Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, WALTZ, NATIONAL, MIKE
U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz joins U.S. Vice President JD Vance for a visit to the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will nominate Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador
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UKRAINE, DEAL, MINERALS, TRUMP
A deal to share revenue from the extraction of minerals, including rare earths, was signed between the United States and Ukraine, with President Donald Trump saluting it as saving America from “looking foolish” for having funded the Ukraine War in return for
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TRUMP, POPE, SMITH, RUN
Martin Scorsese will produce a new documentary featuring an on-camera interview with Pope Francis that was recorded at Vatican City in December, a few months before the pope died at the age of 88.
The film, “Aldeas — A New Story,” is about the worldwide cultural
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TRUMP, JUDGE, TEXAS, ACT
A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.
U.S. District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the first judge to rule that the Alien Enemies Act cannot be
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TRUMP, HARRIS, SPEECH, KAMALA
Kamala Harris slams Trump tariffs in her first major speech since he took office
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris, in her first major public remarks since leaving the White House, criticized President Trump's
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DOGE, MUSK, STEPS, FEDERAL
Elon Musk said DOGE “should definitely” investigate after The Post’s exposé of the Fed’s $2.5 billion revamp of its Washington, DC, headquarters — a lavish project that the Tesla titan called an “eyebrow raiser.”
The Post exclusively reported earlier this
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VACCINES, JR, PLACEBO, NEW
RFK Jr plans placebo-trial testing for 'all new vaccines'
The administration is calling the move a "radical departure" - but experts say new vaccines already go through placebo-controlled trials
But officials have suggested that updated Covid-19 shots may
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APPLE, 900M, TARIFFS, CEO
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Thursday that the company could likely take a $900 million hit in the second quarter due to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but added “certain unique factors” will benefit the tech giant, multiple outlets reported.
Cook gave the assessment
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MANGIONE, LUIGI, STATE, CASE
Luigi Mangione appears in court for a hearing, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York.
Luigi Mangione appears in court for a hearing, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York.
Luigi Mangione appears in court for a hearing, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York.
Luigi Mangione appears in court
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FLORIDA, ICE, STATE, ARRESTS
Police in Florida have been ordered to stop enforcing immigration law in that state, a federal judge ruled this week.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that an order blocking police from enforcing state immigration law applies to all local authorities.
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FLORIDA, 14B, 11, RESIDENTS
'We're all ticking time bombs': Budget cuts gut 9/11 health protections as community braces for crisis
New York City firefighters hug each other during rescue operations at the World Trade Center after two hijacked planes crashed into the Twin Towers, on Sept.
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TESLA, MUSK, REPLACE, ELON
Overnight, Tesla responded to the Wall Street Journal's decision to publish a story late on Wednesday about Elon Musk's future with the EV company--one that Tesla says the publication knew was fake news. In the story, the WSJ quotes anonymous sources allegedly
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NEWS, FOX, DOOCY, STEVE
From left, Laurence Jones, Steve Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade host “Fox & Friends” on weekdays. After putting in nearly three decades on the morning shift at Fox News, Doocy will reduce his work load to three days a week.
Steve Doocy is giving
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HIGH, SCHOOL, HAZING, TEEN
A high school special-education teacher has been hit with 63 charges for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student in her parents’ home after plying him with marijuana.
Michelle Mercogliano, 35, a teacher at Conestoga High School in Chester County, Pennsylvania,
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TRUMP, CONFERENCE, CENTER, DUBAI
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In 2019, President Donald Trump asserted that cryptocurrency was “highly volatile and based on thin air.” The description is still highly accurate—but Trump seems to no longer believe
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MAHDAWI, MOHSEN, STUDENT, LAWYER
Mohsen Mahdawi's lawyer speaks out after his release from detention center NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with one of Mohsen Mahdawi's lawyers. The Palestinian Columbia University student and lawful permanent resident was released Wednesday after two weeks in detention.
National
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LAWSUIT, IRS, BIDEN, HUNTER
Hunter Biden abruptly dropped his lawsuit Wednesday against two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers who alleged a wide-ranging cover-up in the Department of Justice to stonewall the tax fraud investigation into him.
The Biden scion had slapped a lawsuit
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ADAMS, BUDGET, MAYOR, 115B
The mayor adopted a far sunnier tone. He repeatedly said he was “base-lining” programs so that they would exist in perpetuity; his staff had outfitted the public school students arrayed behind him with signs bearing the word “forever.”
“This is the best budget
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ASSOCIATION, WOMEN, ENGLAND, WINNING
Women in the United Kingdom keep winning after a UK soccer association reversed its transgender policy that had allowed trans-identifying males to compete on women’s football teams.
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The decision from the Football Association has banned trans-identifying
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ABREGO, NEW, GARCIA, KILMAR
The moment Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the suspected MS-13 gangbanger booted from the US and into El Salvador’s “hellhole” mega-prison — was accused of human trafficking during a 2022 traffic stop in Tennessee was revealed in a new bodycam video.
One trooper can
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DEATH, BEATEN, NJ, DAUGHTER
A beloved New Jersey dad was beaten to death with a baseball bat and hammer in front of his teen daughter outside the home of her alleged 17-year-old assailant and his father on Easter Sunday.
Louis “Gus” Serbeck went over to Eric Hannah’s Vineland home on
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SOUTH, LEADER, REPORTS, DISQUALIFIED
South Korea's acting leader Han resigns amid reports he will run for president
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo said Thursday he is resigning to take on "heavier responsibility" amid
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The Trump administration hit back Thursday at a Reuters report that showed drone footage of suspected members of the ruthless Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua forming an SOS distress signal at a detention facility in Texas, labeling it "the mainstream media's
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