Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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MUSK, DOGE, TRUMP, ELON
The mutual Trump-Musk respect appears to extend beyond that of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, has been open about her friendly admiration of Elon Musk’s mother, model and dietitian Maye Musk, on social media.
In
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TORONTO, PLANE, CRASH, DELTA
At least 18 people were injured in Monday's crash, officials said.
Investigators probing Monday's Delta Flight 4819 plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport are piecing together what caused the dramatic incident in which at least 18 people were
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ADAMS, MAYOR, HOCHUL, NYC
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is meeting at her office in Manhattan on Tuesday to discuss the path forward for Mayor Eric Adams' administration after four of his deputy mayors resigned Monday, and said in a statement that it would be a "serious step" if she removes
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, TALKS, TRUMP
U.S. and Russia discuss ending Ukraine war, without Kyiv
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Senior U.S. and Russian delegations gathered for talks in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh on Tuesday as the two sides began an initial round of high-stakes
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POPE, FRANCIS, VATICAN, PNEUMONIA
ROME — Pope Francis has been diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs, according to a statement released Tuesday evening by the Holy See Press Office.
The pontiff was subjected to a chest CT scan Tuesday that revealed “the onset of bilateral pneumonia,” which
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HAMAS, HOSTAGES, ISRAELI, BODIES
For more than a year, many Israelis and others around the world have anguished over the fates of a mother and her two young sons who were captured by gunmen and taken to Gaza during the Hamas-led assault of Oct. 7, 2023.
On Tuesday, hopes dissipated that the
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TRUMP, JUDGE, ADMINISTRATION, BAN
A federal judge President Donald Trump once described as "the most evil person" is now hearing a lawsuit brought by blue states to stop the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing government data.
First named to the bench in 2013 by then-President
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TRUMP, NYU, BARRON, COLLEGE
The president of the United States posted a possibly apocryphal quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte on social media Saturday: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
This is an indefensibly stupid thing for a president to say — at least
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PELTIER, PRISON, LEONARD, RELEASED
Leonard Peltier to be released from prison following commutation in FBI killings
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Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to be released from a Florida prison Tuesday based on former President Joe Biden
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TRUMP, EXECUTIVE, IVF, ORDER
President Donald Trump signed three executive actions on Tuesday, including a memo that imposes “radical transparency requirements on government departments and agencies.”
Trump and White House staff secretary Will Scharf announced the orders to reporters
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HOWARD, COMMERCE, LUTNICK, SECRETARY
President Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick, was just confirmed by the Senate.
✅ CONFIRMED: Howard Lutnick as the 42nd Secretary of Commerce pic.twitter.com/H9ofb7chZJ — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 18, 2025
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins told Breitbart News exclusively that she is “so excited” to work with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “Make America Healthy Again.”
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USA, CANADA, TEAM, FLAG
Team USA lost its first game in the 4 Nations Face-Off on Monday night, falling to Sweden, 2-1, at the TD Garden in Boston.
However, despite the blemish on the record, they will still be playing in the championship game on Thursday night in the same arena
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ROCKY, ASSAULT, TRIAL, FOUND
The rapper, who pleaded not guilty, was charged with two counts of assault.
A$AP Rocky sits in a courtroom at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 2025.
A$AP Rocky sits in a courtroom at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal
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BRAZIL, COUP, BOLSONARO, ALLEGED
Brazil's former president faces charges over alleged coup plot
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RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil's Attorney General has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with allegedly attempting to overturn the country's 2022 election.
The former
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STUDENT, BIDEN, LOAN, PLAN
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals put a final end to former President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan on Tuesday.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey originally sued the Biden administration over its $500 million effort to wipe away student
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TRUMP, GOLF, BILLS, PLAYERS
The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund are racing to reshape their plans to combine their rival golf circuits, emboldened by President Donald J. Trump’s eagerness to play peacemaker for a fractured sport, according to four people familiar with
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BORDER, JANUARY, PLUMMETED, TRUMP
Apprehensions at the U.S. southern border hit a low mark not seen since the last time President Donald Trump was in office.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended just 29,116 illegal immigrants along the southern border during the month of January,
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DRONES, MEXICO, CARTELS, FENTANYL
The flights go “well into sovereign Mexico,” one U.S. official said.
The Mexican government has taken steps to address the Trump administration’s concerns about fentanyl, deploying 10,000 troops to the border this month to thwart smuggling. But the Trump administration
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CRASH, VICTIM, FAMILY, DC
A high-profile aviation law firm on Tuesday filed the first legal actions related to the deadly Jan. 29 Washington, D.C. plane crash, seeking $250 million on behalf of a widow of 16 years and her three children of a passenger who perished in the midair collision.
The
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CARVILLE, PLAY, TRUMP, POSSUM
Longtime Democrat strategist James Carville advised the leaders in his party to step aside and let the "organic" protests that are developing across the country "germinate."
Amid the sweeping downsizing of the federal workforce, thousands of protesters have
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TRUMP, KILLED, AL, LAUDS
President Donald Trump praised U.S. forces for killing an al-Qaida proxy leader in Syria during the weekend.
U.S. Central Command issued a release saying its forces conducted a precision airstrike in Northwest Syria targeting and killing a senior finance and
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FBI, PATEL, NOMINATION, SENATE
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., announced Tuesday that he will vote to confirm Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, bolstering the nominee's chances ahead of a crucial Senate vote later this week.
"The ones who worked closely with Kash vouched
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HOCHUL, STRIKES, GUARD, NATIONAL
A central provision of New York state law — its prohibition on public-employee strikes — is at risk of breaking into pieces, as Gov. Hochul frantically tries to tape the shards back together.
Corrections officers at a pair of upstate prisons refused to enter
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