Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27th 2025
Updated 01:12 ET
13 articles
TRUMP, RUSSIA, PEACE, YEAR
The jazz musician who abruptly backed out of hosting a Christmas Eve concert at the Trump-Kennedy Center will face a $1 million lawsuit for the “political stunt,” the head of the performing arts venue revealed Friday.
The annual “Christmas Eve Jazz Jam” was
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NEW, CITY, YORK, NYC
The storm is set to bring the most snow to New York City in years.
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Children go sledding in Central Park on December 14, 2025 in New York City.
Children go sledding in Central
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LEAVITT, KAROLINE, HOUSE, SECRETARY
EXCLUSIVE: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is expecting a baby girl, Fox News Digital has learned.
Leavitt and her husband Nick are expecting their second bundle of joy to be born in May 2026. Their first son, Niko, was born in July 2024.
"My
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STEPDAUGHTER, WIFE, NFL, KILLS
A Winter Haven, Florida, man allegedly shot and killed his wife then shot his 13-year-old stepdaughter on December 22 following an argument about an NFL game.
FOX 13 reported the Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd indicated that the man, Jason Kenney, began screaming
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HIJAB, SCANDAL, WEARS, FRAUD
Senate candidate Peggy Flanagan (D-MN) nearly pulled a hamstring while competing in the virtue-signaling Olympics in a video posted to Somali TV's YouTube channel Thursday.
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In one of the more bizarre scenes, Flanagan spoke at a mall while wearing
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KIMMEL, JIMMY, TYRANNY, CHRISTMAS
Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an 'alternative Christmas message' for Britain
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LONDON — Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump as he warned Thursday about the rise of fascism in
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BALL, TIMES, SQUARE, BIRTHDAY
This year's crystal ball in Times Square drop to celebrate 2026 will feature a patriotic touch for America's 250th birthday.
The ball will sparkle in red, white and blue to usher in the new year and kick off months of celebrations for the nation’s birthday.
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PATEL, HOOVER, FBI, BUILDING
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that the agency has finalized plans to permanently close the J. Edgar Hoover building.
"After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI’s Hoover headquarters and move
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UNIVERSITY, STATE, KENTUCKY, JURY
Earlier in the month, we reported on an on-campus shooting at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky. At that time, two people were shot, and one suspect was taken into custody, as my colleague Katie Jerkovitch wrote at the time.
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GAME, CHIEFS, HOME, KELCE
Kansas City Chiefs fans are usually amped for a playoff run as the regular season comes to a close, but Christmas night at Arrowhead Stadium didn’t have those implications as they won’t be making the playoffs for the first time since 2014.
Yet, it was an
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GOAL, JETS, 100K, FAN
It’s the ultimate comeback story.
The Jets will now allow a diehard fan to try a $100,000 kick at MetLife this weekend after The Post reported that she got booted from the contest over a technicality.
The U-turn came as Long Island soccer coach Ashley Castanio-Gervas
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PLANE, WEEKS, TAKEOFF, FIERY
A man who was severely injured in the fiery crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, has died more than seven weeks later, bringing the total number of fatalities from the crash to 15.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg identified the victim as
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NEBRASKA, KILLED, ACCIDENT, FREAK
A grandfather tragically died at a McDonald’s drive-thru on Tuesday in Grand Island, Nebraska, in what a law enforcement official said was “a freak accident.”
The incident happened outside the restaurant around 10:30 a.m. when the victim, 69-year-old Michael
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FLORIDA, HOTEL, POOL, ARRESTED
The Florida mom accused of holding a 6-year-old boy underwater at a Florida hotel in revenge for him doing the same to her young son is a former police officer who lectured schoolkids about the harm of bullying, it has emerged.
Tiffany Lee Griffith, 36, told
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FACTORY, INJURED, KNIFE, CHEMICAL
A man has been arrested after stabbing eight people and injuring seven others with a chemical believed to be bleach at a rubber factory in central Japan
At least 15 injured in a knife and chemical attack at a factory in Japan
TOKYO -- A man was arrested after
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BORDER, PATROL, MAYOR, BASS
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is lamenting the historic numbers of Latinos joining the Border Patrol.
In an interview Friday with Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room," Blitzer asked Bass, "But first, let me get your reaction to that report from David Culver
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CENTER, OBAMA, PRESIDENTIAL, BREAKS
The Obama Presidential Center is breaking its silence after years of criticism over its unconventional design, with an Obama Foundation official now addressing public questions about the project.
Construction began in 2021, and Chicagoans have had mixed
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GIFT, SEASON, HOLIDAY
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CHRISTMAS, NFL, COMPETING, BLASTS
The NFL and its streaming partner, Netflix, are thrilled with their takeover of Christmas Day sports programming. NBA analyst Charles Barkley? Not so much.
Last year’s debut of two NFL games on Netflix on Christmas Day ended the NBA’s long-running monopoly
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DENIES, RACIAL, FAN, LIONS
The Detroit Lions fan who was involved in the altercation with Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf, Ryan Kennedy, held a press conference on Friday and said he did not use any racial slurs toward Metcalf.
Kennedy said he did not use any racial slurs
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NIGERIA, ISIS, STRIKES, TRUMP
President Trump boasted Friday morning that ISIS “got a very bad Christmas present” after the US military carried out strikes targeting suspected terrorists in northwestern Nigeria Thursday night.
“I said yesterday, ‘Hit them on Christmas Day. It will be a
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SOMALILAND, ISRAEL, ACCORDS, COUNTRY
Israel has officially become the first country to formally recognize Somaliland as an independent nation, marking a significant diplomatic development for the state.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the decision Friday, Dec. 26, along with Israel’s
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TRUMP, DEPORTEES, TINY, 18K
Palau has struck a deal with the U.S. to accept up to 75 deportees from the U.S. in exchange for $7.5 million in foreign aid.
The agreement will allow "third-country nationals" who have never been charged with a crime to live and work in the Pacific nation,
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PATROL, CRUISER, TROOPER, FREEWAY
A suspect is in custody after Washington State Patrol (WSP) said he pulled a trooper from her patrol car and stole the vehicle during a chaotic Christmas Day incident on a major interstate in Seattle.
A WSP spokesperson told Fox News Digital troopers had
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