Post Date:
September 26, 2019 Issue Date:
October 12, 2019

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81%

The share of Americans who say they believe members of Congress behave unethically either “some of the time” or “all or most of the time,” according to Pew Research Center.

1 million

The number of active cases backlogged in U.S. immigration courts at the end of August.

775,000

The number of U.S. military personnel deployed to Afghanistan at least once since 2001, when the United States began fighting terrorists there following the 9/11 attacks.

1 in 16

The share of American women ages 18 to 44 who say their first experience of sexual intercourse was forced or coerced, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

$13,440

The projected amount of government education spending per student enrolled in U.S. public schools this year.