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USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen takes a look at what's next after a federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration policy that aimed to review grants and loans to ensure they complied with his priorities.

Caroline Kennedy calls Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a predator ahead of his confirmation hearing.

The State Department allows the distribution of H.I.V. medications in foreign countries to continue. It had been frozen after President Trump ordered a pause on foreign aid.

Trump orders the federal government not to fund or assist with gender transitions for youth.

A new strain of bird flu has been found in California.

Humanity is at its closest yet to destroying itself, according to Tuesday's reset of the "Doomsday Clock."

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The Justice Department has fired employees who worked on Donald Trump prosecutions under special counsel Jack Smith.

USA TODAY Senior National Political Correspondent Sarah D. Wire takes a closer look at Kash Patel - Trump's pick to lead the FBI - and his role in Jan. 6 misinformation.

Trump pledges sweeping tariffs on steel, semiconductors and other imports. Plus, Trump is ending DEI in the military and reinstating troops who refused COVID-19 vaccines.

USA TODAY Money and Personal Finance Reporter Medora Lee explains how news over a Chinese startup's AI model rattled markets.

What's next for California wildfires after rain relief?

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President Donald Trump is holding off imposing tariffs and sanctions he threatened Sunday on Colombia after a spat over deportation flights.

Trump floats a plan to move Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan.

USA TODAY Reporter Andrea Riquier looks into whether we're facing an insurance crisis.

It's been 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.

USA TODAY National Correspondent Elizabeth Weise gives an explainer on the doomsday clock and what a Tuesday update might tell us about humanity.

The Super Bowl matchup is set!

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While on the campaign trail, then presidential-candidate Donald Trump made illegal immigration his signature issue and also his scapegoat, routinely equating immigrants with criminals. On Day 1 of his presidency, Trump sought to make good on his campaign promises, signing a flurry of executive orders related to the southern border, illegal immigration and refugee admissions. What’s in all of this legislation and what kinds of impacts are we already seeing? USA TODAY National Reporter Lauren Villagran joins The Excerpt to share her reporting.

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USA TODAY White House and Pentagon Reporter Davis Winkie discusses how the military may be used for immigration purposes.

The Senate votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as secretary of Defense.

In his travels to disaster zones Friday, President Donald Trump again suggested abolishing FEMA.

President Trump cancels Dr. Anthony Fauci's security detail.

USA TODAY Managing Editor for Politics, Legal Affairs and World News Holly Rosenkrantz gives us an inside peek at how her team covered this historic week for news, as part of a new weekly segment called Editor's Note.

Pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao make their U.S. debut. Listen to our deep dive episode on panda diplomacy here.

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President Donald Trump is expanding the pool of federal law enforcement officers who can investigate and apprehend immigrants. Plus, a judge blocked Trump's birthright citizenship order.

USA TODAY Chief Political Correspondent Phillip M. Bailey discusses Trump's threats of withholding federal funds amid Los Angeles fires, ahead of his trip there Friday.

President Trump orders a crypto working group to draft new regulations and explore the possibility of a national stockpile.

USA TODAY White House Correspondent Swapna Venugopal breaks down Trump's comments to the Davos World Economic Forum.

Oscar nominations are out. Did your favorite get snubbed?

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Deaths from fentanyl are falling. The promising news comes as the overdose antidote naloxone becomes more widely available. But are dropping death rates concealing other issues in the fight against this brutal form of addiction? Reuters Investigative Reporter Maurice Tamman joined The Excerpt to discuss what he's seeing on the ground where addiction and death are still the reality.

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USA TODAY National Correspondent Will Carless discusses what's next for the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers after pardons this week.

Los Angeles County's Hughes wildfire forces evacuations.

USA TODAY Senior Reporter Jessica Guynn takes a closer look at President Donald Trump's executive order on DEI.

A quarter million LGBTQ+ youth and family members have moved to other states because of anti-LGBTQ politics or laws, a new report says.

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Squirmy and Grubs are not your typical YouTube stars. One is them is able-bodied. The other is not. How they navigate the challenges that dichotomy presents is the point. So is how normal their lives as an interabled couple really are. The story of Hannah and Shane Burcaws’ relationship and others like it is captured in their new book, "Interabled: True Stories about Love and Disability." They joined The Excerpt to talk about what they hope abled couples understand about interabled love.

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USA TODAY Pentagon Correspondent Tom Vanden Brook discusses the allegations against President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of Defense.

A pastor told President Trump to 'have mercy' on migrants and transgender children at an inauguration prayer service.

Wildfires prompt evacuations near San Diego.

USA TODAY National Correspondent Elizabeth Weise discusses what a Trump executive order means for wind energy.

Records were set Tuesday as heavy snow blanketed the Gulf Coast.

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