Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, FUNDING, ORDER, PBS
Morning news brief Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS, Mike Waltz out as national security adviser, federal judge blocks use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans in South Texas.
National Morning news brief Morning news brief Audio will
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HARVARD, TRUMP, TAX, EXEMPT
Harvard University fired back at President Donald Trump on Friday, telling ABC News that he has no “legal basis” to rescind their status as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit entity.
The school's response came hours after Trump's social media post Friday morning
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TRUMP, FIRM, LAW, JUDGE
Newly launched law firm says it will represent those 'inappropriately targeted' by Trump
Attorney Abbe Lowell and U.S. President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden arrive to speak to reporters outside the Capitol, Dec. 13, 2023.
Attorney Abbe Lowell and U.S. President
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TRUMP, CARNEY, FIRST, JUDGES
At the risk of oversaturation, this is another article about the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term. However, it's uniquely newsworthy: Vice President JD Vance shared his thoughts on Trump's unprecedented start in an exclusive op-ed published
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, TRUMP, SIGN
U.S. Vice President JD Vance waves as he boards Air Force Two on May 1, 2025 in Charleston, South Carolina.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has warned Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is not likely to come to an end "any time soon."
Speaking during an
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TRUMP, TEXAS, ACT, OFFICIALS
The decision was the most sweeping ruling issued so far by a federal judge blocking the most aggressive prong of Mr. Trump’s effort, one that was already used to deport nearly 140 Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador on March 15. It comes after a Supreme
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ABREGO, GARCIA, WIFE, PROTECTION
USA Today released a courtroom recording in which the wife of the Democrats’ deported “Maryland Man” asked a judge to protect her from Kilmar Abrego Garcia
“He slapped me three times …. [and] he hit me in front of my sister,” she told the judge in August 2020.
Top
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CHINA, TALKS, TRADE, DOOR
The two countries have been sparring since President Trump ratcheted up tariffs on Chinese goods to a minimum of 145 percent last month, while omitting China from a 90-day pause on his tariffs that he granted to all other countries. China has responded with
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PALESTINIAN, ILLINOIS, AMERICAN, BOY
US man gets 53 years for fatally stabbing Palestinian-American child
15 minutes ago Share Save Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington DC Share Save
Reuters Wadea Al-Fayoume had just celebrated his sixth birthday before he was killed
An Illinois landlord who
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JOBS, TRUMP, REAGAN, ADDED
American employers added a better-than-expected 177,000 jobs in April as the job market showed resilience in the face of President Donald Trump's trade wars.
Hiring was down slightly from a revised 185,000 in March and came in above economists’ expectations
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WALTZ, TRUMP, ADVISER, MILLER
White House insiders are buzzing about the possibility of Stephen Miller, President Trump’s top policy and homeland security adviser, replacing Mike Waltz as national security adviser following Thursday’s administration shakeup.
Trump, 78, shifted Waltz, 51,
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GERMANY, AFD, EXTREMIST, TYRANNY
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that Germany should reverse its course after the country's spy agency classified the far-right Alternative for Germany as "extremist," a move that gives it new powers to surveil the nation's biggest opposition party.
The
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ASSAULT, COURT, CHARGES, RUSSELL
The comedian and actor Russell Brand was scheduled on Friday to appear before a London court on multiple charges of sexual assault, including two counts of rape.
His appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court will be the first, largely procedural, step in
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TEMU, CHINA, SHIPMENTS, ONLINE
The internet shopping app Temu has stopped shipping items from China to the U.S. in a direct response to new import fees imposed by the Trump administration.
Temu still offers products shipped from U.S. warehouses to American customers, however.
CNBC reported
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TOUR, YELLOWSTONE, VAN, CRASH
A pickup truck and a passenger van carrying a tour group collided in Idaho near Yellowstone National Park on Thursday evening, killing seven people, the Idaho State Police said. Both of the vehicles caught fire after the crash.
Six of those killed were in
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TRUMP, DAY, VETERANS, VICTORIES
President Donald Trump announced Thursday the United States is “going to start celebrating our victories again” by renaming Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I” and establishing May 8 as “Victory Day for World War II.”
The revelation came on the President’s
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JILL, SOBULE, SINGER, KISSED
Ground-breaking musician Jill Sobule dies in house fire
Jill Sobule, a ground-breaking American songwriter whose hit I Kissed a Girl is widely considered the first song with openly-gay themes to crack the Billboard Top 20, has died in a house fire in the US
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TRUMP, 163, SPENDING, BILLION
The White House sent a letter today to Congress that laid out President Trump’s proposals for government spending in the next fiscal year. The blueprint called for $163 billion in cuts that would eliminate a vast set of climate, education, health and housing
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BIRTHDAY, TRUMP, PARADE, MILITARY
Soldiers from each of the Army's divisions would be represented in the parade.
Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: A possible military parade coinciding with Trump's birthday
U.S. Army Abrams tanks take part in a military parade in Warsaw on Polish
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HELICOPTER, LANDINGS, AIRPORT, ARMY
A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter flying near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday forced two commercial airliners to abort landings, reigniting concerns just months after a deadly crash involving the same Army aviation brigade that killed
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MIRIAM, ACCUSER, HALEY, WEINSTEIN
A Harvey Weinstein accuser stormed out of a Manhattan courtroom in tears during a grilling by the fallen movie mogul’s lawyer Friday, forcing a judge to pause his sex crimes retrial for 10 minutes.
Miriam “Mimi” Haley, during her fourth day on the witness
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HARRY, PRINCE, SECURITY, UK
Harry lost his security status when he moved to the U.S.
Prince Harry, the son of King Charles III, lost his bid to reinstate his security on visits to the U.K., a judge ruled Friday.
Harry’s security situation will now remain as is following the ruling.
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