Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th 2026
Updated 03:12 ET
23 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, DIEGO, SAN
Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Sunny Hostin said President Donald Trump is “deranged,” so it might be time to consider removing him with the 25th Amendment.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, “You know who held a rally in Nebraska last night where he tried
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CORNELL, JANE, DOE, RAPE
The Special Committee of Cornell's Board of Trustees appointed Yates.
Cornell University appointed former U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates, October 6, 2026, to lead an independent review of the school's response to sexual harassment, sexual assault, and related
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PIKE, CHRISTA, EXECUTION, BOTCHED
As questions remain as to what happens next for Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike after a botched execution attempt last week, her accomplice and former boyfriend has at least another five years before his next parole hearing in the 1995 torture and
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EL, SAYED, ABDUL, MICHIGAN
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, drew skepticism from voters in his own party during a pair of MS NOW focus groups this week.
It marks a glaring warning sign for the far-left candidate who polls indicate has allegedly been
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BAKKER, JIM, 86, TELEVANGELIST
Scandal-ridden televangelist Jim Bakker mourned the death of his sister – just a week before his own passing at the age of 86.
Donna Puckett, 91, died in Hollister, Missouri, on Sept. 29, leaving Bakker and his second wife, Lori, “heartbroken,” an obituary
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BROS, WARNER, PARAMOUNT, HOLLYWOOD
New Hollywood era begins with an epic mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros.
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LOS ANGELES — A new era in Hollywood is set to begin with a new media conglomerate called Skydance.
David Ellison's
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GOLD, BARS, CIA, PLEADS
A former CIA official arrested in May, who had more than $40m (£30.1m) in gold bars taken from work in his home, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
A federal judge on Tuesday approved a plea deal between David Rush, 49, and federal prosecutors requiring him
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MULLIN, DHS, MARKWAYNE, EXCLUSIVE
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin said some Democrats calling for the department’s elimination did not understand what happened 25 years ago or why DHS was created as he outlined the department’s responsibilities during a Breitbart
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DODGERS, CODE, BRAVES, PROMO
It is hard to believe that we are already on to Game 3 in the National League Divisional Series, but time flies when you’re having fun. Tonight the Braves take on the Dodgers and Fanatics is offering you a chance to use promo code FOXNEWS350 to earn $350 in
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PADRES, BREWERS, GAME, CODE
It almost isn't fair that we only get five games in these National League Division Series. I mentioned the same about the Wild Card round, specifically with the Braves vs. Phillies series, but the two games between the Brewers and Padres have been fantastic.
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NYPD, DETECTIVE, STABBING, ILLEGAL
A New York City Police Department detective was released from the hospital after he was stabbed multiple times during a robbery in the Bronx last week, according to officials.
Detective Jose Mercedes was wheeled out of Jacobi Medical Center in Morris Park
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SCHOOL, HIGH, FOOTBALL, CALIFORNIA
A California high school football powerhouse has been hit with a stunning setback after two star players were ruled ineligible, forcing the team to forfeit four victories and turning its once-promising season upside down.
Garces Memorial High School in Bakersfield
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TREASON, CHIEF, SPY, GERMANY
German investigators who were looking into a possible kidnapping plot involving a steakhouse heiress apparently stumbled onto something with much bigger implications: the country's former spy chief may have been at the center of a years-long scheme to feed
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RESIDENT, WASHINGTON, MASS, CANADIAN
The shooter killed five children at British Columbia school, authorities said.
A Washington state man allegedly "enabled" and "aided" a school shooter in Canada to carry out a mass shooting by agreeing to livestream the attack to "maximize" its exposure, discussing
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CUNNINGHAM, SOPHIE, FEVER, ATHLETIC
"If the Fever ever want to go back to being a basketball team again and follow the lead of rivals openly clashing with the forces trying to hijack their league, then (Sophie) Cunningham has to go."
- The Athletic's Candace Buckner
There's a great deal of
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ALLEN, EVIDENCE, CHALLENGES, POLITICAL
On “The Alex Marlow Show,” Pastor Allen Jackson talked about current events.
Jackson said, “The challenges we face are not political or ideological. They’re rooted fundamentally in spiritual things.”
The Alex Marlow Show, hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief
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ACTBLUE, DONATION, DAMNING, TOLD
FIRST ON FOX: Democrats' largest campaign fundraising platform says it has strengthened its donor verification standards days after House GOP investigators accused it of potentially taking in foreign donations for U.S. campaigns, according to a new letter
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SAINT, EVA, 102, MARIE
Eva Marie Saint, the Oscar-and Emmy-winning actress who became one of the defining stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era, has died. She was 102.
Saint died Tuesday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home surrounded by family and loved ones, her representative
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ATHLETE, SCOTUS, TRANS, ASSAULT
Washington’s high school athletics association and the state superintendent say they will keep letting students compete by gender identity while a Supreme Court application over girls’ wrestling is pending.
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public
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ALITO, SUPREME, COURT, RELIGIOUS
Samuel Alito Jr., associate justice of the US Supreme Court, prior to an interview at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026.
"I intend to stick around through this term," Alito told Bloomberg, referring to the court's current
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COMMISSIONER, CBP, EXCLUSIVE, SCOTT
The Trump administration “knows more about what’s crossing our borders than we’ve ever known in the history of the United States,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said on Tuesday.
Scott spoke during a policy event in Washington,
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EXECUTED, HOOD, SQUAD, FIRING
Trump says Fort Hood shooter can be executed by firing squad The last time the U.S. military held an execution was in 1961, by hanging. The last military execution by firing squad was in 1945, when an American soldier was shot for desertion in World War II.
National
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GAME, DAD, BROWNS, VANISHES
A young dad from Maryland vanished after traveling to Ohio last week to attend the Steelers vs. Browns Thursday Night Football game.
Phoenix Phillips, 24 — whose disappearance has been described as “concerning” — was last seen Friday in downtown Cleveland,
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MOTHER, FORMER, ANCHOR, TV
A deranged former TV news anchor has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her elderly mother on Halloween — having claimed she “had to kill her” because she was “the devil.”
Angelynn “Angie” Mock, who for years had worked as a morning news host in
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