Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, MAY 7th 2026
Updated 23:12 ET
24 articles
TRUMP, PRESIDENT, COURT, PEACE
Confused about the abortion pill news? Here's where things stand
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It's been a whirlwind week when it comes to mifepristone, one of the medications used for abortion and the management of miscarriages.
A federal appeals court
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DEBATE, PRATT, SPENCER, LA
An aggressive and impassioned debate performance this week by reality TV star and online influencer-turned Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is the latest evidence that his populist pitch to lead the nation’s second-most populous city appears to
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HANTAVIRUS, CRUISE, SHIP, OUTBREAK
When Stephen Kornfeld set sail aboard the MV Hondius in early April, his grand plan for the cruise was to add as many new species as possible to his birding list. A medical oncologist based in Bend, Oregon, Kornfeld is also an avid birder—second on eBird’s
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COURT, SUPREME, TRUMP, GORSUCH
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MAMDANI, KEN, TAX, GRIFFIN
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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin told CNBC his company has started shifting investment toward Miami in response to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's viral tax day video calling out the hedge-fund chief. "In reaction to New York, we filed a permit with
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RUBIO, POPE, TRUMP, LEO
Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off a two-day visit to Vatican City and Italy Thursday by meeting Pope Leo XIV, days after President Trump claimed the first American-born pontiff was “endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people.”
Leo has repeatedly
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WHITE, HOUSE, TRUMP, FIRE
Officials say the funds would also go toward USSS training and facilities.
Homeland Security, Secret Service say $1B for White House ballroom would also fund 'other critical missions'
Construction on the new White House ballroom is seen from the Washington
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OBAMA, COLBERT, TRUMP, PRESIDENT
Former President Barack Obama ironically suggested that President Donald Trump “politicized” the justice system and military in a love-fest interview with Stephen Colbert.
“We can’t overcome the the politization of the criminal justice system,” Obama told
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TRUMP, MONICA, CROWLEY, AMBASSADOR
Ambassador Monica Crowley said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is one of the few world leaders capable of anticipating geopolitical shifts decades in advance, pointing to his approach toward China while discussing President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy
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HOUSE, TENNESSEE, NEW, MAP
As RedState previously reported, red states have not wasted any time since the Supreme Court decision in the Louisiana v. Callais case, which ruled that congressional redistricting based solely on race is unconstitutional. States like Alabama, Mississippi,
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PARK, DRUG, MACARTHUR, FEDS
Federal agents swarmed a California park Wednesday as part of a sweeping operation targeting an infamous open-air drug market notorious for peddling fentanyl and methamphetamine.
The sting, dubbed "Operation Free MacArthur Park," led to at least 18 arrests
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EPSTEIN, LUTNICK, HOWARD, HOUSE
WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional committee Wednesday that a lunch invitation from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on his private Caribbean island was “unsettling” — but that didn’t stop Lutnick from traveling there
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IRAN, TRUMP, WAR, DEAL
People cross a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading “Forever in Iran’s Hand,” at Vanak Square in Tehran on May 6, 2026. AFP via Getty Images
Despite the US and Iran exchanging
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TRUMP, INDIANA, GOP, OHIO
For Republicans around the country, the results are likely to land as a warning.
Republican state Sen. Spencer Deery, who is on the ballot for Indiana's Senate District 23, stands outside a vote center during athe primary election on Tuesday, May 5, 2026,
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CRUISE, DISNEY, SHIP, CHILD
More than two dozen cruise ship employees, including Disney cruise workers, were arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a child exploitation ring bust at a port in San Diego.
In all, 28 people from three different countries — 26 from the
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TED, TURNER, CNN, 87
As we say goodbye to Ted Turner, most people will remember him as the media titan who launched CNN and forever changed television news. Or the guy who transformed the Atlanta Braves into "America’s Team" in the late 1970s.
But one of Turner’s most important
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EPSTEIN, SUICIDE, NOTE, JEFFREY
A photo of Jeffrey Epstein is seen on an inmate report from the Federal Bureau of Prisons that was included in the Department of Justice release case files in February.
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IRAN, STRAIT, SHIPS, HORMUZ
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iranian attacking forces were “completely destroyed” after Tehran fired missiles, drones, and fast attack boats at three U.S. Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, prompting U.S. Central Command to carry
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BIDEN, GOVERNOR, OFFICIAL, BECERRA
On Tuesday’s “CNN NewsNight,” CNN Political Commentator Xochitl Hinojosa, who served as Director of the DOJ Office of Public Affairs during the Biden administration, said that she doesn’t trust California gubernatorial candidate former HHS Secretary Xavier
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FBI, OFFICE, DEMOCRAT, VIRGINIA
The FBI has raided the office of a powerful Virginia Democratic lawmaker and ally of Gov. Abigail Spanberger as part of a federal corruption and illegal marijuana sale probe, Fox News has learned.
Longtime state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, a major power broker in
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PATEL, KASH, FBI, ATLANTIC
FBI Director Kash Patel says the FBI lied to obtain surveillance warrants that were used to illegally spy on Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign and his first term in office.
“It took me two years of my life to prove the following: that a political
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DEBATE, CALIFORNIA, PORTER, KATIE
Former Representative Katie Porter resorted to name-calling during a heated exchange at the California governor’s debate hosted by CNN on Tuesday.
During the debate, her Republican counterparts, Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, criticized the former congresswoman
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MARLOW, IRAN, CHINA, EXPERT
Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the WHCD shooting.
Marlow said, “The judge in the case, Zia Faruqui, apologized to Cole Allen, a man who was trying to kill Trump, because the conditions in the jail were
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BALLOTS, TRUMP, JUDGE, SEIZED
Hhundreds of boxes of ballots from the 2020 election were seized in January.
FILE - FBI agents are seen at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta.
FILE - FBI agents are seen at the Fulton County
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