Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th 2026
Updated 17:12 ET
29 articles
TRUMP, WHITE, HOUSE, PRESS
President Donald Trump brought a blunt warning to Arizona voters Wednesday, declaring Democrats would "destroy our country" as he blasted their State of the Union conduct and urged supporters to turn the state red from top to bottom.
With Election Day less
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GAME, DODGERS, CODE, PROMO
The National League Championship Series comes back into action tonight with a shift to Los Angeles. The Brewers have a commanding lead over the Dodgers in this one, winning both of the first two games, but if the home team continues to win, the Dodgers could
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HOCHUL, BLAKEMAN, DEBATE, MAMDANI
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the right call to stick by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, despite mounting pressure from Hizzoner’s socialist comrades.
“I support his decision to confirm that she should remain,” Hochul told
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OMAR, ILHAN, IMMIGRATION, RAID
Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, during a news conference ahead of the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24, 2026. Photo: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Adam Johnson is co-host of the Citations Needed podcast and author
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SCHOOL, GIRLS, HIGH, CALIFORNIA
Parents in Colorado have risen in protest after the high school volleyball team their daughters play for cut several girls from the roster while a trans player gets ample playing time.
The parents, four to be exact, claim that eight girls from the Dakota Ridge
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SAYED, EL, ABDUL, MUSLIM
Americans hoping to get some relief from rising costs of consumer goods got a bit of bad news Wednesday: inflation accelerated in September at a faster pace than economists were expecting. Gasoline prices, in particular, delivered an especially nasty blow to
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CALIFORNIA, DOJ, VOTER, SUSPECTED
Voters cast their ballots during early voting last week in San Francisco ahead of the midterm elections.
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EXECUTION, TRUMP, HASAN, NIDAL
This undated photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan.
This undated photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan.
This undated photo provided
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WOLF, GREAT, HUSBAND, LODGE
Disturbing details paint a graphic picture of how a loving father and his 3-year-old son were stabbed to death inside a popular family resort during the family's multi-week extended stay.
Investigators say Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, used "butcher knives"
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CORNELL, FACULTY, FRAT, RAPE
Cornell's Faculty Senate considers no-confidence vote for school's president Cornell says it's making big changes on campus following the allegations of a gang rape, but it remains under fire. The Faculty Senate is now discussing a no-confidence vote of the
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, TRUMP, ZELENSKYY
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine will resume attacks on Russian energy infrastructure after Moscow failed to uphold its end of an "energy ceasefire" deal proposed by President Donald Trump.
"The block [on attacking refineries] is out. We're done,"
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TALARICO, SENATE, TEXAS, RACE
Texas Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico appears to be further moderating his previous left-wing stances as he slammed former President Joe Biden for ‘failing us’ on border security in a new campaign advertisement released Monday.
Despite
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POPE, LEO, CANCER, LUNG
The wife of Pope Leo XIV's brother says her husband is also receiving treatment for cancer after the Vatican announced the Pope has the disease.
Deborah Prevost, the wife of the Pope's eldest brother, Louis Prevost, told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, on
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SUSPICIOUS, OFFICES, LETTERS, CONGRESSIONAL
Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide
FILE - An FBI seal is displayed on a podium before a news conference at the field office in Portland, Ore., Jan.
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FLAGS, SIX, COASTER, GOLIATH
ATLANTA –– The Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia was shut down for maintenance just hours before a teacher fell to his death from the ride, according to eyewitnesses.
Teacher Hassan Kariem, 42, was killed when he was flung from the high-speed
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CALIFORNIA, ICE, COURT, TRUMP
A federal appeals court has permanently nixed a California law that would have forced ICE agents to wear identification, saying that the state can’t regulate actions by the federal government.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday agreed with
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APPS, BETTING, SPORTSBOOKS, MARYLAND
Maryland sports betting has been live since Dec. 9, 2021, when the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission licensed its first online operators. Bettors in the state can now choose from over 10 legal sportsbook apps.
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DEBATE, GEORGIA, OSSOFF, EPSTEIN
Incumbent Sen. John Ossoff, D-Ga., who has repeatedly shot down the prospect of mounting a 2028 presidential bid, reiterated his position during a Tuesday night Georgia U.S. Senate debate.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution chief political reporter Greg Bluestein
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COURT, CONGRESS, DEMS, HARRIS
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., called out the Biden administration on Wednesday for a lack of action taken on the Supreme Court and said they were "completely chicken" on it.
The Lever's David Sirota asked Whitehouse about what "legitimate" resistance
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NIXON, OPPONENT, ANGIE, FLORIDA
Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon said Wednesday she wants her Republican opponent, U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., locked up and punished in jail.
"The fact remains that Ashley Moody is a lying, cheating, thieving, scamming person who basically
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CLANCY, LINDSAY, HOLDOUT, JUROR
The lone holdout juror at Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder trial said there were “tense” moments during deliberations — but he insisted he had no reasonable doubt of her guilt.
The lone holdout juror at Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder trial said there were “tense”
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TRUMP, ALASKA, PARDONS, DAN
President Trump blasted the “fake” Dan Sullivan campaign for the Senate in Alaska as a “hoax by the Democrats” and said his administration is looking into allegations that the longshot candidate coordinated with a liberal group to sabotage The Last Frontier’s
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DEBATE, BASS, RAMAN, NITHYA
Nithya Raman was back in the hot seat Tuesday night over her pledge to fire LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, refusing to say when she’d pull the trigger as a top ally of Mayor Karen Bass blasted her for misleading voters.
Pressed directly by The California Post for
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HINDU, SHOOTING, PLOT, TEMPLE
A transgender 19-year-old alleged neo-Nazi accused of plotting a racist mass shooting at a Hindu temple outside Chicago will get his hormone injections in jail while he awaits trial, a judge ruled.
A Cook County judge ordered Alexandros Paporakis held without
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