Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MAY 16th 2026
Updated 23:12 ET
67 articles
TRUMP, CHINA, XI, IRAN
Spare a moment, please, for the lame-duck superpower. It calls itself the leader of the free world, but the free world no longer believes it. When it extends its hand, nobody rushes to accept. When it threatens, nobody trembles.
After President Trump arrived
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SUPREME, COURT, VIRGINIA, DEMOCRATS
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Friday that prosecutors could seek the death penalty against Alex Murdaugh if he is found guilty again at a new trial after the state Supreme Court overturned his murder convictions.
"In light of the Supreme
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NEW, MISTRIAL, WEINSTEIN, HARVEY
Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Friday, May 15, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)
Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Friday, May 15, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post
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TRUMP, CASSIDY, LOUISIANA, BILL
The Democrats’ strongest ally in the U.S. Senate GOP conference when it comes to their decade-long quest to impeach President Donald Trump faces possible elimination from his seat at the hands of primary voters in Louisiana on Saturday night.
Sen. Bill Cassidy
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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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TRUMP, BORDER, MARLOW, CALLS
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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STRIKE, LIRR, ISLAND, LONG
Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24
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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that a Russian missile attack on a Kyiv apartment building the previous day killed 24
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TINA, PETERS, GOVERNOR, COLORADO
A former Colorado county clerk sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for attempting to reverse the results of the 2020 election had her sentence commuted Friday by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis.
Tina Peters, who served as Mesa County Clerk during the presidential
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PRATT, SPENCER, HANDLER, TRUMP
Spencer Pratt invaded his mayoral rival Nithya Raman’s own backyard for an election event that drew hundreds of locals concerned about Los Angeles’ future.
The former reality TV star turned serious political contender held a meet-and-greet at a supporter’s
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KASH, DIRECTOR, FBI, PATEL
WASHINGTON — The FBI hit back Thursday at an Associated Press report that Director Kash Patel participated in a “VIP snorkel” excursion at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii last year, noting that the trip was part of a “historical tour to honor heroes who died on the
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IRAQI, TERROR, IRAN, ATTACKS
File this under "not the best news ever": An Iraqi militia commander, part of an Iranian-backed terrorist group called the Kataib Hezbollah, is on his way to the United States, having been arrested in Turkey. This goblin will be facing charges of plotting to
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HARRIS, KAMALA, BAD, IDEAS
For all the mockery of Kamala Harris’ call for a “No Bad Idea Brainstorm,” the ex-veep did the public a service in flagging how determined the Democratic elite remains to “blame the umpire” for their losing streak.
Their party keeps pushing terrible ideas
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ISRAEL, ANTI, JEWS, ISLAMIST
A global network of anti-Israel activist groups is mobilizing coordinated "Nakba 78" protests across the United States and around the world today, with organizers using the anniversary of Israel’s founding to challenge the Jewish state’s right to exist.
A
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PREAKNESS, STAKES, LINE, 2026
For a second straight year, the Kentucky Derby champion, Golden Tempo, has opted out of the 2026 Preakness Stakes, so there won’t be a Triple Crown winner.
Rather than run in the Preakness, Golden Tempo’s connections are pointing their thoroughbred toward
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COHEN, STEVE, REDISTRICTING, TENNESSEE
Rep. Steve Cohen ending campaign in Tennessee after redraw of his Memphis district
Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., of Memphis, testifies before a Senate Judiciary committee during a special session of the state legislature to redraw U.S. Congressional voting maps
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DRIVER, CRASH, DRUNK, SUSPECTED
The driver who killed two people and badly injured three others when he barrelled onto an Upper Manhattan sidewalk will be criminally charged, police said Saturday.
Elvin Suarez of Morningside Heights was hit with two counts of manslaughter, three counts of
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SETTLEMENT, DETRANSITION, HOSPITAL, CLINIC
Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) in Houston agreed to stop administering puberty blockers to children, pay $10 million in penalties and open a "detransition clinic" after a sweeping probe from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the state of Texas.
The
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SCHOOL, HIGH, KIDS, FOES
WASHINGTON — Classes were put on ice.
An Arizona school district is under fire for allowing hundreds of students to cut class to attend an anti-ICE protest — allegedly without notifying parents or asking for their permission to take their kids off school grounds
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FRAUD, TIPS, STATE, AUDITOR
Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley has revealed that tips regarding fraud in his state have been surging as officials work to safeguard taxpayer money.
Foley told Fox News, “It’s just extraordinary the explosion of phone calls and allegations and emails and
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HANTAVIRUS, CRUISE, DEADLY, INFECTION
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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NEWSOM, GAVIN, BUDGET, TICKING
There was one big idea missing from Gavin Newsom’s revised budget: income tax cuts.
California politicians assume that the government should spend as much as the economy will bear. Newsom’s budget grew almost 10% from last year, twice the rate of economic
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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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NIGERIAN, TRUMP, ISIS, FORCES
Overnight Friday, U.S. and Nigerian forces raided the headquarters of the Islamic State's second-in-command, killing him and several of his key subordinate leaders. U.S. AFRICOM made the announcement:
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At the direction of the President of the
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HEAD, GOLDEN, KNIGHTS, VEGAS
The Vegas Golden Knights are on to the Western Conference Final, where they will face the Colorado Avalanche, but some news that broke on Friday is going to put quite the damper on the celebrations.
The NHL is taking away a draft pick at the upcoming draft,
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