Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11th 2025
Updated 04:12 ET
32 articles
TRUMP, TANKER, SEIZES, COAST
US seizes tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says Amid escalating tensions between the Trump administration and Venezuela, the U.S. has seized a tanker off the coast of the South American nation, President Donald Trump announced
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NATIONAL, GUARD, TRUMP, JUDGE
Credit where it's due, Northern District of California Judge Charles Breyer doesn't keep you guessing where he stands when he issues a ruling. He does not approve of President Trump's federalization and attempted deployment of the National Guard, and he's not
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WARNER, BROS, PARAMOUNT, CNN
For months, Hollywood has fretted about the possible acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, home to one of the industry’s most storied studios. The likeliest buyer seemed to be one of its chief rivals, Paramount, a legacy movie company suddenly flush with cash
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FED, CUT, RATES, DIVIDED
A Trumpier Fed Isn’t An Inflation Threat
The financial press has been trying its best for months to gin up a panic over the independence of the Federal Reserve.
We’ve had a number of dress rehearsals for the supposed death of Fed independence over the last
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KIRK, ERIKA, HUSBAND, DEATH
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, fired back at conspiracy theorists who’ve leveled a series of unfounded accusations about the assassination of her husband.
"Can I have one thing? Can my children have one thing?" Kirk said
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AMERICA, EXCLUSIVE, POSOBIEC, KIRK
Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Senate races.
Marlow said, “She is fired up, she is ready to go. And you guys may have tried it 50 different ways, but you ain’t never tried it the JC way, and if
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FONT, RUBIO, STATE, ROMAN
US State Department changes official font in latest anti-diversity move
Lucas de Groot, the Dutch designer who created the Calibri typeface, told BBC Newshour the change was both "sad and hilarious".
The new changes go into effect on10 December, and apply
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EPSTEIN, JURY, GRAND, JUDGE
NEW YORK (AP) — Secret grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case can be made public, a judge ruled Wednesday, joining two other judges in granting the Justice Department’s requests to unseal material from investigations into the
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MICHIGAN, FOOTBALL, SHERRONE, MOORE
Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore jailed, hours after his firing
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was jailed on Wednesday, according to court records, hours after he was fired for what
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DHS, TRUMP, ICE, BOEING
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at a federal office building on October 20, 2025 in Bradenton, Florida.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday that it has agreed to buy six Boeing 737
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MACHADO, PRIZE, NOBEL, PEACE
Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Venezuelan opposition leader's absence
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OSLO, Norway — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado 's daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her
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MEDIA, SOCIAL, FOREIGN, HISTORY
US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry
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Tourists from dozens of countries including the UK could be asked to provide a five-year social media history
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MIAMI, MAYOR, FIRST, YEARS
WASHINGTON — Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, the chairman of the Republican Mayors Association, said the GOP losing the Miami mayorship for the first time in nearly 30 years should serve as a “wake-up call” to all Republicans — beyond the Latino-majority Florida
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CARIBBEAN, CRUISE, ROYAL, SHIP
Royal Caribbean personnel allegedly placed a passenger’s body in a “refrigerator” and continued their ship’s three-day cruise to Mexico when the man died following a physical altercation with staff after being served 33 drinks, the family’s attorney said.
Michael
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NY, LANDER, BACKING, BRAD
Outgoing NYC Comptroller Brad Lander formally launched his bid for Congress Wednesday with a nearly three-minute video that featured an awkward tribute to beloved PBS kids’ show host Fred Rogers.
Lander, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman in the
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STUDENT, UNIVERSITY, STATE, KENTUCKY
The suspect accused of shooting two Kentucky State University students, killing one, on campus Tuesday has been identified as an Indiana man who was not enrolled at the school.
Frankfort police said 48-year-old Jacob Lee Bard, of Evansville, Indiana, was
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STAR, METS, REPORTS, COHEN
New York Mets fans are having a rough couple of days and are crashing out online.
On Tuesday, three-time All-Star reliever Edwin Diaz reportedly signed a three-year, $69 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers after spending seven seasons with the
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ALIEN, OFFICERS, ILLEGAL, ACCUSED
Federal officials have released a photo of the illegal alien accused of wounding four officers in Nebraska Dec. 3 after severely injuring a 61-year-old man in a suspected random attack.
"This violent criminal illegal from El Salvador shot four police officers
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DHILLON, HARMEET, SPIED, POD
Regular readers of RedState will doubtless recognize the name Harmeet Dhillon, the conservative attorney who founded both the Dhillon Law Group and the Center for American Liberty and served as the California RNC chair from 2016 to April 2025. She stepped down
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MUSK, DOGE, SUCCESSFUL, ELON
Elon Musk says Doge was 'somewhat successful' but he would not do it again
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Reuters Elon Musk wielded a chainsaw to symbolise government cost-cutting at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February
Elon
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ALTON, ACTRESS, WENNE, DAVIS
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actress who was struck and killed by a taxi while crossing a Midtown street was a Customs and Border Protection officer who had been looking forward to retiring — and was cherished for her warm greetings, her devastated neighbors
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JETS, KRIS, BOYD, SHOOTING
The accused gunman who allegedly shot Jets cornerback Kris Boyd is a small-time drill rapper who boasted “I have accurate aim” in a disturbing, prophecy-filled music video, The Post has learned.
Frederick Green, 20 — aka rapper Tbo Zay — bragged about guns,
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JR, HOUSE, DEMOCRAT, IMPEACHMENT
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), who is running for Senate, filed articles of impeachment on Wednesday against Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying he has turned “his back on science.”
“Today, I formally introduced articles of
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ILHAN, OMAR, TRUMP, SOMALIA
Billionaire Elon Musk suggested early Wednesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had committed “treason” in comments from January 2024 that her critics said placed Somali interests ahead of America’s.
“This sounds like treason,” Musk wrote on X alongside a clip
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