Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, APRIL 13th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
19 articles
TRUMP, WHITE, HOUSE, PHYSICAL
President Donald Trump will host his El Salvador counterpart Nayib Bukele at the White House on Monday, highlighting the central American leader's role as a top ally in Washington's crackdown on undocumented immigration.
Bukele has agreed to accept migrants
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PENNSYLVANIA, SHAPIRO, GOVERNOR, FIRE
The governor said he was awakened by 'bangs on the door' by police
Investigators are on the scene after an overnight fire at the governor's official residence on Sunday, April 13, 2025 in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
Investigators are on the scene
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TRUMP, ELECTRONICS, TARIFFS, TEMPORARY
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that President Donald Trump’s tariff exemptions on technology products like phones, computers and chips were temporary.
Partial transcript as follows:
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SANDERS, TRUMP, BERNIE, COACHELLA
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, one of the country’s leading progressives, delivered an impromptu speech onstage at the Coachella music festival in California on Saturday night in which he implored young people to oppose President Trump’s policies.
Mr.
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HELICOPTER, CRASH, HUDSON, FLIGHT
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is set to call on the Federal Aviation Administration to revoke the license of the New York City helicopter tour company that was operating the chopper that crashed into the Hudson River, leaving six people dead last week.
The
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PLANE, DEAD, NY, CRASH
At least one dead after small plane crashes in upstate New York
COPAKE, N.Y. — A twin-engine plane with six people on board crashed Saturday in a muddy field in upstate New York, authorities said.
The Columbia County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 report
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SUMY, MISSILE, RUSSIAN, KILLED
People were celebrating Palm Sunday when the strike occurred, officials said.
Russia missile strike kills more than 20 in Ukraine's Sumy, mayor says
This handout photograph taken and released by the Sumy City Council on April 13, 2025, shows local residents
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TRUMP, TEEN, PARENTS, ASSASSINATION
Teen killed parents as part of Trump assassination plot, says FBI
Federal investigators say Nikita Casap killed his parents as a part of a plot to assassinate Trump
Investigators also discovered antisemitic writings in which the accused allegedly detailed
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TRUMP, SALVADOR, DEPORTED, WRONGLY
The Maryland man erroneously deported to a notoriously brutal prison in El Salvador last month in defiance of a court order is still alive, the Trump administration confirmed Saturday.
Kimar Abrego Garcia remains in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center
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RETRIAL, NEW, WEINSTEIN, NY
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gets another crack at The New York Times as the retrial of her defamation lawsuit is set to begin in a Manhattan federal court on Monday.
A federal appeals court in August ordered a new trial after Palin lost the first one in
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NUCLEAR, ARABIA, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY
Nuclear energy hasn’t just been making a comeback in recent months.
According to many experts, including US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, we’re heading for a “long-awaited American nuclear renaissance.”
The US has mostly ignored or neglected nuclear projects
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MURDER, SUICIDE, TEEN, LOVE
A tragic love triangle was behind an alleged murder suicide in Queens on Saturday night — with the love interest witnessing the bloodbath, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Police came upon the bloody scene in Bayside shortly after 10 p.m., finding a
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SMITH, RUN, CONSIDER, STEPHEN
Stephen A. Smith, Host of ESPN's "First Take," hammered the Democratic Party and suggested he has "no choice" but to consider a run for president.
"I have no choice, because I've had elected officials, and I'm not going to give their names, elected officials
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META, TRIAL, SOCIAL, SELL
Soon after Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook in his Harvard dorm room in 2004, the social network skyrocketed in popularity. Roughly a decade later, the company experienced another round of explosive growth after buying its smaller rivals Instagram and WhatsApp,
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TRUMP, POLL, NEGATIVE, PARTISAN
Americans are less excited in the short term than the long term about President Donald Trump's tariff polices' impact on the economy, but the response are largely politically driven, according to the latest CBS News poll released Sunday.
Trump's overall job
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TRUMP, ADMINISTRATION, HASSETT, KEVIN
The Trump administration's trade strategy is all going according to plan, even with the turnabouts on tariffs, as it addresses the United States' "national emergency" of being too dependent on foreign goods, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett
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MASTERS, CAREER, 2025, GRAND
The 2025 Masters final round is underway, featuring a showdown between two greats
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After three days of thrilling gameplay, the final round of the 2025 Masters tournament is here, featuring two of the
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GAZA, ISRAEL, HOSPITAL, STRIKES
Israel strikes a hospital in Gaza, forcing evacuation as strikes intensify
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza — Israel struck a hospital in northern Gaza early Sunday, forcing patients to evacuate as attacks intensified.
The pre-dawn strike
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POPE, ST, WEEK, HOLY
Convalescing Pope Francis opens Holy Week with greeting in St. Peter's Square
toggle caption Gregorio Borgia/AP
VATICAN CITY — A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a "Good Palm
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NEW, AUTO, SHOP, CRASHES
Mysterious object crashes into New Jersey auto shop Security cameras of the owner's auto body shop captured a fireball as something crashed through the ceiling, leaving piles of debris.
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DOGE, NEW, GRIEVANCES, PEOPLE
Do you have a grievance with how the federal government is spending your tax money? A complaint over some wasteful practice or feather-bedded bureaucracy? I know I do - I could fill several volumes with complaints about government waste.
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MAINE, FUNDING, FEDERAL, 12
A federal judge on Friday ordered President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to unfreeze federal funding to Maine, as the administration continues to battle the Democrat-run state over transgender athletes.
District Court Judge John Woodcock
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EXPORTS, CHINA, RARE, EARTH
China has suspended exports of rare earth minerals and magnets used by auto manufacturers and military contractors, among others, in retaliation for President Donald Trump's 145% tariffs on the country, The New York Times reported Sunday.
China halted the
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GRETCHEN, WHITMER, TRUMP, WEEK
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was mocked after she was captured hiding her face behind a stack of binders to avoid being seen standing in the Oval Office when President Donald Trump spoke to the press.
The 53-year-old Democrat was flanked by two White House
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