Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8th 2025
Updated 00:12 ET
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TRUMP, KENNEDY, CENTER, HONORS
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About 30 minutes into Friday’s World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center, a landmark that Donald Trump would like to rename for himself, the president was called on stage to
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NOTRE, DAME, COLLEGE, PLAYOFF
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish announced on Sunday the team will forgo playing in a bowl game after it was left out of the College Football Playoff field.
Notre Dame was chosen as the first team out as the College Football Playoff Committee revealed the bracket
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MAMDANI, ICE, ZOHRAN, NEW
Mayor Eric Adams panned Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s plans to end police sweeps of homeless camps as “idealism colliding with realism” – and said the young upstart was going to have to get serious about governing soon.
“I appreciate the idealistic view he has of
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FLORIDA, YEAR, 14, TEENS
Two Florida boys — ages 16 and 14 — are accused of fatally shooting 14-year-old Danika Troy then setting her body on fire.
FOX News reported that Troy’s mother reported her as a runaway on Monday, not knowing the girl had actually been killed Sunday night.
Troy’s
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FRAUD, SOMALI, MINNESOTA, MEDICAID
WASHINGTON — Border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended ICE’s crackdown in Minnesota — where officials said up to half of Somali migrants have fraudulent immigration paperwork.
Homan contended that Minnesota, particularly Minneapolis, is rife with illegal immigrants
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NIGHTCLUB, 25, INDIA, FIRE
A fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state kills at least 25, officials say
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NEW DELHI — At least 25 people, including tourists, were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India's Goa state, the state's chief minister said
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OMAR, SCANDAL, VICTIMS, SOMALIS
There was a big spotlight on the fraud in Minnesota this past week.
Not only was the fraud massive, involving reportedly over a billion in taxpayer dollars, but there were also many questions about how this happened and was allowed to continue.
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PEPPER, SPRAY, ARRESTED, LONDON
The incident was not being investigated as terrorism, the police said.
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STEPHEN, MILLER, OMAR, JEWISH
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s “white supremacist rhetoric” reminded her “of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany.”
Host Margaret Brennan said, “I want to ask you
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BENIN, COUP, SOLDIERS, ANNOUNCE
A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa
COTONOU, Benin -- A group of soldiers has appeared on Benin ’s state TV announcing the dissolution of the
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CUELLAR, TRUMP, HENRY, SWITCHING
Trump criticises Democrat he pardoned over not switching political parties
"Such a lack of LOYALTY," Trump wrote of Cuellar on social media. "Oh' well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy!"
Hours after he was pardoned, Cuellar filed for re-election as a Democrat,
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HEGSETH, STRIKE, BOAT, BRADLEY
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., called on The Washington Post to apologize on Sunday for what he called "slander" against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Adm. Mitch Bradley over its report about the lethal strikes on an alleged drug boat.
Cotton defended the
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F1, NORRIS, LANDO, WINS
McLaren's Lando Norris wins first F1 title at season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — McLaren driver Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.
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OWNER, ICE, BAR, THREATS
The Idaho saloon owner who promised free beer to citizens willing to help U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) identify and deport illegal aliens is now facing death threats, but he remains undeterred in his mission.
Bar owner Mark Fitzpatrick told
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HOUSE, CARPENTER, SABRINA, WHITE
The White House continued an ongoing conflict with Sabrina Carpenter over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Posting on X, the official account shared a loud message for "criminal illegal" immigrants by using a portion of a Carpenter promo from
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HALL, ROGER, CLEMENS, FAME
Jeff Kent has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee.
Kent, the 2000 NL MVP winner who played the majority of his career at second base, received 14 of the possible 16 votes from the committee to earn
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STUDENT, KIRK, BRAGS, VIDEO
A student at a small private college in St. Paul, Minnesota, was caught on video by Turning Point USA members defending conservative titan Charlie Kirk’s assassination, and at times celebrating it.
The student approached the Turning Point members on the campus
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ADVENT, FAITH, MOM, REVIVAL
With Americans decking the halls, one mother wants to help families remember the reason for the season.
Lillian Richey of Dallas, Texas, created "Finding Jesus," an interactive Christmas countdown activity that shares the Nativity story.
A plush Jesus doll
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REMEMBRANCE, HARBOR, MARKS, PEARL
Today, Sunday, December 7th, 2025, marks the 84th anniversary of the attack on the United States by the Empire of Japan at Pearl Harbor. It is, as President Franklin Roosevelt so memorably thundered, a day that will live in infamy. It should be remembered as
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INCOME, REASONS, DISHONEST, CHAD
Riverside County Sheriff and California Republican gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco announced on Saturday that it is “time to end” the state’s income tax.
“It’s time to end state income tax,” Bianco wrote in a post on X. “Tax payers shouldn’t be carrying
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UKRAINE, RUSSIAN, KILLED, DRONE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian missile and drone attacks overnight into Sunday killed at least one person in Ukraine, after U.S. and Ukrainian officials wrapped up a third day of talks aimed at ending the war.
A man was killed in a drone attack on Ukraine’s
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TRUMP, 62K, KIDS, BORDER
Border Czar Tom Homan has been given a tough job to do. His part in fixing four years of incompetence and outright refusal to enforce immigration law would be enough to make Hercules take pause. But Mr. Homan and those working with him are getting it done.
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OHIO, STATE, BIG, OUTRIGHT
Ohio State kicker Jayden Fielding missed a 27-yard field goal in the final minutes, as Indiana hung on to win the Big 10 football championship 13-10 on Saturday. For Indiana, it is their first outright conference championship since 1945, after winning a share
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COACH, COLLEGE, STAR, CONTENTIOUS
Montana State Bobcats running back Julius Davis has issued a public apology to his coach and his team for engaging in a yelling match with the coach on the field during Saturday’s win, 21-13, over Yale.
The incident occurred after the game when Davis approached
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