Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12th 2026
Updated 08:12 ET
21 articles
TRUMP, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, ENERGY
President Donald Trump announced an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, saying both countries have agreed to halt attacks on each other's energy infrastructure after weeks of escalating tensions over strikes on oil refineries and power
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CODE, PROMO, WEEK, GAME
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COLUMBUS, TRUMP, DAY, PRESS
There’s no amore lost between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the local Italian-American community.
Mamdani is skipping the Christopher Columbus Day parade up Fifth Avenue on Monday, The Post has learned.
The snub isn’t a huge surprise as the mayor has often railed
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SAUDI, AIRPORT, HOUTHIS, TRUMP
Saudi Arabia said Monday it was dealing with more drones and missile strikes as a slew of countries warned against travel to the Kingdom due to fatal attacks on Riyadh airport by Iran-backed Houthi militants.
The Australian and New Zealand governments on Monday
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EL, SAYED, SENATE, CAMPAIGN
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, as the saying goes. Good parents usually produce good kids, and the opposite tends to also be true. While there are some genuinely awful human beings who’ve emerged from very fine parents – the old couple next to my
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KILLED, PENNSYLVANIA, MOM, GIVING
The crazed killer in a mass murder-suicide in Pennsylvania was a grandfather who slaughtered nine of his own loved ones, including his young grandchildren and a daughter days away from giving birth again, according to horrified relatives.
The 45-year-old suspect,
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TRUMP, WHIP, FUNDED, MAJORITY
ABC News anchor Jonathan Karl isn’t exactly known for his neutrality or for his affection for the GOP and President Donald Trump, who once accused him of having “a lot of hate in your heart.”
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On Sunday, he tried to downplay the threat of communism
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NETWORKS, JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT, TRUMP
Justice Department investigates TV networks, citing possible anti-trust violations
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The Justice Department has launched a formal anti-trust investigation into five major U.S. television networks for their actions during a court
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POPE, LEO, LUNG, SURGERY
Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to undergo surgery in coming days to remove an early-stage nodule on his lung, he announced Sunday.
“Recently, during some medical tests, doctors discovered a localized nodule in my lung,” the American pontiff, 71, announced during
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JAGUARS, LONDON, EAGLES, NFL
There’s nothing sweeter than an early-morning NFL game that goes down to the wire and leads you right into the afternoon kickoff.
The Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles blessed us with that on Sunday. The game, while mostly sloppy from the start,
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STORM, TROPICAL, RACHEL, LONG
All beaches and piers in Newport Beach, California, are closed, officials said.
Some California beaches forced to close after 'unusually high' ocean water levels from Tropical Storm Rachel
In an aerial view, people walk near coastal floodwaters amid strong
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NITHYA, RAMAN, LAPD, COPS
Nithya Raman has issued a word-salad denial on whether she will make controversial former District Attorney George Gascón head of the LAPD if she becomes mayor of Los Angeles.
The DSA-backed candidate appeared to panic during a TV appearance and said “I don’t
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TALARICO, MISSING, LINDNER, JAMES
The mystery of the “missing” James Talarico may have just been solved.
A breaking news report now threatens to derail the Texas Democrat’s senate campaign.
Independent journalist Nick Sortor, who earlier Sunday gave Talarico a deadline to explain his whereabouts,
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MINNESOTA, SHOOTING, HOMECOMING, SUSPECT
A Minnesota homecoming celebration shattered by gunfire has become the latest flashpoint over crime and bail after the accused shooter was released from jail just two days after his arrest.
Adam Abdihakeem Adam, 18, posted bond and was released Saturday evening,
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NIDAL, MAKE, HASAN, EXECUTION
The planned firing squad execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan could clear the road for more executions by gunfire across the United States, according to a leading death penalty expert, who says the method could gain traction if the military's
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ICE, MAMDANI, SHOOTING, SOCIALISTS
The Democratic Socialists of America are demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani fire police Commissioner Jessica Tisch following a controversial shooting by ICE agents in the Bronx last week.
In a scathing online statement, the DSA called on its most high-profile
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GAME, BROWNS, JETS, HIT
Cleveland Browns star wide receiver KC Concepcion found himself on the wrong end of a vicious hit that left fans stunned and him unconscious in the first half of Cleveland’s game against the Jets.
Browns QB Deshaun Watson threw to Concepcion, but Jets safety
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LSU, KENTUCKY, WIN, COLLEGE
You'd think it would be hard to top winning a game by pushing your chips to the center of the table and putting everything on a two-point conversion attempt in overtime to win, like the Kentucky Wildcats did last week against South Carolina.
Well, they found
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RODGERS, FATHER, DEFIES, PERFORMANCE
I thought Aaron Rodgers was cooked coming into the 2026 season, and his performances in the first two weeks did little to change my mind.
In my Week 2 takeaways column, I described him as "an old quarterback whose career probably should have ended three years
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AMBUSH, ORDERED, PHILLY, HELD
The suspect accused in the ambush killing of a Philadelphia police officer was arraigned Sunday morning on 76 charges and ordered held without bail, according to court records.
Eric Lewis, 35, faces charges including murder, homicide of a law enforcement
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ANGEL, REESE, WNBA, FINALS
The WNBA didn't get Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham in the Finals, but it may have gotten the next best thing in terms of viewership hopes.
Angel Reese’s Atlanta Dream face the Golden State Valkyries in a best-of-seven series beginning Oct. 17, matching
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ELIZABETH, BESSENT, WARREN, PEOPLES
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is a beast at his job. We see that as he meticulously works to take down the Iranian regime, using finance the kind we may not have seen since they took down Al Capone on taxes. It's slowly squeezing the life out of the regime.
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Bessent
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CRACKDOWN, VOTING, ILLEGAL, DOJ
The U.S. Justice Department is sending a message to noncitizens considering casting ballots in the midterms next month by revealing it has charged 64 foreign nationals across 17 states with the crime of unlawful voting.
That total, according to a report by
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GOD, HUNTERS, 26, FOOD
Twin brothers Chad and James Hampton, both pastors, point to Genesis 1:26 as they hunt and say they are “managing God’s creation.”
FOX News spoke with the brothers, who founded Huntin’ the Truth Ministries.
Chad said, “We know that God’s given us that food
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