Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
12 articles
HAMAS, HOSTAGES, ISRAEL, TRUMP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will reportedly hold a meeting at 12:00 p.m. eastern on Saturday, President Donald Trump’s deadline for Hamas, to discuss the rest of the ceasefire agreement, his spokesperson confirmed to Fox News.
In a statement,
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TRUMP, MUSK, JUDGE, DOGE
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump appear in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping all aid to South Africa and offering refugee
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ADAMS, TRUMP, MIGRANT, MAYOR
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is reportedly planning to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration over the revoking of more than $80 million in migrant shelter funding for the city.
“We intend to initiate legal action by February
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WORKERS, PROBATIONARY, REPORT, DOGE
Trump's spending cuts target probationary workers. What does the status mean?
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The Trump administration is targeting the federal workforce with sweeping cuts. Recently hired federal employees who are still on probationary
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DOGE, ACCESS, DATA, JUDGE
The Department of Government Efficiency, an initiative launched by President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk, was ridiculed online Friday after reports surfaced that its official website had been hacked, Newsweek reported.
The site, designed as
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PLANNED, PARENTHOOD, APPEARS, INSTAGRAM
Nakara Alston was leaving her boyfriend when she learned she was eight weeks pregnant. In desperation, she got an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Albany, N.Y., and moved with her two daughters into a homeless shelter.
But something was clearly wrong.
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TESLA, ELON, SHERYL, MUSK
Ah, liberal celebrities. What would we do without them? Their virtue-signaling is always fun to laugh at.
Take Shery Crow, for example. She just did something that she clearly wants people to think she's stunning and brave, announcing on her Instagram that
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JUSTIN, BALDONI, BLAKE, LIVELY
Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively's refusal to head to mediation for their legal dispute could show what the "It Ends With Us" stars are really fighting for.
Baldoni and Lively "may go all the way to trial" if one of them won't eventually agree to an apology
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GERMAN, VANCE, NAZIS, CHANCELLOR
The American vice president visited a concentration camp on Thursday afternoon. He laid a wreath at the foot of a statue, made the sign of the cross and paused before a memorial wall where in multiple tongues, including German and English, the words “Never
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AMERICA, GULF, TRUMP, MAPS
The executive order rechristening the body of water known internationally as the “Gulf of Mexico” is not an easy document to take seriously. Portions of it read like a child’s research paper: “The Gulf is also home to vibrant American fisheries teeming with
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ZELENSKYY, CALLS, EUROPEAN, ARMY
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of a European army to boost the continent's defenses as he warned that Russia was "not preparing for dialogue" to advance possible credible peace talks.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine had intelligence
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POPE, VATICAN, FRANCIS, HOSPITAL
Doctors order 'absolute rest' for Pope Francis due to respiratory infection
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ROME — Doctors on Saturday prescribed "absolute rest" for Pope Francis and modified the treatment for his respiratory tract infection, the Vatican
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CAROLINA, NORTH, AMAZON, UNION
Amazon workers vote against unionizing a North Carolina warehouse
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Amazon workers in North Carolina have voted against unionizing as the retail giant once again prevailed in its fight against
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STEADFAST, DONALD, TRUMP, LOYATY
Donald Trump has shown great loyalty to those around him.
Loyalty used to be important. An athlete often started and finished his career in the same city, where he became a beloved figure. Employees often stayed at one company and walked away with a gold watch
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DOGE, HUD, ADMINISTRATION, DISCOVERS
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has launched a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) “task force” that has already identified $260 million in savings, Sec. Scott Turner announced.
Turner, who was confirmed by the Senate as President
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TRUMP, PRESS, REPORTERS, ACCESS
Associated Press White House reporter Darlene Superville and AP photographer Ben Curtis are told by a U.S. President Donald Trump administration member that they have been denied from joining the White House press pool in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February
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CRIMINALS, CA, HOSPITALS, TRUMP
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of “The Issue Is,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said that California isn’t working with the federal government to deport criminals because “The federal government has the resources to do this.” And
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TRUMP, RUSSIA, PEACE, UKRAINE
Senior officials from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will start peace talks with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Saudi Arabia in the coming days, Politico reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the plan.
U.S. National Security
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FUNDING, EDUCATION, LOSE, POLICIES
State education departments across America are being warned to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies or face the consequences.
In a letter on Friday, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) Office for Civil Rights explained to all 50 states
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INVITATIONAL, GENESIS, PLAY, CAREER
For the second straight week, there is a hole-in-one on the PGA Tour.
Ludvig Aberg made a hole-in-one on hole No. 3 during the third round at the Genesis Invitational after Emiliano Grillo made one at the Phoenix Open’s famed 16th hole last week.
Aberg, 25,
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ALEX, MARLOW, VOICE, TRUMP
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed Vice President JD Vance’s speech earlier this week.
Marlow stated, “Vance’s whole speech was about the people. It was about trying to give the people a voice. … It’s a
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DOPING, TENNIS, BAN, TOP
Tennis' top-ranked Jannik Sinner gets a 3-month ban in doping case settlement
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Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner accepted a three-month ban in a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency and said Saturday
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TRUMP, KIND, BILL, MAHER
We’ve seen so much change so quickly in the three-plus weeks of the second Trump presidency as he and his administration have worked to jettison DEI from the deferral government, end the gender insanity in women’s sports, root out fraud and waste in the executive
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TRUMP, RECIPROCAL, TREAT, FAIRLY
President Donald Trump wrote a lengthy Truth Social post about his trade policy overhaul on Saturday, emphasizing his plans to charge reciprocal tariffs to countries that the U.S. does business with.
In a post published Saturday afternoon, Trump explained
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