Politics in North America
The topics this product tracks, the most attention first. Attention is measured against each topic’s own history — 50 is its usual level — so a high figure means unusually busy for that topic, not the most-discussed topic in the world.
Topics whose scope is North America. Worldwide topics — inflation, AI safety, the climate — belong to no single region and are listed under all topics.
Ordered by each topic’s current Attention figure: 0–100 against that topic’s own recent history, with 50 its usual level. Topics with no figure yet are listed last, A–Z. How attention is measured.
- US foreign policy79Attentionelevated · −7.6 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe Secretary of State, envoys and the diplomacy the United States conducts abroad.
- US education policy67Attentionelevated · −1.0 ptsdown over 24 hoursStudent loans, the Department of Education, and federal school policy.
- US Congress66Attentionelevated · +15.4 ptsup over 24 hoursThe House, the Senate, and the legislation and shutdowns that pass through them.
- Canada65Attentionabout usual · −6.4 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Democratic Party (US)64Attentionabout usual · +7.2 ptsup over 24 hoursThe US Democratic Party, its leadership, its primaries and its internal fights.
- Donald Trump61Attentionabout usual · +27.7 ptsup over 24 hours
- US elections administration61Attentionabout usual · +4.8 ptsup over 24 hoursRedistricting, voting rights, ballots and how American elections are run.
- JD Vance60Attentionabout usual · ±0.1 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe US Vice President, and a likely contender for the 2028 nomination.
- US federal agencies60Attentionabout usual · −12.2 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Texas59Attentionabout usual · +11.7 ptsup over 24 hoursThe state's government, its governor and its politics.
- Republican Party (US)58Attentionabout usual · +1.0 ptsup over 24 hoursThe US Republican Party, its leadership, its primaries and its internal fights.
- US federal debt and deficit57Attentionabout usual · +20.5 ptsup over 24 hoursThe national debt, the annual deficit, and the Treasury borrowing that funds them.
- US Social Security57Attentionabout usual · +5.8 ptsup over 24 hoursThe retirement program, its benefits, and the trust fund's projected shortfall.
- US immigration policy56Attentionabout usual · +5.1 ptsup over 24 hours
- US health department (HHS)55Attentionabout usual · −6.7 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, and the agencies under it.
- US tax policy55Attentionabout usual · −8.2 ptsdown over 24 hoursFederal tax law, the IRS, and the tax bills that pass through Congress.
- US gun policy54Attentionabout usual · +10.0 ptsup over 24 hoursGun laws, the Second Amendment, and the mass shootings that drive the argument.
- US abortion policy54Attentionabout usual · +2.5 ptsup over 24 hoursAbortion bans, access and the litigation that followed the end of Roe v. Wade.
- New York City54Attentionabout usual · +4.8 ptsup over 24 hoursCity politics, the mayor's office and the city's government.
- US crime and policing54Attentionabout usual · −10.1 ptsdown over 24 hoursCrime rates, police departments and the politics of public safety in the United States.
- US presidency53Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe office, its occupant, and the national contest for it.
- US military53Attentionabout usual · ±0.1 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe armed forces, the Defense (War) Department's leadership, and where US troops are sent.
- US state politics52Attentionabout usual · +2.0 ptsup over 24 hoursGovernors, legislatures, ballot measures and recalls.
- Epstein files50Attentionabout usual · ±0.3 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe release of government records about Jeffrey Epstein and the fallout from them.