Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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KHALIL, MAHMOUD, TRUMP, TOWER
Watermelon Pictures announced on Thursday that its new documentary on the Columbia University pro-Palestinian student movement featuring now-detained graduate Mahmoud Khalil is set to be released later this month at a film festival in Denmark.
"The Encampments,"
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TRUMP, TARIFF, 200, THREATENS
The announcement came in response to tariffs issued by the European Union.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Mar. 12, 2025.
President Donald
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TRUMP, MUSK, TESLA, HOUSE
He’s fixing the budget, rescuing astronauts and saving the planet.
Look, up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
No! It’s Super-Elon.
But despite all Elon Musk is achieving, the richest man on Earth is down in the dumps.
And who can blame him, considering
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PUTIN, CEASEFIRE, TRUMP, UKRAINE
Here is a look at the Ukrainian incursion — the first on Russian soil since World War II — and how Russian troops are fighting back.
Why is Kursk important?
Kursk is an area of western Russia that borders the Sumy region of Ukraine. Sumy had long been thought
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JUDGE, FIRED, ORDERS, FEDERAL
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Thursday to reinstate probationary workers who were let go in recent mass firings from six different agencies, including the Department of Defense.
The administration is expected to file an appeal against
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EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT, TRUMP, SUE
The states’ lawsuit alleges that the cuts at the Education Department, shown, are a “reckless” attempt to carry out President Trump’s desire to close the department by making it unable to carry out work mandated by Congress.
California on Thursday joined Democratic-led
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CDC, WHITE, HOUSE, WELDON
Less than an hour before his confirmation hearing was to begin, the White House abruptly pulled the nomination of Dave Weldon to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An unnamed source told Fox News, "It became clear that the votes
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BUTTIGIEG, PETE, SENATE, 2028
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is forgoing a Senate bid in Michigan, sparking rumors that he is instead eyeing yet another presidential run in 2028.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was eyeing the open Senate seat in Michigan
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While on a visit to the New York state Capitol, President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan warned migrant "sanctuary" jurisdictions to "get out of the way" or they will "get exactly what they don’t want, more ICE agents in your community."
New York state
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TRUMP, CITIZENSHIP, BIRTHRIGHT, COURT
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene and allow a narrow version of his executive order banning birthright citizenship to move forward, challenging three nationwide injunctions brought in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington
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TESLA, PROTEST, ALEX, MARLOW
On Wednesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow reacted to Rep. Seth Moulton’s (D-MA) response to anti-Tesla violence.
In the clip, Moulton responded to a question from CNN host Audie Cornish on the Trump administration potentially
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GRIJALVA, REP, DIES, COMPLICATIONS
Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona dies at 77
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WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection during his 12 terms in Congress, died Thursday of complications
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SUPREME, COURT, TRUMP, DEBATE
Now, as Judge Schimel aims to return a conservative majority to the court after Wisconsin liberals flipped it in 2023, he is hoping to sustain the pro-Trump energy that helped the president carry the battleground state last fall.
Following a path blazed by
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MIGRANT, NYC, SHELTERS, PROBE
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into funding and operations at two Manhattan hotels being used as migrant shelters, according to several reports.
Federal prosecutors sent subpoenas to the Roosevelt Hotel, which was converted into
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CNN has apparently thrown every editorial standard it ever had out the window because its latest attack on EPA Director Lee Zeldin ended in colossal embarrassment. The fact that Kaitlin Collins is involved makes it all the better for those of us looking on
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CAPTIVE, FIRE, STEPMOM, HOME
Woman arrested in US for allegedly holding stepson captive for 20 years
His stepmother, who is accused of holding him captive and starving him, was charged with kidnapping and cruelty. She has denied the allegations.
The man confessed to setting the fire
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MATTER, LIVES, BLACK, MURAL
Sunny Hostin said Wednesday she takes the removal of Washington D.C.’s Black Lives Matter street mural "a little personally."
"The View" co-host discussed the city officially removing the street art earlier this week with her executive producer Brian Teta
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INFLUENCER, BABY, WOMBAT, BACKLASH
US influencer draws backlash for stealing baby wombat from mum
The man filming can be heard laughing: "Look at the mother, it's chasing after her!" The video, which was filmed in Australia, has since been deleted.
Ms Jones, who calls herself an "outdoor enthusiast
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ISRAEL, SLAMS, COUNCIL, SEXUAL
A United Nations commission on Thursday accused Israel of targeting hospitals and other health facilities in Gaza that provide reproductive services, including an I.V.F. clinic where thousands of embryos were destroyed, in what it called an effort to prevent
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HACKMAN, DEATH, GENE, RELEASE
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's dogs helped locate the actor's body when authorities arrived at the couple's home on Feb. 26.
Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya explained the department immediately located Betsy in a bathroom after entering the front door of
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TRUMP, BORDER, NATIONWIDE, AVERAGE
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Veterans who have volunteered to help secure the border in Southern California say there has been an incredible difference in what they have seen since President Donald Trump took office in January.
"There has been such an amazing
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STUDENTS, BUILDING, COLUMBIA, YEAR
Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring and had temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students who have since graduated.
In a campuswide email sent Thursday,
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INFLATION, PRICES, NEWS, FALLING
Promises made, promises kept.
“When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One,” Donald Trump said on the campaign trail last summer.
Critics claimed, without evidence, that Trump’s tariff plans would raise inflation. Many economists
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