Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, IRAN, NETANYAHU, VENEZUELA
A 'very aesthetic person,' President Trump says being a builder is his second job
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It is well known that President Trump was a real-estate developer before descending his golden escalator and entering
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MINNESOTA, FRAUD, WALZ, TIM
Independent journalist Nick Shirley lit up the internet with his video this past week on Minnesota day care centers, where he alleged that he didn't find children, but he did find people who didn't want to talk or answer questions. The full video is now approaching
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MIDWEST, WINTER, STORM, SNOW
The next winter storm system was over the the Dakotas as of early Sunday.
Children play in the snow in Manhattan, New York, on Dec. 27, 2025.
Children play in the snow in Manhattan, New York, on Dec. 27, 2025.
Children play in the snow in Manhattan, New
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TAIWAN, CHINA, MILITARY, 2025
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China on Monday launched “Justice Mission 2025,” a series of live-fire military drills around Taiwan simulating a blockade of the independent island-nation as a purported “warning to separatist forces.”
According to PLA
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TEXAS, DANGER, MISSING, IMMINENT
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar indicated that authorities believe that Camila Mendoza Olmos, a 19-year-old woman who went missing on Christmas Eve, is "in imminent danger."
The FBI is supplying technical aid and the Homeland Security Department is keeping
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JERSEY, NEW, COLLISION, DEAD
One dead after mid-air helicopter collision in New Jersey
A Enstrom F-28 helicopter was involved in the crash, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (file photo)
One person has died and another suffered critical injuries after two helicopters
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PIPE, SUSPECT, BOMB, DC
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted U.S. political parties, memo says
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WASHINGTON — The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol told investigators after
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RAIDERS, GIANTS, PICK, NINE
Two NFL veterans were spotted getting into a screaming match in Las Vegas on Sunday night, as Raiders safety Jamal Adams and New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston needed to be held back from each other on the sideline.
There isn’t much either NFL team
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JOSHUA, CAR, ANTHONY, STAR
Boxing star Anthony Joshua’s friends were identified as the victims of a car crash in Nigeria on Monday, the country’s president announced on social media.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu wrote on X that he sent his condolences to Joshua for the loss of his
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BRIGITTE, BARDOT, 91, FRENCH
Brigitte Bardot spent her final days doing what defined the latter half of her extraordinary life — fighting for animals.
The French screen icon and outspoken animal-rights activist died at the age of 91, the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and
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NORTH, KOREA, CRUISE, MISSILES
North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles as leader Kim Jong Un pledged to continue "unlimited" development of its nuclear stockpile, according to state media.
The launches involved cruise missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads, according
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CHICAGO, DEAD, CHRISTMAS, 28
Four gunmen opened fire on people getting into a car Sunday morning in Chicago, leaving one person dead and three others injured.
The incident occurred “around 2:35 a.m. in the 400 block of North La Salle Drive,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
The four
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MOM, EUROPE, ALLEGEDLY, UTAH
A crazed Utah mother allegedly abducted her four children and took them to Europe, fearing the “end times” were near, as her ex-husband fights to bring the youngsters back home.
Surveillance footage captured Elleshia Anne Seymour boarding a one-way international
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ASSAULT, TYLER, PERRY, LAWSUIT
Tyler Perry is facing new sexual assault allegations.
Model Mario Rodriguez filed a lawsuit Thursday against Perry, alleging the filmmaker made repeated unwanted sexual advances over several years after Rodriguez appeared in the 2016 film "Boo! A Madea Halloween."
Rodriguez
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GIFT, ICE, CONVICTED, GREATEST
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested some of the "worst of the worst" criminal illegal immigrants on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
While many Americans spent the holidays
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NANCY, PELOSI, TRUMP, STATE
The speaker emerita sat down with ABC's Jonathan Karl for "This Week."
Jonathan Karl sits down with Nancy Pelosi in Washington D.C., on Dec. 18, 2025, for an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," airing Dec. 21, 2025.
Jonathan Karl sits
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SANDERS, AI, DATA, CENTERS
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called for a moratorium on data-processing sites used to fuel AI to get a better grasp on regulating the burgeoning technology and how it benefits the 1 Percent.
The 84-year-old lefty from Vermont warned that the country has not
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KILMAR, ABREGO, TIKTOKS, MAKING
Gird your loins, friends, for the seemingly never-ending tale of "Maryland Man" Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal from El Salvador with an extremely questionable past, just took yet another turn. Tennessee District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr., an Obama appointee,
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MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, LL, ADAMS
If one elected official had a breakout year in 2025, it’s New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The 34-year-old former state assembly member came out of nowhere to win a Democratic primary that included established names such as incumbent Mayor Eric Adams
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TEXAS, KIDNAPPED, ARRESTED, HALF
A father in Porter, Texas, used parental control features on his 15-year-old daughter’s cell phone to locate her after she went missing on Christmas Day. The young girl who disappeared while walking her dog was located by the father inside a pick-up truck in
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KILLING, CHRISTMAS, MOTHER, HORROR
An 18-year-old man was taken into custody in West Virginia after allegedly shooting his parents in their Pennsylvania home the day after Christmas — killing his mother and wounding his father.
Jarrod Noll was charged with homicide and attempted homicide
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CRITICAL, 27, YEAR, MIDTOWN
A 27-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot in the chest in bustling Midtown Manhattan on Sunday night — as the shooter remains on the lam, according to authorities.
The man, who has not yet been identified, was shot in the chest around 10:13
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BEARS, 49ERS, PURDY, SEED
If Week 17’s "Sunday Night Football" matchup is anything like what the NFL Playoffs will be like this season, football fans will be loving every second of play.
The San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears, two bears gunning for the No. 1 seed in the NFC, put
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