Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
49 articles
TRUMP, QATAR, SYRIA, JET
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman reacts next to U.S. President Donald Trump during the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.
The plenary room of the Ritz Carlton Riyadh was packed to the brim on Tuesday as guests awaited
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CASSIE, DIDDY, VENTURA, SEX
Sean “Diddy” Combs told his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura he would blow up rapper Kid Cudi’s car in a jealous fury, she testified before a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday.
The chilling threat was made shortly after Combs found out in late 2011 that Ventura
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BILL, HOUSE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL
The latest roadblock for House Republicans' 'big beautiful bill': Senate Republicans
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As House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., feverishly works to finalize the details of a massive package that
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NEWSOM, CALIFORNIA, CARE, HEALTH
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed rolling back part of his expensive program to provide health coverage for illegal immigrants. One element of the plan would stop new enrollments.
The Hill reported that he move comes as the Medi-Cal program in California
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JR, RFK, AMERICANS, HHS
This marks Kennedy's first testimony since his January confirmation hearings.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks, during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, May 12, 2025.
Health and Human Services Secretary
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NOEM, KRISTI, DEM, REP
California Dem. Rep. Eric Swalwell is “special,” although not in a good way. He regularly plays a very unconvincing tough guy, and he’s convinced of his own intellectual brilliance although no one else is. He’s never lived down being exposed as having ties
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SOUTH, AFRIKANERS, WHITE, REFUGEES
covers politics Vox. She first joined Vox in 2019, and her work has also appeared in Politico, Washington Monthly, and the New Republic.
South African internet personality and Afrikaner commentator Willem Petzer addresses a group of white South Africans supporting
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TRUMP, ACT, JUDGE, ALIEN
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking the Supreme Court of the United States to permit deportations under the Alien Enemies Act after a group of Tren de Aragua gang members, detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),
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GEORGETOWN, DETENTION, JUDGE, IMMIGRATION
A judge in Virginia on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University who was arrested in March, after two months of detention in an immigration facility in Texas.
The order, issued from the bench
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BROTHERS, MENENDEZ, PAROLE, ELIGIBLE
When a Los Angeles County judge resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez on Tuesday, he offered the brothers a path to freedom for the first time since they were given life in prison for killing their parents with shotguns in 1989.
The latest development makes Lyle,
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PUTIN, TALKS, TURKEY, PEACE
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – The talks have taken place in the warring capitals of Moscow and Kyiv, from Washington and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to countries across Europe. Now, all eyes are finally turning to Istanbul to seek an end to Russia’s 3-year-old, full-scale
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GAZA, ISRAEL, HOSPITAL, HAMAS
Israeli strikes killed dozens of Palestinians in northern Gaza overnight, Palestinian health officials said on Wednesday, as Israel threatens to ramp up its military campaign in the enclave despite mounting international pressure.
The bodies of more than 50
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TRUMP, IRAN, NUCLEAR, DEAL
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (USDT) announced additional sanctions Tuesday targeting Iran's network of corporations designed to circumvent sanctions on oil revenue by masking the true nature of the transactions.
"Today's action underscores our continued
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NEW, LAW, FOX, NEWS
In this April 12, 2023, file photo, the Fox News logo is displayed outside Fox News Headquarters in New York.
In this April 12, 2023, file photo, the Fox News logo is displayed outside Fox News Headquarters in New York.
In this April 12, 2023, file photo,
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BIRTHRIGHT, CITIZENSHIP, SUPREME, COURT
As the Supreme Court weighs whether to allow the Trump administration to massively restrict birthright citizenship, Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., is attempting to use Congress’s power of the purse to block the administration’s attack on constitutionally protected
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BIDEN, BOOK, TAPPER, DECLINE
My colleagues Nick Arama, Sister Toldjah, Rusty Weiss, our editor Bob Hoge and other RedState contributors have already covered thoroughly the dishonest book by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson, exposing the fallout and falsehoods surrounding it weeks
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DEAL, CARTEL, FAMILY, TRUMP
It’s a crime family affair.
The ex-wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and 16 other relatives strolled across the US southern border as part of a secret plea deal with the feds, according to reports.
Griselda Lopez Perez, who was married
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FAA, PENTAGON, AIRPORT, HOTLINE
A hotline connecting Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport air traffic controllers and their counterparts at the Pentagon has been "inoperable" for more than three years, a Federal Aviation Administration official told lawmakers Wednesday.
Franklin McIntosh,
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TRUMP, HARVARD, GRANTS, CUT
The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it is cutting an additional $450 million in grants to Harvard University after freezing $2.2 billion last week.
“Harvard University has repeatedly failed to confront the pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic
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TRUMP, HOUSE, IMPEACHMENT, EFFORT
A Michigan Democratic congressman opted not to force a vote on a resolution to impeach President Trump Wednesday in the face of certain defeat and objections from his own colleagues.
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) had until the end of Wednesday’s business to
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SCHOOL, TEXAS, HIGH, SON
These teens are saving the last dance.
While other seniors around the city spent the last two weeks dress shopping and going to tux fittings, three All Hallows High School seniors were focused on saving their class’s very last prom.
The Catholic school’s
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YEARS, FDNY, CHIEF, EX
“Back from the Brink,” Peter Moskos’ new book chronicling New York City’s remarkable 1990s crime drop, revives something largely absent from national discourse in recent years: the voice of cops.
It packs a powerful — and desperately timely — message for New
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JUDGE, ICE, DUGAN, WISCONSIN
US judge charged for allegedly helping man evade immigration officials
Hannah Dugan is at the centre of an escalating clash between the Trump administration and local authorities on handling immigration
Judge Dugan's defence lawyers responded with a one-sentence
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OVERDOSE, DEATHS, 27, YEAR
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.
An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data
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