Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, APRIL 18th 2026
Updated 05:12 ET
22 articles
TRUMP, HORMUZ, STRAIT, IRAN
The president said this will all be resolved "very soon."
Trump tells ABC News he thinks he can trust the Iranians
President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, April 16, 2026 in Washington.
President
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POWERS, EXTENSION, HOUSE, SPY
The Senate quietly extended the nation’s spying powers Friday morning after the House failed to reauthorize the program before the fast-approaching deadline.
The upper chamber’s unanimous vote to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) gives
Continued at Fox News...
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GROCERY, MAMDANI, TRUMP, CALLED
On April 14, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “announced La Marqueta as the first site identified for the City’s municipal grocery store program.”
“The 9,000-square-foot store in East Harlem will be constructed from the ground up and is expected to open
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NEW, BASS, REDISTRICTING, KAREN
LA voters have already had their say about the “Green New Deal” that is the foundation of Mayor Karen Bass’ new climate policy.
In 2019, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his own “Green New Deal,” after the one introduced in Congress by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Under
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MAMDANI, NYC, ZOHRAN, TAX
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's "Happy Tax Day" video was about as creepy as it gets. Seeing a Communist standing outside a building, threatening to tax the owner into oblivion (or at least, into submission and likely exiting the city), all in a dark setting
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FMR, DEM, STRATEGIST, EXCLUSIVE
Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about immigration.
Marlow said, “This is all dressed up to try to get more amnesty for illegal aliens because there’s a deep concern from the donor class in the Republican
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D4VD, MURDER, YEAR, 14
The job began in September, when workers at an impound lot noticed a foul smell coming from a towed Tesla.
Seven months later, it would lead to the arrest by Los Angeles cops on Thursday afternoon arrested singer D4vd, seven months after a runaway girl’s dismembered
Continued at New York Post...
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TRUMP, TURNING, POINT, EVENT
Twelve hours after Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again”—after he’d previously threatened to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages”—the president agreed to a temporary cease-fire. Since then, initial peace
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REMAINS, FOUND, MISSING, PROVES
Washington state authorities confirmed hikers had recently found the skeletal remains of a missing 33-year-old woman who disappeared nearly a year and a half ago in Rose Valley.
Two young men hiking in a wooded area on Sunday discovered skeletal remains
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FAIRFAX, JUSTIN, MURDER, SUICIDE
Not so killer instincts.
A New York congressional candidate praised Justin Fairfax in a series of sympathy-filled social media posts after the former Virginia Lt. Governor’s horrific murder suicide Thursday — but soon deleted the messages following internet
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ICE, ARSON, ILLEGAL, NYC
Insanity. It's a word that gets bandied about in the political world these days, nearly daily. Shocking story after shocking story, followed by insane responses and inane commentary. Ninety-nine percent of which comes from our friends on the left side of the
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KILLER, TANNER, FEDEX, HORNER
FedEx killer Tanner Horner’s trial is being paused for several days while the judge in Fort Worth, Texas, determines what evidence the jury will be allowed to hear.
The 34-year-old has already pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering 7-year-old Athena Strand
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SWALWELL, CALIFORNIA, INSIDERS, BACKED
Then-Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) poses for photos with members of the Service Employees International Union after holding a town hall meeting in Sacramento on April 7.
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TAKEOVER, STREET, RACING, ILLEGAL
A massive swarm of young street racers took over an Atlanta intersection in the middle of the night Sunday, where they did donuts, drifted and raced one another in the wild melee, dramatic footage shows.
Police were dispatched to the intersection at 1:30 a.m.
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AI, NEWSLETTER, REPLACE, FOX
The Labor Department wants to teach you to use AI more. Here's what we found
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If AI could save you five hours a week, the government wants to know: "what would [you] do with that time?" Would you spend "More time
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NEXSTAR, JUDGE, TEGNA, DEAL
Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna until trial
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A federal judge has blocked local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of a leading rival, Tegna, until an antitrust
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HOURS, RAMP, INTERSTATE, CRASH
A swarm of one million bees shut down part of a highway for hours as authorities quickly moved to address the situation.
Around 11 a.m. Friday, a pickup truck transporting the bees crashed on Interstate 40 in Knoxville, Tennessee, heading toward the Henley
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NEWSOM, SALES, PAC, COPIES
California Governor Gavin Newsom is a bestselling author – elevated to that lofty literary status in part by a book giveaway to anyone who donated to his political action committee (PAC).
That is the conclusion of the New York Times, which reported roughly
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HIGH, SCHOOL, FEMALE, ARRESTED
Students at a Washington high school got an unexpected eyeful of female human anatomy during a slide show presentation by a teacher, apparently from the instructor’s personal computer.
Students at Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish, Washington, were “inadvertently”
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TRUMP, STUDY, RELEASES, FIRST
President Donald Trump said the first releases from a Pentagon study on UFOs will come out "very, very soon."
Speaking at a rally at Dream City Church in north Phoenix on Friday night hosted by Turning Point USA and Turning Action, Trump told the audience
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PLANE, MISS, CRASH, KILLED
A UPS jet was caught up in a near-miss with another plane at the same Kentucky airport where 14 people were killed in a fiery cargo plane crash — and an air traffic controller was heard yelling ‘What are you doing?’
The Boeing 767, en route from Atlanta, was
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HOOKER, BAHAMAS, COUNTRY, AMERICAN
The daughter of the American woman missing in The Bahamas says she thinks Brian Hooker is using his mother's illness as an "excuse" to leave the island nation after he spent five days in a Freeport jail.
Karli Aylesworth told Fox News Digital on Friday that
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ALEC, SHOOTING, BALDWIN, TRIAL
Actor Alec Baldwin will no longer face any criminal charges for his involvement in the fatal “Rust” movie set shooting, but he will be heading back to court once again.
A Los Angeles judge ruled on Friday that a civil case against the 68-year-old actor will
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REPORTER, RESIGNATION, NFL, RUSSINI
NFL reporter Crissy Froyd gleefully celebrated the resignation of The Athletic’s Dianna Russini after photos of Russini hugging married coach Mike Vrabel went viral last week.
“I’m sure you were told to submit this or that you’d get fired instead. Don’t let
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