Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, JULY 3rd 2026
Updated 01:12 ET
14 articles
TRUMP, AMERICA, 250TH, JULY
Trump denies conflict of interest over crypto. And, Vatican excommunicates rebel group
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MAMDANI, NEW, HEAT, WAVE
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was praised for being "fantastic" at dodging questions by podcast host Jillian Superstar on Wednesday after she asked the socialist mayor if he would run for president if he could.
"If you could run for president, would
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DEMOCRATIC, SOCIALISTS, POLL, PARTY
Most Democrats would vote for a candidate describing themselves as a “Democratic Socialist,” a recent Economist/YouGov survey revealed.
The survey asked respondents, “Would you ever vote for a candidate who identified as a “Democratic Socialist?”
Across the
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SPORTS, RULING, WOMEN, NEWSOM
I coached high school sprints and hurdles in Southern California for years. After puberty hits, the difference between male and female athletes shows up in split times, in jump heights, in the raw gap between what each side of the track can produce. That gap
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SWIFT, WEDDING, TAYLOR, MSG
Wedding festivities are reportedly set to begin Thursday for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
A Chevrolet Suburban SUV with tinted windows believed to be transporting Swift was spotted arriving at MSG around 5 p.m. Thursday,
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RED, CARD, USA, BALOGUN
The United States is heading into its 250th birthday weekend riding high on the men's soccer team's amazing Wednesday night victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in its first elimination game of the World Cup.
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HEAT, JULY, HOLIDAY, DANGEROUS
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The blistering holiday heatwave will bake more than 250 million Americans across the Midwest and East Coast – with scorching temperatures and suffocating humidity threatening at least 36 states.
Heat advisories
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REFLECTING, POOL, INDICTED, DAVID
David Hearn of the USA competes in the Men's C1 whitewater canoeing final of the 2000 Summer Olympics on Sept. 18, 2000 at Penrith Whitewater Stadium in Penrith, Australia.
U.S. Olympian canoeist David Hearn was indicted by a grand jury in Washington, D.C.,
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WORLD, CUP, MATCH, CITY
Any time the U.S. Men's National Team steps on a pitch, it's going to draw in a lot of eyeballs, but Wednesday's match against Bosnia and Herzegovina was historic.
Preliminary numbers from Nielsen report that the broadcast on Fox averaged 24.43 million viewers,
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BUILDING, EMPIRE, STATE, CLIMBERS
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An NYPD helicopter pilot and a LaGuardia air traffic controller’s radio chatter about the attention-seeking couple who scaled the Empire State Building Wednesday has gone viral as a quintessentially New York
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PARKING, WALMART, FATALLY, SHOT
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The daughter of an Army veteran killed over a parking space broke down in tears as she revealed they had only recently rekindled their relationship.
New Jersey native Bart Diguglielmo, 62, a retired staff sergeant
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SENATE, SAYED, EL, ABDUL
Far-left Muslim Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed prioritizes “gender-affirming care” – leftist-speak for genital mutilation surgery, puberty blockers, and hormone therapy – as part of his platform.
El-Sayed, backed by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders
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TRUMP, EXCLUSIVE, LARA, LANDRY
Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) talked about data centers.
Landry said, “The template that we built with Meta, we then replicated that. And it’s real funny because that’s exactly what the president put in his proclamation is exactly
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CAPITAL, DRONES, RUSSIA, MISSILES
Russia launched one of its heaviest overnight attacks on Kyiv, firing hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at the Ukrainian capital in a strike that tore through residential buildings, killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 90, according to
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YEAR, KILLED, CHARGED, SOUTH
The suspected shooter is serving an unrelated prison sentence in North Carolina.
Charges filed in South Carolina drive-by shooting that killed 13-year-old over two years ago
Caleb Garcia has been charged with murder and Amber Moree has been charged with accessory
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, WIRE, FBI
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Alexis Podesta has been one of Sacramento’s most influential behind-the-scenes power brokers for years — the kind of political insider whose name rarely makes headlines despite her fingerprints being all over
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PATRIOTIC, HOUSE, 250, AMERICA
A Republican lawmaker was booted from Pennsylvania’s Democrat-controlled State House chamber over his choice of patriotic attire celebrating the U.S. founding 250 years ago this week in the commonwealth.
The dispute comes as Americans prepare to celebrate
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CITY, WEEKEND, WARNING, NEW
New York City to hold multiple celebrations during scorching Fourth of July weekend Fireworks, tall ships, a hotdog eating contest. New York City will host it all, as temperatures near 100 degrees this Fourth of July weekend.
National New York City to hold
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BIRTHRIGHT, CITIZENSHIP, OFFERS, TRUMP
“We’re in a new world now,” Solicitor General John Sauer told the U.S. Supreme Court during oral argument this April in the birthright-citizenship case Trump v. Barbara, “where 8 billion people are one plane ride away from having a child who’s a U.S. citizen.”
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DEMS, POLL, NEW, SENATE
Democrats hitched their wagon to the scandal-plagued Graham Platner in their desperation to grab back the Senate.
They wrongly pinned their hopes on him being up in the polls. But that was before all the dirt that's out there started to drop. Then so did the
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ILLEGAL, WALZ, TIM, CHILD
To stop his deportation, Gov. Mike Walz (D-MN) pardoned an illegal immigrant convicted of first-degree sexual abuse of a 10-year-old girl for four years.
Four.
Years.
Wait till you get a load of the hypocrisy at work here…
“Minnesota officials, including
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WHITE, DONALD, TRUMP, ESPN
Stephen A. Smith is doubling down on his racist commentary, insisting the Los Angeles Lakers cannot succeed if their top three players are White.
On Wednesday, Smith mocked the team's trade for Walker Kessler, pairing him with Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves.
"Where
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POPE, BISHOPS, EXCOMMUNICATES, VATICAN
Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops
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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the
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CAITLIN, CLARK, NAMED, GAME
Former Philadelphia 76ers orthopedic consultant Dr. Nicholas DiNubile sent a stark warning to the WNBA about the fate of superstar Caitlin Clark.
Clark is currently out with a back injury, and concerns about her physical wellbeing have surged into a national
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