Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MARCH 8th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
8 articles
TRUMP, TARIFFS, CANADA, TRUDEAU
Much has changed in the two months since Mr. Trudeau announced his resignation. The domestic issues that contributed to his downfall, from immigration to inflation, have been overshadowed by President Trump’s tariff threats, which became a reality on Tuesday.
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GENE, HACKMAN, WIFE, DEATH
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Gene Hackman died of heart disease, about one week after wife died of hantavirus: investigators
Pamela Bach, 'Baywatch' actress and David Hasselhoff's ex wife, dead at 62
Gene Hackman and his wife's
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SHOOTING, POLICE, TORONTO, INJURED
A Newark, New Jersey, police officer has been killed and another was wounded in a shooting
NEWARK, N.J. -- One Newark, New Jersey, police officer was killed and another was wounded in a shooting Friday evening, authorities said.
The Essex County Prosecutor’s
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TRUMP, GOLF, SCOTTISH, PRO
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Britain said on Saturday they supported an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave.
"The plan shows a realistic path
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RUSSIA, TRUMP, CLAIMS, DEAL
(AFP) — Russia on Saturday said its troops had retaken three villages seized by Ukraine in its Kursk border region in a fresh setback for Kyiv as the prospect of peace talks draws closer.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday named a high-level
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SHUTDOWN, REPUBLICANS, BILL, TRUMP
On Saturday, as some expected, House Republicans shared the text of the continuing resolution spending bill, in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown after March 14.
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House Republicans released a six-month
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WORTHY, CHIEFS, XAVIER, ARREST
The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing back one of their stars.
The Chiefs agreed to a one-year deal with wide receiver Hollywood Brown worth up to $11 million on Saturday, per numerous reports.
Brown, 27, played in just two regular-season games after he suffered
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SYRIA, MINORITIES, CIVILIANS, LINKED
Three days of clashes between forces from Syria’s new government and fighters loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad have killed more than 300 civilians and scores of combatants from both sides, a war monitoring group said on Saturday.
The British-based
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NEWSOM, GOV, MAHER, TRANS
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom, once the wokest of the woke, has now . . . woken up.
Newsom has started a new podcast in a blatant effort to grab a bigger megaphone ahead of his 2028 run at the White House.
One of his debut guests: right-wing influencer Charlie
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ADAMS, MAYOR, ERIC, NEW
Mayor Eric Adams won his office four years ago pledging to deliver New Yorkers from chaos and calamity — a former lawman entrusted to tame a proudly unruly city.
It hasn’t happened that way.
Over nearly 100 interviews with aides, allies and adversaries spanning
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POPE, VATICAN, FRANCIS, HOSPITAL
Vatican says hospitalized Pope Francis is showing 'gradual, slight improvement'
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ROME — Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a "gradual, slight improvement" in recent days, the
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CAROLINA, SOUTH, SQUAD, FIRING
South Carolina executed double murderer Brad Sigmon via firing squad on Friday, making him the first death row inmate to die by firing squad in the United States in 15 years.
The Associated Press reported that 67-year-old Sigmon was shot at 6:05 p.m. “by three
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TRUMP, WORLD, 2026, TASK
The head of a key U.S. Justice Department task force that combats drugs and organized crime was fired on Friday, amid a move by President Donald Trump's administration to purge or sideline career officials.
Adam Cohen, who was director of the Organized Crime
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LEADER, TRUMP, IRAN, NUCLEAR
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday he will not negotiate a nuclear deal with the U.S., citing demands about the country's missile range and influence.
In a series of posts on X, Khamenei called the U.S. government "coercive," claiming
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SPORTS, WOMEN, JAMES, CONCERN
Former President Joe Biden posted on X Saturday to celebrate International Women's Day, and many Americans called out his administration's record of enabling transgender athletes to compete in women's sports.
During Biden's presidency, he signed an executive
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POWERED, NORTH, KOREA, SUBMARINE
North Korea unveiled for the first time a nuclear-powered submarine under construction, a weapons system that can pose a major security threat to South Korea and the U.S.
State media on Saturday released photos showing what it called “a nuclear-powered strategic
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TRUMP, INVIDIOUS, CONGRESSIONAL, GREEN
President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last week — his first since returning to the White House. And it was the kind of spectacle you would expect it to be: Trump was up there giving a more or less standard rally speech.
When he wasn’t
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EMOTIONAL, SHOCK, EUROPE, GRAPPLES
For decades a core objective of the Soviet Union was to “decouple” the United States from Europe. Decoupling, as it was called, would break the Western alliance that kept Soviet tanks from rolling across the Prussian plains.
Now, in weeks, President Trump
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24B, COVID, MISSOURI, CHINA
Missouri won a $24 billion lawsuit against China on Friday for its role in the COVID-19 pandemic after none of its defendants appeared in court.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. ordered China to pay Missouri $24,488,825,457 "at a rate of 3.91 percent,
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UKRAINE, 20, EASTERN, RUSSIAN
Russian strikes killed 20 people in the war-torn eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk on Friday night, a sign that Moscow is stepping up bombardments of cities critical for Ukrainian logistics and support and taking advantage of Washington’s decision to pause
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TOM, EXCLUSIVE, HOMAN, BORDER
There has been “significant success” on the border, President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, giving an example by noting that the number of daily apprehensions has decreased dramatically under Trump’s
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STUDY, 600K, SECRETARY, GRANT
There doesn't appear to be any issue so ridiculous that the federal government wouldn't approve a six -, seven -, or eight-figure grant to study it—at least, before January 2025. All that's changing, though, with Donald Trump back in the White House, DOGE in
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NEWS, KUWAIT, DON, TRUMP
President Donald Trump announced that he has nominated Amer Ghalib, the Muslim Democrat mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, to serve as the United States Ambassador to Kuwait.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised Ghalib for having helped his presidential campaign
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SOBRIETY, FAILING, DUI, ROADSIDE
A Democratic lawmaker was caught on a police body camera after allegedly driving impaired, and authorities noted the Connecticut state representative's eyes were "red and glossy."
Rep. Aundré Bumgardner, a Democrat serving in the Connecticut House of Representatives,
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