Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd 2026
Updated 21:12 ET
22 articles
TRUMP, BALLROOM, SUPREME, COURT
America has been heavily criticized from the political left, whether from citizens or politicians. Our nation has also received relentless condemnation from foreign citizens around the world, especially over the last decade. There seemed to be a shift during
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NIXON, ANGIE, FLORIDA, SENATE
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday rejected Florida Democratic US Senate nominee Angie Nixon’s accusation that Republicans were “literally trying to kill us” and her characterization of Immigration
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TRUMP, WHITE, HOUSE, TRADE
The White House is responding to the “nasty” week-long attack on the president by former ABC The View host Rosie O’Donnell, who has been filling in all week on ABC for rabidly anti-Trump late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
The White House ripped O’Donnell in a statement
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TARIFFS, CANADA, 50, TRADE
U.S. imposes 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products
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WASHINGTON — The United States imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday, and Canada immediately said it would retaliate,
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KARMELO, ANTHONY, TRIAL, NEW
If you were hoping that you had heard the last of Karmelo Anthony, I've got some bad news for you.
As a reminder, Anthony is the young man who was convicted in June of the stabbing death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet back in April
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ISIS, CAPITOL, NY, WOMAN
The FBI arrested a woman on Thursday who allegedly pledged herself to ISIS and planned to bomb the New York Capitol in Albany.
A confidential source reportedly indicated to the FBI that 35-year-old Jessica Bowie of Albany had pledged support for the Islamic
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VANCE, JD, OHIO, EL
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WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance accused Democrats of causing “millions of orphans” and suicides during a Friday stump speech in his Ohio hometown — invoking the late Democratic populist Huey Long as he
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FLOCK, SURVEILLANCE, CAMERAS, BACKLASH
Amid intense backlash, people are vandalizing Flock surveillance cameras
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A few times a week, Brady O'Rourke walks to the busiest street near his house in Crystal, Minn., carrying a large metal pole with a bright yellow sign
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WNBA, CUNNINGHAM, SOPHIE, TRANSGENDER
Let’s start with the good: The WNBA is more popular than ever. During the offseason, the league and the WNBA Players Association reached a landmark collective-bargaining agreement resulting in a 400 percent increase, on average, in player salaries. The average
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TRUMP, GRAHAM, DARLINE, RALLY
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WASHINGTON — President Trump defended Sen. Darline Graham as he traveled to South Carolina Friday in an attempt to rescue her campaign after she stunningly said at a debate this week that “I’m not that informed
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DATA, CENTERS, AI, TAXES
Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio, defended President Donald Trump's energy and economic agenda on Friday during an appearance at a southwestern Ohio steel mill with Vice President JD Vance, as Republicans warn that backlash over data centers could be putting his seat
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IRAN, ECONOMIC, FOCUS, WARFARE
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force Two, after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks at the Lake Lucerne Summit, at Emmen Military Air Base June 22, 2026 in Emmen, Switzerland.
Economic pressure is the United
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BOYFRIEND, SOCCER, MOM, PLAYER
Police say that Pennsylvania Western University soccer player Karoline Heintz was stabbed to death by her boyfriend and that the man’s own mother helped him dump the victim’s body.
Heintz was found dead in the back of her Jeep Cherokee at around 12:30 a.m.
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MEGHAN, MARKLE, RETURN, WILLIAM
Prince Harry and Meghan's planned move back to the United Kingdom has quickly turned a spotlight on the royal family tensions that were widely seen as playing a part in their decision to leave the U.K. six years ago.
Neither Harry's father, King Charles III,
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JUDGE, 75, TRUMP, VISA
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A federal judge in New York has vacated a Trump administration policy that suspended the processing of visas from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia and Somalia, whose nationals the Trump administration
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PLANE, CHARTER, REMOTE, CRASH
A plane crash at a remote US Air Force site in Alaska has killed all eight people on board, the US military has said.
The civilian-contracted aircraft crashed shortly after midday local time (20:00 GMT) on Thursday near Cape Newenham, which hosts the airport
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ISLAND, LONG, TORNADO, BEACH
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A waterspout formed off the Long Island coast and moved ashore as a small tornado that wreaked havoc on a beach club Thursday evening — damaging cabanas and scattering debris across the sand, insane footage
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SWALWELL, ERIC, FBI, REP
FBI raids home of former Congressman Eric Swalwell NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to former top FBI lawyer Andrew Weissmann about the FBI raid of former Congressman Eric Swalwell's home.
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DEAD, FOUND, ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT
Forty-eight-year-old U.S. Assistant Attorney Andrew Haden was found dead Wednesday in a federal building in San Diego, California.
Police discovered his body inside an office at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building and have since said they do not suspect
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NEWSPAPER, STRIPES, MILITARY, STARS
Even though partially funded by the Pentagon, Stars and Stripes has been editorially independent - through a congressional mandate and DoD rules.
The newspaper's Middle East reporter Lara Korte said she had also been told she was fired.
Both Slavin and Korte
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DEAD, FOUND, MISSING, LAS
A New York grandmother who vanished without a trace while visiting Las Vegas earlier this month has been found dead, her family announced Friday.
Alisa Goods, a 63-year-old grandmother of five, was reported missing Aug. 10, two days after she was last seen
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LEAVITT, KAROLINE, HOUSE, SECRETARY
Friday's trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, must have been a bittersweet one for President Trump. He was there to throw his full weight behind Sen. Darline Graham Nordine (R-SC) and help push her across the finish line in Tuesday's Senate primary.
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RIVER, FEDERAL, COLORADO, WATER
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Most people see the Los Angeles River and think, “absolutely not.”
This woman apparently saw it and thought: “Free water ride.”
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PRIX, 250, FREEDOM, GRAND
Things are certainly revving up ahead of the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix set to happen on the streets of Washington, D.C. on Sunday.
One of the people giving a preview of it is Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who's been sharing videos hyping up
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