Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, APRIL 13th 2026
Updated 14:12 ET
51 articles
TRUMP, POPE, LEO, IRAN
President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom construction will be able to continue for at least a little while longer, after an federal appeals court instructed a District Court judge to reconsider the situation.
A a three-judge panel for the
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SWALWELL, ERIC, ALLEGATIONS, GOVERNOR
Fighting assault allegations, Rep. Swalwell suspends his bid for California governor
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U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell is suspending his campaign for governor of California, as he faces allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.
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TRUMP, IRAN, BLOCKADE, STRAIT
As we reported earlier, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would be taking control of the Strait of Hormuz, blocking ships as they cleared the area for mines, and then saying it would be open to all. Basically, they would be cutting off Iran's ability
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ORB, DEFEAT, VIKTOR, HUNGARY
It ends 16 years in power for a figure in far-right movement allied with Trump.
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press and SAM MCNEIL Associated Press
A woman takes ballots at a polling station during the Hungarian parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday,
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FIL, CHICK, SHOOTING, MASKED
One person has died in Saturday’s mass shooting at a Chick-fil-A in Union Township, NJ, according to authorities.
Officials said six other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the attack — which has the grim distinction of being the 100th mass
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MASTERS, RORY, MCILROY, WINS
Rory McIlroy underlined why he is one of the game's greats by holding off the world's best to become only the fourth man to win successive Masters titles.
McIlroy's belief that finally landing the Green Jacket last year would pave the way for more major victories
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HUSBAND, LYNETTE, HOOKER, MISSING
The boater arrested in connection with his wife’s disappearance in the Bahamas sent maps to family friends and fellow boaters detailing the route the couple took during their ill-fated voyage — and made a note of where she purportedly fell overboard.
Brian
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ARTEMIS, II, MISSION, FLIGHT
Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover on Saturday used a public appearance to praise God and talk about how he felt a deep sense of gratitude following the crew's monumental return from space.
Glover and his fellow astronauts spoke in Houston, Texas, about
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EXCLUSIVE, KIRK, CAMERON, AMERICA
Sunday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Focus on the Family Vice President and author Tim Goeglein talked about politics.
Goeglein said a student asked him, “‘Why does the political class not talk about what really matters?’ And I don’t mind saying that really rang
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MAMDANI, 100, MAYOR, DAYS
A leading national civil rights group combating antisemitism flunked Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s actions — or lack thereof — in fighting Jew hatred during his first 100 days in office.
The Anti-Defamation League said talk is cheap and Mamdani’s decisions during
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SAM, HOME, ALTMAN, OPENAI
The FBI raided the Texas home of a 20-year-old suspect who is accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house in San Francisco last week, Fox News has learned.
Fox News was exclusively on the ground as agents gathered evidence while
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COP, CANDIDATE, GUBERNATORIAL, PARDON
Bruce Blakeman, New York's Republican candidate for governor, has vowed to pardon a former NYPD sergeant convicted of manslaughter in the death of a fleeing suspect, who he knocked off a scooter with a cooler.
He made the announcement at a news briefing
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PRESIDENT, CUBA, LL, DIE
WASHINGTON — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel revealed that his island nation is bracing for an attack from the US and declared that he is willing to die resisting President Trump.
Since last December, the US has imposed a blockade around Venezuela as part
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STEPBROTHER, ABUSE, DEATH, SHIP
The stepbrother of a Florida teenager who died aboard a Carnival cruise ship will be charged as an adult, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida announced.
The 16-year-old stepbrother, identified as T.H. in court documents, is accused of
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NEW, YORK, CATHOLIC, NUNS
Catholic nuns who operate a free hospice for low-income cancer patients are suing New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state health officials over a law they say could subject them to fines, licensing consequences, and potential criminal penalties if they do not
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LEVERAGE, IRAN, OFFICIAL, CLINTON
Peace negotiations with Iran fell apart after Tehran severely misjudged what kind of leverage the regime believed it held, a U.S. official told Fox News Digital on Sunday.
While Vice President JD Vance left Islamabad, Pakistan, without a deal between the
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EASTERN, ALLEGED, BOATS, KILL
The US military said Sunday that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor, as the Trump administration pursues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America
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FOLDS, STRIKE, LAUSD, UNIONS
The only good news about the weekend deal between Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and the United Teachers LA (UTLA) union is that kids likely won’t have to miss school, and parents can go to work.
That’s all there is to like about a deal in which
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PARKING, BODIES, GARAGE, DAYS
Authorities say the bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia have been found
PHILADELPHIA -- The bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under
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12, ARRESTED, YEAR, SHOOTING
A teen boy, 14, was arrested for murder Sunday in connection with the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy that took place inside a southeast Atlanta home.
The Atlanta Police Department (APD) said homicide detectives obtained an arrest warrant Sunday for the
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PRE, MIKE, VRABEL, TEAM
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel was never scheduled to be at the team’s pre-draft press conference on Monday, a team spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital on Sunday.
Vrabel’s absence coincided with the scrutiny he’s received after he appeared
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SUSPECT, MINNESOTA, FRAUD, FORFEITS
The main suspect in a Medicaid fraud scheme that took nearly $11 million from Minnesota taxpayers has vanished, and officials are looking for him.
Fifty-year-old Abdirashid Ismail Said was due to appear in Hennepin County court on Wednesday but did not show
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TRUDEAU, JUSTIN, KATY, PERRY
Katy Perry and boyfriend Justin Trudeau are quite literally heating things up in the desert.
In a series of photos posted on the pop star's Instagram, Perry and Trudeau – who attended the Coachella music festival over the weekend – put their budding romance
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DIAPERS, NEGLECT, DRYWALL, ROOM
A starving Indiana toddler desperately ate diapers and drywall before dying of horrific neglect — as his parents waited more than 14 hours to call 911, police said.
The emaciated, sore-riddled 2-year-old boy, Erik Reichard, was found dead by Tell City cops
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