Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, MAY 12th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
79 articles
TRUMP, CHINA, TRADE, QATAR
President Trump angrily brushed off ethical concerns about accepting a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar to be used as a new Air Force One, saying only someone “stupid” would turn down such an offer.
“I think it’s a great gesture from Qatar. I appreciate
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HAMAS, ALEXANDER, EDAN, HOSTAGE
Newly freed hostage Edan Alexander hugged his mother and family members as they were finally reunited after more than 19 grueling months — with the 21–year-old holding a sign reading “Thank you President Trump” after the American leader helped facilitate his
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NEWARK, AIRPORT, FAA, CHAOS
The Federal Aviation Administration is also considering flight reductions.
FAA launches emergency task force to ensure safety flying in and out of Newark
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to reporters during a news conference on Newark Liberty International
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WHITE, SOUTH, REFUGEE, TRUMP
An Episcopal group is quitting a taxpayer-funded refugee program because President Donald Trump is importing white South Africans whose lives are threatened.
“Just over two weeks ago, the federal government informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under
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TRIAL, DIDDY, SEX, TRAFFICKING
Opening statements at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial in New York began with details of alleged assault and video evidence.
Federal prosecutors have accused Combs on five charges, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and engaging in
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POPE, LEO, XIV, AMERICAN
Habemus Papam!
This is the third time I have heard those timely words issued from the Vatican balcony, heralding the election of a new leader for the Catholic Church. Since 1980, four popes have reigned: John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and now Robert
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NEWSOM, HOMELESS, ENCAMPMENTS, BAN
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a model ordinance on Monday in a press release, calling for Golden State cities to remove their homeless from the streets.
"There's nothing compassionate about letting people die on the streets," Newsom said in
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KURDISH, DISBAND, GROUP, TURKEY
The PKK Kurdish militant group will disband as part of a peace initiative with Turkey
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ANKARA, Turkey — A Kurdish militant group announced a historic decision Monday to disband and disarm as part of a new peace initiative with
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PLAN, TAX, HOUSE, SALT
To advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cuts, House Republicans on Monday unveiled a proposal that could hand him a powerful new tool to go after his political enemies.
The House Ways and Means Committee will meet Tuesday for a mark-up session of
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PAKISTAN, INDIA, CEASEFIRE, TRUMP
China sought to claim some of the credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan brokered by President Donald Trump on Saturday, playing up phone calls made to both sides by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the conflict escalated to the brink of war.
China’s
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MEDICAID, HOUSE, BILL, TRUMP
President Donald Trump on Monday urged House Republicans to rally behind the chairs of the Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture committees who are working on a reconciliation budget package of tax cuts and spending reductions that is facing
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BENEFITS, ILLEGAL, PROVIDING, TRUMP
Ever wonder why so many blue jurisdictions are going broke? Not to mention the current fiscal woes of Social Security? One reason may be the disbursement of government benefits to people who aren't legally in the country.
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Under the Trump administration,
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ICE, DETENTION, DEMOCRAT, JERSEY
We reported on the chaos that three Democratic House members from New Jersey caused at an ICE detention facility in Newark last Friday. Democrats claimed they did nothing, but then the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released video that showed otherwise.
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PUTIN, CEASEFIRE, TRUMP, TALKS
Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, after the Kremlin rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the more than 3-year war.
There was no response from the Kremlin, meanwhile,
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BACTERIA, JR, CREEK, RFK
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a plunge into the waters of Washington, DC’s notoriously contaminated Rock Creek – where swimming is banned because of high levels of fecal bacteria.
“Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with
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ASSAULT, DEPARDIEU, VERDICT, SEXUAL
Paris (AFP) – Brigitte Bardot has defended two French actors accused of sexual assault including fellow screen legend Gerard Depardieu, saying they should be allowed to “get on with their lives” in an interview with French channel BFM broadcast Monday.
The
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DATA, JUDGE, IRS, TRUMP
The Trump administration scored another legal win Monday as D.C. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction in a case challenging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sharing of data with the Department of
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PAXTON, POLL, TEXAS, LEAD
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton leads Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, by more than double digits in a poll commissioned by the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC supporting Cornyn.
Paxton leads Cornyn 56% to 40%, two people briefed on the survey told Punchbowl
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UK, STARMER, DROP, BIG
If you’re like many of us, you‘ve kept your eye on Great Britain with some dismay as they seem to grow ever more woke, and by allowing mass migration, there are entire areas that don’t feel British at all. Somewhat surprisingly, Prime Minister Keir Starmer
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VICE, CHAIR, HOGG, DNC
The Democratic National Committee’s credentials panel voted Monday to void activist David Hogg’s election to vice chair of the party.
Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was elected vice chair
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SUPER, PAC, CUOMO, LOSES
Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for Mr. Cuomo, said in a statement that the campaign would work to resolve the issue with the board.
“Our campaign has operated in full compliance with the campaign finance laws and rules, and everything on our website was reviewed
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PRIME, MINISTER, INVESTIGATE, POLICE
LONDON (AP) – British police on Monday were investigating an overnight fire that damaged door of Prime Minister Keir Starmer´s house in north London.
Starmer has rented out the house since he was elected in July, living with his family in the prime minister´s
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LANEZ, TORY, PRISON, THEE
Rapper Tory Lanez stabbed in California prison
Lanez, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, is serving a 10-year prison sentence for shooting fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion at a party in 2020.
Prison staff "responded, activated 911 and began medical
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BASEMENT, COURT, NAZI, FOUND
A trove of forgotten Nazi documents is found in Argentina's Supreme Court basement
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It was only by chance that a cache of secret Nazi documents seized during World War II was recently found in
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