Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, MAY 7th 2026
Updated 04:12 ET
15 articles
TRUMP, MONICA, CROWLEY, AMBASSADOR
President Trump is governing like a man who “literally has nothing left to lose,” Ambassador Monica Crowley said during an event with Breitbart News on Wednesday.
Crowley, who is leading America’s 250th birthday celebration, offered a word of advice to Americans
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COURT, SUPREME, TRUMP, NEIL
Carroll, in 2024, was awarded $83 million in damages for her defamation claims.
Trump asks judges to pause E. Jean Carroll ruling so he can appeal case to Supreme Court
E. Jean Carroll exits the New York Federal Court after former President Donald Trump appeared
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IRAN, TRUMP, DEAL, PEACE
As President Donald Trump continues to express anger at NATO European allies for their lack of help in the war with Iran, he’s making clear their behavior comes at a cost.
In the weeks during the war and since the ceasefire, the president has hit back not
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DEBATE, KAREN, BASS, PRATT
Left to right: Karen Bass on Friday, April 8, 2022; Spencer Pratt on April 16, 2025; Nithya Raman on March 3, 2026
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Three of the leading candidates for Los Angeles mayor
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TRUMP, INDIANA, GOP, OHIO
As RedState reported Wednesday morning, six Indiana state senators had a terrible night on Tuesday. One survived and maintained their seat; one is still too close to call, but the other six were dismissed quickly.
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EPSTEIN, LUTNICK, HOWARD, HOUSE
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies during a during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on the Commerce Department's 2027 budget request in Washington, DC on April 22, 2026.
Commerce Secretary
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OBAMA, COLBERT, TRUMP, PRESIDENT
Former President Barry Obama encouraged former comedian Stephen Colbert to run for president.
During Obama’s recorded appearance on the already-canceled Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the soon-to-be-unemployed host went desperately searching for a compliment
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FBI, PATEL, KASH, TRUMP
Nearly three weeks after The Atlantic reported that some government officials were alarmed by FBI Director Kash Patel’s behavior, including conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences, MS NOW reported this morning that the bureau has “launched a criminal
Continued at The Atlantic...
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DEBATE, CALIFORNIA, PORTER, KATIE
California’s already volatile gubernatorial race reached a boiling point Wednesday night in Los Angeles as candidates traded sharp attacks and starkly different visions on housing, the state’s insurance meltdown, and the much-delayed high-speed rail project.
The
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CRUISE, HANTAVIRUS, SHIP, DEADLY
A bird-watching tour in a region that had never recorded a hantavirus case is now at the center of an urgent investigation, as Argentine officials examine whether a Dutch couple unknowingly brought the deadly virus aboard a cruise ship after a stop at a landfill.
Argentina’s
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TRUMP, STRATEGY, CARTELS, EXTREMISTS
Trump's counterterrorism strategy makes targeting drug cartels the top priority
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed off on a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that sets eliminating drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere
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MAMDANI, KEN, GRIFFIN, TAX
There they go, Zo!
Hedge fund titan Ken Griffin revealed this week he’s scaling back jobs in the Big Apple as a “direct consequence” of Zohran Mamdani’s “tax the rich” antics — stoking fears that the well-to-do are starting to flee the socialist mayor and
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FBI, OFFICE, DEMOCRAT, RAIDS
The FBI has raided the office of a powerful Virginia Democratic lawmaker and ally of Gov. Abigail Spanberger as part of a federal corruption and illegal marijuana sale probe, Fox News has learned.
Longtime state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, a major power broker in
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WHITE, FIRE, ALLEGEDLY, HOUSE
The suspect who allegedly opened fire in downtown DC Tuesday — as Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade was set to roll through — uttered “f–k the White House” on his way to the hospital, officials revealed as they unmasked the shooter.
Michael Marx, of Midland,
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EPSTEIN, NOTE, SUICIDE, JEFFREY
A suicide note allegedly written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released on Wednesday by a federal judge after being sealed for years.
In the alleged note, Epstein suggests his innocence without proclaiming it while vowing to “say goodbye” on
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ANTI, SYNAGOGUE, ISRAEL, SHAME
Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on his support of anti-Israel protesters Wednesday and brushed off questions about his own rhetoric fueling antisemitic hate.
Hizzoner said his opinions on rowdy protests outside of the Park East Synagogue Tuesday had been
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PARK, DRUG, MACARTHUR, FEDS
Last July, there was a massive immigration sweep in Los Angeles' MacArthur Park that had Democrats like the city's mayor, Karen Bass, and then-Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-14) gaslighting about how supposedly safe and family-friendly it was, and how the feds must
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SPECIAL, FORCES, TENNESSEE, DEAD
A special forces veteran wanted for second degree attempted murder was found dead Wednesday in woods “several miles from his home,” according to CNN.
Preliminary findings indicate the cause of death of the veteran, Craig Berry, was a self-inflicted gunshot
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ANTISEMITIC, ATTACKS, 2025, ASSAULTS
Violent antisemitic incidents increased in Los Angeles in 2025, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League, which says the year marked “one of the most violent periods for American Jews.”
The ADL documented 6,274 antisemitic incidents nationwide
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TED, TURNER, CNN, FOUNDER
Ted Turner, the television and media mogul who launched CNN -- the first 24-hour cable news network -- and a roster of successful TV and entertainment brands, died on Wednesday, according to the network. He was 87.
"Ted was an intensely involved and committed
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FAMILY, FATALLY, DAD, TEXAS
FIRST ON FOX — Shocking video shows an illegal immigrant from Mexico being shot and killed by a Texas father during a carjacking attempt involving his family of eight, including a baby, police confirmed to Fox News.
The Garland Police Department said, at
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BOOK, MORMON, THEATER, FIRE
The long-running Broadway hit “The Book of Mormon” will close its doors through May 17 as its theater undergoes repairs after a fire shut down the musical.
Performances are canceled through Sunday, May 17. Ticket holders for impacted performances will be notified
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BIDEN, TRUST, OFFICIAL, CANDIDATE
A Democratic frontrunner in California’s gubernatorial race has been running on his experience working for former President Joe Biden — but one administration official issued a shocking judgment instead.
Xavier Becerra, Biden’s head of the Department of Health
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CUBA, ADMITS, DEM, OIL
A Democratic lawmaker is drawing backlash after saying she spoke with foreign ambassadors about getting oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions, defending the outreach as "literally our right and responsibility."
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., made the remarks
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