Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, JUNE 19th 2026
Updated 14:12 ET
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TRUMP, IRAN, DEAL, VANCE
President Donald Trump has given the Medal of Honor to three veterans, honoring acts of heroism in Vietnam and Afghanistan
Trump presents the Medal of Honor to 3 veterans for heroism in Vietnam, Afghanistan
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KNICKS, PARADE, TICKER, TAPE
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The NBA championship celebrations are nowhere near over,
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OBAMA, CENTER, PRESIDENTIAL, OPENING
The Barack and Michelle Obama statue outside The Obama Presidential Center in the Hyde Park neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, May 29, 2026.
The opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Thursday will be a celebration of the legacy of former
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DEFENSE, MAMDANI, MANGIONE, LUIGI
One year after sending political shock waves across the country with his New York City Democratic primary victory en route to winning election as mayor of the nation's most populous city, Zohran Mamdani is testing the limits of political power as he takes
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IRAN, TRUMP, TALKS, WAR
President Trump receives a tour of the Palace of Versailles from French President Emmanuel Macron after the Group of 7 summit on June 17, 2026.
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The White House pushed back
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PRIDE, MLB, NIGHT, PLAYERS
Major League Baseball outraged many of its fans on June 12 by warning that players who wrote Bible verses on their caps could face discipline for daring to express their beliefs. Of course, the League pushed their Pride Night hats, and although they didn’t
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CUP, WORLD, AUSTRALIA, TEAM
The U.S. may face Australia in the World Cup without star Christian Pulisic
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SEATTLE — The performance of the U.S. men's national soccer team in Friday's match against Australia could come down to the health
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SUPREME, COURT, GUN, USER
On Thursday the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled against the prosecution of Ali Hemani for being a marijuana user in possession of a firearm.
The case is U.S. v. Hemani, and it centers Hemani’s conviction for being an “unlawful user” of marijuana
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WHITE, HOUSE, UFC, PLOT
A longtime Senate Democrat declined to directly condemn illegal immigration as a national security threat after it was revealed the terror plot to ambush the UFC White House event Sunday night was schemed by an immigrant from Mexico.
Abraham Alvarez is an
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TAX, BILLIONAIRE, CALIFORNIA, BALLOT
This is great news: A ballot measure that will hit California billionaires with a one-time tax of five percent on all of their assets has just qualified to appear on the November 3 ballot, the New York Times reported.
Yes, voters, most of whom are not billionaires,
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HEGSETH, NATO, REVIEW, EUROPE
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 5, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a Pentagon-led review of American forces in Europe on Thursday, and criticized some NATO
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MOSCOW, REFINERY, DRONE, UKRAINE
With much of the world's attention focused on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, we must also remember that the Russo-Ukrainian War is still going on. Such a reminder came on Thursday, when reports surfaced of a retaliatory strike on a Moscow-area oil refinery
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CARLOS, MENCIA, COMEDIAN, TAX
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California comedian Carlos Mencia was torn apart by the Los Angeles district attorney on Thursday as he announced 12 felony counts against him.
Los Angeles County DA Nathan Hochman branded him one of the “500
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SKID, ROW, FBI, FRAUD
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“Lilo & Stitch” star Daveigh Chase grew thinner and thinner throughout her final months struggling with addiction in Skid Row, an outreach worker revealed to The Post.
Kevin Call, who dubs himself the “Mayor
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BIDEN, TRUMP, CONSIDERED, NEWSOM
Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the UFC attack plot.
Marlow said, “Phase one, explosive-laden drones would strike nearby buildings, that would spark a mass panic and drive the crowd toward a sniper team.
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DEMOCRATIC, DC, TRUMP, JANEESE
Consider this juxtaposition: In a few weeks, Washington, D.C., will be the epicenter for America’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. A few months later, Washington, D.C. will likely be led by a democratic socialist for the first time ever.
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HORSE, CARRIAGE, TOURIST, TEEN
An 18-year-old man died after an incident involving a carriage horse in New York City’s Central Park on Wednesday.
The tourist and his family were riding in a horse-drawn carriage near Tavern on the Green just before 3:00 p.m. when the animal was spooked,
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LOVE, FAIZON, ELF, ACTOR
Actor Faizon Love — perhaps best known for his roles as Big Worm in the 1995 movie, Friday, and Gimbel’s Manager in the 2003 film, Elf — was reportedly arrested on Tuesday and claims he cannot afford to pay what he owes in child support.
Love told a judge
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BURNHAM, BRITAIN, ELECTION, STARMER
Britain has a new prime minister in waiting. Andy Burnham has wanted to lead the Labour Party for more than a decade, and now the deep unpopularity of the incumbent, Keir Starmer, has created a path to Downing Street for the Manchester mayor. Yesterday in Makerfield,
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TOM, REP, KEAN, RETURN
New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who’s been absent from Congress since March with an unspecified medical issue, is set to return on June 30
FILE - Tom Kean Jr., GOP candidate for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District, arrives at his election night
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ILLEGAL, ALIEN, ACCUSED, TRUMP
Federal officials said an illegal alien was the alleged “ringleader” of a drone attack plot against the UFC event at the White House on Sunday.
Thirty-one-year-old Abraham Alvarez of Mexico was one of five alleged coconspirators accused of plotting to murder
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REFLECTING, POOL, TRUMP, FLAG
Oh, my gosh, CNN is onto the big scandal.
It isn't the fraud in Minnesota or multiple other states. It isn't the children trafficked over the border under the Biden administration that they failed to track.
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It's the algae in the Reflecting
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FAUCI, GABBARD, COVID, DESPERATE
Just before leaving office amid a contentious battle over who will succeed her, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard used one of her final acts atop the U.S. intelligence community to spotlight Dr. Anthony Fauci's role in discussions surrounding
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MEDAL, TRUMP, HONOR, 88
Nearly six decades after leading his Marines through a brutal ambush in Vietnam, retired Marine Corps Major James Capers Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor Thursday by President Donald Trump.
The 88-year-old, who is widely recognized as the "father of Marine
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