From USA TODAY. About 20 U.S. states caught a glimpse of the northern lights, according to NOAA. #Northernlights #sky #phenomenon

From USA TODAY. Bill Clinton and James Patterson release "The First Gentleman," using Clinton’s White House experience to shape their third political thriller. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2025/06/02/bill-clinton-james-patterson-first-gentleman-interview/83906932007/ #BillClinton #JamesPatterson #Books

From USA TODAY. With new college graduates entering the workforce, these are key skills employers will look for amid the AI boom. Read more: Tariffs, AI alter job market for new grads. Who is still hiring? https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/05/29/job-market-2025-college-graduates/83884373007/ #AI #Jobs #Work

From USA TODAY. Suspect in Colorado fire attack set to appear in court.

From USA TODAY. A large scale Ukrainian drone attack hit multiple Russian air force bases, significantly setting Russia back. Read more: Russia and Ukraine ramp up war with drone strikes, bridge blasts on eve of peace talks https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/ukraine/2025/06/01/seven-killed-bridge-russia-ukraine-peace/83976968007/ #Ukraine #Russia #Drone

From USA TODAY. The FBI is investigating the attack in Colorado as an act of terrorism. https://tinyurl.com/msmk8umx USA TODAY Senior Congress & Campaigns Reporter Riley Beggin discusses some potential changes to President Donald Trump’s tax bill in the Senate. https://tinyurl.com/ynxxnp37 Some parents are ‘unschooling’ their kids. What does that mean? https://tinyurl.com/3mdedcxv USA TODAY National Correspondent…

From USA TODAY. An Israeli attack near an aid distribution killed at least 31 people in Gaza, local health authorities said. #Israel #Gaza #Palestine

From USA TODAY. in 1969, police in New York City clashed with attendants at the popular gay bar, The Stonewall Inn. Listen to veterans recount how the night unfolded and how it led to a civil rights movement that continues today. Read more:

From USA TODAY. More than 500 people were arrested during the Champions League final celebrations in France, according to the French interior ministry. Read more: Two dead, 500 arrested in France during PSG win celebrations, official says https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2025/06/01/champions-league-psg-celebration-arrests-deaths-paris/83976979007/ #France #Paris #Police

From USA TODAY. One of President Donald Trump’s focuses during his second term is his desire to reshape the arts in America. In February, he announced that he would serve as board chair of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and dismissed half of its board members. In their place are Trump…

From USA TODAY. USA TODAY White House Correspondent Bart Jansen discusses President Donald Trump’s sendoff for Elon Musk. https://tinyurl.com/y5p7afk2 Plus, Bart tells us about an obscure provision in the House bill that threatens enforcement of court rulings on Trump. https://tinyurl.com/y5p7afk2 President Trump will double tariffs on foreign steel to 50%. https://tinyurl.com/4f3tm6ys The Supreme Court lets…

From USA TODAY. President Trump, while receiving a custom Steelers jersey and helmet from steel workers, announced he will double tariffs on foreign steel to 50%. Read more: Donald Trump to double tariffs on foreign steel to 50% https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/30/donald-trump-u-s-steel-tariffs-increase-50/83952953007/ #Trump #Tariffs #Japan

From USA TODAY. Dr. Michael Brennan, Director of the National Hurricane Center, said he expected a busy hurricane season and urged people to begin to prepare. Read more: All your questions about the 2025 hurricane season answered https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2025/05/26/2025-atlantic-hurricane-season-guide/83538063007/ #Hurricane #Weather #Storm

From USA TODAY. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk hold a news conference following the announcement of Musk’s departure from the Trump administration.

From USA TODAY. Video taken from a plane shows a severe storm heading toward Austin that would knock out power for thousands of people. #Storm #Austin #Aerial Read more: Deadly storms that rocked Texas shift focus to South, Mid-Atlantic https://tinyurl.com/49wr35xm

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From USA TODAY. USA TODAY White House Reporter Zac Anderson has the latest on the trade whiplash around President Donald Trump’s tariffs. https://tinyurl.com/4yn568an A group of Deaf Americans is suing over a lack of sign language interpreters for White House events. https://tinyurl.com/53cmy3wz USA TODAY Senior Congress & Campaigns Reporter Riley Beggin takes a look at…

From USA TODAY. A police officer in Goodyear, Arizona, rescued a young woman, later identified as the daughter of a fire captain from a burning car. She is expected to survive with a "long journey of recovery." #Police #Bodycam #Fire

From USA TODAY. Parkinson’s is a disease that afflicts an estimated 90,000 Americans every year. Current treatment focuses on managing its many symptoms as there is no cure. But a new stem cell-based therapy that creates nerve cells is showing early promise. What’s behind this incredible discovery and just how hopeful should patients be? Two…

From USA TODAY. From Joshua Tree National Park in California to Driftwood Beach in Georgia, check out some of USA TODAY’s Most Treasured Views in America for 2025. #JoshuaTree #LasVegas #Chicago

From USA TODAY. A mother bear and her cub was seen taking full advantage of a swimming pool in Auburn, California. #Bear #California #Swimming

From USA TODAY. A federal court has ruled President Donald Trump can’t use an emergency-powers law to impose tariffs on foreign countries. https://tinyurl.com/424haekh USA TODAY White House Correspondent Bart Jansen takes a look at the Trump-Vance approach to crypto. https://tinyurl.com/fhr5x2rw Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the United States will be "aggressively" revoking visas of…

From USA TODAY. Vice President JD Vance said Bitcoin’s independence offers access to those denied banking over political beliefs, including support for gun rights. #JDVance #crypto #Bitcoin

From USA TODAY. President Trump was asked about the acronym “TACO,” which stands for "Trump always chickens out” – a jab coined by financial analysts. #DonaldTrump #tariffs #trade

From USA TODAY. Most electronic devices you use – your phone, laptop, earbuds – require certain materials called rare earth minerals to function. These minerals also power a wide range of other things critical to our lives like cars, aircraft engines, medical equipment. The U.S. imports most of its supply of rare earth elements from…

From USA TODAY. After the Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, Republican and Democratic administrations shielded refugees from deportation. Donald Trump is changing that. #Immigration #Refugees #Trump

From USA TODAY. President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to intervene in its effort to rapidly deport migrants to "third countries." https://tinyurl.com/yu8dx3rf USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe discusses the high court’s move to take another look at whether a police officer who partially blinded a teenager during the 2020 George…

From USA TODAY. SpaceX’s gargantuan Starship rocket is due to once again get off the ground from Texas more than two months since its last launch. And for Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company, the stakes are high. Starship’s first two flight tests of 2025 – on Jan. 16 and again on March 6 – ended…

From USA TODAY. Two New Orleans escapees Jermaine Donald and Leo Tate, were captured in Texas, according to Huntsville Police Department. #Texas #prisonescape #Louisiana

From USA TODAY. SpaceX’s gargantuan Starship rocket is due to once again get off the ground from Texas more than two months since its last launch. And for Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company, the stakes are high. Starship’s first two flight tests of 2025 – on Jan. 16 and again on March 6 – ended…

From USA TODAY. USA TODAY White House Reporter Zac Anderson takes a look at President Donald Trump’s clash with judges. https://tinyurl.com/3jc3etys Horse-drawn Caisson funerals will soon resume at Arlington National Cemetery. https://tinyurl.com/8tbzz3am USA TODAY Data Reporter Ignacio Calderon discusses how President Trump delayed pollution limits on the nation’s dirtiest coal plants. https://tinyurl.com/3n9zw2fj The coasts face…

From USA TODAY. A man was detained after a car hit a number of fans during Liverpool’s parade in celebration of their Premier League title success, police said. #Liverpool #parade #crash

From USA TODAY. French president Emmanuel Macron dismissed conspiracy notions after a viral video of his wife pushing him in the face. #EmmanuelMacron #France #viralvideo

From USA TODAY. President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone ‘absolutely crazy’ after the latest Russian attack on Ukraine. Trump also blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the ongoing war. https://tinyurl.com/2d477cer USA TODAY National Immigration Reporter Lauren Villagran takes a look at a major drop in illegal crossings at the southern border…

From USA TODAY. Memorial Day weekend is off to a stormy start. Heavy rain and thunderstorms hit parts of U.S. Read more: Storms, rainfall kick off Memorial Day weekend in parts of US https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2025/05/24/severe-weather-memorial-day-weekend/83837324007/ #Weather #Oklahoma #Arkansas

From USA TODAY. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Dave Barry has made a career out of being a jokester, writing a nationally syndicated humor column for two decades. He is also a best-selling author. Dave joins The Excerpt to share his journey from small-town Pennsylvania journalist to national humorist and how it was his readers who paved…

From USA TODAY. USA TODAY National Correspondent Trevor Hughes discusses a new tactic from ICE – arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings. https://tinyurl.com/ddm98mj3 A judge has halted a Trump administration action barring Harvard from enrolling foreign students. https://tinyurl.com/2apykyef President Donald Trump Friday threatened steep tariffs on European Union goods and targeted iPhones. https://tinyurl.com/ye65zusb…

From USA TODAY. New Orleans resident Lakisha Catchings lives near where one of 10 escaped inmates was apprehended. She says the sheriff failed to protect the city.

From USA TODAY. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs by the end of June on cellphones that Apple and other companies make in other countries. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/23/trump-apple-iphone-tariff-threat/83813463007/ #Trump #Politics #Tech

From USA TODAY. USA TODAY Senior Congress Reporter Riley Beggin takes a closer look at President Donald Trump’s House-approved tax bill. https://tinyurl.com/4s698yfd The Trump administration says Harvard can no longer enroll international students. https://tinyurl.com/2ymhk3cf Oklahoma will require schools to teach President Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy theories. https://tinyurl.com/49at7mz3 USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe breaks…

From USA TODAY. President Donald Trump misused a photo taken from a video in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as proof of "White genocide." Read more: Trump’s image of dead ‘White farmers’ from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/22/trump-dead-white-farmers-image-congo-south-africa/83800507007/ #Africa #Trump #Congo

From USA TODAY. In 2018, the U.S. Air Force awarded a $3.9 billion contract to Boeing for two new Air Force One planes. For a variety of reasons, including delays tied to the need for workers with proper security clearances, Boeing may or may not be able to complete the order before the end of…

From USA TODAY. The suspect in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., shouted pro-Palestinian chants after he fatally shot two Israeli embassy workers, authorities said. The suspect was identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, according to Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith. Smith said Rodriguez opened fire outside the museum…

From USA TODAY. The Senate begins voting at 9 a.m. on President Donald Trump’s sweeping bill on tax cuts, Medicaid and border security, after a marathon weekend of caustic debate and political maneuvering, but the result isn’t known for certain. The finish line will come after a whirlwind of votes nicknamed a “vote-a-rama” on what…

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From USA TODAY. 2 Israeli embassy staff members were fatally shot Thursday night in Washington. https://tinyurl.com/5fapszmb Republican holdouts appear to have a deal with House GOP leadership to advance President Donald Trump’s tax policy bill. https://tinyurl.com/mr39jffk USA TODAY White House Correspondent Bart Jansen breaks down the news that the Department of Justice has abandoned police…

From USA TODAY. The Pentagon accepted the Boeing 747 from Qatar with plans to use it as Air Force One. Read more: Pentagon accepts $400 million jet from Qatar for President Donald Trump https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/21/trump-pentagon-qatar-air-force-one-jet-gift/83769911007/ #Qatar #Trump #Pentagon

From USA TODAY. Legendary Colts owner Jim Irsay, who led the team to a long series of division titles and brought the city its first Super Bowl Championship, has died at 65. Read more: Jim Irsay, longtime Colts owner, dies at 65 https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2025/05/21/jim-irsay-indianapolis-colts-owner-dies-65/83778824007/ #NFL #Football #Colts

From USA TODAY. The Trump administration wants to cut health spending in the coming year, and plans to cut the budget at the National Institutes of Health by $18 billion. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/08/trump-research-funding-cuts-china/83417543007/ #Research #Medicine #NIH

From USA TODAY. For generations of Americans, the Johnson & Johnson brand has been a beloved one, as quintessentially American as baseball and apple pie. Its baby shampoo “no more tears” has been a fixture in bathrooms for decades, as has its iconic band aids and talcum power. But it’s this last item, the talcum…

From USA TODAY. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office rescued lost hikers from a forest in Northern California after they ran out of food. #Hikers #Lost #Helicopter

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From USA TODAY. Rock climbers unfurled a large Transgender Pride flag on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The National Park Service has since removed it. #Transgender #RockClimbing #LGBTQ Read more: Watch trans pride flag fly from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan: ‘Done being polite’ https://tinyurl.com/3c55rze4

From USA TODAY. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled a new missile defense system plan. https://tinyurl.com/3z56bjn3 A fifth inmate has been captured after last week’s New Orleans jail break on the same day a maintenance worker was arrested in connection with the case. https://tinyurl.com/3aj6h547 USA TODAY National News Reporter Eduardo Cuevas discusses…

From USA TODAY. The FDA plans to require new clinical trials for approval of annual COVID-19 boosters for healthy Americans under 65. #Covid19 #FDA #Booster

From USA TODAY. President Donald Trump is working to clear out GOP opposition to his policy bill, meeting with lawmakers behind closed doors to sway holdouts. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/20/dont-f-around-with-medicaid-trump-warns-house-republicans/83744097007/ #Trump #Republicans #Congress

From USA TODAY. Sterling Williams was arrested and charged with helping 10 inmates break free from a New Orleans jail, authorities said. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/20/new-orleans-jailbreak-escape-search-inmates-updates/83741177007/ #NewOrleans #Police #Escape

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From USA TODAY. Drone video shows widespread significant damage after tornadoes and severe weather tore through the Midwest and South. #Storm #Kentucky #Drone Read more: Tornadoes, storms wreak havoc across Midwest: See aerial footage from Kentucky, Missouri https://tinyurl.com/mruwd9sd

From USA TODAY. What’s next for Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations? https://tinyurl.com/bdepvvd9 USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page discusses how former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis is landing in Washington. https://tinyurl.com/vp4hmz69 President Donald Trump signs a ‘revenge porn’ ban alongside First Lady Melania Trump. https://tinyurl.com/3rmc69au USA TODAY Supreme Court Correspondent Maureen Groppe explains what a Supreme…