A year of hope. A year of pain.

Hurricane Milton grew to a monster Category 5 storm Monday.Hospitals are urging emergency steps on possible IV fluid shortages after Hurricane Helene.USA TODAY Congress, Campaigns and Democracy Reporter Karissa Waddick takes a look at how Georgia became a swing state.Georgia's ab ...  Show more

Hurricane Milton is expected to barrel into Florida Wednesday.It's been one year since the Hamas attack on Israel. For more, listen to our special edition episode from Sunday.USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen discusses concerns over postal delays ahead of nex ...  Show more

Days before President Donald Trump said he would help Afghan evacuees who fled their country and were stuck in the UAE, cables reveal the Emirati government had already begun returning them to Afghanistan. The U.S. Forest Service is struggling to cope with an increase in wildfire ...  Show more

Katie Sandlin left rural Alabama for her dream job at the NIH — only to be laid off three weeks later. She’s one of thousands of federal probationary workers fired by the Trump administration with little warning. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy met with U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg in ...  Show more

Donald Trump says he will introduce new 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S.  Federal judges have delivered a string of decisions blocking Trump policies over the last week, at the start of a looming showdown with the rule of law for the White House. Scient ...  Show more

Police in Antioch, Tennessee are investigating the gunman in a deadly school shooting that killed one student and injured another. 1,500 more troops are heading to the U.S.-Mexico border as deportations ramp up, asylum rules tighten and ICE gains new powers to conduct raids in sc ...  Show more