Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd 2026
Updated 14:12 ET
18 articles
AIRPORTS, ICE, TRUMP, TSA
Long security lines and staffing shortages have disrupted travel at major US airports during the partial government shutdown — but a small group of hubs is largely avoiding the chaos because they rely on private screening contractors instead of federally
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IRAN, TRUMP, PLANTS, POWER
The retiring senator sat down with Jonathan Karl to discuss the war and more.
As the war with Iran enters its fourth week, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said the Trump administration must make its objectives of the operation clearer before Congress approves
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ROBERT, MUELLER, 81, FBI
Robert Mueller, the former FBI Director who led the high-profile special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential Trump campaign coordination, died on Friday. He was 81.
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Mueller had been diagnosed with
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GOP, AMERICA, ACT, SENATE
We don't often see Saturday sessions from the United States Senate, unless there are big issues on the table. Well, the SAVE America Act is a pretty big issue. On Saturday, the United States Senate resumed debate on the SAVE America Act, which (among a host
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TRUMP, EMMA, LEFT, MARLOW
Friday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Emma-Jo Morris talked about mental health.
Morris said that there is a mental health crisis and “I think what is the worst — perhaps the worst fuel for this is all of these men who don’t draw boundaries in these social interactions.”
The
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ICE, FUNDING, DHS, GOP
On Saturday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Weekend,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) argued that Republicans want to shut down DHS and “we don’t want to give a penny more to ICE. That’s our position, because ICE has become secret police” and it has plenty of funding.
Merkley
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TRUMP, IRAN, UK, MISSILE
As we reported, Iran made a bad move to target the U.S./U.K. base on Diego Garcia with what were believed to be two, intermediate-range ballistic missiles.
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The missiles didn't make it. One failed in flight, the other may have been intercepted
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MIGRANT, CHICAGO, VENEZUELAN, ARRESTED
The grieving family of a New York teen who was gunned down near Loyola University Chicago’s campus has described her as “deeply loving” as a Venezuelan migrant faces charges for her execution-style murder.
Freshman Sheridan Gorman, 18, of Yorktown Heights
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MAMDANI, RIKERS, RAMADAN, NOTORIOUS
As New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been embracing his Muslim faith amid Ramadan, he decided to break his religious fast with inmates who share his faith in New York's notorious Rikers Island jail, calling it "one of the most meaningful evenings" he's
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LONG, LINES, AIRPORT, FLIGHT
Airport security lines are long. Here's what to know if you're flying
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It's spring break season in the U.S. — and travelers are facing long airport lines as security screeners work without pay while the
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SKATTEBO, CAM, CTE, GIANTS
New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo apologized for a "lapse in judgment" after he said CTE was not real and asthma was "fake."
Skattebo appeared on the "Bring the Juice" podcast when he was asked if CTE was "a real thing," and he replied that it was
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OIL, BIG, IRANIAN, IMPORT
During a town hall on CNN on Friday, United States Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz defended the Trump administration lifting sanctions on some Iranian oil by saying that “much of that oil and that illicit oil is already out there. It’s already out there
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TIMBERLAKE, VIDEO, JUSTIN, ARREST
Body camera footage from Justin Timberlake's 2024 DWI arrest released Body camera footage has been released from the night Justin Timberlake was arrested in the Hamptons in June 2024 after police suspected the pop singer of driving while intoxicated.
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NEW, HAMPSHIRE, VENUE, INJURED
At least six people were injured Saturday when a floor reportedly collapsed at a New Hampshire wedding venue.
The New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office confirmed it is responding to The Preserve at Chocorua in Tamworth to investigate a reported floor collapse.
Officials
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DA, COP, BACKED, RESIGNATION
Law enforcement groups in Texas are pressuring Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza to resign over a case involving Austin Police Officer Chance Bretches and the 2020 George Floyd riots.
Leftwing billionaire George Soros, who backed Garza, has funneled
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IRAN, WAR, EXPERT, WEEK
The effects of the Iran war on environmental and human health, according to an expert As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health
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CODE, RED, AI, TRUMP
Author Wynton Hall argues in his new book Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI that the Trump administration’s “Pledge to America’s Youth: Investing in AI Education” initiative has opened a narrow window for conservative parents
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NANCY, GUTHRIE, FAMILY, HEARTBREAKING
The Guthrie family is clinging to hope that someone in the Arizona community where their missing 84-year-old mother lived has critical information about her abduction, they said in a heartbreaking statement.
Nancy Guthrie’s three children expressed their gratitude
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NAVY, TARGETS, CENTCOM, IRANIAN
U.S. forces have struck more than 8,000 Iranian military targets and destroyed 130 vessels — marking the “largest elimination of a navy over a three-week period since World War II” — as Iran’s combat capability declines and U.S. forces remain “zeroed in” on
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KANSAS, STABBING, CHARGED, UNPROVOKED
A Kansas man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing a woman in an unprovoked attack at a park in Olathe, authorities said.
Kwan Noble Trezvant, 27, was arrested following a report Thursday of an armed disturbance that
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SCHUMER, TRUMP, DISCOMBOBULATED, FUNDING
Senate Republicans blocked an attempt by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to only pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers as the Homeland Security shutdown drags on.
Despite being in the minority and not controlling the Senate
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CITIZENSHIP, CONNECTICUT, DEMS, GOP
Connecticut Democrats recently rushed through an emergency anti-fraud law requiring bottle redemption centers to collect a copy of a person’s driver’s license when they cash in more than 1,000 cans or bottles in a day — a document demand that Republicans
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REASON, UNBORN, INSANITY, WOMAN
The man charged in a 2023 shooting that killed a pregnant Seattle woman and her unborn baby has been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Cordell Goosby was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder in the death of 34-year-old Eina
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UNSAFE, CHATGPT, TECHNICAL, REPUBLICAN
OpenAI said Friday a technical glitch caused ChatGPT to flag links to Republican websites as being potentially unsafe for users to click.
The apparent bug affects links to WinRed, the official Republican Party donation platform, but does not appear to warn
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