Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, JUNE 28th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
23 articles
TRUMP, BILL, BIG, BEAUTIFUL
Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) says he will vote against moving forward with President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, warning that the legislation in its current form would gut Medicaid funding for his state.
“I will always do what is in the best interest
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IRAN, TRUMP, NUCLEAR, ISRAEL
Three Iranians were executed for alleged spying, Iran's judiciary said.
Armed members of Iran's special police forces monitor an area during an anti-Israeli rally to condemn Israel's attacks on Iran, after Tehran's Friday prayers, in Tehran, Iran, on June
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MAMDANI, MAYORAL, NYC, ZOHRAN
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., told Newsmax on Saturday that Zohran Mamdani's apparent victory in New York City's Democrat mayoral primary shows "how far left the Democratic Party has gone."
On Tuesday, Mamdani, a 33-year-old Muslim born in Uganda, claimed
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HORTMAN, MINNESOTA, HUSBAND, MELISSA
“Millions of Minnesotans will get to live their lives better because she and Mark chose public service,” Mr. Walz said.
He referred only obliquely to the June 14 attack that has forced people across Minnesota and the country to grapple with recent political
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MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, NEW, JERSEY
The Fourth of July is around the corner, but some states aren’t exactly bleeding red, white and blue.
New York was found to be the second least patriotic state in the nation, according to a new report that looked at a dozen metrics like military service and
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TRUMP, SUPREME, COURT, POWER
The Supreme Court justices, in the just-completed term, released decisions that resulted in big wins for conservative states, religious parents and President Trump.
The Supreme Court term that ended Friday will not be remembered for blockbuster rulings like
Continued at LA Times...
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AIRSTRIKE, IDF, ATTACK, END
We are, as I regularly point out, engaged in a conflict of civilization vs. barbarity. Israel is on the leading edge of this conflict, and on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced a significant victory. This can only be described as good news
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FLORIDA, ALLIGATOR, ALCATRAZ, ILLEGALS
Florida is stepping it up to “help increase deportations,” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said this week, showcasing the most notable move by the Sunshine State in prepping “Alligator Alcatraz.”
“Florida is stepping up to help increase deportations and fulfill President
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CALIFORNIA, IMMIGRANTS, BUDGET, HEALTH
Medi-Cal serves roughly 15 million people, including 1.6 million undocumented immigrants.
Because the federal government does not pay for most health care for undocumented immigrants, it costs California more to insure noncitizens than it does to cover citizens.
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COURTS, JUSTICE, SUPREME, KAGAN
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Conservative CNN pundit Scott Jennings ripped liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kegan as a partisan hack
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GOP, BACON, DON, TRUMP
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.
Rep. Don Bacon, a centrist Republican in Nebraska, is preparing to announce his retirement from Congress.
Bacon's
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RUSSIAN, 17, ODESA, KILLS
Russian drones struck the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 17, Ukrainian authorities said on Saturday. Meanwhile, three attack helicopters and an anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed in the Russian-occupied
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PIRATES, DAVE, PARKER, DIES
Pittsburgh Pirates legend Dave Parker has passed away at the age of 74, just a month before he was set to be enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame after being elected by the Classic Era Committee, the Pirates announced Saturday.
He had been battling Parkinson's
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CALLED, AMY, CONEY, JACKSON
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the SCOTUS ruling on nationwide injunctions.
Marlow said Justice Barrett, beyond writing the main opinion “came in with haymakers towards Ketanji Brown Jackson, the
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CREW, PRODUCERS, RUST, ALEC
Three crew members who worked on the Western movie “Rust” reached a settlement this week in a lawsuit arising from the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the film’s set, according to court documents and lawyers.
They were seeking compensation from
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SEAN, TRIAL, COMBS, JURY
For seven weeks, a jury in Manhattan has listened as prosecutors laid out a criminal sex trafficking and racketeering case against rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs. They heard his ex-girlfriends and other witnesses deliver shocking accounts of violence and drug-fueled
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NEW, ORLEANS, ARREST, SOCIAL
Louisiana authorities captured on Friday one of the 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail six weeks ago and who police say released videos on social media while still on the run.
Antoine Massey, 33, was taken into custody at a residence in New Orleans
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BAN, HUNGARY, PRIDE, BUDAPEST
Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride event in defiance of Hungary's ban
toggle caption Rudolf Karancsi/AP
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Around 100,000 people defied a government ban and police orders on Saturday to march in what organizers called the largest LGBTQ+
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POPE, ABUSE, CASES, LEGACY
The contrasts are glaring.
In one case, Pope Leo XIV — then known as Bishop Robert Prevost — sided with victims of sexual abuse, locking horns with powerful Catholic figures in Peru. He sought justice for victims of a cultlike Catholic movement that recruited
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MASS, PRIEST, 100, DAILY
Throughout his remarkable lifetime, the Rev. James Kelly has baptized thousands of people, married thousands more, ministered to the sick in hospitals, and traveled the world extensively. He became friends with an opera superstar and, yes, even with a saint.
The
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HEAT, INCREASES, CARS, RISING
Child safety advocates are warning about the dangers of heatstroke from leaving kids in hot cars
Outside temperature is displayed in comparison to the inside temperature of a vehicle on Thursday June 26, 2025 in Belle Glade, Fla. during an event to raise awareness
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OWNER, DECAYING, BODIES, 190
Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decaying bodies is sentenced to 20 years
toggle caption David Zalubowski/AP
DENVER — A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 dead bodies in a decrepit building and sent grieving families fake ashes received
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UNIVERSITY, DEI, VIRGINIA, DOJ
On Friday, the president of the University of Virginia resigned under intense pressure from the Trump administration, as part of an ongoing process to enforce U.S. civil rights laws, and sweep away decades of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies
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INTELLIGENCE, INSIDERS, BIG, GABBARD
Tulsi Gabbard’s tenure as director of national intelligence in the Trump administration may be facing a potential shake-up. Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic joined to discuss the future of the administration’s national-security complex.
Gabbard
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