Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, MAY 14th 2026
Updated 14:12 ET
79 articles
TRUMP, CHINA, XI, SUMMIT
The delegation that arrived with President Trump in Beijing last night looked less like the diplomatic corps of a superpower and more like a Fortune 500 board meeting. On Air Force One were Elon Musk, Tim Cook (“Tim Apple,” as the president calls him), and
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TRUMP, VANCE, 2028, RUBIO
Five weeks before the birth of her third child, Grace Drexel sat in Washington speaking about her father, the grandfather her children barely know, and the hope that President Donald Trump might help bring him home.
Her father, Pastor Ezra Jin, has spent
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MURDAUGH, ALEX, OVERTURNED, CONVICTIONS
Alex Murdaugh will get a new murder trial. Here's a timeline of his case
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Three years after Alex Murdaugh's double-murder trial ended with two life sentences, the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday
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SENATE, CHAIR, FED, WARSH
Kevin Warsh was confirmed as the next Federal Reserve chairman on Wednesday — even as surging inflation has begun to box the central bank into one of its toughest corners in years.
The Senate on Wednesday voted 54-45 to elevate President Trump’s pick to Fed
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MAMDANI, NYC, STREET, HOCHUL
Former MLB star Noah Syndergaard advised the New York Mets to “stop hanging out with” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in response to their performance this season.
In an interview with Outkick’s Tomi Lahren, Syndergaard spoke about the New York Mets, and
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RAPE, TIMES, HAMAS, DOG
We recently saw the New York Times print an article by columnist Nicholas Kristof, in which he made claims about the behavior of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and accusations of mistreatment of prisoners, leading some to describe his words as blood libel.
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FRAUD, VANCE, MEDICAID, CALIFORNIA
The federal crackdown on California is escalating, with The California Post learning the Trump administration is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid funding amid mounting concerns over fraud tied to the state’s hospice and home health agencies.
The anti-fraud
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GAS, TAX, TRUMP, WAR
High gas prices are displayed at a Shell gas station on May 11, 2026 in Burbank, California.
Gas prices are up about 50% since the Iran war began on Feb. 28, clocking in at $4.50 a gallon on Tuesday, according to AAA . Diesel, used in trucks and construction
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PRATT, SPENCER, MAYORAL, BASS
Spencer Pratt's run for Mayor of Los Angeles has divided Hollywood with celebrities like Paris Hilton, Kristin Cavallari, Billy Bush and more choosing sides as the reality star’s campaign continues to gain traction.
"The Hills" alum, 42, who has been an
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COVID, WHISTLEBLOWER, CIA, RAND
The CIA whistleblower testifying before the Senate Homeland Security Committee about COVID origins came forward “at great personal risk” because “the truth was being buried,” Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday.
Special operations officer James Erdman III
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HOUSE, TRUMP, WHITE, BALLROOM
Construction of the White House ballroom continues adjacent to the White House in Washington, May 12, 2026.
Construction of the White House ballroom continues adjacent to the White House in Washington, May 12, 2026.
Construction of the White House ballroom
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SCHOOL, STUDENT, TRANS, GIRLS
A new public high school in the Bronx will be turning every lesson into music class this fall.
The Bronx School of Hip Hop is set to open its doors in Claremont in September as the first-of-its-kind city public school that uses the genre music famously pioneered
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CUP, WORLD, SHOW, SHAKIRA
Madonna, Shakira and K-pop boy band BTS will co-headline the Super Bowl-style half-time show at this summer's World Cup final.
The tournament, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, concludes with the final in New Jersey on 19 July.
The
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KOURI, RICHINS, HUSBAND, CHILDREN
The three young sons of Utah murderer Kouri Richins will be in the care of the family of the man she killed — as the twisted grief author rots behind bars for the rest of her life.
Richins’ boys notably asked that she not have the option to be freed on parole
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BORDER, PATROL, CHIEF, RESIGNS
🚨 JUST NOW: US Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks has RETIRED, "effective immediately" after 37 YEARS of service
BILL MELUGIN: "He has overseen the quietest border in US history." 🇺🇸
BANKS: "It's just time. I feel like I got the ship back on course, from
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CAITLIN, CLARK, BRINK, SPARKS
Cailtin Clark and Cameron Brink had arguably the most heated confrontation of the young WNBA season, and there’s no mystery who came out on top.
With 2:19 to go in the first quarter at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Brink stuffed a lay-up attempt by Clark
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COLLEGE, FOOTBALL, PLAYOFF, 24
Go ahead and get used to it now: the debate over expanding the College Football Playoff to 24 teams isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Sitting inside Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea's office on Wednesday, it wasn’t hard to notice the ongoing chatter that has
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HANTAVIRUS, CRUISE, SHIP, OUTBREAK
On April 1, 114 guests and 61 crew members, unaware of the presence of a killer virus among them, boarded the MV Hondius. That ship has earned the moniker "Ship of Fools." Because of the top brass's reckless disregard of infection control principles, the ship's
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POLL, PRATT, SPENCER, SENATE
Abdul El-Sayed has moved into first place in Michigan’s Democrat U.S. Senate primary, according to a new Mitchell Research & Communications poll showing him ahead of Rep. Haley Stevens and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow in the race to replace retiring Democrat
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MATTHEW, KETAMINE, PERRY, COUNSELOR
A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered “Friends” star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday.
Prosecutors are asking for 2 1/2 years in prison for 56-year-old Erik Fleming, one of five people who
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ICE, LEADER, TRUMP, STUDENTS
Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons announced that federal investigators have uncovered more than 10,000 foreign students connected to "suspect employers" as part of another potentially massive fraud scheme, this time
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PGA, CHAMPIONSHIP, PRACTICE, HIGGO
Rory McIlroy's PGA Championship week has gotten off to a painful start.
The six-time major champion managed to make it through just three holes during his Tuesday practice round at Aronimink Golf Club due to a painful blister that has recently developed on
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ICE, ANTI, FEDS, HOME
Leo Martinez, who leads the anti-ICE activist crowd in Ventura County, California, got a rude wake-up call around 3 AM Wednesday morning when federal agents stormed his home to execute a search warrant.
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Feds descend on California home of prominent
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ROONEY, RULE, NFL, FLORIDA
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who in March put the NFL on notice that the league's Rooney Rule may violate the state's Civil Rights Act, on Wednesday issued a subpoena as part of a formal investigation to determine if the league has been discriminating
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