The U.S. government is a limitless source of statistical information, and you won't find most of it by Googling your topic. To find general datasets, try
FedStats offers large raw datasets for downloading.
Data.gov conglomerates data from various agencies and makes it available from a central search.
Otherwise, these agencies offer information on the below topics:
Congressional Research Service Reports Provide in-depth analysis of many topics. Reports prepared for members of Congress, but not available to the public except when released by individual Senators/members of Congress.
U.S. Government Portal: USA.gov
Economic Analysis
Education Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics (includes College Navigator, with information about 7000 institutions)
Employment Data
Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Geological Survey (Focusing on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, as well as covering natural phenomena that threaten us.)
History
International Information
U.S. Department of State country information
U.S. Census Bureau international census dates
Legislation and Legislative Branch
Media
Social Sciences
Statistical Abstract (brings together stats from agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and other federal agencies)
Science/Medical/Biology
Gateway to the federal government's science data
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institutes of Health Health Information
Tax Statistics
U.S. Government Spending
https://www.usaspending.gov/ Provides information about government grants, contracts, and awards.
Blogs and social media can provide the latest information on your topic, or may give you an idea of the zeitgeist in a snapshot in time. You can find individuals' social media accounts by doing a name search in the social media application (ie: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest), but you may not have access to their full account if you don't have your own account or subscribe or are friends with the user.
To search for blogs, try tools as https://technorati.com/, https://www.google.com/blogsearch, the search functions on such major blog platforms as https://wordpress.com/, or microblog platforms https://twitter.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/. Another way to find blogs is by using the “Search within a site or domain” option within Google’s advanced search page. For example, from the advanced search page, entering youtube.com in the “Search within a site or domain” search box will bring up results for your search terms only within YouTube’s domain.
Try Google Scholar.