Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, JUNE 23rd 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
101 articles
IRAN, TRUMP, ISRAEL, NUCLEAR
Trump and Erdoğan tried to arrange talks with Iran last week, officials say.
President Donald Trump, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine and Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles in the Situation Room, at the White House in Washington, June 21,
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MAMDANI, NEW, NYC, ZOHRAN
Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is gaining ground on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral primary, according to a new poll.
An Emerson College Polling/PIX 11/The Hill survey has Cuomo leading with 35% and Mamdani in a close second at 32%.
Mamdani
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SUPREME, COURT, TRUMP, COUNTRIES
Law enforcement walk with Leonardo Fabian Cando Juntamay as he was detained in the Bronx during ICE led operations to apprehend illegal immigrants on Tuesday January 28, 2025 in New York, NY.
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to
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KHALIL, MAHMOUD, RELEASE, ICE
Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil attended a rally in New York City on Sunday just days after he was released from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Louisiana.
The rally happened outside the Cathedral of St. John the
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NBA, THUNDER, TITLE, CITY
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander capped a dominant season as he led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA Championship after beating the Indiana Pacers in game seven of the play-off finals.
The Canadian, 26, scored 29 points and had 12 assists in their 103-91 success
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IRAN, VANCE, NUCLEAR, PROGRAM
Vice President JD Vance delivered one of the Trump administration's most definitive assessments yet of the weekend's nuclear strikes against Iran, declaring Monday evening that Tehran is now fundamentally incapable of producing nuclear weapons.
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BIG, BEAUTIFUL, BILL, SENATE
U.S Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Building on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.
The comments are a sign of the increasing pressure Thune faces to win over Republican
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TEXAS, BAN, THC, VETOES
Late Sunday night, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a last-minute veto of the THC ban bill recently passed by the Texas Legislature. The governor then called a special session, asking legislators to regulate, rather than ban, the substance used by many as
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IRAN, DEMS, BRIEFING, WH
The White House on Monday insisted it called Dem House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to give him a heads-up about the airstrikes in Iran — but said he didn’t pick up the phone.
“First of all, we did make bipartisan calls,” White House press secretary Karoline
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SHERIFF, POST, IRAN, LA
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deleted a social media post calling Iran “victims” of the recent bombing of its nuclear facilities by the United States.
The now-deleted post on X said the department’s “hearts go out to the victims and families impacted
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ALLIGATOR, ALCATRAZ, FLORIDA, BUILDING
Florida is building a migrant detention center in the Everglades that state Attorney General James Uthmeier has nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," the Orlando Sentinel reports.
The plan to convert the 17,000-acre Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport has
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HARVARD, TRUMP, BLOCKS, STUDENTS
For the second time in three days, a federal judge in Boston rejected efforts by the Trump administration to bar international students at Harvard, blocking a presidential proclamation that would prevent new students from abroad from enrolling at the school.
President
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SEAN, DIDDY, COMBS, TRIAL
Federal prosecutors in New York expect to rest their case against Sean "Diddy" Combs today, relying on the testimony of nearly three dozen witnesses and hundreds of exhibits to try to prove their contention that the hip-hop impresario ran a criminal conspiracy
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IRANIAN, BORDER, BIDEN, SLEEPER
During the four fiscal years of the Biden administration, approximately 1,500 Iranian nationals were apprehended by Border Patrol agents after illegally entering the United States. Officials say that nearly half of those were released into the U.S. interior.
Data
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ICE, ESCAPE, ILLEGAL, AGENT
A mob of rioters in the sanctuary city of Los Angeles, California, reportedly helped an illegal alien break out of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and fled with him, a new report reveals.
The report from the Manhattan Institute’s Heather
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DOOR, RECALLS, MUSTANG, FORD
The door latches could falter, potentially trapping passengers in the back seat.
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FILE - A Ford Mustang Mach-E sits in the players' parking lot Thursday, May 29, 2025, at the Denver Broncos' headquarters in Centennial, Colo. (AP Photo/David
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ELIO, PIXAR, OPENING, DISNEY
Did you know Pixar released a movie?
You couldn't be blamed if you didn't. Disney-Pixar's latest theatrical release Elio didn't get a lot of marketing, and there's probably a good reason for that. From all reports, the movie is terrible from top to bottom,
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ABORTIONS, TELEHEALTH, REPORT, RISING
The number of abortions in the U.S. rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday.
The latest report from the WeCount project of the Society of Family Planning,
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PRISONER, SUPREME, COURT, RASTAFARIAN
The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether a Rastafarian man may sue prison guards in Louisiana who shaved off his dreadlocks in seeming violation of an appeals court’s ruling about how the state must treat members of his faith.
The case
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NEW, RUSSIA, PLANS, ATTACK
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky will tell this week’s NATO summit that Russia is “preparing new military operations on the territory of Europe”, a warning that comes as the gaze of the world again shifts from Eastern Europe to the Middle East.
The head
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TRUMP, EFFICIENT, LEARNED, ATTACK
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CHURCH, ATTENDED, FATALLY, MICHIGAN
The gunman who opened fire outside a Michigan church over the weekend, sending parishioners fleeing for their lives, was a local who attended services with his mother, according to authorities and reports.
Brian Anthony Browning, 31, was armed to the teeth
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KILMAR, GARCIA, JUDGE, ABREGO
A Tennessee judge has ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia as he awaits a federal trial for his alleged crimes after the Trump administration rescinded his deportation to El Salvador.
The Justice Department filed a motion to appeal U.S. Magistrate Judge
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DELAURO, BONDI, DEA, DON
Attorney General Pam Bondi went toe-to-toe with a top House Democrat on Monday regarding a plan to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives with the Drug Enforcement Agency, and the cuts that are likely to result.
Bondi testified in front
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