While agriculture is currently a greenhouse gas contributor, accounting for about 30% of global emissions, it's also being dramatically impacted by our warming planet. Many foods we consider essential will simply not be around for our children and grandchildren. But it’s not all doom and gloom. New tools and technologies hold incredible promise when it comes to not just slowing down climate change but actually fighting it. Culinary Entrepreneur Sam Kass, former chef to the Obamas, joins The Excerpt to help us understand the role of food and agriculture in the global fight against global warming.

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USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page takes a step back to look at the first few weeks of President Donald Trump's second term.

Anti-Trump and anti-Elon Musk protesters rally in cities across the country.

Trump signs an executive order targeting transgender women in sports.

USA TODAY Personal Finance Reporter Daniel de Visé discusses why younger retirees depend mostly on Social Security.

New York Fashion Week is here!

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From conservative social movements such as those tied to prohibition, the Moral Majority evangelicals, and the Tea Party, to liberal social movements focused on Civil Rights, Women’s Liberation and LGBTQ+ Rights, America is no stranger to social dissent. But what makes a social movement a counterculture movement? And what have been some of the unique intersections between counterculture movements and the arts, money, and even violence? Alex Zamalin, professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, joins The Excerpt to explore how counterculture becomes the culture. His new book “Counterculture: The Story of America from Bohemia to Hip-Hop” is out now.

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USA TODAY White House Correspondent Francesca Chambers recaps President Donald Trump's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Trump's eyebrow-raising comments about the future of Gaza.

At least 20,000 federal workers have taken President Trump's buyout offer as a Thursday deadline nears.

USA TODAY Senior Reporter Jessica Guynn explains why some disabled federal workers fear for their jobs after recent remarks from President Trump.

Almost all USAID workers worldwide have been placed on leave.

You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain. For more on microplastics, check out our special deep dive episode.

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Expected tariffs on Canada and Mexico have been paused, while new tariffs on China go ahead. China has responded with its own tariffs.

USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison takes a look at the future of foreign aid after President Donald Trump moves to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.

President Donald Trump makes DOGE head Elon Musk a 'special government employee.' Plus, Democrats attack Musk's Treasury Department takeover.

President Trump orders the creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund with the potential to purchase TikTok.

USA TODAY Reporter Andrea Riquier breaks down a report that found climate risk will take a trillion-dollar bite out of America's real estate.

Rat populations are growing in some cities and climate change is a major factor.

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President Donald Trump will speak with the leaders of Canada and Mexico Monday after a tense weekend over tariffs.

USA TODAY White House Correspondent Bart Jansen takes a look at some of the early Trump policies already breaking norms.

Authorities say the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Washington, D.C. last week may have been flying higher than the maximum altitude for its training mission.

USA TODAY National Correspondent Elizabeth Weise talks about an undersea volcano off the West Coast, and why its imminent eruption matters to scientists.

Beyoncé wins album of the year.

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The International Space Station, orbiting approximately 250 miles above Earth, is both a marvel of human creativity and engineering. Astronauts from around the world have called it home. Four Americans who do so currently are Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams, and Flight Engineers Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Don Pettit. They joined The Excerpt to share what folks on the Earth should know about the science experiments they are conducting and the perspective gained from even just one lap around the planet.  

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USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison breaks down President Donald Trump's announcement of new tariffs.

A Medevac jet crashed into a residential Philadelphia neighborhood Friday evening, with six people on board.

Officials recover the helicopter's black box after this week's collision. Remember the victims here.

Mexico’s president explains why Google shouldn't rename the Gulf of Mexico.

USA TODAY White House and Congress Editor Darren Samuelsohn gives us a look at some of the editorial decisions during a tragic week for the country in our Editor's Note segment.

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USA TODAY Aviation Reporter Zach Wichter takes a look at what's next for the investigation into this week's deadly plane and helicopter collision.

We pay tribute to those lost in the crash.

USA TODAY Democracy Reporter Erin Mansfield breaks down President Donald Trump's comments over DEI in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Senate confirmation hearings continued Thursday.

Hamas releases more Gaza hostages.

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As wildfires continue to erupt across greater Los Angeles, the urgency of the housing crisis is front and center for Angelinos. With thousands of homes gone, the various issues that have plagued the real estate industry since the '80s are just that much more urgent. Where will people live and at what cost? Peter Dreier, an urban and environmental policy professor at Occidental College, joins The Excerpt to discuss the worsening situation and what it means for the people who call L.A. home.

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