Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, APRIL 12th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
8 articles
TRUMP, TARIFFS, SMARTPHONES, COMPUTERS
A review of the latest tariff guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection indicates that smartphones and personal computers will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that were imposed last Wednesday, Bloomberg first reported on Saturday.
On
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HELICOPTER, HUDSON, RIVER, CRASH
The New York City helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River had a mechanical issue months before it broke apart midair and killed all six onboard, including a family of tourists visiting from Spain, according to records.
The ill-fated Bell206L-4 LongRanger
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TRUMP, MAHER, MEETING, BILL
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that he is “glad the cops are getting their morale back” under President Donald Trump.
While discussing his meeting with President Donald Trump, Maher said that Trump was okay with Maher correcting
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IRAN, TALKS, NUCLEAR, ARRIVES
Tehran last month rejected direct negotiations with the United States.
Iran's delegation arrives in Oman for 'indirect' nuclear talks with US, state media says
In this photo released by Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left,
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MILITARY, BORDER, TRUMP, SOUTHERN
In a Friday news dump, President Donald Trump announced a memorandum to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) Brooke Rollins, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem
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TRUMP, UKRAINE, PUTIN, AGGRESSOR
(AFP) — US envoy Steve Witkoff wrapped up his latest talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday, after President Donald Trump urged his Russian counterpart to move quicker to end what he said was the country’s “senseless war” with Ukraine.
Trump has been
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MAINE, TRUMP, FUNDING, ADMIN
Federal judge orders USDA to unfreeze funds to Maine
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funding that was allocated to Maine from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — funds that had been
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DEPORTED, TRUMP, SALVADOR, EL
The Trump administration on Friday continued to pursue its stubborn fight against securing the freedom of a Maryland man it inadvertently deported to a Salvadoran prison last month despite a court order that expressly said he could remain in the United States.
Taking
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ICE, CONVICTED, OWNER, CHINA
An alleged sushi-slinging spy is in ICE custody.
Ming Xi Zhang, known as “Sushi John,” the 61-year-old owner of Ya Ya Noodles in Montgomery Township, NJ, was arrested March 24 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark.
Zhang was convicted in April
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FIRED, CRITICIZING, VANCE, CONCERNS
If you grow up in a military family, like I did, you don't just learn the rank structure or how to fold a flag. You grow up with an inherent respect for duty, service, and the rules that govern both. One of the biggest rules? Keep your politics to yourself
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SPACE, WARNS, NATO, RUSSIAN
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is warning allies that Russia is looking to deploy nuclear weapons in space in a move that could potentially threaten all global security and communication.
Speaking to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Rutte said NATO is
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REPUBLIC, DOMINICAN, ADAMS, DIE
Four people hospitalized with injuries from the roof collapse at a Dominican Republic nightclub died overnight, raising the death toll to at least 225, health officials said Saturday.
Fifteen of the more than 200 injured remain hospitalized, including five
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SENTENCE, CORRUPT, POLITICIAN, ILLINOIS
A former governor and presidential candidate in Mexico serving a federal prison sentence in the US for money laundering was deported by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week.
Tomas Jesus Yarrington Ruvalcaba, 68, was removed by ICE on Wednesday
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USA, INCIDENT, TRANSGENDER, FENCING
USA Fencing has acknowledged a forthcoming federal investigation into an incident that occurred at one of its events where a women’s fencer was punished for refusing to face a transgender competitor.
The investigation, which will be carried out by the newly-formed
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LONDON, BATMAN, ROBIN, CON
London isn't Gotham City, but that didn't stop two crimefighters dressed as Batman and Robin from swooping in to save tourists from losing their money to scam artists trying to hustle them out of their money.
Footage from the London Metropolitan Police shows
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KHALIL, MAHMOUD, STUDENT, RELEASE
From a small courtroom in a remote immigration jail in Jena, La., Judge Jamee Comans ruled on Friday that the government can deport Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil based solely on his advocacy for Palestine.
Comans made her decision after weighing
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SOCIAL, SECURITY, ELIZABETH, IMMIGRATION
We've been seeing constant lies from the Democrats claiming President Donald Trump/DOGE/Elon Musk are somehow cutting Social Security. It's despicable, designed to whip up fear in people who rely on Social Security, when Trump and his team have said over and
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TRUMP, TEEN, ASSASSINATE, PARENTS
Nikita Casap, 17, is accused of killing his mother and stepfather.
Nikita Casap is shown in court in the screen grab from a video.
Nikita Casap is shown in court in the screen grab from a video.
Nikita Casap is shown in court in the screen grab from a video.
Nikita
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TAN, ALICE, RIDLEY, SINGER
Opinion: Alice Tan Ridley and the joy of music
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By the time Alice Tan Ridley tried out for America's Got Talent in 2010, she had already led a tough, full, and interesting life. Her audition song aptly, was
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STEEL, OWNERS, BRITISH, CHINESE
LONDON (AP) – U.K. lawmakers returned to Parliament from their Easter break on Saturday to approve an emergency rescue of the country’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned lawmakers for the unusual Saturday
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TRUMP, FIGHTS, UFC, INCLUDING
She got curbed.
President Donald Trump appeared to snub actress Cheryl Hines, the wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., as he walked into the UFC 314 fights Saturday night.
Video captured the commander in chief as he received a raucous
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TAIWAN, SMALL, BAD, UNITED
Since President Trump announced his wave of globe-spanning tariffs, Alex Tang has held morning pep talks with the dozen or so workers at his lathe-making factory in central Taiwan, preparing them for rocky times ahead. His business, like all of Taiwan’s export-dependent
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NEW, UPENDED, COMPLICATES, WORK
President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs and a related drop in oil prices have contributed to the uncertainty for Alaska lawmakers tasked each year with crafting a state budget based on volatile oil prices
Alaska House Majority Leader Chuck Kopp,
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