Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26th 2026
Updated 23:12 ET
75 articles
PARTON, DOLLY, COUNTRY, DEATH
It hasn't even been 24 hours since we learned of the passing of the legendary Dolly Parton, and what has been said and written about the 80-year-old dynamo so far by news publications and on social media has been enough to fill the equivalent of the Library
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TRUMP, CANADA, TRADE, ONTARIO
Trump administration sends Saudi nuclear deal to Congress, but says still contingent on Saudi joining Abraham Accords
President Donald Trump stands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his visit to the White House, Nov. 18, 2025, in Washington.
President
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EL, SAYED, ABDUL, VANCE
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed responded to a question on whether he supports sex changes for minors by stating that “I remember having great conversations with my conservative
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MOSCOW, CIA, RATCLIFFE, RUSSIA
CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s brief trip to Moscow yesterday was unannounced but hard to miss: He flew in a C-17A, a large heavy-transport plane, that open-source analysts quickly identified and tracked. Within hours, he was already on his way home.
The purpose
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NFL, PLAYERS, STUDY, CTE
The NFL continues to make a concerted effort for safe play for all players, especially when it comes to head injuries.
But since chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE, was found to be heavily linked to former professional football players,
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GRAHAM, RUNOFF, DARLINE, CAROLINA
South Carolina U.S. senate runoff election will test Trump's endorsement
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Republican voters are returning to the polls Tuesday to decide who will replace the
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MAIL, TRUMP, VOTING, JUDGE
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California is suing the US Postal Service to stop it from implementing new restrictions on mail-in voting after a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week.
The nation’s highest court ruled Monday that key portions
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META, MEDIA, SOCIAL, SETTLEMENT
Social media giant Meta has reached a settlement with US states and territories to resolve a court case related to child safety on Facebook and Instagram.
The tech company will pay a maximum of $16.68bn (£12.26bn), according to court documents.
The settlement
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PIKER, HASAN, DEMOCRATS, DEM
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Prominent Democrats are lining up to condemn far-left streamer Hasan Piker after he warned that American Jews could face violence if they continue to be seen as strongly supporting Israel.
The backlash follows
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ENES, FREEDOM, KANTER, SKY
Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter has decided that a man wearing a T-shirt stating the dictionary definition of a woman is somehow a “potential threat.”
That person is Enes Kanter Freedom, a former NBA player who has declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft
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MONTANA, KILLED, FAMILY, CHILDREN
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The grieving Montana mother of two children who were among eight family members killed in a mass home shooting and fire as they gathered for Sunday dinner has spoken out about “honoring” her slain kids.
Erica
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SECRET, SERVICE, TRUMP, OFFICIALS
Something very serious appears to be going on inside the United States Secret Service, with three officials or agents reportedly having been escorted out of their offices on Monday as part of a criminal investigation into the leaking of classified information
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TRUMP, IRAN, ECONOMIC, LIFELINES
Donald Trump has changed the battlefield in his confrontation with Iran. After almost six months of war, Washington is turning from bombs and missiles to financial strangulation. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has launched what he calls “Operation Economic
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SCHOOL, CALIFORNIA, DISTRICT, RELEASED
A Charlotte man indicted on five felony counts accusing him of threatening mass shootings against five area public schools was released from jail just three days before students were scheduled to return to class.
Drew Andres Owens, 33, was released from
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LINDSAY, CLANCY, TRIAL, GRINNING
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. — The final witness in Lindsay Clancy’s high-stakes murder trial testified Tuesday that her recollection of the voice that told her to kill her three kids in 2023 was “markedly inconsistent.”
Dr.
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NEPAL, MISSING, HUNDREDS, FLOODS
A video taken after flash flooding on the border between Nepal and China shows mudslides enveloping multiple buildings as people fled in Gyirong, Tibet near China's border with Nepal.
The mudslides followed a 4.4-magnitude earthquake which occurred just
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ARREST, 49ERS, OWNER, JED
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Even millionaires love a good bargain.
San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York quietly relocated back to his Ohio hometown months before he was allegedly caught shelling out $160 for a nonexistent trailer park prostitute
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ICE, HOCHUL, COOPERATION, LAW
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Gov. Kathy Hochul raced to gaslight New York on Tuesday by falsely claiming her new anti-ICE law will boost public safety, when it will do the reverse.
Yes: the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act undermines public
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ABBEY, GATE, MARINES, TRUMP
It is the anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing, and the Trump administration took special notice to remember the American service members who were killed during that attack.
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Five years ago today, 13 American service members were killed at Abbey
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EMIL, MICHAEL, AI, WAR
Having only a handful of huge defense contractors limits competition and innovation, Under Secretary of War Emil Michael said during the Breitbart News policy event “AI is Here: What to Fear, What to Embrace,” on Tuesday in Washington, DC.
Michael and host
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ASYLUM, VISAS, 000, 200
The Trump administration plans to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who entered the US as short-term visitors and later applied for asylum.
"Obtaining a visa in order to seek asylum is fraud - which is grounds for visa revocation," US State Department
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TRIAL, 11, MASTERMIND, KHALID
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and three alleged co-conspirators will stand trial in 2028, a military judge ruled Wednesday.
Lt. Col. Michael Schrama set the trial for June 5, 2028, rejecting prosecutors’ request
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AI, BUDOWICH, DATA, CENTERS
Innovation Council Action (ICA) Founder Taylor Budowich pointed out during a Breitbart News event on Tuesday that AI data centers “should be feeding our communities” instead of taking away from communities and draining them.
During the event, Breitbart News
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WNBA, CAITLIN, CLARK, CHARLES
Caitlin Clark didn’t need Enes Kanter Freedom or DiJonai Carrington to turn Fever-Sky into appointment TV Sunday night. Her presence has made every Indiana Fever game must-watch television.
Still, the nearly 3.5 million people who watched on NBC and Peacock
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