Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
49 articles
TRUMP, PUTIN, INDIA, RUSSIAN
President Donald Trump is hitting India with an additional 25% tariff over its imports of Russian oil, the White House said on Wednesday.
"I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil," Trump said
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TEXAS, REDISTRICTING, STATE, GOP
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) skewered former President Barack Obama for his "sanctimonious" hypocrisy as Obama spoke out about a proposed Texas redistricting map.
Obama decided he needed to weigh in after Texas Democrats fled the state to deny the state's legislature
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STEWART, FORT, GEORGIA, SOLDIERS
Five soldiers were shot on Wednesday at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia, base authorities said on social media. A gunman was apprehended shortly afterward, they said.
The soldiers were treated at the scene and taken to an Army hospital, the base’s
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VANCE, TRUMP, EPSTEIN, 2028
Vice President JD Vance is hosting senior Trump administration officials at his residence in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday evening for a strategy dinner to discuss how the administration should handle the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein fallout and move forward,
Continued at Fox News...
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BLACKBURN, GOVERNOR, MARSHA, TENNESSEE
Sen. Marsha Blackburn formally kicked off her campaign for Tennessee governor Wednesday, becoming the latest federal lawmaker to try to ditch DC to lead their state.
Blackburn, 73, automatically becomes the favorite to succeed the Volunteer State’s term-limited
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JR, MRNA, RFK, VACCINE
Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine research
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The Trump administration is cancelling almost $500 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines to protect the nation against
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MISSING, JOURNALIST, NORWAY, ALEC
Rescuers in Norway search for missing US climate journalist Alec Luhn
Rescue crews are searching for US climate journalist Alec Luhn, who vanished while hiking on a glacier in Folgefonna National Park in southwestern Norway.
Luhn, who has worked for multiple
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FOUND, BOAT, MONTAUK, COPS
Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was the classic American rags-to-riches story — an Irish immigrant who started off as a bottle service girl in Soho and muscled her way to a career in fashion design who summered with the rich and famous in the Hamptons.
On Tuesday,
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MAYOR, ADAMS, MAMDANI, FUNDS
Mr. Mamdani was approved for an additional $1.6 million in public matching funds on Wednesday; he previously unlocked millions of dollars in matching funds. Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee, will receive nearly $2 million in matching funds in his first
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MAMDANI, NYC, EXPERT, YORKERS
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned Wednesday that the Big Apple would be a “train wreck” if socialist Zohran Mamdani gets elected mayor.
Noem warned that the far-left candidate’s anti-ICE stance and support for sanctuary laws could endanger the
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HOWARD, STERN, SHOW, END
Radio shock jock Howard Stern’s show with SiriusXM will reportedly end its revolutionary run after 20 years.
Sources close to the radio program confirmed the cancelation to The Sun.
“Stern’s contract is up in the fall and while Sirius is planning to make
Continued at Breitbart...
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UNITED, AIRLINES, FLIGHTS, NATIONWIDE
United said it is due to a weight and balance computer system issue.
United Airlines planes are seen at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on July 25, 2025, in Houston, Texas. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
United
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SWEENEY, SYDNEY, AD, AMERICAN
Social media users went into a frenzy as singer Beyoncé Knowles dropped her own new jeans ad following the release of actress Sydney Sweeney’s controversial American Eagle (AE) ad.
The singer-songwriter and Levi’s jeans unveiled their latest fashion collaboration
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ICE, DEAN, TRUMP, RECRUITMENT
President Donald Trump's administration is removing the age cap for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) law enforcement positions, opening up roles to many who may have aged out of the force.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the move
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33, WALKING, KELLEY, DEAD
Kelley Mack, an actress known for her roles in "The Walking Dead" and "9-1-1," has died. She was 33.
Mack, born Kelley Lynne Klebenow, passed away peacefully on August 2 in her hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, her sister confirmed to Fox News Digital. The actress
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VOTING, ACT, RIGHTS, YEARS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act into law.
The act protected the right to vote and ensured
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FEVER, TOY, SEX, GAME
Choose your words carefully, lest you speak something into existence.
The Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham’s social media post from last week turned oddly prophetic Tuesday night as the star guard was struck by a flying dildo, the third such occurrence in
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ROLE, REDEFINED, GENERAL, WORLD
How Pam Bondi has redefined the attorney general role Attorney General Pam Bondi has redefined the role in President Trump's second presidency, carrying out his campaign trail promised "retribution" using the Justice Department.
Law How Pam Bondi has redefined
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PALMIERI, EDDIE, 88, MUSIC
A Nuyorican original, the pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri began his career playing in mambo orchestras at the tail end of the Palladium era — named for the Manhattan club on West 52nd Street where crowds flocked to dance to mambo orchestras with robust
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ESPN, NETWORK, NFL, DEAL
NFL and ESPN reach nonbinding agreement for sale of NFL Network and other media assets
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Ever since the NFL announced it was looking to sell NFL Network and other media assets, ESPN had been seen as one of the favorites to
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SOUTH, PARK, ICE, DHS
"South Park" has made fun of a lot of people and things over the years. It's delivered some truly classic humor and characters.
However, they sparked some comments after a recent episode where the show mocked President Donald Trump. I think most of the people
Continued at Red State...
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BYRON, INMATE, EXECUTED, BLACK
One by one, the media witnesses approached the microphone to describe what they saw at the execution of Byron Black. Speaking at a podium outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, each said a version of the same thing: Black, 69, had suffered
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TRUMP, LAWFARE, MARLOW, RUSSIAGATE
On Tuesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Jack Smith’s tenure and how to handle it.
Marlow said, “Hatch Act for Jack Smith, fine whatever, we’ve got to do it. It’s not just Jack Smith. He was unconstitutionally
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HOGAN, FUNERAL, HULK, SERVICE
A cloud oddly resembling one of Hulk Hogan’s more iconic victory poses appeared in the sky outside the wrestling legend’s funeral on Tuesday.
According to Dee Jay Silver, one of Hogan’s friends, the Hoganesque cloud appeared near Indian Rocks Baptist Church
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