Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, MAY 12th 2026
Updated 06:12 ET
20 articles
COURT, SUPREME, RULING, ALABAMA
Abortion pill by mail allowed for at least 3 more days, the Supreme Court says
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The Supreme Court on Monday gave itself more time to consider a national ban on telemedicine access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
Justice
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GAS, TRUMP, TAX, PRICES
President Donald Trump told CBS News Monday that he has a plan to help Americans who are facing surging gas prices due to the conflict in Iran and the Islamic Republic’s refusal to negotiate in good faith over their nuclear weapons ambitions.
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TRUMP, IRAN, CHINA, XI
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Elon Musk as he arrives to attend a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.
President Donald Trump has invited executives from some of
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TRUMP, XI, WHITE, HOUSE
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping is as known a quantity as is possible for a totalitarian dictator to be known.
Xi is the absolute ruler of the second most powerful nation state in the world. As the dictator-for-life of the nearest
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HANTAVIRUS, CRUISE, SHIP, PASSENGERS
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and Spanish health officials on Monday updated their tally of hantavirus cases linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius to seven confirmed cases and two reported infections under investigation.
This count did not include
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ENERGY, BURGUM, DOUG, MCCORMICK
Breitbart News hosted a policy discussion on Monday titled “Harnessing American Power” with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), where McCormick said America’s competition with China requires coordinated work across government, energy,
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KAREN, BASS, PRATT, MAGIC
Social media users appear to have found a flaw in Magic Johnson’s recent endorsement of Karen Bass.
Over the weekend, shortly after the Lakers legend released a video imploring Angelenos to vote for Bass for a second term as mayor of LA, several sharp-eyed
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WEMBANYAMA, DRAYMOND, GREEN, ELBOW
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson tried his hand at comedy on Sunday night when he appeared at Netflix’s "The Roast of Kevin Hart."
The WWE legend made a grand entrance before he got onto the stage. He immediately took aim at polarizing Golden State Warriors star
Continued at Fox News...
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FRONTIER, DENVER, JET, AIRLINES
The TSA says it is aware of the incident.
A Frontier Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport on April 15, 2025 in San Francisco, California.
A Frontier Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport on April 15, 2025 in San
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LAKERS, CITY, OKLAHOMA, PLAY
"It's about the process - if I can commit to still being in love with the process of showing up to the arena five and a half hours before a game to start preparing.
"When the time comes, you guys will know what I decide to do."
James is the leading points
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ALLEN, COLE, PLEADS, GUILTY
The accused would-be presidential assassin and White House Correspondents' Dinner attacker, Cole Tomas Allen, has pleaded not guilty to, among other things, charges of attempting to kill President Trump.
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A man accused of storming the White House
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KELLY, MARK, HEGSETH, BLABBING
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Sunday suggested Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., may have violated his oath with comments he made to a news outlet following a classified briefing.
Kelly told Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation that it is “shocking how deep we have
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MASSACHUSETTS, SHOT, CARS, GUNMAN
A gun-wielding career criminal opened fire at random cars driving down a Massachusetts roadway on Monday before he was shot by responding officers, according to authorities and reports.
The gunman was seen in witness video firing shots indiscriminately from
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PAINT, REFLECTING, MEMORIAL, POOL
Tourists look out toward the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool which is being painted blue in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2026.
Tourists look out toward the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool which is being painted blue in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2026.
Tourists
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GUARD, HOOKER, COAST, BAHAMAS
The U.S. Coast Guard has reportedly seized Brian Hooker's sailboat as the federal agency continues its investigation into the disappearance of his wife, who he claims fell off a dinghy in the Bahamas.
Brian Hooker told Bahamian officials that his wife fell
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MISSOURI, SHOT, HARDY, CONCERT
University of Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy underwent surgery Sunday after being shot early that morning at a concert in Mississippi.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that details on the shooting are scant but that Hardy was in stable condition following
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PETE, DAVIDSON, ROAST, KIRK
Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson went after slain conservative icon Charlie Kirk while roasting fellow comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, saying, “Tony reminds me of Charlie Kirk, in that he’s definitely been on camera letting a guy unload in his throat.”
“Tony
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MAYOR, ADMITS, EILEEN, ARCADIA
The mayor of Arcadia admitted to acting as an illegal foreign agent of China in a federal plea deal unsealed on Monday.
Eileen Wang agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website on
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STEPHEN, NIGHT, SHOW, LATE
Stephen Colbert and late night hosts strike again as his show nears finale
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Stephen Colbert invited his "best television friends," fellow late night hosts John Oliver, Seth Meyers and the two Jimmies— Kimmel
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22, TEEN, POLICE, PARK
Florida authorities arrested nearly two dozen individuals after yet another viral teen takeover turned chaotic over the weekend.
The incident unfolded in the area of Curtis Hixon Park in Tampa on Friday night, where the rowdy group caused “significant disruptions,
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YEAR, KILLED, NYC, 24
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head in The Bronx on Monday afternoon — a day after an 18-year-old was killed in Brooklyn, authorities said.
The boy was wounded behind the NYCHA’s Boston Secor Houses in the Eastchester neighborhood around 2:50 p.m., according
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CRUISE, 88, MOBILITY, DEATH
An elderly Carnival cruise passenger died in a tragic accident when she “lost control” of her mobility scooter and plunged over the edge of a pier in the Bahamas on Saturday, authorities said.
The 88-year-old woman plunged into the water just before noon while
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MICHIGAN, DEMOCRATS, SUICIDE, ASSISTED
Democrats in the Michigan House have proposed a package of bills that aim to legalize medically assisted suicide for certain terminally ill adults.
The package, which would create a Death with Dignity Act, would allow certain terminally ill adults with six
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IRAN, ESCAPE, EXPERT, EYEING
The apparent collapse of high-stakes U.S.-Iran negotiations has intensified fears that senior figures inside Tehran’s leadership could flee to Russia, seeking refuge to "continue their insurgency and undermine any new regime," an analyst warns.
The breakdown
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