How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 1,026 articles that mention the country today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

1. Democracy and elections
   1.0% of the news · usually 1.7% · 10 articles
   • The King Still Has One More Move (thehayride.com)
   • Silly write-in votes counted in North Jersey election results (nj1015.com)
2. War and security
   1.0% of the news · usually 0.8% · 10 articles
   • After 100 Years, The Macaroon Shop Is Still Going Strong In NJ (wobm.com)
   • Sophie G's In Ortley, NJ, May Make The Best Crumb Cake In Jersey (wobm.com)
3. AI
   0.8% of the news · usually 0.7% · 8 articles
   • Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Isabel's afternoon roundup: Two GOP incumbents still ahead; Twist in Supreme Court gun case; Pritzker talks AI with fellow 2028 hopefuls (capitolfax.com)
   • AvePoint Deepens Strategic Partnership with Microsoft to Advance Trusted AI Adoption (manilatimes.net)
4. Climate
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 2 articles
5. Cost of living
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.2% · 2 articles
   • Le logement, c'est désormais 30% de l'inflation: les prix ont augmenté plus vite que prévu en octobre aux Etats-Unis, la Fed va bientôt mettre Trump en colère (bfmtv.com)
   • Great Food Expo comes to Edison, NJ this November 2026 (nj1015.com)
6. Health
   0.2% of the news · usually 0.6% · 2 articles
   • Gratis TBE-vaccin borde vara en självklarhet (ttela.se)
7. Jobs and work
   0.1% of the news · usually 0.2% · 1 articles
8. Immigration
   0.0% of the news · usually 0.1% · 0 articles

How the news sounds

• Tone−1.9positive minus negative words per 100usually +0.3The GDELT Project
• Anxiety0.5× usual1.3 words per 1,000usually 2.4The GDELT Project
• Fear0.7× usual0.5 words per 1,000usually 0.7The GDELT Project
• Anger0.8× usual3.2 words per 1,000usually 4.3The GDELT Project
• Sadness1.2× usual8.2 words per 1,000usually 6.5The GDELT Project
• Happiness1.0× usual5.4 words per 1,000usually 5.5The GDELT Project
• Financial uncertainty0.7× usual4.9 words per 1,000usually 7.0The GDELT Project

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.