Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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MUSK, ELON, EMAIL, AGENCIES
Multiple federal agencies appeared to be caught off guard by the email.
Agencies seek guidance on latest Musk OPM email, with some urging employees to hold off responding
Multiple federal agencies appeared to be caught off guard by the Elon Musk-directed
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GERMAN, ELECTION, POLLS, EXIT
Germany's conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while Alternative for Germany doubled its support, projections showed.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz conceded defeat for his center-left Social Democrats
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TRUMP, SEN, REED, RUSSIANS
When the leaders of France and Britain meet President Trump at the White House this week, they can draw on a well-worn playbook for dealing with their mercurial host. But it is not clear that the old tricks will be enough to meet the new challenge.
After a
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Far-left MSNBC appears to be waging war on “People of Color” with the axing of homophobe Joy Reid’s prime time show and the replacement of prime time anchor Alex Wagner.
Reid is not losing her show because she’s a documented homophobe and liar, or because
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POPE, FRANCIS, NIGHT, VATICAN
Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following respiratory crisis
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ROME — Pope Francis, in critical condition with a complicated lung infection, rested well during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and
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USAID, TRUMP, LEAVE, THOUSANDS
If you thought it would be a quiet Sunday and the president would be lounging on the beach like his predecessor did almost every weekend, you’d be mistaken—because this is the Trump administration we’re dealing with, and they never seem to sleep.
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LEADER, HEZBOLLAH, FUNERAL, ISRAEL
President Donald Trump's envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said Sunday that he would aim to negotiate an "extension" of Phase One of the Israel-Hamas hostage release and ceasefire deal when he returns to the region this week.
"We have to get an extension
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MAINE, GOVERNOR, TRANSGENDER, LEADER
It is a common axiom in life—especially politics—that, as philosopher George Santayana famously observed: “Those who fail to heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.”
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The latest personification of this aphorism is the governor
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HARRIS, KAMALA, NAACP, PARTICIPATION
Craig Wayans, from left, Chaunté Wayans, Kim Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Damon Wayans Sr., Damon Wayans Jr., and Damien Dante Wayans are given the NAACP Hall of Fame award during the 56th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo
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TRUMP, BONGINO, DAN, DEPUTY
Trump names right-wing commentator Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director
He hosts a self-titled podcast whose Facebook posts often attract more attention than those of Fox News and CNN combined.
Bongino, 50, is former NYPD and Secret Service and worked as part
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FLIGHT, AMERICAN, VIDEO, SECURITY
Dramatic video shows the moment a diverted American Airlines flight was escorted by Italian fighter jets due to a "security concern."
A spokesperson for the airline told Fox News Digital that AA flight 292 "landed safely in Rome on Sunday afternoon after it
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, LARGEST, MINERALS
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, the largest of the war, as he condemned Russia's "aerial terror" and called for unity among Ukraine's allies.
"Every day, our people stand
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BANK, WEST, ISRAEL, TANKS
Israel announced on Sunday that it was expanding its weekslong military operation against armed Palestinian groups in the occupied West Bank and had deployed tanks in the territory’s north for the first time in two decades.
Adding to the escalating tensions,
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HEGSETH, DOOR, TRUMP, PURGE
During this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “Fox News Sunday,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted that President Donald Trump’s orders were lawful and would be followed.
According to Hegseth, if orders were not followed, military officers would “find the door.”
“OK.
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CONGRESS, BILLION, RELIEF, ASKS
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked Congress to approve nearly $40 billion in aid to help the Los Angeles area recover from January’s devastating wildfires
An American flag is suspended from a charred bunny sculpture at the Bunny Museum, which was destroyed
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FIRINGS, TRUMP, PENTAGON, DEEP
President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown, and a number of other top military officers over the weekend in a dramatic shakeup of Pentagon leadership.
Trump announced on social media Friday that he was
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WATCH, GERMAN, ELECTION, FEDERAL
Germans are voting on Sunday in a rare snap election that has taken on outsize importance as the new Trump administration threatens European countries with tariffs, cuts them out of negotiations over Ukraine and embraces an authoritarian Russia.
The election
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TRUMP, RAIL, SPEED, HIGH
President Donald Trump is calling for an audit that could kill California's high-speed rail proposal, which has been around for nearly two decades and has made very little progress.
Many union workers who depend on the federal lifeline turned out to Union
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HOCHUL, TRUMP, SLAMS, REMARK
Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Democratic governors would not sit idly by while the Trump administration attacked their rights.
Partial transcript as follows:
MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to Trump’s clash with Democratic
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TRUMP, CANADA, HOCKEY, USA
Last Saturday, I was in Montreal for the Canada-U.S. hockey game in the 4 Nations Cup. I knew I needed to be there. A few nights later, I was at home in front of our TV for the final game, which Canada won 3–2 in overtime. I watched every moment, from before
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WASTE, WOLF, BIBLICAL, PROPORTIONS
Jordan Belfort, entrepreneur and the original "Wolf of Wall Street," warned that losing track of money does not happen "by accident," speaking on a reported discovery that trillions of government dollars in payments were "almost impossible" to trace.
The Trump
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AGENT, BURIED, BORDER, PATROL
A U.S. Border Patrol agent whose killing in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border has been tied to a cultlike group was buried with full military honors Saturday at a national cemetery in Minnesota.
David Maland, 44, died Jan. 20 during the
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