Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9th 2026
Updated 23:12 ET
25 articles
EL, SAYED, SENATE, ABDUL
El-Sayed says he hopes the former president will campaign with him.
Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed Speaks at a General Election Kickoff Rally for Michigan Demcrats at Renaissance High School Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul
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CUNNINGHAM, SOPHIE, FOUL, CARRINGTON
Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White sure hasn't been covering herself in glory lately.
First, she failed to defend Sophie Cunningham, one of her star players both on and off the court, after Cunningham came under fire from the Left for saying she felt called
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TRUMP, BLANCHE, TODD, ATTORNEY
Senate votes to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general
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The Senate voted to confirm Todd Blanche as U.S. attorney general, elevating the Justice Department's No. 2 leader and President Trump's former personal lawyer to
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BOAT, HARBOR, NEW, YORK
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The 14 passengers aboard the overcrowded motorboat that capsized in New York Harbor were celebrating a birthday before it flipped off Liberty Island late Saturday, killing a mom and her infant daughter.
The
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IRAN, HORMUZ, TRUMP, STRAIT
Oman has said positive talks have been taking place with Iran over an agreement to secure a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran warned that any deal would not see an immediate reopening of the vital waterway.
Both sides suggested on Saturday
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BIDEN, CANCER, HUNTER, JOE
Former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer has spread further since his diagnosis last year, his son Hunter Biden revealed in a BBC interview that aired Friday.
"The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further," Hunter Biden told BBC Newsnight,
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NETANYAHU, REJECTS, PLAN, GAZA
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev marked the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s historic peace breakthrough between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Saturday, crediting Trump with ending three decades of conflict while declaring U.S.-Azerbaijani relations
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TRUMP, BALLROOM, WHITE, IRAN
Esper said the U.S. should reject Iran's terms "out of hand."
In this March 18, 2020, file photo, Defense Secretary Mark Esper, right, speaks as President Donald Trump listens during press briefing with the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington,
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WNBA, DRAFT, NBA, PLAYER
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Friday that the league will continue discussing transgender athlete participation in women’s basketball at a task force meeting next week, declining to take a position as two former NBA players declared for the WNBA draft
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POLICE, FATHER, SON, GANG
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Critics blasted Democrats for “embarrassing” a majority-black Westchester County city after a police bigwig was arrested for joining her gangbanger son on a drive-by shooting in the Bronx.
Locals said Mayor
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HAWAII, GOP, CRUISES, DEM
Progressive Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, cruised to victory in her primary on Saturday, setting up a showdown with Republican state Sen. Brenton Awa in November.
Tokuda is seeking a third term representing Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District, which includes
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STUDENT, SCHOOL, ARRESTED, MIDDLE
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An athletic trainer has been arrested after allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
Christina G. Payton, 27, turned herself in to police Wednesday almost two months after cops received
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TRUMP, GOLF, CLUB, BEDMINSTER
On Sunday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) took emergency action and scrambled F-16 fighter jets to intercept two general aviation aircraft over Bedminster, New Jersey, after those aircraft entered restricted airspace. This is the location
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SCHOOL, DAD, SHAKES, STUNNING
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California parents are shelling out nearly $175 for a basic bundle of back-to-school supplies this year as the cost of classroom essentials piles on to already strained household budgets.
The average basket
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FRANCESCA, HONG, CAMPAIGN, ROLE
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“Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Rep. Francesca Hong‘s previously statements calling to defund the police — saying “Woke 1 was crazy” as she refrained from an
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SAYED, DEMOCRAT, EXCLUSIVE, EL
Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Lee Greenwood talked about patriotism.
Greenwood said, “These people that think America needs to be torn down…think about the immigrants who have come here for many years and recognized that they want to be assimilated.”
The
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WOMAN, FOUND, DEAD, BLACK
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A 29-year-old black woman was found dead, hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Mississippi, and her grief-stricken community is demanding a thorough probe into her death.
Tasia Fortune’s body was
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SCOTT, CHATBOT, NANCY, PELOSI
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A parody artificial intelligence chatbot launched by a candidate trying to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress was taken down Friday after the former House speaker attacked the bot for being “sexist.”
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PARADE, DAY, MAMDANI, NYC
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani stayed mum on the topic of his icy relationship with Rep. Adriano Espaillat as they both marched in the Dominican Day Parade Sunday — with the two keeping their distance during the festivities.
Hizzoner
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ICE, GEORGIA, SEX, OFFENDERS
Federal immigration officers arrested more than 1,200 illegal immigrants in the Atlanta, Georgia area, including 720 who DHS said had been convicted of or charged with crimes.
Speaking on "Fox & Friends," Marcos Charles, executive associate director of ICE
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USA, NORTH, MISS, CAROLINA
The stripping of a Miss North Carolina USA winner's crown was due to "the totality of the circumstances" of her past objectionable speech and not her conservative politics or christian beliefs, according to organizers.
"A Blaize Productions’ decision was
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GRASSLEY, VACUUM, BETH, CHUCK
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) usually appears in these pages while dragging more dirt out of the Justice Department. On Saturday, he delivered a much sadder disclosure.
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Beth, the red-and-cream Hoover vacuum that became a frequent star of Grassley’s
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SURROUNDING, RUSSIAN, KYIV, KILL
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia and Ukraine exchanged strikes overnight that killed civilians and injured many others on both sides, local authorities reported.
In Russia’s border region of Belgorod, Ukrainian drones killed five people and injured two dozen others
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FLORIDA, BIRDS, BEACH, MOTHBALLS
A pair of business owners in St. Petersburg, Florida, are accused of using 1,500 mothballs to deter endangered birds from nesting on St. Pete Beach, an area behind their businesses.
The suspects were identified as Christopher Monroe, owner and manager of Chris’s
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