Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, MAY 6th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
23 articles
TRUMP, CARNEY, CANADA, PRIME
When the new Canadian prime minister arrived at the Oval Office on Tuesday morning to meet with the American president, he appeared to be walking into a lion’s den. But it turned out to be a house cat he found there.
“Canada is a very special place to me,”
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TRUMP, SUPREME, COURT, BAN
The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted Donald Trump's administration to implement his ban on transgender personnel in the military, one of a series of directives by the president to curb transgender rights.
In a decision that could trigger the discharge of
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INDIA, PAKISTAN, MISSILES, LAUNCHED
Following the strikes, the Indian army said, "Justice is served."
India fires several missiles at 'terrorist infrastructure' in Pakistan, India says
India fired several missiles into Pakistan overnight on Tuesday, the Pakistani army said.
The attacks, labeled
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TRUMP, ED, TILLIS, MARTIN
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, outed himself Tuesday as a supporter of a weaponized Department of Justice when he explained to Capitol Hill reporters his lack of support for Ed Martin's nomination
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CHANCELLOR, MERZ, GERMANY, FRIEDRICH
Friedrich Merz, designated Federal Chancellor (CDU), is pictured during the signing of the coalition agreement between the SPD, CDU, and CSU on May 05, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
Friedrich Merz failed to get the majority needed to become German chancellor in
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TRUMP, HELD, YEMEN, HAMAS
On Tuesday’s “CNN This Morning,” network contributor Harry Enten noted an IPSOS poll showing Americans viewing President Donald Trump’s efforts to address crime significantly “better” than former President Joe Biden.
Enten described the administration’s approach
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TRUMP, HOLLYWOOD, TARIFFS, TAX
The Teamsters labor union is overjoyed at President Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs on films produced overseas, applauding it Monday as a “strong step” toward “reining in the studios’ un-American addiction to outsourcing our members’ work.”
In a joint
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NEWARK, AIRPORT, TRAFFIC, AIR
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy vows to modernize America’s air-traffic control system — and not a moment too soon. Especially for Newark Liberty International Airport.
Last week, a burnt out copper wire triggered a 90-second radar and communications blackout
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HOUTHIS, TRUMP, STOP, YEMEN
For anyone who has wondered what an “America First” foreign policy looks like, Donald Trump provided a vivid example today when he declared a cease-fire with the Houthis, the Yemeni militia that has been under U.S. bombardment for the past seven weeks.
The
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ASSAULT, SMOKEY, ROBINSON, SEXUAL
The U.S. trade deficit widened to a record high in March as businesses boosted imports of goods ahead of tariffs, which dragged gross domestic product into negative terrain in the first quarter for the first time in three years.
The trade gap jumped 14.0%
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ID, REAL, TRAVELERS, FLY
Twenty years later, the REAL ID deadline is here. Here's why it took so long
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It's often assumed the 2005 REAL ID law was a result of the terror attacks of 2001 and the 9/11 Commission's recommendation that the federal government
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YEMEN, HOUTHI, AIRPORT, CAPITAL
"We call upon you to evacuate the airport area," the IDF said.
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This is a breaking news story please check back for updates.
This is a breaking news story please check back for updates.
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MOSCOW, RUSSIA, ATTACK, DRONE
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian forces still planned to cease fire in Ukraine from May 8-10 as per President Vladimir Putin's orders, but would respond if Ukrainian forces tried to strike Russian positions.
Putin on April 28 declared a three-day ceasefire
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POPE, CONCLAVE, WORLD, CARDINALS
Of all the contenders to be the next pope, Danny Kind might not be an obvious choice. His shaggy hair is tinted green, and the other day he was wearing a Korn T-shirt under his ceremonial robes.
“I’m an Ashkenazi Jew from Orlando, so I’m not very Catholic,”
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TRADE, CHINA, BESSENT, DE
US and China to start talks over trade war this week
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US and Chinese officials are set to start talks this week to try
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2025, MET, GALA, PREGNANCY
So much is made of the fashion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit — otherwise known as the Met Gala — that it can be easy to forget the event is about more than clothes. It’s also a fund-raiser for the museum, which this year collected
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SHOOTING, FBI, BASEBALL, CONGRESSIONAL
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said Tuesday that the FBI "completely mishandled" its investigation into the 2017 shooting during a Republican baseball practice that left him severely injured.
Scalise was reacting to a report issued by the House
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FETTERMAN, PIECE, HIT, SEN
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., appears to no longer have the support he once had, with many liberals turning on him following a scathing report focusing on his health.
New York Magazine’s Intelligencer published a lengthy piece Friday titled “All By Himself”
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TEENS, FBI, 250, NETWORK
Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are growing more concerned about an online network called “764” that targets and extorts young people.
The predators befriend teenagers on online platforms then push them into behavior including creating
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STATE, TRUMP, USA, DEEP
On Tuesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the U.S. and Canada.
Marlow said that “expanding is good, in general,” and ensuring the U.S. controls the whole continent and can push back against Chinese influence
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DAYCARE, CHILD, BRAZIL, FLED
A daycare in Cape Cod closed this week after housing an illegal migrant wanted for child rape in his home country of Brazil.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed that agents arrested Tiago Lucas in Bourne, Massachusetts last October after
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OFFICE, PALESTINIAN, RUBIO, AFFAIRS
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the Department of State to close the Office of Palestinian Affairs and merge it with the United States Embassy in Jerusalem, according to several reports.
Tammy Bruce, a spokesperson with the Department of State,
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CHINA, BACK, PROTESTS, WORKERS
China's economy has been a house of cards for some time now, but President Trump's tariffs may be knocking that house of cards down. Case in point: Chinese factories are closing down, and Chinese workers are furious. Laid-off Chinese workers are taking to the
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TRUMP, ARABIAN, ANNOUNCE, PERSIAN
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to announce while on his trip to Saudi Arabia next week that the US will now refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, two US officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Arab nations
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