Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MAY 17th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
15 articles
BIDEN, HUR, AUDIO, INTERVIEW
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Pérez reacted to audio of then-President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur by saying that the interview took place right after the October 7 attack when Biden
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UKRAINE, TRUMP, PUTIN, RUSSIAN
A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say
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KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region Saturday
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SPRINGS, PALM, EXPLOSION, FERTILITY
A large explosion rocked homes in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, according to multiple reports.
Smoke was visible over the town, and residents told The Desert Sun they smelled a strange odor.
The blast happened not far from Desert Regional Medical
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DEAD, MIDWEST, KENTUCKY, STORMS
Over 500 reports of severe weather have been made from Texas to New Jersey.
At least a dozen people dead across several states as storms take hold of America's Heartland
People survey damage after a severe storm moved through Friday, May 16, 2025, in St.
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BROOKLYN, BRIDGE, NAVY, MEXICAN
A huge, tall ship, a training ship for the Mexican Navy, was in New York City as part of a promotion for next year’s Sail4th tall ship event, which will celebrate America’s 250th birthday.
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But it had a big problem on Saturday as it appeared
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TRUMP, BAN, LEGACY, FORCED
The Trump administration has given up a legal fight to ban a device that makes semiautomatic weapons more powerful.
The Justice Department said Friday that it had reached a settlement ending litigation filed by the Biden administration to block the sale of
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TRUMP, CHINA, WON, TRADE
President Donald Trump said Friday that the recent trade agreement with China prevented the Asian economic giant from breaking apart, arguing America was better equipped to endure a prolonged trade conflict due to renewed national spirit following his re-election,
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CRIME, DISTRICT, AOC, AVERAGE
What these neighborhoods really need is a “Squad” car.
Major crime rose by an eye-popping 70% in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx and Queens district since the ‘defund the police’ socialist lawmaker took office in 2019 — more than double the citywide
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BIG, TRUMP, BEAUTIFUL, CUTS
The next month will be one in which Congress finally gets down to brass tacks on what the tax reform bill long talked about will actually look like. While most of the tax provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act can be made permanent without any offsetting
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LEO, POPE, XIV, MASS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend the inaugural Mass of newly elected Pope Leo on Sunday, along with many other world leaders, the Vatican said.
The Mass in St. Peter's Square will formally install Pope Leo, who was born in Chicago but lived
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ALIEN, ACT, SUPREME, ENEMIES
is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.
The most closely
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TRUMP, WALMART, EAT, TARIFFS
Walmart, which sells a broad selection of affordable goods to millions of Americans, said on Thursday that Mr. Trump’s tariffs, even at their recently reduced levels, would soon force it to start raising prices.
“We will do our best to keep our prices as low
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NEW, JAIL, ORLEANS, INMATES
Orleans Parish officials say ten dangerous inmates escaped the parish jail Friday morning. By lunchtime, police arrested one of the escapees while the other ten remained at large. An eleventh inmate was initially reported among the escapees but was later located
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DECLINES, NEW, BIZARRE, REFUSAL
NYC Socialist mayoral wannabe Zohran Mamdani continued to offer a bizarre excuse Saturday about why he refused to sign a resolution denouncing the Holocaust, and blew off questions about skipping out on a separate resolution celebrating Israel’s 77th anniversary.
The
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CARTEL, WOMAN, ACCUSED, MEXICAN
A 39-year-old woman is the first Mexican national to be indicted in the United States on charges of providing material support to a cartel designated as a foreign terrorist organization, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Friday, citing Texas court documents.
Maria
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NOLTE, TAPPER, IMPOTENT, MEDIA
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart News Senior Writer John Nolte talked about media coverage of Joe Biden’s decline.
Nolte said Jake Tapper is “the arsonist calling the fire department. So, he’s hired the same crisis firm Anthony Weiner hired, the same
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STRIKE, TRANSIT, NEW, SATURDAY
High-stake talks between striking train engineers and New Jersey’s huge commuter railroad will pick back up again Saturday, NJ Transit CEO Kris Kolluri said — a day after the union-led walkout brought the state’s transportation system to a screeching halt.
The
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NEW, YORK, TRUMP, ARREST
The congestion pricing apocalypse could be coming.
President Trump’s choice to become New Jersey’s next governor has a message for New York: drop the congestion tolling scheme — or pay the price.
Republican Jack Ciattarelli is vowing to slap a “reverse congestion
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NYU, SPEECH, LUCK, STUDENT
New York University may have ignored its own protocols for commencement speakers, allowing a student speaker to complete a divisive anti-Israel speech at its Gallatin School graduation — as some faculty members applauded, a school insider told The Post.
“As
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PROVE, CONSPIRACY, COMBS, TESTIMONY
Mr. Combs, 55, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. He could face life in prison.
Ms. Ventura painted a damning portrait of the man who millions of people came to know as “Diddy,” “P. Diddy,”
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