Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th 2026
Updated 15:12 ET
52 articles
TRUMP, ZACHARIA, PRESS, WHITE
New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving her job just five days after starting it, MS NOW reported Friday, citing two White House officials familiar with the matter.
Earlier Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump said he had just told Zacharia,
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SCHOOL, OREGON, SHOOTER, ELEMENTARY
The heroic bystander who rushed into an Oregon elementary school to end a crazed teen’s deadly mass shooting is believed to be a student’s dad, according to radio dispatch audio.
The so-far unidentified dad rushed into Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend
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NEW, YORK, TRUMP, CORNELL
Meet Catherine Ericson, an official New York leaf peeper in Lake Placid
Meet Catherine Ericson, an official New York leaf peeper in Lake Placid Audio will be available later today.
For the past 10 years, Catherine Ericson has spent her autumns tracking the
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CODE, PROMO, BET, COLLEGE
It is hard to believe that we are essentially at the halfway mark for most teams. Some will have a few more than 13 or 14 games, but for the most part, that’s about it. Week 7 delivers great games on the schedule, and Underdog is offering new users a chance
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POPE, LEO, LUNG, CANCER
He will recite the Angelus prayer from the window of the papal apartment Sunday.
Pope Leo XIV to be discharged from hospital and return to Vatican
TOPSHOT - Flowers, candles and a picture of Pope Leo XIV are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the
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EL, SAYED, ABDUL, MICHIGAN
Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) has just dropped an eye-watering $1 million cash transfer onto progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and his campaign, an amount that even the New York Times seems surprised by.
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MUSK, ELON, FLYING, TESLA
Barclays analyst Dan Levy says Elon Musk’s two publicly traded companies, Tesla and SpaceX, could announce a merger within the coming weeks, possibly before Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting.
Investor’s Business Daily reports that Tesla’s annual meeting is
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DODGERS, WORLD, BREWERS, SERIES
Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-4 comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series
Brewers sweep the Dodgers in the NLCS to reach first World Series
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BORDER, TRUMP, BIDEN, HISTORY
On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), along with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced that its preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 data show that there has been an astounding 95 percent drop in border apprehensions and the lowest
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ILHAN, OMAR, WEEK, CHAOS
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The older sister of embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who is currently on a book tour promoting a memoir about her life as a Somali immigrant, skipped a scheduled event amid the fallout from the raid on the congresswoman's home.
As Omar
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NEWS, FOX, DIGITAL, BROADCAST
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DEBATE, SENATE, CARDS, HIGH
Debate preparation is generally considered a good thing. But when you're running for the United States Senate, voters probably expect you to be able to discuss your own record without constantly consulting a cheat sheet.
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FLAGS, SIX, SHUT, DEATH
Six Flags Over Georgia shut down its “Goliath” roller coaster for maintenance due to a wasp’s nest just hours before a teacher fatally fell out of the ride, a parkgoer told The Post.
Hassan Kariem, 42, was killed and four children were injured when he was
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WILDFIRE, HOMES, MOVING, FAST
Evacuation orders in California are in effect due to a rapidly growing wildfire that has already burned six homes in the southern Los Angeles area.
The Norte Fire erupted on Friday in Orange County and quickly grew to 465 acres by the evening. One firefighter
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GIRLS, COUNTRY, WA, RACE
Let’s face it, things can sometimes get a little nutty in the deep blue state of Washington.
At Camas High School in the southern portion of the leftist enclave, a male runner apparently decided in September he wanted more trophies, so he switched to the girls’
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IRAN, CENTCOM, HORMUZ, TROOPS
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper revealed Friday that America’s naval blockade and economic pressure campaign have inflicted “devastating costs” on Iran, denying the regime at least $25 billion in oil exports and leaving its Islamic
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FENTANYL, KILL, ILLEGAL, SPEEDING
An illegal immigrant pulled over for speeding in Nevada allegedly had enough fentanyl in his truck to kill millions, federal prosecutors say.
Francisco Joel Garcia Farias, 26, now faces federal drug-trafficking charges after a Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy
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GUN, LAWS, OREGON, STRICT
On Friday’s edition of NBC’s “Here’s the Scoop,” host Yasmin Vossoughian stated that “Oregon has some really strong gun laws, more restrictions on gun ownership than most other states.” And the district where a shooting took place earlier this week had already
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OBAMA, FOUNDATION, FILE, RANK
Barack Obama's presidential monument in Chicago has officially crossed the billion-dollar mark. Unfortunately for the former president, that milestone comes with mounting debt, unpaid contractor disputes, and some uncomfortable questions about where the money
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BUSINESS, BREITBART, INFLATION, DIGEST
American factories increased production of machinery, metals, electrical equipment and semiconductors in September, data from the Federal Reserve showed Friday.
Manufacturing output rose 0.3 percent last month, the Federal Reserve said, reversing a revised
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FLANAGAN, MINNESOTA, TAFOYA, DEBATE
Michele Tafoya, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Minnesota and a former broadcaster, aggressively sought to put her opponent, Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, on the defensive during a Friday afternoon debate over the billion-dollar fraud schemes
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COLLEGE, FOOTBALL, PLAYOFF, EXPANSION
Expansion of the College Football Playoff only needs a few approval signatures and final votes before we can officially start discussing what the sport will look like moving forward now that monetary figures are being finalized.
Over the past month, college
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MARLOW, REPUBLICAN, HOUSE, DRUNK
On “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the White House.
Marlow said, “Overall, the thought that failing a bar disqualifies you from holding a public office…this is going to disqualify Kamala Harris, who failed
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DATA, TEXAS, CENTERS, PAXTON
Lately, AI data centers are public enemy No. 1. The concerns are legion: how much water and electricity they consume, the noise they generate, the sprawling buildings they bring to communities, and the technology they’re powering that may or may not take all
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