Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, FED, VENEZUELA, WARNS
A divided Fed is expected to cut rates for a 3rd straight time
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The Federal Reserve is again expected to lower its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point Wednesday, in an effort to support a weakening
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KIRK, ERIKA, CHARLIE, HUSBAND
Erika Kirk broke down talking about the "little things" that hit her hardest about the loss of her husband, Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, as she sent a wise message to married couples about not sweating the small stuff.
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TRUMP, JASMINE, CROCKETT, VOTERS
President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon during an executive order signing ceremony in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on July 31, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, NYC, GRACIE
Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City mayors, is getting a new resident next year.
The “Little White House” has been Mayor Eric Adams’ home since 2022, but when he leaves office in the coming weeks, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will move in.
On
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JURY, GRAND, JUDGE, EPSTEIN
The judge OK'd their release in accordance with the Epstein Transparency Act.
This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017.
This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey
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NATIONAL, GUARD, TRUMP, JUDGE
US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
The Trump administration still has control over 300 California National Guard troops six months after they were federalised, Judge Breyer said.
US District Judge Charles Breyer said the Trump
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MANGIONE, LUIGI, POLICE, ARREST
Luigi Mangione appeared to apologize for looking "suspicious" before he was arrested in Pennsylvania for the alleged December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office released the video on Tuesday afternoon
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MIAMI, MAYOR, DEMOCRAT, 30
Eileen Higgins elected as first Democratic mayor of Miami in three decades
Speaking to supporters at her election celebration party, Higgins said: "Miami chose a new direction... you chose competence over chaos."
A former county commissioner, Higgins won
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WARNER, BROS, TRUMP, PARAMOUNT
FILE - President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gesture as they meet delegations at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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RUSSIA, ZELENSKYY, PEACE, UKRAINE
Ukraine's European allies on Monday said that the war is at a "critical moment" as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country is preparing to share a revised peace plan with the U.S. Zelenskyy met with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor
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KAMALA, HARRIS, MARBLE, BUST
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is looking forward to a marble bust of herself being put on display in the U.S. Capitol, brushing off concerns about 2028 to instead focus on her “historic figure” status, in an interview with the New York Times.
Speaking
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SENATE, CROCKETT, GOP, TEXAS
From Congress to Hollywood, Texans are pushing back on Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett's U.S. Senate launch as she faces scrutiny for her far-left policies and presence on social media.
Crockett, a progressive known for her viral social media clashes and
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JETS, BOYD, KRIS, SHOOTING
Man charged with attempted murder over shooting of NFL player
The 29-year-old was taken to hospital in a critical condition after a bullet hit his lung and lodged in his pulmonary artery. He was later discharged.
Boyd was shot outside a popular New York City
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TANKER, TRUMP, SEIZES, OIL
Things are getting interesting in the Caribbean Sea. On Wednesday, President Trump announced that the United States had seized an oil tanker, presumably outbound from Venezuela, just off the coast of that country. The president hinted at other acts in the offing.
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MUSK, DOGE, SUCCESSFUL, ELON
Elon Musk says Doge was 'somewhat successful' but he would not do it again
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Reuters Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw to symbolise government cost-cutting at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February
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AMERICA, MARLOW, GIFT, ACCURATE
Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed Congressman Hank Johnson.
Marlow said, “The Democrats literally think that we’re Satanic now if Trump is our president.”
“The Alex Marlow Show,” hosted by Breitbart
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HOUSE, DEFENSE, BILL, GOP
A wide-ranging bill setting the federal government's defense and national security policy for the fiscal year survived a key hurdle Tuesday night, but questions over whether it will get to President Donald Trump's desk still remain.
The House Rules Committee
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NOTRE, DAME, ACC, MIAMI
Any sense that Notre Dame was ready to let bygones be bygones, in their tense relationship with the ACC after the conference’s campaign to promote Miami over Notre Dame and the College Football Playoff (CFP Committee’s snub of the Irish, went up in smoke on
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FONT, RUBIO, STATE, ROMAN
One prominent journalist compared Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s order for the State Department to change its official font style to the Nazis' 1941 ban on "Jewish" fonts.
Former Voice of America White House bureau chief Steve Herman reacted to Rubio’s
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HEIRESS, FBI, BANKS, WANTED
A 72-year-old woman on the FBI’s most wanted list allegedly posed as an airline heiress to swindle $30 million from banks and financial institutions in California — before hightailing it to Dubai, the feds said.
Mary Carole McDonnell, a Michigan native, is
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