A vast majority of Americans cited the economy as the most important issue in deciding who to support in the November 2024 election — and only weeks before Election Day, voters were split over…
Going into the 2024 presidential election, the economy ranked as a leading issue for most Americans. According to a poll conducted by the public opinion research company Morning Consult, 78% of voters said the…
The American economy has expanded nearly every year since 2010, with the sole exception of 2020, the year large segments of the U.S. economy were shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Growth…
The U.S. government has not had a balanced budget since 2001, and over the last two decades, the national debt has ballooned to unsustainable levels. The clearest path to paying down the national debt…
The U.S. economy is proving stronger and more resilient than many of its peers on the world stage. According to the World Bank, American gross domestic product expanded by 2.9% in 2023, outperforming the…
Major cities are the primary drivers of the U.S. economy. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 86% of Americans lived in a metropolitan area in 2023 — and data from the Bureau of…
Incomes have been steadily rising for years in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the typical American household earned about $77,719 in 2023, up about 18% from $65,712 in 2019. However,…
Federal firearm tracing data suggests that as many as 408,000 firearms originally sold in the U.S. were linked to a crime in 2023. A majority of these firearms were recovered by police within the…
Under U.S. law, any individual who buys a firearm through a federally licensed retailer must undergo a background check. Background checks are intended to ensure that those who pose a high risk of violence…
The United States is home to over 3,700 active, federally licensed firearm manufacturing facilities, according to the latest available data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. Nearly 13.4 million pistols, revolvers,…
As has been the case for decades, the United States invests more in its military than any other country in the world. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, an independent, Swedish organization…
The results of the 2024 presidential election revealed a starkly divided nation. While Donald Trump won the White House, along with every swing state in the country, the popular vote was close to 50/50,…
China spent over $309 billion on defense in 2023, more than any other country with the exception of the United States. China’s record-high defense spending is the product of steady year-over-year increases in its…
Semi-automatic, or autoloading shotguns are the most modern and technologically advanced shotguns on the market. Like other types of shotguns, autoloaders are highly versatile firearms. Capable of firing a spray of lead pellets of…
Handguns — particularly semi-automatic pistols — have long been the best-selling firearms in the United States. Of the 198.5 million guns to hit the U.S. consumer market since 2010, 55% were handguns, according to…
Gun sales hit an all time high in the U.S. in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to some estimates, licensed firearm dealers sold as many as 20 million guns that…
From the Middle East to Europe, large-scale violent conflicts have broken out on multiple fronts in recent years. Against the backdrop of ongoing geopolitical instability, countries around the world are rapidly boosting their defense…
Rifles have long been among the best-selling firearms in the United States. Data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives shows that nearly one in every three of the 263.5 million firearms…
Less than one month after being sworn into office, President Donald Trump has wasted little time in reshaping the federal government. In his first 18 days alone, Trump signed over 50 executive orders, more…
In 1994, the federal government passed a law that effectively banned the manufacture or sale of assault-style weapons for civilian use. This ban expired in 2004, however, and in the years since, assault-style semi-automatic…
