Shipbuilding Challenges Amid Tariff Changes and National Crises

USA TODAY National Correspondent Trevor Hughes breaks down a part of the recent tax bill that adds new ships to the Coast Guard's fleet in the Northwest Passage, and the broader context in that region amid an ongoing cold war with China.

President Donald Trump announces new tariffs - for copper, Brazil and more.

Death tolls rise in the flooding disasters in Texas and New Mexico.

Measles was eradicated in the United States 25 years ago. Cases this year have reached a new high.

Tennessean Education Reporter Rachel Wegner looks at some of the ongoing divisions in American education 100 years after the Scopes trial.

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