Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, JULY 25th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
19 articles
TRUMP, OBAMA, DEAL, TRADE
President Trump believes that President Barack Obama committed treason, a crime that may be punishable by death. Seeking a distraction from his current political travails, Mr. Trump is attempting to relitigate the nearly decade-old controversy over Russian
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TRUMP, EPSTEIN, MAXWELL, GHISLAINE
In the latest twist in the Jeffrey Epstein affair, Epstein's "associate," Ghislaine Maxwell, is talking to the Department of Justice investigators, and has been answering questions about, reports say, over 100 people.
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GAZA, AID, CRISIS, STARVATION
A woman and a child react after identifying the body of a family member at the Nasser hospital, among Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on the al-Mawasi refugee camp and the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 24, 2025.
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HOGAN, HULK, DEATH, WRESTLING
Hulk Hogan had a larger-than-life persona and left an indelible mark on the professional wrestling industry over the course of his career spanning several decades.
On Thursday, Hogan died after first responders reported to a cardiac arrest call at his Clearwater,
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EDUCATION, TRUMP, VIRGINIA, ADMINISTRATION
Education Department says it's releasing more than $5 billion in frozen grants
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The U.S. Education Department is releasing more than $5 billion in education grant funding to states.
In late June,
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SENATE, TRUMP, ENDORSEMENT, 2026
Michael Whatley picked up the most prized political endorsement in America Thursday.
President Donald Trump endorsed Whatley, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, in the Republican primary for North Carolina’s opening Senate seat. Sen. Thom Tillis
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STATE, MACRON, PALESTINIAN, FRANCE
President Donald Trump said French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state “doesn’t matter,” arguing that the move will not change anything in the Middle East.
Trump reacted to Macron’s Thursday announcement while speaking to
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TRUMP, ORDER, EXECUTIVE, COLLEGE
Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban praised President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at addressing the issue of pay-to-play payments to college athletes.
Appearing on Fox & Friends on Friday, Saban said something needs to be done about the wild costs
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MET, PAY, GALA, RULES
WASHINGTON — Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez flouted House ethics rules by accepting more than $3,700 in rented apparel and other gifts for her notorious appearance at the 2021 Met Gala — including a glitzy gown emblazoned with “Tax The Rich” in blood-red
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SOUTHWEST, FLIGHT, PLUMMETS, AVOID
Southwest flight plummets, injuring flight attendants
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was investigating the "incident". It comes less than one week after a similar near-miss.
The crew "responded to two onboard traffic alerts... requiring
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TRUMP, FED, POWELL, RENOVATION
The chair of the Federal Reserve closed his eyes and shook his head.
He was about to do something that few senior government officials ever do, at least in public: fact-check President Trump in real time.
Jerome H. Powell has been the target of Mr. Trump’s
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TIJUANA, MEXICO, RIVER, SEWAGE
The United States and Mexico signed an agreement on Thursday to end the flow of raw sewage into the Tijuana River, which crosses the border into California and for years has contaminated and closed beaches and caused illnesses in both countries.
The environmental
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HERSHEYPARK, YEAR, DIES, PARK
A traumatized witness has recalled the moment she saw a “limp” child being dragged out of a wave pool at Hersheypark’s water park in Pennsylvania — before lifeguards frantically tried but failed to save the 9-year-old’s life.
“It was 92 degrees and my family
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LEAGUE, LITTLE, TEAM, WORLD
He scored a huge legal victory — but his team got crushed.
A New Jersey Little League player was back out on the diamond Thursday night for a state tournament game just hours after a judge overturned his controversial suspension for flipping his bat.
Marco
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GEORGE, SENTENCE, SANTOS, PRISON
Former Rep. George Santos posted a theatrical farewell on social media Thursday night, just hours before he was to begin serving a federal prison sentence for fraud and identity theft.
“Well, darlings… The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones
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HAMAS, DIE, TRUMP, TALKS
President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that the U.S. and Israel had ended talks with the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, due to the organization’s intransigence.
Speaking with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for Scotland,
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HUNTER, BIDEN, CARVILLE, ADDRESSING
When asked about Hunter Biden’s prospects of being a 2028 White House contender, Democratic strategist James Carville skirted the question.
This came after Hunter Biden bashed members of the Democratic Party in a three-hour interview released earlier this
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COLUMBIA, SETTLEMENT, 200M, TEMPLATE
What we know about Columbia's $221 million settlement with the Trump administration
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The news that Columbia University will pay more than $200 million
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LORI, LIFE, DAYBELL, SENTENCES
Convicted “Doomsday Mom” killer Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to two life sentences in Arizona on Friday for conspiring to murder her estranged husband and another family member.
The unhinged murderer, 52, is already serving life sentences in Idaho in
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NEW, YORKERS, MAMDANI, AIDE
Zohran Mamdani, a self-proclaimed socialist and vocal anti-Israel activist, has gained national attention following his victory in the Democratic primary for New York City’s mayoral race. Contrary to popular belief, his rise is not welcomed by all New Yorkers.
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TRUMP, MEDIA, GROUP, MUSK
Media Matters, a nonprofit group that has played a key role in liberal politics, is struggling to withstand months of legal assaults by President Trump’s allies, offering a glimpse of what might be in store for even well-funded targets of his retribution campaigns.
The
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ICE, ILLEGAL, SOUTHERN, OBSTRUCTION
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently arrested a criminal illegal immigrant who is accused of stalking a mother and U.S. government official despite being ordered to leave the country in 2022, Fox News Digital has learned.
Jose Madrid Reyes,
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TEXAS, GOVERNORS, DEMOCRATS, CONGRESSIONAL
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference with Texas lawmakers at the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento on July 25.
Gov. Gavin Newsom stood alongside six Democrats from the Texas Legislature on Friday and joined them in accusing President
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NEW, UNIVERSITY, DEAD, MEXICO
Police are searching for a gunman after two people were shot at a dormitory at the University of New Mexico with one of them dead, according to campus officials.
The University of New Mexico said in a post on X that campus police received a report of gunshots
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