Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, MAY 16th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
29 articles
TRUMP, MIDDLE, EAST, SPRINGSTEEN
President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Friday morning to declare that pop star Taylor Swift is “no longer hot” after he proclaimed his contempt for the singer.
“Has anyone noticed that, since I said ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,’ she’s no longer ‘HOT?'” President
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COMEY, POST, TRUMP, 86
The Trump administration is investigating James Comey, the former F.B.I. director who was fired by President Trump in his first term, for a social media post that officials claim amounted to a call for Mr. Trump’s assassination, members of the president’s cabinet
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BILL, BIG, TRUMP, BEAUTIFUL
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” failed to get out of committee at the first attempt Friday due to opposition from GOP fiscal hawks who insisted the measure didn’t do enough to reduce the federal budget deficit.
Five Republicans — Chip
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DIDDY, CASSIE, COMBS, SEAN
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorney cross-examines Cassie Ventura for the first time
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This report contains descriptions of physical and sexual violence.
During cross-examination Thursday, Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura detailed
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COURT, SUPREME, TRUMP, ACT
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration’s appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law.
Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who
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TRANSIT, STRIKE, NJ, NEW
A person boards a NJ Tranist train at the Hoboken Transit Terminal, Sept. 1, 2023, in Hoboken, New Jersey.
A person boards a NJ Tranist train at the Hoboken Transit Terminal, Sept. 1, 2023, in Hoboken, New Jersey.
A person boards a NJ Tranist train at the
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UKRAINE, TALKS, RUSSIA, PEACE
There's a bit of progress to report out of Turkey as initial peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have resulted in an agreed swap of prisoners of war.
Initially, the plan was for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
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NEW, ORLEANS, JAIL, INMATES
Inmates facing murder charges among 11 escapees from New Orleans prison
The Orleans Parish Jail is only a few kilometres from the city's famous French Quarter
The escaped inmates are considered "armed and dangerous", the Orleans Parish Sheriff's office said,
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TRUMP, MELANIA, SLOVENIA, STATUE
Police in Slovenia are investigating the disappearance of a bronze statue of U.S. first lady Melania Trump that was sawed off and carried away from her hometown.
The life-size sculpture was unveiled in 2020 during President Donald Trump’s first term in office
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BIDEN, HUR, COUNSEL, AUDIO
In February 2024, when quizzed on President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s ability to communicate his re-election message, Senator Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat, quickly vouched for him.
“I know that he is ready for this campaign,” he told CBS News. “I have
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RUSHDIE, SALMAN, 25, YEARS
Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie is sentenced to 25 years in prison
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Hadi Matar, the man who severely injured novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 stabbing attack, was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison — the
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BIRTHRIGHT, CITIZENSHIP, TRUMP, ISN
Forty-six minutes into the Supreme Court’s oral argument in the birthright-citizenship litigation, Solicitor General D. John Sauer got a question he couldn’t answer. Arguing on behalf of the government, Sauer wants the Court to prohibit nationwide injunctions,
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BOEING, DROP, DEAL, CRASHES
DOJ may drop case against Boeing over deadly 737 Max crashes, despite families' outrage
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is considering dropping its criminal case against Boeing over two fatal crashes
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GAZA, TRUMP, PEOPLE, ISRAELI
More than 100 Palestinians are killed in Gaza in a day of Israeli airstrikes
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TEL AVIV, Israel — It has been a deadly week of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in the past
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RATING, DOWNGRADES, MOODY, CREDIT
The credit rating of the United States received a potentially costly downgrade on Friday, as the ratings firm Moody’s determined that the government’s fiscal outlook had deteriorated as a result of rising debt levels and stood to worsen further if Republicans
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FBI, PATEL, ANNOUNCES, BUILDING
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that the bureau is leaving its longtime headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover Building and would transfer 1,500 employees to locations around the country.
“This FBI is leaving the Hoover building because this building
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34, CHARTER, COX, GIANTS
Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the U.S.
Cox is the third-largest cable television company in the country, with more than 6.5 million digital
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BROWN, CHRIS, NIGHTCLUB, ASSAULT
London (AFP) – American R&B singer Chris Brown, the former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, is due to appear in a UK court on Friday after being arrested and charged over an alleged assault at a London nightclub in 2023, police said.
Brown, 36, is known for
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INJUNCTION, LAW, BUSINESS, LOWER
On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Trump vs. CASA Inc. Though the case arises out of President Trump’s January executive order on birthright citizenship and the 14th Amendment, Thursday’s oral argument had very little to do with
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VERIZON, FRONTIER, DEAL, SUCCESSFULLY
Verizon Communications said Friday it is ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs after the Trump administration opened a probe and as the U.S. telecom carrier seeks approval to purchase Frontier Communications.
Federal Communications Commission chair
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ALLEGATIONS, ROBINSON, INVESTIGATION, SMOKEY
Smokey Robinson under criminal investigation after sexual assault allegations
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This report contains descriptions of physical and sexual violence.
LOS ANGELES — Legendary Motown singer, songwriter and
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RUN, CINDERELLA, KNICKS, NETS
The Knicks fever is hitting the Big Apple with a double “bang” strong enough to shake even the strongest Nets fans’ loyalty.
Bars outside the Barclays Center — staunch Nets territory — have been buzzing with anticipation and excitement as the Knicks give the
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HOCHUL, INFLATION, GOV, CHECKS
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's decision to spend $2 billion of her recently enacted budget on one-time inflation refund checks is facing pushback from within her own party, with some Albany Democrats calling the plan a political stunt ahead of next year's governor's
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MOUNTAINS, WEEKS, MISSING, REASON
That’s some proper prior planning.
A lost hiker missing for three weeks in the California mountains miraculously survived when she stumbled upon an unlocked cabin that had been left open by its owner for this exact situation — and was rescued just in time
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