Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, APRIL 4th 2026
Updated 16:12 ET
27 articles
IRAN, JET, FIGHTER, TRUMP
President Donald Trump warned Iran to “make a deal before it’s too late” after a U.S. strike destroyed one of the country’s largest bridges west of Tehran that officials say was used to transport drone and missile components to Iranian firing units targeting
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BONDI, TRUMP, PAM, DOJ
Pam Bondi is out at DOJ. And, NASA's Artemis II has left Earth's orbit
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TRUMP, LEAVITT, KAROLINE, HOUSE
She’s got Seoul!
South Koreans have found an obsession other than K-Pop — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Koreans are learning English by studying Leavitt’s daily briefings, thanks to a wildly popular YouTube channel that slices up her appearances
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II, ARTEMIS, MOON, ASTRONAUTS
From toilet fixes to Earth views, the four astronauts detail the mission so far.
Artemis II crew talks to ABC News from space: Their journey so far and what's ahead
CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover
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BUDGET, TRUMP, DEFENSE, SPENDING
The Trump administration is preparing the fiscal 2027 budget request, and initial indications are that it's a humdinger - an added $1.5 trillion for the War Department, a boost of almost half a trillion dollars. Oh, and a lot of Biden-era horse squeeze is being
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ARMY, HEGSETH, CHIEF, STAFF
WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s “paranoia” about Army Secretary Dan Driscoll taking his job fueled the firing of the Army’s top general, current and former administration officials tell The Post — as a top contender emerges to replace Driscoll
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ALITO, JUSTICE, TREATED, HOSPITAL
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is rallying Democratic donors to oppose "additional justices" that might be nominated by President Donald Trump "before they happen." Harris is heralding the fundraising by Josh Orton, president of the dark-money group
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TRUMP, BALLROOM, EDUCATION, PROJECT
President Trump directed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday to pay “each and every employee” impacted by the “Democrat-led DHS shutdown.”
Trump instructed Mullin, in coordination with Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought,
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MACDILL, BIRTHRIGHT, BOMB, CHINESE
The parents of the suspects connected to the foiled explosive attack outside MacDill Air Force Base in Florida last month are illegal immigrants, the Department of Homeland Security announced, adding that the case underscores the dangers of birthright citizenship.
ICE
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JOBS, MARCH, ECONOMY, 000
The labor market springs back to life in March as employers add 178,000 jobs
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The U.S. labor market showed signs of life in March, as restaurants, factories and hospitals all added workers, despite economic
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HORMUZ, TRUMP, STRAIT, HELL
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday that the US could “easily” take the Strait of Hormuz and “make a fortune” if it assumed control over oil exports in the Persian Gulf.
Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the
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TRUMP, WAR, IRAN, MOULTON
Exactly 23 years ago, I was a Marine headed to the Persian Gulf aboard the same ships now taking thousands of Marines towards Iran today. Many of us had questions about President Bush’s intentions with Iraq, but asking them was not our job. Congress had voted
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NATO, TRUMP, TIMES, NEW
Conservative: Trump’s Justified NATO Gripes
Critics wrongly predicted President Trump would “announce his intention to withdraw the United States from the Atlantic Alliance” or at least “lash out at NATO” in his Wednesday night speech, smiles National Review’s
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ICE, ALIEN, MEMBER, PASTOR
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an illegal alien MS-13 gang member, wanted for murdering a pastor in his native El Salvador, in the sanctuary state of Connecticut.
On Friday, ICE agents announced the arrest of Danny Granados-Garcia,
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SOUTHERN, WILDFIRE, CALIFORNIA, WINDY
Winds had “dissipated a bit” since Friday, helping the efforts of fire crews.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Crews made progress Saturday battling a smoky wildfire in southern California that broke out a day earlier and prompted mandatory evacuations.
Encompassing
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WOODS, TIGER, TRUMP, ARREST
When Tiger Woods crashed his car last Friday, arguably his most prized possession was with him in the trunk: his golf clubs.
Woods' 2025 Range Rover turned onto its driver's side in the crash and nearly two hours later, the 15-time major champion was arrested
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, CALIFORNIA, TOP
“California Schemin.’”
Do those words refer to Gavin Newsom’s bid for the presidency — or to the rampant fraud in the state he leads?
Perhaps it’s both.
Nearly every time Team Trump highlights or prosecutes fraud in California, Newsom reacts by denying,
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TRUMP, COLLEGE, EXECUTIVE, ORDER
The leaders of college sports’ most powerful conferences quickly aligned behind President Donald Trump’s latest executive order.
Commissioners from the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 all released statements on social media Friday evening unanimously thanking
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ICE, SHUTDOWN, DHS, HELD
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that the DHS shutdown is on Republicans, and when it came to legislation to fund DHS, “We held it up” to try to make changes on ICE and CBP.
Schumer said,
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WIFE, ACCUSED, ICE, TEXAS
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently lodged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer pleading with Texas authorities not to release an illegal immigrant accused of fatally slitting his wife’s throat with a pocketknife in Dallas.
Francisco
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COYOTE, YEAR, TERRIFYING, MAULED
A "repeat offender" coyote has been captured and euthanized after being caught on camera biting and attempting to drag away a four-year-old boy standing in his grandparents' driveway in Southern California earlier this week.
Four-year-old Solomon suffered
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DILLER, SLAIN, JONATHAN, NYPD
The Issue: A Queens jury’s verdict acquitting NYPD cop Jonathan Diller’s shooter of first-degree murder.
The jury’s decision to acquit the career criminal who shot NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller of first-degree murder defies reason (“Cop killer verdict shocker,”
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ALIVE, INVESTIGATOR, FOUND, GIRL
An Arizona girl whose 1994 disappearance was long treated as a possible abduction has been found alive more than three decades later and investigators now say she left voluntarily.
The Gila County Sheriff’s Office confirmed this week that Christina "Tina"
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MAYOR, RED, OPENER, BOOED
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu were booed by fans at the Red Sox home opener Friday.
The two Democrat politicians took the field at Fenway Park before Friday's game against the San Diego Padres for a pregame ceremony.
And the
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