Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, TARIFFS, COURT, WHITE
CPAC is holding events in Poland and Hungary this week.
A participant wears a baseball cap with reference to President Donald Trump during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Jasionka, Poland, on May 27, 2025.
A participant wears a baseball cap
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HARVARD, TRUMP, STUDENTS, FOREIGN
Harvard is due to hold its annual graduation ceremony Thursday as a federal judge considers the legality of punitive measures taken against the university by President Donald Trump that threaten to overshadow festivities.
Thursday's commencement comes as Trump
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MUSK, DOGE, TRUMP, ELON
Just three months ago, Elon Musk stood before a crowd of roaring conservatives and held up a chain saw. He was at the height of his influence, swaggering in a self-designed role with immense power inside and outside the government.
“We’re trying to get good
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DIDDY, COMBS, SEAN, ASSISTANT
Sean “Diddy” Combs once threw a bowl of spaghetti at his live-in assistant, she recalled in wild testimony Thursday — that also revealed the music mogul’s “inappropriate” drug-taking habits, including getting high for an interview on Chelsea Handler’s show.
The
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TRUMP, PUTIN, UKRAINE, RUSSIA
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine discusses Trump's recent criticism of Putin What does President Trump's changing rhetoric on Vladimir Putin suggest about his relationship with the Russian leader? NPR's Michel Martin asks William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador
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SUPREME, COURT, ENVIRONMENTAL, LIMITS
Businesses of all kinds have, in recent decades, struggled under ever-more onerous environmental review requirements. These requirements can cost millions and take years before even a shovelful of dirt is turned.
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That may be changing, thanks
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TRUMP, PARDONS, RAPPER, YOUNGBOY
President Donald Trump commuted the federal sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover on Wednesday and issued pardons for others.
Citing an anonymous White House official, NOTUS first reported on the commutation for the 74-year-old Hoover, who was
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GIRLS, SPORTS, BOYS, STATE
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into a California law that permits transgender athletes to participate on female teams at state schools.
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general who heads DOJ's Civil Rights Division, sent letters
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TRUMP, PULITZER, BOARD, RULING
President Donald Trump declared victory in his lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize Board after a Florida appellate court denied its motion Wednesday to pause proceedings until after the president is out of office.
"In a major WIN in our powerful lawsuit against
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CHINESE, VISAS, STUDENTS, REVOKE
Activist Laura Loomer is calling for Chinese President Xi Jinping's daughter to be deported in the wake of the Trump administration's edict to revoke visas of some Chinese students, especially those linked to the Chinese Communist Party.
President Xi's daughter,
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EPSTEIN, RELEASE, REVEALS, VIDEO
My colleague Rusty Weiss reported on FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino's appearance on "Fox and Friends."
Bongino slammed former FBI Director James Comey - whom he termed a "big child" - explaining that his "86 47" post had now spawned copycats which the FBI
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DEI, OFFICE, MIT, SHUTS
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shut down its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) office, according to reports.
The news comes amid the Trump administration canceling grants to universities that employ DEI programs and have failed to sufficiently
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BIDEN, COVER, HOLD, SENATE
Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Eric Schmitt of Missouri announced Thursday they will co-chair a hearing next month to investigate who was running the country in place of former President Joe Biden and the plot to cover up his cognitive decline.
Schmitt
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69, KERIK, NYPD, FORMER
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, whose career included White House stints under President Trump and former President George W. Bush, died Thursday after being hospitalized with cardiac illness.
He was 69.
Kerik’s high-profile career was peppered with both
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IRAN, POLL, NUCLEAR, TRUMP
A new Rasmussen poll shows a substantial majority of likely voters in the U.S. are concerned about the potential nuclear weapons capability of Iran. A smaller group, but still a majority, would support U.S. military action to eliminate the threat.
The latest
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GAZA, AID, SURROUNDING, CHAOS
Israel bombarded Gaza again on Thursday and local health officials said more than 60 people had been killed over the past day, as hungry Palestinians scrambled for food handouts under a new Israeli-backed aid operation that has been heavily criticized.
The
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BONDI, ABA, ACCESS, PICKS
Pam Bondi is sick of leftist politics coming from the American Bar Association, so on Thursday she dropped them a letter essentially saying, “Thanks but no thanks, we don’t need your help deciding on the administration’s judicial nominees anymore.”
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RUFFIN, TYLER, HARRISON, 96
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, whose grandfather was president in the 1840s, dies at 96
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The last living grandson of President John Tyler — who left the White House in 1845 — has died.
Harrison Ruffin Tyler died Sunday at
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ICE, ROLES, SHAKES, MIGRANT
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced sweeping leadership changes Thursday as part of an effort to dramatically ramp up arrests of illegal migrants.
The “leadership realignment” comes as Trump administration officials push for ICE to make a “minimum”
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CRISIS, BIG, TRUMP, SET
The movie “The Big Short” — dramatizing the reckless behavior in the banking and mortgage industries that contributed to the 2008 financial crisis — captures much of Wall Street’s misconduct but overlooks a central player in the collapse: the federal government,
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FRANCISCO, SAN, GRADING, EQUITY
Outcry from parents and politicians about a proposed "grading for equity" program has led to San Francisco school officials killing the plan just one day after it was unveiled.
The alternative grading program would have allowed teachers to determine methods
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SYRIA, ENVOY, SYMBOLIC, NEW
The new U.S. envoy to Syria made his first visit to the country on Thursday, a sign of warming relations as he called for the country’s new leadership to work toward a nonaggression pact with Israel.
The special envoy, Thomas Barrack, was appointed by President
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WOMAN, SOUTH, LIFE, AFRICAN
A judge in South Africa sentenced a woman to life in prison on Thursday after she was convicted of selling her 6-year-old daughter, who is still missing, in a case that has captivated and horrified South Africans.
The woman, Racquel Smith, 35, sat stoically
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BEE, SPELLING, SCRIPPS, CHAMPIONS
As the Scripps spelling bee turns 100, former champions reflect on its evolution
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It's the 100th year of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. From a pool of more than 200 students, nine finalists will take the stage
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