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 recession risk71Attentionelevated · +16.2 ptsup over 24 hours
- US Congress65Attentionelevated · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe House, the Senate, and the legislation and shutdowns that pass through them.
- US elections administration65Attentionabout usual · +2.1 ptsup over 24 hoursRedistricting, voting rights, ballots and how American elections are run.
- US Social Security64Attentionabout usual · +13.2 ptsup over 24 hoursThe retirement program, its benefits, and the trust fund's projected shortfall.
- Epstein files62Attentionabout usual · +6.4 ptsup over 24 hoursThe release of government records about Jeffrey Epstein and the fallout from them.
- Opioid crisis60Attentionabout usual · +10.7 ptsup over 24 hoursFentanyl and opioid overdoses and the policy response.
- US federal debt and deficit60Attentionabout usual · −1.1 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe national debt, the annual deficit, and the Treasury borrowing that funds them.
- US presidency60Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe office, its occupant, and the national contest for it.
- US tax policy59Attentionabout usual · −6.3 ptsdown over 24 hoursFederal tax law, the IRS, and the tax bills that pass through Congress.
- College basketball59Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- Donald Trump59Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- Greenland and the Arctic58Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursGreenland's status and the geopolitics of the Arctic — sovereignty, sea routes and military presence.
- Democratic Party (US)56Attentionabout usual · −8.0 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe US Democratic Party, its leadership, its primaries and its internal fights.
- US military55Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe armed forces, the Defense (War) Department's leadership, and where US troops are sent.
- Texas55Attentionabout usual · +7.6 ptsup over 24 hoursThe state's government, its governor and its politics.
- US foreign policy54Attentionabout usual · +4.0 ptsup over 24 hoursThe Secretary of State, envoys and the diplomacy the United States conducts abroad.
- Bank of Canada54Attentionabout usual · −13.4 ptsdown over 24 hours
- US state politics54Attentionabout usual · +5.0 ptsup over 24 hoursGovernors, legislatures, ballot measures and recalls.
- Republican Party (US)54Attentionabout usual · +5.2 ptsup over 24 hoursThe US Republican Party, its leadership, its primaries and its internal fights.
- Canada's economy53Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursCanadian growth, jobs, inflation and the Canadian dollar.
- US gun policy53Attentionabout usual · −2.2 ptsdown over 24 hoursGun laws, the Second Amendment, and the mass shootings that drive the argument.
- JD Vance52Attentionabout usual · +3.8 ptsup over 24 hoursThe US Vice President, and a likely contender for the 2028 nomination.
- US inflation52Attentionabout usual · ±0.4 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- US abortion policy52Attentionabout usual · ±0.2 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursAbortion bans, access and the litigation that followed the end of Roe v. Wade.