Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
149 articles
TRUMP, ZELENSKYY, WHITE, HOUSE
On March 4, Trump will address a Congress with GOP majorities in both chambers.
How to watch, stream Trump's address to the joint session of Congress
President Donald Trump delivers a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol
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HACKMAN, GENE, WIFE, FOUND
Santa Fe officials are providing further details into the "suspicious" deaths of legendary actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa.
After the couple's bodies were discovered on Wednesday, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza and Santa Fe's fire chief
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NEW, TRUMP, YORK, COLLEGE
New directive on DOT spending takes community birth and marriage rates into account A new Trump administration directive for distributing Department of Transportation money prioritizes communities with high birth and marriage rates, and that has transit advocates
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POPE, FRANCIS, GUARDED, VATICAN
Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm on Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said in relaying a setback in his two-week long battle against double pneumonia.
The 88-year-old pope responded
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MEASLES, TEXAS, OUTBREAK, GROWS
Measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico are fueling concerns about the rapid spread of the highly contagious virus.
There have been more than 100 measles cases in the United States so far this year, compared to 285 cases in all of 2024. And health officials
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AMERICAN, BOY, PALESTINIAN, LANDLORD
Illinois man convicted for hate crime murder of Palestinian boy
Wadea Al-Fayoume had just celebrated his sixth birthday before he was killed
Czuba had pleaded not guilty, but jurors convicted him after deliberating for less than 90 minutes.
Police found
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EPSTEIN, FILES, DEBACLE, ASSASSINATION
On Thursday, the first phase of the DOJ's Epstein files release took place, with heavily redacted documents first being given in binders to a select group of conservative influencers at the White House before being posted online several hours later.
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DRUG, LORD, MEXICAN, ACCUSED
Soldiers escort a man who authorities identified as Omar Trevino Morales, alias "Z-42," leader of the Zetas drug cartel, as he is moved from a military plane to a military vehicle at the Attorney General's Office hangar in Mexico City, March 4, 2015.
Mexico
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BEZOS, POST, WASHINGTON, TRUMP
When Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post almost 12 years ago, he went out of his way to assuage fears that he would turn the paper into his personal mouthpiece. “The values of The Post do not need changing,” he wrote at the time. “The paper’s duty will remain
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IOWA, RIGHTS, BILL, PROTECTIONS
Iowa is set to become the first state to roll back previously passed civil rights protections based on “gender identity.”
On Thursday, the legislators at the Iowa state House passed a bill along party lines that would remove gender identity from the list of
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MUSK, JOE, ROGAN, ELON
Joe Rogan and billionaire Elon Musk trashed the mainstream media for not "celebrating" the government moving to solve its wasteful spending and deficit problems.
During the latest episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," the podcast host spoke to Musk about
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DEAL, TRADE, TRUMP, UK
Faisal Islam: Any Starmer deal with Trump is all about avoiding tariffs
2 hours ago Share Save Faisal Islam • @faisalislam Economics editor Share Save
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The US-UK trade deal warmly suggested by President Donald Trump should help insulate the UK
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TATE, ANDREW, TRISTAN, BROTHERS
On Thursday, disgraced "manosphere" influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, boarded a private jet from Romania, where they have lived for years, to Florida. That these moral monsters have been welcomed to our shores with open arms is appalling and
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SKYPE, MICROSOFT, ANNOUNCES, UPSET
Microsoft will end Skype in May, leaving some users upset
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Skype, the pioneering and once ubiquitous free video calling service, will be history come May. It was so popular that people used it as a verb: "I'll Skype you in the morning."
Microsoft,
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MASS, JUDGE, ILLEGAL, FIRINGS
US judge says mass firings of some federal workers likely illegal
In court the government argued OPM asked, not ordered, the agencies to fire these employees.
"[OPM] does not have any authority whatsoever, under any statute in the history of the universe,
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STUDENTS, BUS, SCHOOL, DRIVER
Massachusetts parents hope to take their case before the U.S. Supreme Court after a federal court ruled that they do not have a constitutional right to be notified about their child's gender transition at school.
In a February 18 ruling, the U.S. Court of
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NOAA, AGENCY, WEATHER, HUNDREDS
Trump administration layoffs hit NOAA, agency that forecasts weather, hurricanes
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began firing staff on Thursday, continuing a wave of government-wide
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SPORTS, GAINES, ATHLETES, RILEY
As the national debate over trans inclusion in girls' and women's sports has reached a boiling point in recent weeks, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has been uncharacteristically quiet on the issue. Now, conservative influencer Riley Gaines has extended
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ICE, NEW, MOVE, IMMIGRATION
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced they are reopening a detention center in Newark, New Jersey.
ICE said it reached an agreement with the owner of Delaney Hill Facility to use the 1,000-bed spot as an immigration processing and detention center.
"This
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FIRED, CHINA, RUSSIA, RECRUIT
Adversaries of the United States, particularly China and Russia, are telling their intelligence services to boost their efforts to recruit disgruntled U.S. federal national security employees who have been fired or could lose their jobs soon, according to sources
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FIRED, FORMER, HIGH, CHRIS
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe says he was fired from his job as a high school football coach in Southern California, after his arrest for protesting at a City Council meeting.
Kluwe claims the school offered him a chance to resign and then fired him.
“MAGA
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CHIEF, KRISTIN, CROWLEY, APPEALS
Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has started the appeal process following Mayor Karen Bass’ decision to fire her a week ago.
Her decision to appeal comes after Bass’ decision has spun up criticism from City Councilmembers and the public for what
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SOCIAL, SECURITY, CUT, REDUCTIONS
'Significant workforce reductions' are coming to the Social Security Administration
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced Thursday that it "will soon implement agency-wide organizational restructuring
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CITIGROUP, 81, TRILLION, ACCOUNT
Citigroup accidentally credited a client’s account with a staggering $81 trillion last April, a blunder that could hamper the bank’s efforts to convince regulators it has addressed longstanding operational deficiencies.
The Financial Times reports that in
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