Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, MAY 26th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
45 articles
TRUMP, HARVARD, MEMORIAL, RUSSIA
President Trump blasted out a fiery Memorial Day message first thing Monday — ripping the “scum” Biden administration for allowing scores of violent illegal migrants into the United States.
“Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last
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ROBERTSON, PHIL, DYNASTY, DUCK
Mr. Robertson was born on April 24, 1946, in Vivian, a rural town in the northwestern corner of Louisiana, as one of seven children.
He attended Louisiana Tech University on a football scholarship and after receiving his bachelor’s degree in physical education
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LIVERPOOL, PARADE, CAR, PLOWS
On Monday, in Liverpool, United Kingdom, a van plowed through a crowd gathered to celebrate and watch the Liverpool FC trophy parade. As of this writing, there is no word on how many injuries or deaths, if any, resulted. A 53-year-old British resident is in
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KING, CHARLES, CANADA, TRUMP
Britain's King Charles, left, is presented with the Key to Canada House by High Commissioner for Canada, Ralph Goodale, during a visit to Canada House to mark 100 years since it opened, at Trafalgar Square, in London, Tuesday May 20, 2025. (Arthur Edwards/Pool
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RANGEL, 94, CHARLES, REP
Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was also a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died Monday at age 94.
The family confirmed the death in a
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MACRON, WIFE, VIDEO, VIETNAM
French President Emmanuel Macron announced over $10 billion in deals with Vietnam on Monday, including an agreement for Vietnam to buy 20 French-made Airbus planes.
Macron also announced deals on nuclear energy, defense, vaccines, satellites, and ground and
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BIDEN, THINGS, DECLINE, AUTHOR
Joe Biden’s aides were willing to do “undemocratic things” to cover up the former president’s mental decline and keep him in power for another four years, the author of a bombshell book revealed Sunday.
Biden’s team of unelected staffers felt justified in
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NOEM, TRUMP, ISRAEL, VISITS
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted a video of herself on Memorial Day praying at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem following the shooting last week of two Israeli Embassy staffers.
"Following the horrific terrorist attack in Washington DC killing
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MURDER, CHIEF, FORMER, RAPE
Former police chief, serving murder and rape sentences, escapes from Arkansas prison
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CALICO ROCK, Ark. — A former police chief in Arkansas who is serving decades-long sentences for murder and rape escaped
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ALCOHOL, SAUDI, BAN, ARABIA
Saudi Arabia announced Friday it will lift its decades-long alcohol ban at 600 designated tourist locations by 2026, marking a significant policy shift aimed at boosting international tourism ahead of the 2034 FIFA World Cup and 2030 Expo, the U.S. Sun reported.
Under
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TRUMP, BILL, BIG, BEAUTIFUL
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will vote unanimously against the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act."
"This is not beautiful. This bill is downright ugly — a job killer, a price raiser, a care slasher, and massive pile on to the national debt,"
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COCAINE, FBI, HOUSE, WHITE
The FBI is investigating "potential public corruption" in three well-known cases that include the D.C. pipe-bombing probe, cocaine found at President Joe Biden's White House, and a leak of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, Deputy Director Dan Bongino said.
Bongino
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TRUMP, SHERIFF, CONVICTED, BRIBERY
President Donald Trump issued a pardon on Monday for a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted last year of federal bribery charges, averting prison time for the officer.
"Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia, and their family have been dragged through
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EMBASSY, GERMAN, CITIZEN, AVIV
A 28-year-old U.S.-German dual citizen is accused of trying to firebomb a U.S. Embassy office in Israel, where he was arrested and then deported to America.
The man, who is reportedly from Colorado, is also accused of making deadly threats against President
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AD, DOD, TRUMP, STRENGTH
The Trump administration unveiled a new military recruitment advertisement that zeroes in on the Armed Forces' mission of "war fighting" and a return to "peace through strength," also the title of the ad.
The 90-second ad aired Sunday during the Coca-Cola
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ENGINEER, BOAT, BLAST, NYC
The city worker killed in a freak raw sewage boat explosion on the Hudson River has been identified as a “beloved” veteran New York City Department of Environmental Protection engineer.
Raymond Feige, 59, died when the sludge vessel blew up at the North River
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HAMAS, PROPOSAL, AGREES, CEASEFIRE
This just in: Hamas rarely tells the truth. They lie; they are terrorists, it's what they do.
So, when a "Palestinian" official, who is very likely either a Hamas mouthpiece or has a gun at his head, claims that Hamas agreed to a United States proposal for
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BILL, TOURS, NYC, NEW
Reps. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., Rob Menendez, D-N.J., and Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., introduced legislation earlier this month that would ban helicopter tours around New York City, a month after a sightseeing tour crashed into the Hudson River, killing a family
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GERMANY, UKRAINE, WEAPONS, RANGE
Germany's new chancellor said Monday that his country and other major allies are no longer imposing any range restrictions on weapons supplied to Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion.
Friedrich Merz has plunged into diplomatic efforts to try to secure
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DANUBE, SPACE, WALTZ, BLUE
Strauss’ “Blue Danube” is heading into space this month to mark the 200th anniversary of the waltz king's birth.
The classical piece will be beamed into the cosmos as it's performed by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The celestial send-off on May 31 — livestreamed
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NEW, ORLEANS, CAUGHT, WEEK
Three more men who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month have been caught, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced Monday, leaving two who remain at large.
First, Lenton Vanburen was picked up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Murrill announced.
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TRUMP, HOPE, LA, VETS
Vets in LA hope, with Trump order, that they can finally come home
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On a cool weekday morning last month, just steps away from some of California's fanciest boutiques and bistros, Irving Webb was desperately trying to break
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DIDDY, REVEAL, SEAN, RECAP
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-assistant Capricorn Clark — who once reportedly dubbed him “the devil’’ — could spill the tea on the stand Tuesday about the jealousy that sparked his break-in of rapper Kid Cudi’s home.
Clark’s testimony is set to kick off the resumption
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DEMOCRATS, YOUNG, MEN, SWEEP
Democrats are debating the merits of a $20 million ad campaign targeting young men in what could be one of their first big-money approaches to regaining support after President Donald Trump's resounding 2024 reelection.
The New York Times reported the campaign
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