Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, GUARD, NATIONAL, SUPREME
SCOTUS rules Trump can't send National Guard to Chicago without governor's permission The Supreme Court ruled against President Trump on Tuesday, refusing to reinstate, for now, President Trump's ability to send National Guard troops into Illinois over the
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MINUTES, 60, SEGMENT, BARI
Viewers got a chance to see the "60 Minutes" segment about CECOT that divided CBS News, after the segment aired in Canada and quickly spread online Monday.
The "Inside CECOT" segment that CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss pulled from airing on Sunday's
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HUNTER, BIDEN, AFGHANISTAN, INTERVIEW
Hunter Biden recently criticized his father’s immigration policies and the deadly botched Afghanistan withdrawal.
During an interview on the Shawn Ryan Show, former President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, gave his opinions on both matters, the New York Post reported
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HOME, EXPLOSION, NURSING, PENNSYLVANIA
Mass casualties are being reported following an explosion at a nursing home in the suburbs of Philadelphia, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
In a post on Tuesday on X from Breaking 911, it showed video of emergency personnel and police responding to the unknown
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CANCER, BEN, SASSE, DIAGNOSIS
'It's a death sentence': Former Senator Ben Sasse announces cancer diagnosis
He and his wife have three children.
"Friends - This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I'll cut to the chase: Last week I was
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DRUG, ALLEGED, EASTERN, PACIFIC
SOUTHCOM said the vessel "was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes"
New Eastern Pacific strike on alleged drug boat kills 1, SOUTHCOM says
The seal for the Deparatment of War is seen on a podium at the Pentagon, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington.
The
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REINER, ROB, DEATH, WIFE
The headlines came fast and furious: Nick Reiner, 32, could face the death penalty for murdering his own parents, beloved Hollywood couple Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
News coverage ranged from practical explainers on California’s death penalty to
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ICE, ILLEGAL, NETS, HONOR
A Christmastime U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation named Operation "Angel’s Honor" in tribute to murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley netted over 1,000 criminal illegal aliens, according to the agency.
In a Monday statement, ICE announced
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CRIME, TREND, FELL, POLICE
Crime in the U.S. fell in 2025. Will the trend continue?
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Crime fell across much of the U.S. in 2025 — in the Midwest, the South, the Northeast and the West, in big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.
The
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LAW, CONTROVERSIAL, JUDGE, NEW
ALBANY – The state Education Department won’t fork over data to prove it’s complying with the “universal FAFSA” law meant to ensure New York students are accessing more than $1 billion in available federal aid.
Schools across the Empire State were supposed
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STUDENT, LOAN, TRUMP, ADMIN
Student loan borrowers in default may soon see their wages garnished
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The Trump administration will resume garnishing wages from student loan borrowers in default in early 2026, the U.S. Education Department
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MELODEE, BUZZARD, ASHLEE, CUSTODY
California authorities are set to announce "major developments" in the disappearance of 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard after her mother, Ashlee Buzzard, was taken into custody in connection with the investigation, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s
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TRUMP, MADURO, PRESSURE, EPSTEIN
America has many allies in what promises to be a decades-long Cold War 2.0 between the U.S. and its allies and the alliance of tyrants, led by the People’s Republic of China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and North Korea’s
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DMV, KILLED, TROOPER, DELAWARE
A Delaware state trooper was killed Tuesday during a shooting at a Division of Motor Vehicles building and the shooter has also died, authorities said.
The Delaware State Police said it responded to an active shooter situation at a DMV location in Wilmington.
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TRUMP, CECOT, DEPORTED, PROCESS
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to provide due process to a class of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador in March, and gave it two weeks to detail how it will do so – setting up another high-stakes clash between the White
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EL, CLINTON, BUKELE, CRITICISM
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele responded to allegations by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the conditions at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), the country's maximum-security prison that has received migrants deported from the
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CENTER, KENNEDY, TRUMP, RENAMING
Rosie O’Donnell’s long-running feud with President Donald Trump flared up again after the Kennedy Center board voted to rename the iconic venue "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."
In a TikTok video shared
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ALIEN, ILLEGAL, MASSIVE, ARRESTS
Border Patrol agents in Southern California arrested nearly 50 illegal aliens operating semi‑trucks with state‑issued commercial driver’s licenses in just three weeks, exposing what federal officials say is a growing public‑safety crisis tied to California’s
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ALLEGEDLY, DAYS, NONPROFIT, OHIO
An Ohio repeat offender was accused of killing someone just days after a nonprofit paid his bail, which allowed him to be released from jail.
Donnie Allen allegedly shot and killed 27-year-old Benjamin McComas at a Cleveland light rail station around 7:30
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PHILIP, COLTS, WIN, RIVERS
For San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Kendrick Bourne, the team’s 48-27 win over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night at Lucas Oil Stadium meant a little more.
Bourne, 30, made an extra $500,000 during the game, as he hit one of his incentives in his contract
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STEELERS, STAR, METCALF, DK
Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf was suspended for two games after throwing a punch at a Detroit Lions fan during a game over the weekend.
The NFL said Metcalf violated league policy, specifying that "players may not enter the stands or otherwise
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GRETA, ARRESTED, SUPPORTING, THUNBERG
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested Tuesday in London while supporting pro-Palestinian activists in British prisons staging a hunger strike.
Prisoners for Palestine, the protest group, released a video showing the 22-year-old Swede holding a sign
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USA, MINAJ, POINT, NICKI
Vice President JD Vance praised rap superstar Nicki Minaj and her message of unity and racial harmony while onstage at the Turning Point USA Americafest over the weekend.
“Nicki Minaj said something at Amfest that was really profound. I’m paraphrasing, but
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