USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey puts the vice presidential debate in context.

Search and rescue efforts continue in North Carolina and elsewhere after Hurricane Helene.

USA TODAY National Immigration Reporter Lauren Villagran discusses the mental health toll border patrol agents are facing.

The ACLU is suing for information about the federal government's capacity to massively detain and deport immigrants.

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