Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, APRIL 6th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
24 articles
TRUMP, TARIFFS, PRESIDENT, MARKET
Republican Party leaders have begun to ask among themselves who President Donald Trump places his support behind in what is developing as a notable U.S. Senate race in Texas.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, announced his reelection bid last weekend for a fifth
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TARIFFS, SECRETARY, BESSENT, TREASURY
Mr. Trump’s 10 percent base-line tariff on nearly every trading partners went into effect on Saturday morning. Another round of tariffs that aim to punish countries that run trade deficits with the United States will snap into place on Wednesday morning.
Kevin
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TEXAS, MEASLES, CHILD, RELATED
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. traveled to West Texas on Sunday after a second elementary school-aged child who was not vaccinated died from a measles-related illness.
Ahead of a “Make America Healthy Again” tour across southwestern US, Kennedy said
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MUSK, TRUMP, TARIFFS, NAVARRO
The relationship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, de facto head of DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), has been historic. And as far as I can tell, every bit of it has been of unprecedented benefit to the American people, with even greater
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VISAS, SOUTH, SUDANESE, RUBIO
The U.S. is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders under orders from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who said the African nation’s government is “taking advantage of the United States.”
South Sudan had failed to respect the principle that
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PEN, LE, BAN, FRANCE
France's far right planned to rally supporters on Sunday after their leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and banned from public office, a move that set the country's political scene alight ahead of 2027 presidential elections.
The bombshell
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KYIV, ATTACK, MISSILE, STRIKE
1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from missile strike rises to 19
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KYIV, Ukraine — One person was killed Sunday as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday's
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POPE, APPEARANCE, FRANCIS, HOSPITAL
Pope Francis on Sunday made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago after treatment for double pneumonia, entering St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in a wheelchair to greet crowds.
Francis, 88, had been out of public
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16, DEAD, FLOODING, TEXAS
Torrential rain and flash flooding combined Saturday to devastate large parts of the South and Midwest already heavily waterlogged by days of severe storms that also delivered deadly tornadoes alongside widespread power outages.
As of Saturday afternoon, more
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LT, GOV, GOVERNOR, GOP
Virginia Republican Party leaders have named Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears as the state GOP's nominee for Governor. Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin is not eligible to run. Virginia state law prevents governors from serving consecutive terms.
Youngkin
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JUDGE, TRUMP, ADMINISTRATION, DEPORTATION
The Trump administration committed a “grievous error” that “shocks the conscience” by inadvertently deporting a Salvadoran migrant to a notorious prison last month and then declaring there was little it could do to bring him back, a federal judge in Maryland
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WHITE, LOTUS, RATINGS, CONTINUE
Season 3 of “The White Lotus” has been the show’s longest, with the creator Mike White spending eight episodes instead of six or seven to tell the stories of superrich tourists and their messed-up personal problems. The extra time has allowed White to slow
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WHITE, SNOW, HOLLYWOOD, WOKE
For a long time now there has been rampant speculation over the troubled Disney Studios production that is its live action remake of the classic “Snow White”. Beleaguered by a number of factors it was a hotly anticipated event when it was released weeks ago
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MINECRAFT, MOVIE, BOX, OFFICE
There are no fail-safe formulas in Hollywood, but this one comes close:
Take an established yet underexploited (or musty) cultural property — preferably one that stirs strong feelings of nostalgia among young adults — and add stars playing to type, abundant
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TRUMP, NETANYAHU, GAZA, MEET
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will sit down for more talks Monday in what will be be their second White House head-to-head since Trump’s return to office.
The leaders are expected to discuss issues including tariffs,
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GAZA, ISRAELI, AID, INITIAL
The Israeli military has acknowledged flaws in its initial accounts of its troops’ involvement in the killing last month of 15 people in southern Gaza who the United Nations said were all paramedics and rescue workers.
The admission came on Saturday, the day
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TRUMP, TIMBER, FOREST, HARVEST
The Trump administration has raised logging quotas 25% in America’s national forests as part of a bid to increase timber production in the face of tariffs — and to prevent fires by removing fuel and creating firebreaks.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported:
In
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TRUMP, ENSURE, SINK, VIDEO
Suspected U.S. airstrikes killed at least two people overnight in a stronghold of Yemen's Houthi rebels, the group said Sunday, while a bombing video posted by U.S. President Donald Trump suggested casualties in the overall campaign may be higher than the rebels
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DEAL, VOTING, PROXY, NEW
New lawmaker parents could vote by proxy for up to 12 weeks after childbirth.
U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) (L) participates in a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) (R), her husband Andrew Gamberzky and her son at
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TRUMP, LAW, EMHOFF, FIRM
After failing to achieve the title of "First Gentleman," Doug Emhoff, husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris and according to Jen Psaki the "reshaper" of the perception of masculinity, had to man up and get back to work like the rest of us.
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GOAL, OVECHKIN, NHL, ALEX
Russia's Alex Ovechkin has become the National Hockey League's highest all-time scorer by hitting his 895th career goal to surpass the legendary Wayne Gretzky's 31-year mark.
Canadian Hall of Famer Gretzky broke the record previously held by his compatriot
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HOCHUL, NEW, EDUCATION, DEI
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has refused to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices, going against orders from the Trump administration.
In a letter issued Friday, Daniel Morton-Bentley, who serves as the counsel and deputy
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