Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, APRIL 10th 2026
Updated 14:12 ET
39 articles
TRUMP, MELANIA, EPSTEIN, JEFFREY
Melania Trump declares ‘I am not Epstein’s victim’ Melania Trump forcefully denied she had any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, saying in a White House speech, she is speaking out to defend herself against people who are smearing her "good name."
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IRAN, TRUMP, HORMUZ, STRAIT
Just hours before the ceasefire deal went into effect on Tuesday between the U.S. and Iran’s clerical regime to pause fighting for two weeks, the regime urged young children and adults to surround Iranian energy facilities as human shields in reaction to
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ARTEMIS, II, EARTH, MISSION
Artemis II astronauts are set to return to Earth today. Here's what to expect
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Flying by the moon, witnessing an eclipse, and traveling farther from Earth than any humans have before: The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission have
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LYNETTE, HOOKER, HUSBAND, MISSING
The husband of missing American boater Lynette Hooker told a pal that the wind blew him away from his missing wife after news of her apparent overboard in the Bahamas started to spread, Facebook messages reveal.
“The wind blew me away from her and she swam
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IRAN, TALKS, VANCE, WAR
Members of the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a memorial to mark the 40th day since his father, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, was killed in US-Israeli joint strikes, on April 9, 2026,
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CALIFORNIA, FRAUD, AG, BONTA
During part of an interview with CNN aired on Thursday’s broadcast of “The Story Is,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said that he doesn’t think the large hospice fraud issue continuing years after the problem became known is “a failure. I think it’s
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PRICES, INFLATION, OIL, MARCH
Prices surged in March after oil shock set off by Iran war Inflation surged in March after an oil shock triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, government data showed on Friday. The inflation report matched economists' expectations.
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MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, NYC, PROMISES
There's one surefire thing you can say about socialism: It fails, every time it's tried. In fact, given the choice between living in a socialist system or having an abscessed molar, smart folks will go with the tooth problem every time; after all, that abscessed
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DRAFT, MILITARY, TRUMP, REGISTRATION
The sticker 'U.S. Army' seen on a soldier uniform from the 1st Infantry Division, during a military training at Nowa Deba training ground, in Nowa Deba, Poland, on April 12 2023.
The Selective Service System plans to automatically register eligible American
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COOLER, COP, NYPD, NYC
The ex-NYPD sergeant starting a jail term Thursday for fatally chucking a cooler at a fleeing drug suspect grew up in a violent Bronx neighborhood to become a “model” cop before his sudden downfall.
Former Sgt. Erik Duran “always protected the vulnerable”
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IRAN, TRUMP, WAR, MARLOW
Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed Iran.
Marlow said, “Some people’s hatred of Donald Trump is just so profound, you could actually see blood lust where people wanted to see the Iranian civilization
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GILGO, BEACH, KILLER, SERIAL
Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann is getting fan mail from other notorious psychos while he cools his heels in the Suffolk County lockup — including one high-profile maniac, The Post has learned.
Heuermann, 62, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to strangling
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FEDEX, DRIVER, ATHENA, STRAND
Killer FedEx driver Tanner Horner blamed the murder of 7-year-old Athena Strand on his alter ego “Zero,” and claimed that he thought his crimes were a “nightmare,” a jury in Texas heard.
Horner claimed that his other personality “took over” when he strangled
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IMMIGRATION, APPEAL, KHALIL, BOARD
An immigration appeals board has issued a final order of removal for anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil, advancing the Trump administration’s effort to deport the Columbia University graduate, according to his legal team.
The Justice Department’s Board
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NATO, TRUMP, SAFER, WORLD
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Wednesday that the world is "safer" under President Donald Trump, pointing to recent U.S. military actions targeting Iran's capabilities.
"Absolutely, because this is thanks to President Trump’s leadership," Rutte said
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OPPOSITION, XI, TAIWAN, LEADER
TOPSHOT - A television shows the meeting between Kuomintang (KMT) chairwoman Cheng Li-wun and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, at a restaurant in Taipei on April 10, 2026.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Kuomintang party chair Cheng Li-wun in
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CLASSIFIED, EMPLOYEE, FBI, ARMY
On Wednesday, we brought you the story of an employee of a former Army special operations employee who was arrested for passing on classified information. That person, one Courtney Williams, has been charged with communicating and transmitting classified national
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LAPD, TAKEOVER, PLOT, LEFT
The LA City Council’s Democratic Socialist of America members have a vicious history of attacking cops, and have now launched a brazen attempt to seize control of the LAPD from Mayor Karen Bass and the Police Commission.
The tight knit bloc, made up of councilmembers
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ZARUTSKA, CASE, IRYNA, TRUMP
A hard-nosed Trump administration prosecutor is pledging the homeless maniac accused of brutally killing Iryna Zarutska will face justice despite a finding that he is “incapable to proceed” on state murder charges.
US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
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68, HOP, AFRIKA, BAMBAATAA
Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at age 68
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Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on Thursday, according to his lawyer. He was 68.
Bambaataa's
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DIDDY, APPEALS, SEAN, SENTENCE
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are expected to tell an appeals court on Thursday the judge who oversaw the hip-hop mogul’s sex crimes trial should not have considered evidence that he abused and threatened former girlfriends in sentencing him to more than four
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TRUMP, IVANKA, FATHER, SHOT
Ivanka Trump recalled the moment her father was shot in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the profound impact it had on her in a candid conversation on "The Diary of a CEO" podcast that was released Wednesday.
Podcast host Steven Bartlett asked Ivanka where she
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TRUMP, JUDGE, TEMPORARY, BLOCKS
A Biden-appointed federal judge blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary amnesty for thousands of Ethiopian nationals in the U.S. since 2022.
In a ruling on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy described the Trump administration’s “termination”
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SIXTH, PLEAD, GUILTY, FRAUD
A sixth family member in Minnesota’s Somali community is expected to plead guilty in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scandal that rocked the nation.
According to reports, Gandi Mohamed is the sixth member of the Mohamed family to go down in the Feeding
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