Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3rd 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
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TEXAS, TRUMP, REDISTRICTING, STATE
As expected, Texas Democratic legislators have fled the state to deny a quorum for Gov. Greg Abbott's redistricting push. The members flew to Illinois on Sunday, which qualifies as peak irony given that the blue state is arguably the most gerrymandered in the
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NEW, YORK, EARTHQUAKE, CITY
The quake's epicenter was in New Jersey, just west of New York City.
New Yorkers walk through Times Square at night on June 05, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)
New Yorkers walk through Times Square at night on June 05, 2024
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HAMAS, HOSTAGE, ISRAELI, NETANYAHU
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded to a disturbing new Hamas propaganda video showing 24-year-old Israeli hostage Evyatar David severely emaciated and digging what he said was his own grave.
"The cruelty of Hamas has no boundaries,"
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SUMMERSLAM, WWE, JOHN, CENA
SummerSlam Night 2 put a cap on an incredible weekend for WWE that started with Seth Rollins cashing in to win the World Heavyweight Championship and ended with a slugfest between Cody Rhodes and John Cena.
WWE champions were put to the test on Sunday night
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SWEENEY, SYDNEY, JEANS, AD
Her jeans are red.
Actress Sydney Sweeney’s voter registration has come to light amid the woke backlash surrounding her controversial American Eagle denim campaign.
The 27-year-old “Euphoria” actress has been registered with the Republican Party of Florida
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STAR, WKRP, ANDERSON, LONI
Loni Anderson, star of hit TV series 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' dies at 79
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LOS ANGELES — Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station's empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy "WKRP in Cincinnati," died Sunday,
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VOLCANO, ERUPTS, RUSSIAN, CENTURIES
A long-dormant volcano in Russia’s Far East erupted on Sunday for the first time in hundreds of years, scientists said, spewing an ash cloud several miles high.
The unusual eruption in Russia’s remote and sparsely populated Kamchatka region follows a series
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SHOOTING, BAR, MONTANA, VICTIMS
Manhunt intensifies for Montana bar shooting suspect as four victims named
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Montana Division of Criminal Investigation/Facebook Police released a photo of Michael Brown, the suspect in the shooting,
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TRUMP, SCHUMER, CONFIRMATIONS, SENATE
As lawmakers depart Washington for a month-long recess, more than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees remain in limbo, awaiting Senate confirmation or further action amid stalled proceedings and deepening partisan gridlock.
Key positions across Trump's
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MOB, GRAND, ANTI, CENTRAL
Hundreds of anti-Israel leftists tried to take over New York City’s Grand Central Terminal on Saturday afternoon following a protest outside City Hall.
The crowd was part of the demonstration the group called Within Our Lifetime organized, the New York Post
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MEGA, WEEK, SOUTH, SEARCH
A New Jersey man has been missing for about a week as a "mega-fire" ravages the Grand Canyon National Park.
Thomas Daniel Gibbs, 35, of Freehold, New Jersey, was last heard from by his friends and family at approximately 12 p.m. on July 22, the National
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OIL, UKRAINIAN, IRANIAN, SPARKS
FILE - An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2022, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. (AP Photo,
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ARRESTED, CHARGE, SUSPECTED, POSSESSION
Rapper Soulja Boy was arrested early Sunday morning after police found a firearm in a vehicle during a traffic stop in Los Angeles, according to authorities.
The 35-year-old artist, whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way, was a passenger in a vehicle cops pulled
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WOMAN, CALIFORNIA, PARK, KILLED
A woman was killed after being torn apart by a pack of stray dogs near a park in Southern California, authorities said.
Teodora Mendoza, 51, was rushed to the hospital with severe injuries to her face and later died after the attack involving more than a dozen
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MEDICAID, SAVE, INVESTMENT, OZ
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz says the Trump administration plans to invest more than $200 billion “more dollars” into Medicaid following the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
“I’m trying to save this beautiful
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BODYGUARD, SALARY, AREA, BOSS
A suburban Washington, DC, school superintendent, who already pulls down a salary exceeding that of the president of the United States, now wants a full-time, taxpayer-funded bodyguard.
Michelle Reid, who runs the Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia,
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ZOHRAN, MAMDANI, YOUNG, VOTERS
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and New York City Democratic mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani, are the future of the Democratic Party, young political activists at the Voters of Tomorrow Summit in Washington, D.C., told Fox News Digital. At the summit,
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15, AR, MCCLOSKEY, LIVES
Mark McCloskey was able to go to the police station and re-take possession of the rifle he held on June 28, 202o, as he and his wife, Patricia, tried to keep protesters from their home.
Breitbart News reported Mark held an AR-15 and Patricia held a pistol
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OASIS, WEMBLEY, FAN, FALL
The death of a man at an Oasis concert on Saturday in London has cast a pall over the long-awaited reunion tour of the ’90s Britpop band, which began with fanfare last month.
The concertgoer, whose name was not released, apparently fell from the upper tiers
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TRUMP, CHARLAMAGNE, SLEAZEBAG, THA
President Donald Trump took a hammer to comments from left-wing radio host and podcaster Charlamagne Tha God, and blasted him as a “racist sleazebag” for his comments about the Jeffrey Epstein controversy.
The president took to his Truth Social account to
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TRUMP, SMITHSONIAN, EXHIBIT, INCLUDE
The Smithsonian on Saturday denied it was pressured into removing a placard detailing the two impeachments against President Trump at an exhibit in the National Museum of American History.
The federal arts and history institution, while confirming it removed
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BOAT, WHALE, PASSENGER, KILLS
A boat collided with a whale off the Jersey Shore Saturday afternoon, killing the 20-foot-long animal and throwing one passenger overboard.
Social media video shows the boat swaying side to side upon impact with the whale, as a boater is tossed into the
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POPE, TELLS, WORLD, MILLION
Pope Leo tells 1 million Catholic youths they are sign 'different world is possible'
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ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation
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BOX, OFFICE, FOUR, FANTASTIC
Disney’s latest superhero film, Fantastic Four: First Steps, opened strongly enough last week, but suffered a deep drop off in its second weekend in theaters, foreshadowing bad news for the film in the long run.
The film suffered a surprising 66 percent loss
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