. Unlike community water systems, which are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, there is no comprehensive national program to ensure that the water is tested to ensure that is it safe to drink. A study published in 2009 from the National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey that assessed water-quality conditions from 2,100 domestic wells within 48 states reported that more than one in five (23 percent) of the sampled wells contained one or more contaminants at a concentration greater than a human-health benchmark. In addition, there are many activities, e.g., resource extraction, climate change-induced drought, and changes in land use patterns that could potentially affect the quality of the ground water source for domestic wells. The Health Studies Branch (HSB) of the National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, created a Clean Water for Health Program to help address domestic well concerns. The goals of this program are to identify emerging public health issues associated with using domestic wells for drinking water and begin to develop a plan to address these issues. As part of this effort, HSB in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey has created models to estimate the probability of arsenic occurring at various concentrations in domestic wells in the U.S. Similar work has been done by public health professionals on a state and regional basis. We will present preliminary results of the project, including estimates of the domestic well population that is likely to have arsenic greater than 10 micrograms per liter. Nationwide, we estimate this to be just over 2 million people. Logistic regression model results showing probabilities of arsenic greater than 10 micrograms per liter in domestic wells in the U.S., based on data for arsenic concentrations in domestic wells across the U.S. will be described, as well as the use of data on domestic well use by county in the U.S., to estimate the affected population.