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 state politics50Attentionabout usual · +1.0 ptsup over 24 hoursGovernors, legislatures, ballot measures and recalls.
- Epstein files50Attentionabout usual · +13.8 ptsup over 24 hoursThe release of government records about Jeffrey Epstein and the fallout from them.
- US Federal Reserve50Attentionabout usual · +1.2 ptsup over 24 hours
- US labour market49Attentionabout usual · +7.3 ptsup over 24 hours
- US federal courts48Attentionabout usual · −0.6 ptsdown over 24 hoursFederal district and appeals court rulings below the Supreme Court.
- Texas47Attentionabout usual · −1.9 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe state's government, its governor and its politics.
- Canada's economy47Attentionabout usual · +4.9 ptsup over 24 hoursCanadian growth, jobs, inflation and the Canadian dollar.
- Greenland and the Arctic47Attentionabout usual · +1.9 ptsup over 24 hoursGreenland's status and the geopolitics of the Arctic — sovereignty, sea routes and military presence.
- US gun policy47Attentionabout usual · −5.8 ptsdown over 24 hoursGun laws, the Second Amendment, and the mass shootings that drive the argument.
- Florida46Attentionabout usual · +5.1 ptsup over 24 hoursThe state's government, its governor and its politics.
- College football45Attentionabout usual · −3.9 ptsdown over 24 hours
- US Treasury bonds45Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursUS government bond yields, Treasury auctions and the bond market.
- US crime and policing45Attentionbelow usual · −16.8 ptsdown over 24 hoursCrime rates, police departments and the politics of public safety in the United States.
- New York City44Attentionbelow usual · +1.2 ptsup over 24 hoursCity politics, the mayor's office and the city's government.
- Opioid crisis41Attentionbelow usual · +1.7 ptsup over 24 hoursFentanyl and opioid overdoses and the policy response.
- US federal debt and deficit36Attentionbelow usual · −4.2 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe national debt, the annual deficit, and the Treasury borrowing that funds them.
- California36Attentionbelow usual · −7.1 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe state's government, its governor and its politics.
- Donald Trump33Attentionbelow usual · −1.2 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Late-night television32Attentionbelow usual · −24.9 ptsdown over 24 hours