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January 29, 2020: Written questions get underway in Trump impeachment trial

January 29, 2020: Written questions get underway in Trump impeachment trial

January 28, 2020: Trump's defense team wraps up arguments at impeachment trial

January 27, 2020: Tributes pour in for Kobe Bryant

January 25, 2020: Billie Eilish and Lizzo will make Grammy Awards stage debuts

Wildfire season is already off to a dangerous start

50 most iconic brands that built America

The blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda can cost over $150,000

President Donald Trump was a big fan of Queen Elizabeth II

The exodus from DOJ will have repercussions for years

The reckoning over Jeffrey Epstein isn’t finished

Trump’s whipsaw strategy with Iran has global leaders worried

The World Cup is just over two months away. Here’s what to watch.

If it works, why can’t doctors prescribe cannabis?

A California sheriff is questioning election integrity

Why a border wall divides even Trump voters in Texas

Supreme Court hears high-stakes birthright citizenship case

Colorado conversion therapist is allowed to proceed, SCOTUS rules

How early porn exposure is impacting young men

AI is playing a big role in the US-led war in Iran

USA TODAY’s Women of the Year: Stories That Inspire

Will the Live Nation DOJ settlement reshape ticket sales?

What a 10,000-mile trip taught actor Andrew McCarthy about friendship

Is America ready to tax the super‑rich?

Marco Rubio’s evolution amid a growing Cuba crisis

America’s aging power grid faces new demands

Water matters as much as oil in the Iran war. Experts explain why.

From friendly to violent: the history of US-Iran relations

Can desalination plants solve the West’s water problem?

Why doctors are jumping into politics right now

How the SAVE America Act would impact voting

March Madness preview: who’s in, who’s out, who can win

Is Trump's backing helping or hurting Republicans?

Disappointing economic indicators spark stagflation worries

How Aaron Parnas built a massive Gen Z news audience

Probe continues into freezing death of Alabama jail prisoner

Oscar-nominated “The Alabama Solution” shows unfiltered prison life

Kristi Noem DHS oversight hearing sparks tense debate

Crafting’s comeback and the science behind it

Trump signals weeks of fighting in war with Iran

Trump’s shadow hangs over the start of primary season

Epstein files fallout continues for rich and powerful

Sexpionage and how foreign spies use intimacy to steal secrets

Trump’s defiant message: US is ‘hottest country anywhere in the world’

In rare rebuke, SCOTUS overturned Trump’s tariffs. What happens now?

Future of wind and solar farms in Trump's America

Civil Rights icon Jesse Jackson left an indelible mark on America

Gov. Wes Moore to Trump: “Please start doing your job.”

For nearly 20 years, the EPA has regulated greenhouse gases. No more.

Trumps’s approval rating could be a problem for GOP in the midterms

Politics of renaming a presidential memorial