YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | Jane Onyanga-Omara | Audience Editor
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Quick look at Tuesday's news: |
Trump fires Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook |
President Donald Trump on Aug. 25 took the unprecedented action of firing Lisa Cook, the first African American woman to serve as a Federal Reserve governor. |
The president had called on Cook to resign Aug. 20 after U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte accused her of claiming two of her mortgages as primary residences. The Department of Justice said it was looking into the matter. | Lisa Cook talks to the Detroit Economic Club during a luncheon at the Masonic Temple in Detroit on Nov. 30, 2022. Eric Seals, Eric Seals / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images |
Judge temporarily blocks Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation |
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia for a second time — after he was wrongfully removed to El Salvador earlier this year. District Judge Paula Xinis of Maryland ruled from the bench Monday that the government cannot deport Abrego Garcia until she can hold a hearing on his latest lawsuit challenging his deportation. Xinis' order came just hours after U.S. immigration agents detained Abrego Garcia when he reported to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore for what his attorneys had been told was a mandatory check-in. |
Her son has a rare disease. His treatment is $6 million out of reach. |
Catherine Illingworth's 5-year-old son George took a while to start walking, she said. Once he started, he never seemed stable. His diagnosis was a gut punch: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4C, a rare genetic neuropathy associated with early-onset scoliosis. The doctor offered a ray of hope and told Illingworth that a treatment for her son's rare disease had likely already been invented. The catch? George's treatment was just a few clinical trials — and $6 million — out of reach. Illingworth's situation is all too common. | George Illingworth was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 4C, a rare genetic neuropathy, in March. Provided/Catherine Illingworth |
'I'm not a dictator': Trump defends deploying National Guard |
President Trump defended his use of the National Guard for policing in Washington, D.C. − and his threats to deploy troops to other cities − against criticism that he's acting like an authoritarian, saying "I'm not a dictator." Discussing the possibility of deploying the National Guard in Chicago next, Trump said during an Aug. 25 White House event: "A lot of people are saying maybe we like a dictator," Trump added. "I don't like a dictator." Trump began deploying National Guard troops in D.C. earlier this month, declaring a crime emergency even as data shows violent crime trending down. |
Hurricane season 'lull' could last two weeks |
The quiet weather forecast across the Atlantic Basin for the next two weeks could test the adage of "calm before the storm," forecasters say. Tropical Storm Fernand was headed into open waters of the central Atlantic well east and northeast of Bermuda on Monday. The weather service said gradual weakening was likely Tuesday, and Fernand is forecast to become a post-tropical cyclone Wednesday without making landfall. The center had little else to report. Still, Alex DaSilva, lead hurricane expert for AccuWeather, said the hurricane season that began June 1 and ends Nov. 30 could heat up soon. |
Photo of the day: Burning Man returns to rural Nevada |
Wind-whipped dust storms. Slippery mud. Massive traffic jams in rural Nevada. It's time for Burning Man again. Tens of thousands of "Burners" flocking to a remote desert area for a weeklong celebration of art, music and personal freedom are contending with the whims of Mother Nature as they arrive. A rainstorm that hit the Black Rock Desert on Aug. 24 had temporarily halted admissions to the event, which officially began at 12:01 a.m. that day. The gates reopened around 7 a.m. Aug. 25 and event organizers said 40,000 people were already on site. | A man holds up a tent structure amid a dust storm near Burning Man festival's Black Rock Desert site, a day before the annual festival's start, in Gerlach, Nevada, on August 23, 2025. Simba Khela via REUTERS |
Reuters contributed reporting. | | Mandating cash bail is a matter of public safety, Trump says. Research from the place that reformed its system the most tells a different story. | | Since the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023, Australian homes and schools have been targeted in antisemitic vandalism. | | | | Snoop Dogg is facing backlash on social media for his comments on LGBTQ+ characters in children's animated films. | | | | Britney Spears, who was married to actor Sam Asghari for a year, reportedly opened up about the "weird" period of her life in a new social media post. | | | | USA TODAY's daily news podcast, The Excerpt, brings you a curated mix of the most important headlines seven mornings a week. | | | | Our app gives you award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, eNewspaper and more. | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | |
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