Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, APRIL 19th 2026
Updated 23:12 ET
17 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, POPE, LEO
President Donald Trump has warned the Islamist regime in Tehran that if it refuses to accept his deal, the United States will once again start to bomb the country, including “every single” bridge and power plant.
U.S. peace negotiators head back to Islamabad,
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SHOOTING, CHILDREN, DEAD, POLICE
Eight children killed in a shooting in Louisiana, police say
Eight children were killed and another two people were hit by gunfire in a weekend shooting in Northwest Louisiana that stemmed from a domestic disturbance, the Shreveport Police Department said
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TRUMP, PSYCHEDELIC, ORDER, SIGNS
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday that he said "directs the FDA to expedite their review of certain psychedelics already designated as breakthrough therapy drugs."
"The executive order I'm signing, we're actually signing the executive
Continued at Fox News...
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WRESTLEMANIA, 42, WWE, CHAMPIONSHIP
Jacob Fatu and Drew McIntyre had several major skirmishes on SmackDown in the buildup to their WrestleMania 42 match. So much so, they were put into an unsanctioned match at WrestleMania 42 on Saturday night.
Fatu vowed on the final "Friday Night SmackDown"
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BRANDON, EXCLUSIVE, REP, GILL
Friday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Texas Republican Congressman Brandon Gill talked about midterms.
Gill said, “We need somebody who’s going to be willing to fight. And by the way, not willing to fight for amnesty, which is something that Senator Cornyn has
Continued at Breitbart...
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IRANIAN, ARMS, ANGELES, LOS
She was arrested on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan.
By The Associated Press
FILE - Air traffic is seen on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
FILE - Air traffic
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IOWA, UNIVERSITY, SHOOTING, INJURED
Multiple people were shot when gunfire broke out during a massive brawl at an outdoor mall near the University of Iowa early Sunday morning.
Police responded to reports of a large fight at the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City at approximately 1:46 a.m. when arriving
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MAMDANI, OBAMA, SING, EX
Former US President Barack Obama and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani met for the first time on Saturday at a child care centre in the Bronx where they sang to preschoolers.
Obama and Mamdani led the group in singing Wheels on the Bus and the children taught
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SWALWELL, ERIC, CAMPAIGN, DEFUNCT
This month, Rep. Eric Swalwell faced a flood of sexual misconduct allegations, pushing him to drop out of the California governor’s race. But the scandal’s blast radius has also ensnared Sen. Rubén Gallego of Arizona, a potential presidential candidate in 2028
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PATEL, KASH, ATLANTIC, DIRECTOR
"We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel," Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, said in a statement to CNBC.
Pressed if he was planning to sue the magazine, Patel said, "[A]bsolutely, it's coming tomorrow."
"We are not going to take this laying
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POPE, TRUMP, DEBATE, LEO
Five days after President Donald Trump made his clash with Pope Leo XIV personal, the pope is pushing back, arguing the timeline tells a different story than the one taking shape in the press.
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Speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane en
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ILHAN, OMAR, 30M, REP
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said she is not a millionaire and blamed a major accounting error after a congressional financial disclosure listing her assets as high as $30 million drew scrutiny from Republicans and a congressional watchdog.
An amended filing
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CALIFORNIA, REPUBLICAN, ERROR, NEWSOM
California’s budget mess just got a whole lot messier — and a whole lot more embarrassing.
Top lawmakers sat on a staggering $2 billion accounting blunder for months while publicly warning of a looming budget crunch, according to a bombshell memo that’s now
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IRAN, HORMUZ, CEASEFIRE, STRAIT
Uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz remains, as ceasefire nears its end
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps joint military command issued a statement on Saturday morning claiming that control of
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WORLD, TRANSIT, NJ, CUP
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has called for FIFA to cover the full rail cost for New Yorkers attending the World Cup, as NJ Transit train ticket prices are set for $150 to get to MetLife Stadium for matches.
Schumer released a statement on Sunday, calling
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RESEARCH, ACTIVISTS, PEPPER, LAB
Hundreds of animal welfare activists tried to free thousands of Beagles from a breeding research facility in Dane County, Wisconsin, on Saturday but many of the protesters ended up being arrested and tear gassed.
The incident happened at Ridglan Farms where
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BOSTON, WELLNESS, MAYOR, PROGRAM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s office is denying reports that city funds were used to support a program offering LGBTQ migrants up to $500 in “wellness” perks, after a local advocacy group advertised the benefits and later scaled back its description amid backlash.
Through
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ANCHOR, BABIES, 10, BIRTHS
320,000 anchor babies. That's how many children were born in the United States in 2023 to mothers in the country illegally or on temporary legal status, roughly 9 percent of every birth recorded that year, according to new data from the Pew Research Center.
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TRUMP, STEFANIK, POST, CNN
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) defended President Donald Trump, saying he had not called for genocide, and said “shame on CNN for saying that.”
Host Jake Tapper said, “What did you think when President Trump threatened to
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SANTA, OIL, CALIFORNIA, JUDGE
A California judge has ruled Sable Offshore Corp. — the company Donald Trump is using to give the state an oil lifeline — did not have the authority to restart its operations.
Judge Donna Geck of the Santa Barbara Superior Court said a state injunction on
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METS, MAMDANI, 10, NEW
A longtime New York talk show host has made a major change.
WABC Radio's Sid Rosenberg announced on social media this week that he has converted his fandom from the New York Mets to the New York Yankees.
"So the Yankees hosted the great [president] and
Continued at Fox News...
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SEATTLE, STREETS, DRUG, SOCIALISM
SEATTLE — City advocates say they are struggling to find solutions as homelessness and open-air drug use spread across Seattle’s streets, amid growing concerns about the direction of socialist Mayor Katie Wilson’s new administration.
“You can just see the
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FRANCISCO, SAN, PANDEMIC, EXODUS
San Francisco’s population has not recovered since the pandemic exodus, according to a new report.
"San Francisco metro area’s population failed to grow again in 2025, despite a swelling boom in AI," The San Francisco Chronicle reported in March. "Unlike
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HALF, MARATHON, ROBOT, RECORD
A humanoid robot has won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing, running faster than the human record
Runners take pictures of a humanoid robot in the second Beijing E-Town Half Marathon and Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing Sunday, April 19, 2026.
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