Pew Research Center has gathered data around some of this year’s defining news stories, from the rise of artificial intelligence to the debate over affirmative action in college admissions. Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.

LINCOLN — Third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans a stop this week in the state where his father campaigned by train in 1968, weeks before winning Nebraska’s Democratic primary.

But Junior isn’t visiting Nebraska to run as a Democrat like dad, and some analysts say his effort to get onto the 2024 general election ballot could risk Democratic President Joe Biden’s re-election bid.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays, Congress gave final approval to a temporary government funding package that pushes a confrontation over the federal budget into the new year.