Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, AUGUST 17th 2026
Updated 06:12 ET
7 articles
KOREA, SOUTH, TRUMP, JOINT
President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back upcoming U.S.-South Korea military exercises on Sunday, arguing that the operations cost too much and send a hostile message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
At the same time, the president went
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USS, LINCOLN, COMMANDER, MENTAL
U.S. Navy sailors heave on a line during a fueling-at-sea on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 10, 2026.
Cooper's visit and statement follow
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36, HAYDEN, PANETTIERE, DEAD
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Hayden Panettiere, the actress who shot to fame as the indestructible cheerleader Claire Bennet on NBC’s “Heroes” before starring as country singer Juliette Barnes on “Nashville,” has died.
She was 36.
Panettiere’s
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FEVER, ANGEL, REESE, CAITLIN
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark went viral on social media on Sunday night after a video captured her laughing behind a frustrated Angel Reese after the Atlanta Dream star missed a game-winning layup in the final seconds before overtime.
The Atlanta Dream
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UKRAINE, LARGEST, AERIAL, ATTACKS
Air defenses downed 201 drones over the Moscow region, the city's mayor said.
A firefighting helicopter prepares to drop a load of water during a fire at Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries' logistics complex near the town of Podolsk, outside Moscow, on Aug.
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FAUCI, COVID, NEW, REFUSES
After Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate in late July and did what he does best: Dodge accountability.
The former top COVID doc unleashed a self-serving rant about Senate investigators and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) before pleading the Fifth over a hundred
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KUSHNER, HAMAS, MEETS, GAZA
Kushner meets with Hamas on the Gaza road map ahead of talks with Netanyahu
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CAIRO — U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic
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LALA, HAWAII, STORM, TROPICAL
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At least one person was killed in a storm-related car crash on Hawaii’s Big Island as Hurricane Lala struck late Saturday night.
Gov. Josh Green confirmed the death, along with 19 roofs ripped off buildings
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JEFFRIES, DSA, MEDICARE, KHANNA
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., rejected support for Medicare for All and the Democratic Socialists of America's (DSA) agenda Sunday, saying Democrats should prioritize affordability as they seek to recapture the House in November following
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STUPID, TRUMP, GOP, CASSIDY
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WASHINGTON — Outgoing GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy laced into President Trump’s executive order last week requiring measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccines to be administered to children separately.
Cassidy (R-La.),
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KENTUCKY, CONCERT, FOUR, WOUNDED
Four people were wounded and one killed after gunfire erupted at a concert in Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday night.
The Lexington Herald Leader reported that the incident occurred around 6:45 p.m. at Charles Young Park, about a mile and a half from where
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SOCIALISM, POLL, DEMS, POSITIVE
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WASHINGTON — Democrats now overwhelmingly have a more favorable view of socialism than capitalism, according to a shocking new poll.
Nearly 60% of party members support socialism compared to 18% who view it
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TRUMP, VANDALS, MALL, 4TH
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President Donald Trump is blaming vandals for large spots of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial, the same area where the president hosted crowds for a 4th of July celebration.
Trump
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PATROL, BORDER, SOUTHERN, HUMANOID
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Humanoid robots capable of autonomously navigating rugged terrain and detecting people could eventually join federal agents patrolling the southern border, with one US robotics company telling Fox News Digital
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TOMMY, JOHN, 83, ELBOW
Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dies at 83
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Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking
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IRAN, SOLDIERS, OFFERS, NEW
Iran has been taking a pounding from the United States and Israel for some months now. The regime is battered; the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps now appears to be either in charge or angling to be, having already seized control of what's left of Iran's
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NPR, PODCAST, OFFICIAL, RULES
NPR Senior Podcast Challenge: Official Rules
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These are the rules for the 2026 NPR Senior Podcast Challenge: If you're looking for the College Podcast Challenge, click here , if you're looking for the 5th-12th
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BODY, WIFE, LOUISIANA, ARRESTED
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A Louisiana man allegedly shot and killed his wife, propped her body up in the passenger seat and drove through several states before he was nabbed during a traffic stop.
Tyronne Brazille, 50, was arrested
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FED, HIRE, GANGBANGERS, HOMELESS
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Fed-up residents of an exclusive Venice Beach enclave have hired ex-gangbangers to do what the woke-addled, cash-strapped city can’t — battle back against a “war zone’’ of homelessness.
“I don’t know what we
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COPS, KNIFE, FATALLY, WIELDING
NYPD officers fatally shot a 54-year-old man Sunday afternoon after police said he advanced toward them with a large butcher knife inside a Lower East Side apartment building.
The shooting happened shortly after 4 p.m. at 126 Ludlow Street, where officers
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UNIVERSITY, SHOOTING, CLOSET, SUSPECT
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The 19-year-old suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting at Virginia State University was found cowering in a campus closet more than 14 hours after police said he shot and wounded five people.
Camron Harris, who
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BORDER, CONSTRUCTION, WALL, ARIZONA
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A federal judge in Arizona cleared the path for border wall construction in the state after a Native American tribe attempted to block its construction.
The Tohono O’odham Nation had argued that constructing
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STUDENTS, BERKELEY, MATH, BADLY
A Berkeley mathematics professor is sounding the alarm that many students are woefully unprepared when they arrive at college because the University of California system's progressive "test-blind" policies have proven disastrous.
"Three days a week, I stand
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STREET, COPS, BURNOUTS, TAKEOVERS
Fifteen people were arrested, and seven vehicles were impounded after police descended on an alleged street takeover that brought reckless driving, burnouts and donuts to a Long Island roadway early Saturday, authorities said.
The Suffolk County Police Department
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