Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MAY 16th 2026
Updated 00:12 ET
48 articles
TRUMP, XI, CHINA, IRAN
Why Were These C.E.O.s in Beijing With Trump?
Some of America’s most powerful C.E.O.s accompanied President Trump to Beijing during his summit with President Xi Jinping of China. Our reporter Ana Swanson explains what they were hoping to gain from the trip.
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SUPREME, COURT, VIRGINIA, DEMOCRATS
As RedState reported, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, manufacturers of the abortion pill Mifepristone and its generic equivalent, petitioned the United States Supreme Court to block a ruling in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that restricted distribution
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CUBA, CIA, CASTRO, DIRECTOR
Cubans on electric tricycles decorated with Cuban flags ride past the US embassy during the anti-imperialist youth march in Havana on April 2, 2026.
The U.S. has reiterated its offer of assistance to Cuba in exchange for "fundamental changes" to its communist
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WEINSTEIN, HARVEY, MISTRIAL, TRIAL
Public school teachers in New York City are seeing a big difference in students since cellphones were banned from their classrooms, the New York Post reported Thursday.
The ban affects nearly one million children in New York’s K-12 and charter schools, and
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CRUISE, HANTAVIRUS, DEADLY, OUTBREAK
A Manhattan resident who was on the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak traveled freely after leaving the ship, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not warn public health authorities in New York of her potential exposure
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IRAQI, TERROR, IRAN, ATTACKS
An Iraqi national with suspected ties to Hezbollah has been arrested on charges of carrying out a slew of terror attacks in Europe — and plotting the bombing of a New York synagogue.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi orchestrated the attacks — including
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COHEN, STEVE, REDISTRICTING, TENNESSEE
Cohen's majority-minority district is being split in three.
Rep. Steve Cohen pauses while speaking during a news conference in his office on Capitol Hill, May 15, 2026 in Washington.
Rep. Steve Cohen pauses while speaking during a news conference in his office
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PETERS, TINA, GOVERNOR, TRUMP
Democrat Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters — the former election clerk convicted in connection with a 2021 voting equipment breach case that became a flashpoint in the election integrity fight
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PRATT, DEAL, BECERRA, SPENCER
Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” California Post Opinion Editor Joel Pollak talked about L.A.
Pollak said, “Mayor Bass is out way ahead, relative to the other two. 30% doesn’t sound like a lot, but if you think about it, the number of undecided voters
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WOMAN, DAD, RODEO, SHIRT
A California dad has “been called every name in the book” in an online debate after he reached over and intercepted a T-shirt headed right for a woman after it was thrown into the crowd at a rodeo.
He then handed the shirt to his daughter.
Real estate broker
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JOSH, FORMER, MAURO, DEATH
Former NFL player Josh Mauro died from a drug overdose, the California Post reported, citing the Maricopa County Medical Examiner.
The Post said that Mauro died from "acute combined fentanyl, cocaine, and ethanol intoxication."
Mauro's death was ruled accidental,
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POWELL, FED, CHAIR, JEROME
How Jerome Powell Managed a Chaotic Era
Our reporter Colby Smith, who covers the Federal Reserve and the economy, looks back at Jerome Powell’s tenure as chair of the Fed.
By Colby Smith, Nour Idriss, Stephanie Swart and Rafaela Balster
May 13, 2026
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TRUMP, BORDER, SOUTHWEST, CROSSINGS
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) discussed fentanyl and the crackdown at the border by the Trump administration and said that “a tighter border will, by definition, help address fentanyl flow.”
Host
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, BUDGET, TICKING
Gavin Newsom claims to have balanced the budget for the first time in five years, but the revised proposal he presented this week gives little hope to an improved outlook for the finances of the Golden State.
Rather than addressing the state’s deep structural
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BECERRA, SCANDAL, XAVIER, RIVALS
Former Biden cabinet secretary and California gubernatorial frontrunner Xavier Becerra is facing scrutiny on two separate fronts — an anonymous complaint accusing him of violating California campaign finance laws and a fresh $500,000 boost from a major oil
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NEW, TRUMP, KILL, COUNTERTERRORISM
the Trump administration last week unveiled its “2026 Counterterrorism Strategy,” a 16-page collection of threats, grievances, hyperbole, and lies. The memo is a truly foundational document and a striking distillation of Trumpism as an ideology, movement, and
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SCHOOL, KIDS, TROUNCE, PRIVATE
The kings of the elementary school chess world now wear backpacks from Brooklyn.
A team of six public school students from PS 130, The Parkside School in Windsor Terrace, pulled off a brainy upset for the ages this month — taking home first place at the 2026
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BOYFRIEND, ALLEGEDLY, KILLED, GRAD
An Alabama man is facing charges two months after allegedly shooting his son's 22-year-old girlfriend, who was a recent Auburn University graduate and had just landed her dream job as an interior designer.
Whitney Harlow Robeson, a 22-year-old Virginia native,
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ISRAEL, MEDIA, ANTI, CORRUPTING
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was blasted for “corrupting history” about the creation of Israel in a vile social media post paying tribute to Palestinians – sent out just before Jewish New Yorkers observed Shabbat.
Mamdani, a staunch critic of Israel, honored “Nakba
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CANAVERAL, CAPE, BENEATH, ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Florida students are uncovering remnants of the past in a place many associate with the future: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
University of Central Florida students and faculty are currently excavating the DeSoto site at Cape Canaveral, along the coast
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ICE, MULLIN, DHS, ALIEN
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in northern Virginia for a Friday morning operation that led to the arrest of a previously deported criminal illegal alien.
Mullin, who traded his role
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PRATT, SPENCER, REPORTS, SHOW
Reality television star Spencer Pratt responded to reports that he has been living at a luxury hotel seemingly in contradiction of his claim to have been living in an airstream trailer on the empty lot whereupon his home stood prior to the Palisades Fire.
Earlier
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DIRECTOR, FBI, PATEL, KASH
More than 25 Tren de Aragua gang members have been arrested and many other criminals have been brought to justice, FBI Director Kash Patel said during a weekly agency update.
Speaking at the FBI’s Wall of Honor during National Police Week, Patel highlighted
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TEACHER, SCHOOL, CHRISTIAN, SEDUCTION
A former private school teacher in Indiana pleaded guilty Thursday to child seduction, after authorities said she carried on a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student, according to court records.
Fox News Digital reviewed court records showing Torrie
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