Jim Sergent

19 hours ago | usatoday.com | George Petras |Janet Loehrke |Jim Sergent

President Donald Trump ordered a travel ban Wednesday, barring residents of 12 countries, mostly in Africa and the Middle East, from entering the U.S. as risks to national security. The ban takes effect on Monday. Partial restrictions were imposed against citizens of seven other nations. It was the first travel ban issued by Trump in his second presidential term. Trump ordered three travel bans against predominantly Muslim nations during his first administration.

1 day ago | usatoday.com | Jim Sergent |Janet Loehrke

In a rare atmospheric convergence, the East Coast will experience both drifting smoke from Canadian wildfires and a sweeping plume of Saharan dust during the next few days. While residents in the Midwest recently endured the worst of the wildfire smoke—bringing air quality to near-dangerous levels—conditions are now improving. According to AccuWeather, air quality in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa is expected to clear following the recent haze.

3 days ago | usatoday.com | Jim Sergent

One of the key promises behind President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy was to revive U.S. manufacturing. But the policies intended to lay that foundation are currently having the opposite effect. During the past three months, as President Donald Trump and his administration have worked to finalize tariff rates across dozens of countries and product categories, U.S. manufacturing has contracted—according to the Institute for Supply Management’s May report.

4 days ago | usatoday.com | Jim Sergent

By nearly every metric, the Yankees' Aaron Judge’s offensive performance during the first two months of the 2025 season ranks among the best in baseball history. Whether he can maintain this torrid pace for the next four months could determine if he joins the ranks of the all-time greats.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Jim Sergent

In the past weeks, hundreds of thousands of students earned diplomas from colleges and universities across the country. But for many, the biggest challenge still lies ahead: landing a job in their major. From the rise of artificial intelligence to uncertainly surrounding President Donald Trump's tariff policies, the opportunities for the newly minted graduates could be more limited than in recent years – especially in tech jobs, according to Oxford Economics, a global economic forecasting company.