Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, MAY 12th 2026
Updated 10:12 ET
21 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, CHINA, XI
Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax as prices soar amid war with Iran
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President Trump says he wants the gas tax to be temporarily suspended as the war in Iran extends into its 11th week and keeps oil prices
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COURT, SUPREME, RULING, ALABAMA
Virginia Democrats are doing an unwitting service to the whole country — by revealing just how hostile their party is to the most essential checks and balances.
Democrats violated the state’s constitution by pushing through a referendum to take four House
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TRUMP, HOUSE, POOL, BLUE
Republicans returning to Washington on Monday are facing questions about a $1 billion Senate security proposal that could help pay for President Donald Trump’s ballroom
Construction on the new White House ballroom is seen from the Washington Monument, Tuesday,
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GAS, TRUMP, TAX, PRICES
President Donald Trump told CBS News Monday that he has a plan to help Americans who are facing surging gas prices due to the conflict in Iran and the Islamic Republic’s refusal to negotiate in good faith over their nuclear weapons ambitions.
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HANTAVIRUS, CRUISE, SHIP, PASSENGERS
As health officials track the hantavirus outbreak that began on the MV Hondius cruise ship, attention is turning to the Andes virus, a rare strain from South America that is causing concern.
The virus stemming from the cruise ship, which has caused around
Continued at Fox News...
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CHINA, TRUMP, XI, IRAN
The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday that Beijing expects President Donald Trump to visit from May 13 to 15, spending much of that time in personal exchanges with genocidal dictator Xi Jinping.
The Chinese Communist Party rarely confirms visits
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KAREN, BASS, PRATT, MAGIC
Los Angeles is a broken city, facing huge problems made worse by corrupt politicians. It is overrun by homelessness, crime, blight, and the horrifying aftermath of the 2025 Palisades fire.
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In several weeks, Los Angeles voters will elect a new
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ALLEN, COLE, PLEADS, GUILTY
This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice, April 29, 2026, shows Cole Tomas Allen, left, inside his hotel room, on Saturday, April 25, 2026 in Washington, using his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror.
Allen, who
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BURGUM, DOUG, ENERGY, EXCLUSIVE
Breitbart News on Monday hosted Interior Secretary and National Energy Dominance Council Chairman Doug Burgum for a policy discussion titled “Harnessing American Power,” during which Burgum said he is confident in America’s technological leadership but concerned
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HEGSETH, KELLY, MARK, BRIEFING
U.S. Department of War (DOW) Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) may be in deep trouble for comments he made over a classified Pentagon brief.
In a social media post on Sunday, Hegseth shared a post from Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan
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FRONTIER, DENVER, JET, AIRLINES
A Frontier Airlines plane was evacuated after staff found a gun magazine aboard in Denver — days after a flight struck and killed a trespasser on the tarmac at the same airport.
Passengers deplaned from a Frontier flight from Denver to Phoenix on Sunday
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WEMBANYAMA, DRAYMOND, GREEN, ELBOW
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson tried his hand at comedy on Sunday night when he appeared at Netflix’s "The Roast of Kevin Hart."
The WWE legend made a grand entrance before he got onto the stage. He immediately took aim at polarizing Golden State Warriors star
Continued at Fox News...
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LAKERS, CITY, OKLAHOMA, PLAY
"It's about the process - if I can commit to still being in love with the process of showing up to the arena five and a half hours before a game to start preparing.
"When the time comes, you guys will know what I decide to do."
James is the leading points
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DAVE, MCCORMICK, ENERGY, EXCLUSIVE
Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) said at a Breitbart News policy event on Monday that energy permitting reform would be the “biggest thing” America could do to “stimulate our economy.”
“If you look at the energy demand that’s required, we cannot get the energy production
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MASSACHUSETTS, SHOT, CARS, GUNMAN
A man with a long gun allegedly shot at numerous cars on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, around 1:30 p.m. Monday.
CBS News reported that the man was allegedly shooting at “passing cars” before being shot numerous times by a Massachusetts State
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BAHAMAS, GUARD, HOOKER, SEIZED
The U.S. Coast Guard has reportedly seized Brian Hooker's sailboat as the federal agency continues its investigation into the disappearance of his wife, who he claims fell off a dinghy in the Bahamas.
Brian Hooker told Bahamian officials that his wife fell
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PETE, DAVIDSON, ROAST, KIRK
Pete Davidson took a brutal swipe at old foe Kanye West while torching comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during Netflix’s “The Roast of Kevin Hart” Sunday night — dragging the rapper’s antisemitic scandals and even assassinated political activist Charlie Kirk into
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FOX, NEWS, SHOP, WORKS
Lachlan Murdoch, the executive chairman and CEO of Fox, announced on an earnings call Monday morning that Fox will televise an NFL tripleheader this coming season which is a broadcast television first.
The tripleheader will begin with an early morning (on
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MAYOR, ADMITS, EILEEN, ARCADIA
A California mayor who has since resigned has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China and has agreed to plead guilty, according to federal prosecutors who say she secretly worked to push pro-Beijing messaging inside
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MISSOURI, SHOT, BACK, HARDY
University of Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy underwent surgery Sunday after being shot early that morning at a concert in Mississippi.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that details on the shooting are scant but that Hardy was in stable condition following
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JACKSON, MICHAEL, ABUSE, POP
One of the four siblings from Michael Jackson’s alleged “secret family” who have accused the pop star of sexually assaulting them as kids claimed Jackson would drink his urine to prove how much he loved him.
Dominic Cascio, who along with his two brothers
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KIFFIN, MISS, LANE, OLE
LSU football coach Lane Kiffin is being ruthlessly dragged on social media after some bonehead comments.
Kiffin, once again, has found himself front and center in the college football world for nothing to do with on-field results. The former Ole Miss coach
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IRAN, TRUMP, LIFE, SUPPORT
President Donald Trump on Monday declared that the fragile ceasefire with Iran was on “massive life support” with only a “1% chance of living” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal as “garbage” and “totally unacceptable,” while weighing a renewed and expanded
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STEPHEN, NIGHT, SHOW, LATE
Stephen Colbert and late night hosts strike again as his show nears finale
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Stephen Colbert invited his "best television friends," fellow late night hosts John Oliver, Seth Meyers and the two Jimmies— Kimmel
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