Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, VENEZUELA, GREENLAND, OIL
Trump said if the U.S. didn't act, "Russia or China" would take control.
Trump says US will do something on Greenland 'whether they like it or not'
President Donald Trump attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 9, 2026,
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FRAUD, TRUMP, MINNESOTA, FUNDS
Cash payments will be waiting for whistleblowers who provide information related to Minnesota’s unfolding fraud scandal, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday.
The announcement of reward money comes as the Trump administration is pursuing wide-scale
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PORTLAND, ARAGUA, DE, TREN
State officials say they'll do their own probes of shootings by federal officers We get an overview of the two newsworthy shootings that happened involving an ICE agent in Minneapolis and a border patrol officer Portland this week.
National State officials
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TRUMP, IRAN, REGIME, PROTESTS
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei signaled that security forces would clamp down on protesters after overnight marches through the streets as the country continues to see demonstrations.
Overnight, Iran was plunged into a nationwide internet
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MISSILE, RUSSIA, NEW, UKRAINE
Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian oil depot after Moscow launches new hypersonic missile
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KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia's southern Volgograd region, officials said Saturday,
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ICE, SHERIFF, PHILADELPHIA, WANNABE
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal — employing hipster slang and evoking a call-and-response chant — on Friday called federal immigration agents “fake, wannabe” law enforcement and claimed their actions violate both “legal law” and “moral law.”
The sheriff,
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ICE, MINNEAPOLIS, SHOOTING, PROTESTERS
Republicans successfully stripped a $1 million earmark from a federal spending package after it was exposed as directing funds to Generation Hope MN, a Somali-led addiction recovery organization operating above a Minneapolis Somali restaurant, Sen. Joni Ernst
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SEIZE, OIL, TANKER, CARIBBEAN
U.S. forces boarded and seized a “ghost tanker” in the waters of the Caribbean on Friday as part of the Trump administration’s continuing effort to target sanctioned oil ships traveling to and from Venezuela.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary
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LEADER, POLL, MORAL, AMERICANS
Many Americans say the U.S. is not a moral leader but want it to be: NPR/Ipsos poll A new NPR/Ipsos poll found Americans across the political spectrum want the U.S. to be the moral leader of the world, but far fewer believe it actually is.
National Many Americans
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MAMDANI, MAYOR, SPIELBERG, MEETS
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to return power “to the people” when he took office. But just days later, he reportedly held a private meeting with one of the world’s wealthiest filmmakers.
The New York Times reported that on Monday, Mamdani paid
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ICE, MINNEAPOLIS, SHOOTING, LATEST
The shooting death of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Wednesday has given the Left renewed fervor in their targeting of ICE agents. Blue city mayors and governors like Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz give a
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OHIO, DENTIST, MURDERS, POLICE
Spencer and Monique Tepe were found shot to death on Dec. 30.
Police chief speaks out about mysterious murders of Ohio dentist, wife: 'Disturbing'
Spencer and Monique Tepe are seen in this undated photo.
Spencer and Monique Tepe are seen in this undated
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DECEMBER, HIRING, SLOWS, WEAKEST
US job creation in 2025 slows to weakest since Covid
Businesses have been operating in an environment marked by US President Donald Trump's dramatic policy changes, including tariffs, an immigration crackdown and cuts to government spending.
Job gains last
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FEARS, RADICALIZATION, UK, UAE
The United Arab Emirates has removed British universities from its generous foreign study funding programme, reportedly over fears its young people could be influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood on radicalised UK campuses.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said
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TRUMP, EXCLUSIVE, DEFRAUDED, SINGER
On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed Minnesota.
Marlow said, “Now, what was she doing there? … She was leading a protest against ICE. Why was ICE there? ICE was there because we have seen this widespread
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The Miami Hurricanes are heading to the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, coming away with a narrow victory over Ole Miss, 31-27, in an all-time postseason contest.
The Hurricanes will now await the winner of the other semifinal between
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SHARK, WOMAN, VIRGIN, ISLANDS
A Minnesota woman died after a shark ripped her arm off while she was swimming in the US Virgin Islands — as the good Samaritan who tried to save her revealed her last words, officials said.
Arlene Lillis, 56, was swimming off Drosch Beach on St. Croix around
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BAR, FIRE, DEADLY, OWNER
MARTIGNY, Switzerland (AP) – Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year´s Eve celebration, as prosecutors requested one of the managers to be placed in pre-trial detention.
Valais
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NEW, CASES, KILLS, REPORTS
In this March 14, 2025, file photo, a measles alert sign hangs outside the entrance to the Cohen Children's Medical Center, in New Hyde Park, New York.
In this March 14, 2025, file photo, a measles alert sign hangs outside the entrance to the Cohen Children's
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MOVIE, REMAINS, HUMAN, HORROR
A Pennsylvania man is facing hundreds of charges after "over 100 full or partial sets of human and skeletal remains" were allegedly found in his home and a storage unit in a scene a district attorney described as a "horror movie come to life."
Jonathan Gerlach,
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NEWSOM, BUDGET, CALIFORNIA, STRONG
Gov. Gavin Newsom gives his final State of the State at the Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday.
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California and its state-funded programs are heading into a period of volatile
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Facing a global backlash for Grok AI generating deepfake sexualized images of women and children, Elon Musk’s X platform has restricted access to Grok’s image editing capabilities to paying subscribers only.
BBC News reports that the UK government, which has
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OPERA, CENTER, KENNEDY, NATIONAL
The Washington National Opera, which has performed at the Kennedy Center since 1971, is leaving the performing arts venue.
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In what might be the most decisive critique yet
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