Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, JUNE 5th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
139 articles
TRUMP, MUSK, BAN, ELON
President Donald Trump confirmed plans on Thursday to visit China as soon as possible — and to host genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping in America, as well.
Xi and Trump held their first phone call together since Trump was inaugurated for a second term as
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SUPREME, COURT, DISCRIMINATION, MEXICO
Unanimous Supreme Court sides with Ohio woman who claimed workplace discrimination
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A unanimous Supreme Court sided with an Ohio woman who claimed she was discriminated
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BIDEN, TRUMP, PROBE, ORDERS
President Donald Trump directed his White House counsel Wednesday to investigate whether former President Joe Biden's aides covered up alleged mental decline and unlawfully used an autopen on Biden's behalf to sign policy documents.
In a statement late on
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NYC, MAYORAL, DEBATE, ZOHRAN
Rich Azzopardi, a spokesman for the former governor, disputed that any donation would influence a future Cuomo administration. “The governor has got a 40-year record of working for working people,” he said, noting that Mr. Cuomo had been endorsed by most major
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PIERRE, JEAN, KARINE, BOOK
Now it’s all coming out.
Not only was President Joe Biden in serious decline, Karine Jean-Pierre — celebrated in numerous fawning media profiles — was a rotten White House press secretary.
In an interview with Axios, a Biden White House official called her
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GAZA, ISRAEL, BODIES, HOSTAGES
JERUSALEM AND LONDON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday morning that Israeli forces recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages held by Hamas and returned them to Israel.
Judy Weinstein-Hagi, 70, and Gadi Hagi, 72, were
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DIDDY, COMBS, SEAN, TRIAL
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from courtroom
23 minutes ago Share Save Sakshi Venkatraman and Kayla Epstein Reporting from Reporting from New York court Share Save
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters In a courtroom sketch, Sean "Diddy" Combs watches as a prosecutor
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DAD, DAUGHTERS, ALLEGEDLY, FATHER
The Washington dad wanted for the murders of his three daughters was spotted on security cameras in the days leading up to the brutal killings as police ramp up their search for the military-trained suspect.
Doorbell footage captured Travis Decker walking
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ICE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAYOR
Hakeem Jeffries is threatening ICE agents.
“Every single ICE agent who's engaged in this aggressive overreach and are trying to hide their identities from the American people will be unsuccessful in doing that,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)
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NUCLEAR, IRAN, LEADER, DEAL
The prospect of a new nuclear deal with Iran has sparked significant concern for both Israel and the United States, rooted in strategic, security, historical, and Biblical considerations. This is all the more so with the Supreme Leader of Iran himself publicly
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BILL, BIG, JOHNSON, RAND
On May 22, the House of Representatives passed the 1038-page budget reconciliation bill. The bill includes, among other questionable tax and spending policies, a poorly designed and drafted remittances tax.
The bill would tax certain remittances sent from
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FIRST, GAME, TEAM, SOFTBALL
A controversial high school softball team has made the Minnesota state championships for the first time after their star transgender pitcher smashed two doubles and pitched a complete game in a walk-off win.
Trans athlete Melissa Rothenberger’s performance
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PROGRAM, QUIET, SKIES, FLIGHT
The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that the Trump administration is getting rid of the Quiet Skies program, which they allege was abused by the Biden team to go after political rivals (and protect allies).
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MICHELLE, OBAMA, BOOK, NEW
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is back in the public eye, complaining about her time in the White House in a new book about fashion in which she whines about how people constantly "commented on her looks."
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NATO, PERCENT, HEGSETH, RELIANCE
NATO defense ministers are set Thursday to approve purchasing targets for stocking up on weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a U.S. push to ramp up security spending.
Defense Secretary Pete
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ICC, RUBIO, SANCTIONS, JUDGES
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday that the United States would impose sanctions on four judges on the International Criminal Court as retaliation for its investigations of U.S. military personnel and arrest warrants for top Israeli officials,
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TRUMP, BAN, TRAVEL, NEWS
An Afghan tech worker in California now faces a prolonged separation from his wife, who he had hoped would soon join him in America. A Somali American filmmaker in Minnesota has become afraid to do what he is legally able to, travel abroad. A refugee from Afghanistan
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ARMY, REAGAN, EVENT, CLOSE
The Army has been planning a huge 250th anniversary observance on June 14 in Washington. The event is expected to be large enough that Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside the nation's capital has begun cautioning airline passengers of a planned
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TEXAS, TUITION, STATE, COLLEGE
After being sued Wednesday by the Department of Justice, Texas agreed to voluntarily end preferential treatment for in-state tuition rates for illegal aliens, sometimes called "dreamers."
The DOJ's lawsuit accused Texas of discriminating against out-of-state
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FDA, ABORTION, PILL, NEW
California and three other states petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday to ease its new restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, citing the drug’s proven safety record and arguing the new limits are unnecessary.
“The medication is
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15, MPH, BIKES, SPEED
Mayor Eric Adams announced the speed limit for out-of-control electric bike riders would be reduced to 15 mph — but locals doubt whether it will make the streets any safer.
The new speed limit for e-bikes, electric scooters and pedal-assist commercial bicycles
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SOURCES, ALLEGED, KIDNAP, VICTIM
The crypto bros at the center of a twisted kidnapping case allegedly hosted wild sex parties with the help of an apparent madam at the posh New York City townhouse where they are accused of torturing an Italian Bitcoin millionaire, sources told The Post.
The
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FLORIDA, BID, EDUCATION, GOVERNORS
Last month, Santa Ono was vying to become the next president of the University of Florida, and declared in an opinion essay that he believed in Florida’s “vision for higher education.”
But on Tuesday, the state’s higher education leaders said they did not
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GOP, RUN, FORMER, DEMOCRAT
A former Republican congressman and vocal critic of Donald Trump says he wants to become governor in the president's adopted home state of Florida, and that he's running as a Democrat.
David Jolly formally announced his bid Thursday, becoming the latest party
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