Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MARCH 21st 2026
Updated 01:12 ET
11 articles
NORRIS, CHUCK, 86, MARTIAL
Chuck Norris, as as Cordell 'Cord' Walker, for the television series "Walker, Texas Ranger."
Chuck Norris, as as Cordell 'Cord' Walker, for the television series "Walker, Texas Ranger."
Chuck Norris, as as Cordell 'Cord' Walker, for the television series
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TRUMP, NAVY, IRAN, ARMY
President Donald Trump delivered on his promise to protect the tradition of the annual Army-Navy football game, signing the "Preserving America’s Game" executive order during the Midshipmen’s visit to the White House on Friday.
Navy defeated Army in a thrilling
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NEWS, CBS, RADIO, LAYOFFS
CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era
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NEW YORK — CBS News said Friday it will shut down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation, ending an era and blaming challenging
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RED, AI, CODE, AUTHOR
The Chinese Communist Party published a national AI gameplan that specifies blurring the lines between the civil and military to achieve Beijing’s global technological supremacy, author Wynton Hall details in his upcoming book, Code Red: The Left, the Right,
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CHAVEZ, CESAR, MOVED, QUICKLY
For many Latinos, Cesar Chavez seemed like a saint. There have in fact been efforts to canonize him. I lived in Los Angeles for a summer when I was an undergraduate, and I frequently drove down Cesar E. Chavez Avenue. Just about every institution I’ve belonged
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WHITE, HOUSE, AI, UNVEILS
The White House has rolled out a new National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, and it reads like an admission that Washington thinks AI is moving too fast to leave ungoverned and too powerful to ignore.
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The March 20, 2026, framework
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POLL, HARRIS, NEWSOM, CALIFORNIA
Then-Vice President Kamala Harris joined Gov. Gavin Newsom at a rally against the gubernatorial recall election in 2021. Newsom easily defeated the recall attempt and now, along with Harris, is considering running for president in 2028. A new poll shows California
Continued at LA Times...
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DEATH, BARCELONA, STUDENT, ALABAMA
Spanish authorities have found that foul play was likely not a factor in University of Alabama student James Gracey’s shocking death in Barcelona.
“Everything points to it being an accidental death,” Mossos d’Esquadra police, who cover the area where Gracey’s
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AI, CHINA, 510M, CONTROLS
Federal prosecutors charged three men linked to Super Micro Computer Inc. in a sweeping scheme to smuggle billions of dollars in U.S. artificial intelligence technology to China using fake documents, shell companies and staged equipment, officials said.
The
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TRUMP, COIN, NEW, GOLD
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2026. Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed
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JUDGE, PRESS, PENTAGON, HANDS
The New York Times is touting a victory after a federal judge ruled against the Pentagon's press access policy implemented in 2025.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman of Washington, D.C., slapped down a policy requiring journalists to agree to specific conditions
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SITES, IRAN, SPRING, TOURIST
Iran threatened Friday to start targeting tourist sites worldwide — just as spring break kicked off across the United States.
Iranian military spokesman, Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, blasted out the chilling warning on state TV as he vowed that popular tourism
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BREONNA, OFFICERS, TAYLOR, CHARGES
Walker fired a single shot when the police knocked the door down, hitting one officer, John Mattingly, in the leg. Walker said the officers did not announce themselves as police, and he thought they were intruders. The three officers returned fire, shooting
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HOCHUL, NY, CLIMATE, YORKERS
ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul is crying for relief from Democrats’ own hallmark climate laws by now formally asking to delay crippling green policies about to take effect as voters start feeling the heat from soaring utility prices.
Hochul, who is up for re-election
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TERRORISTS, MAYOR, WIFE, MAMDANI
The wife of New York City’s Democrat socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani reportedly glorified terrorists on X and Tumblr several years ago when she was living in the Middle East, according to screenshots from the Washington Free Beacon.
The outlet said Wednesday
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OIL, ATTACKS, IRAN, ANALYSTS
Attacks on Middle East energy sites deepen threat to US economy, analysts say
Smoke rises following a strike on the Bapco Oil Refinery, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on Sitra Island Bahrain, March 9, 2026.
Smoke rises following a strike on the
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CRASH, TROOPER, NY, STATE
Breathtaking body cam footage has emerged of the moment a New York state trooper miraculously survived after a speeding SUV lost control and started a chain reaction crash that sandwiched him between a Mercedes he’d stopped on the side of the highway.
The
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EPSTEIN, JEFFREY, FLORIDA, PALM
It may be the worst kind of mistaken identity, being confused with Jeffrey Epstein.
A Florida man is speaking out after a viral video of him driving a convertible sparked widespread speculation that he resembled disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The
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IRANIAN, NUCLEAR, BASE, ARRESTED
The home port for Britain’s entire nuclear submarine force was visited by an Iranian male and a female companion, who were both arrested at the scene, on Thursday afternoon amid heightened spying fears over the conflict in the Middle East.
A 34-year-0ld Iranian
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MARINES, MIDDLE, LARGE, NAVY
The Pentagon is deploying another three-ship Marine Corps expeditionary unit — with about 2,500 Marines aboard — to the Middle East in the second such reassignment as President Trump attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
The San
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APPROVES, NEXSTAR, TELEVISION, FCC
FCC approves the merger of local television owners Nexstar and Tegna The FCC has approved the sale of Tegna television stations to rival Nexstar Media Group Thursday. The deal would create a company that owns 259 television stations in 44 states.
Media FCC
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MANHUNT, CROSSBOW, FATHER, ACCUSED
A West Virginia man was arrested after allegedly shooting his father in the face with a crossbow and leading police on a multicounty manhunt through snow-covered terrain, authorities said.
Chase Fleming was charged this week with malicious assault, with additional
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BORDER, TRUMP, 10TH, ADMINISTRATION
Texas Senate nominee and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico said that the Biden administration allowed "chaos" at the border after being convinced that border security was "racist."
While appearing on a live recording of "The Bulwark" podcast Wednesday,
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RUSSIAN, THOUSANDS, FBI, TARGETING
Russian hackers are targeting US officials and other “high intelligence value” individuals on the encrypted messaging app Signal and “thousands” of accounts have already been compromised, FBI Director Kash Patel warned Friday.
“The [FBI] has identified cyber
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