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Terrorism is the No. 1 problem facing the U.S., in Americans' eyes. The percentage of Americans identifying it as the most important problem surged from 3% in November to 16% in December. This is the highest reading since 2005.

Gallup Editor-in-Chief Frank Newport explores the top reasons Americans own guns, including personal safety/protection (60%), hunting (36%), and recreation/sport (13%).

A majority of Americans believe the country would be safer if more people carried concealed weapons. Most favor universal background checks, although many doubt that such checks would prevent mass shootings.

Fully 75% of Americans believe corruption is "widespread" in the U.S. government. Might this explain Donald Trump's popularity?

U.S. confidence in public schools has sunk back to where it was pre-pandemic, but Democrats' confidence is up while Republicans' is down.

Gallup Editor-in-Chief Mohamed Younis talks about his new role and what to look for in Gallup's research in 2019.

About one in four U.S. voters say they would vote only for a candidate who shares their views on gun control -- roughly double the 11% to 15% who said this 15 years ago. The majority say it is one of many factors in their vote.

Americans continue to say the economy is the most important problem facing the nation, followed by jobs and dissatisfaction with the way Congress and the government work. Few mention guns or immigration.

Gallup's Economic Confidence Index is down slightly from July but in line with where it has been the rest of 2019.

Speaking about the ISIS threat recently, the White House made news when it said, "We have to address grievances terrorists exploit, including economic grievances." Basically, they identified the ISIS problem as a jobs problem.