Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29th 2026
Updated 23:12 ET
26 articles
TRUMP, MAIL, SPACE, COURT
Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.
Judge rejects President Trump's attempt to move his criminal hush money case to federal court
Former President Donald Trump sits next to his lawyer Todd Blanche as he arrives for his
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MILO, YIANNOPOULOS, ICE, DEPORTED
Milo Yiannopoulos has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in New Orleans, Louisiana, and will soon be deported to the United Kingdom after overstaying his visa.
On Friday, TMZ broke the news that Yiannopoulos, a citizen of the
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SAYED, EL, ABDUL, PIKER
The Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed seems to have a predilection for saying things that keep showing how wrong he is for the job.
Now, there's another example.
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El-Sayed did a podcast in October 2025 that is now getting attention
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TRUMP, LOWER, NATIONAL, ARCH
The Abdul-El Sayed campaign on Thursday launched an attack aimed at White House aide Natalie Harp just a week after attacking second lady Usha Vance in a similarly vicious manner.
After President Donald Trump’s edict renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America
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LAKE, TRUMP, AMERICA, ONTARIO
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President Donald Trump’s tariffs aren’t popular, but he’s found a way to make them even less so — a trade war with America’s most inoffensive ally.
When one thinks of countries that deserve to be subjected
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PARTON, DOLLY, NASHVILLE, AIRPORT
Opinion: Remembering Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton was brilliant, melodic, and trailblazing. Her lifetime art was to be both spangly and utterly genuine.
When Dolly died this
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WARSH, FED, INFLATION, RATE
Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, arrives for dinner during the Kansas City Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026.
Warsh's first pair of press conferences as Fed chairman left
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HOCHUL, ICE, NEW, COUNTY
With her time in the House ending soon, who will replace Rep. Elise Stefanik?
With the midterms approaching, Canadian tariffs top of mind along New York’s northern border
Downtown Montreal is just over an hour north of Plattsburgh, New York.
Downtown Montreal
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NEPAL, FLOODING, MISSING, DEADLY
The death toll from the devastating floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border has risen to at least 676 people, as rescue operations stall amid poor weather.
After Nepali authorities updated their figures Saturday, the combined toll in Nepal and
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OIL, TRUMP, DEAL, VENEZUELA
The US has reached a deal with Venezuela to control more than 65 billion barrels of its proven oil reserves, according to President Donald Trump.
"This Historic Transaction MORE THAN DOUBLES American Oil Reserves, greatly increases our Oil Supply, and will
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RUSSIAN, UKRAINE, ATTACKS, 37
Russian forces have resumed drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv region that hit numerous buildings and storage depots
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press and BARRY HATTON Associated Press
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, cars burn as
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TRUMP, ANTHROPIC, JUDGE, BASELESS
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Florida Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar did a quick about-face on President Trump’s massive Venezuela oil deal Saturday — deleting a social media post blasting the pact before returning to declare it was
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WAR, MONTHS, IRAN, SIX
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For the last six months, President Trump has attempted to control the narrative of the Iran war.
As
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HARALD, KING, NORWAY, 89
Flowers are left at Slottsplassen after officials said Norwegian King Harald V was in “very serious condition” as his health deteriorated, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, in Oslo. (Cornelius Poppe /NTB Scanpix via AP)
Flowers are left at Slottsplassen after officials
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ENES, FREEDOM, KANTER, CLOUD
The America First Policy Institute has launched an investigation into Enes Kanter Freedom’s removal from a Chicago Sky game and his subsequent ban from Wintrust Arena.
AFPI filed a six-page public-records request Friday with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
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FRAUD, ARREST, CALIFORNIA, ELECTION
A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles said Friday that election fraud arrests have begun in California, announcing the arrest and charging of a Honduran national accused of getting on the state’s voter rolls by falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen.
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STREET, FOOD, WORLD, KAREN
Mayor Karen Bass just made it official: Los Angeles is a sanctuary city when it comes to enforcing food safety laws with thousands of street stands that have popped up all over the city — many of them run by illegal aliens.
Bass’s announcement this week ordering
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DATA, CHINESE, BOT, TARGETING
Don’t Let Them Blame Data Centers for Their Green Energy Failure
When a wildfire erupts, the left has an explanation ready before the first fire truck arrives: climate change.
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In 2025, before the cause of the Palisades Fire was established,
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TRUMP, ROLL, JELLY, PIG
Country singer Jelly Roll is backtracking and tearing up after facing harsh backlash for telling fans to stop listening to his music after his hateful jokes about President Donald Trump and MAGA voters resulted in a avalanche of criticism.
The singer, whose
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BILL, BELICHICK, COLLEGE, CAROLINA
With all due respect to the FCS schools that played earlier this week, the real college football season kicks off when the North Carolina Tar Heels meet the TCU Horned Frogs at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, in Week 0 Saturday, Aug. 29, at noon ET.
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JR, RFK, MEASLES, DEATHS
A Pennsylvania county commissioner is challenging Gov. Josh Shapiro’s announcement of two measles-associated deaths, fueling a growing clash with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the state’s outbreak swells to 460 confirmed cases
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HORMUZ, CENTCOM, IRANIAN, MAJOR
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral Brad Cooper explained some major milestones that the U.S. military has now achieved in the Strait of Hormuz.
Update from CENTCOM Commander: pic.twitter.com/osPbltjJ1C — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) August
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BUILDING, FIRE, ARSON, MANHATTAN
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The man who set himself on fire inside a Lower Manhattan office building has been arrested for arson, the NYPD said Saturday.
John Butch, 63, allegedly lit himself on fire with the help of a “lighter accelerant”
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JEWISH, DEMOCRAT, CONVENTION, MICHIGAN
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Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel skipped her party’s convention Saturday after saying she feared being booed, harassed and chased over her support for Israel — amid warnings of tense clashes
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