Get context, not just headlines. Every weekday The Excerpt brings USA TODAY's award-winning journalists from across the nation together to unpack America's most pressing stories — from politics and culture to sports and entertainment — with host Dana Taylor.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise will run for the speakership after Rep. Kevin McCarthy's ousting.
USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page looks at what could still happen in the final 100 days before the Iowa caucuses.
Another 125,000 student loan borrowers will have $9 billion in debt erased.
USA TODAY Congress, Campaigns, and Democracy Reporter Rachel Looker explains why there's a shortage of school psychologists.
The U.S. women's gymnastics team has won a seventh straight world title.
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