Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
15 articles
TRUMP, WHITE, HOUSE, DEM
While some Democrats have railed against President Donald Trump's $200 million plan to remodel the White House ballroom, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., defended the investment in an interview with Fox News Digital.
"The plans are going to be done in a tasteful
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TRUMP, PRITZKER, CHICAGO, TROOPS
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stated that the Trump administration is focusing on Chicago for immigration enforcement and crime “because there’s clearly a disdain for working people.” And the actions aren’t about
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GUARD, NATIONAL, CURSING, FLIPPING
A church's perspective on Trump's deployment of the National Guard in D.C. NPR's Scott Simon talks to a pastor and parishioners at East Washington Heights Baptist Church about crime in Washington, D.C., and whether the National Guard deployment helps or hurts
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BEACHES, FLORIDA, TOP, ATTACKS
Swimming is not advised at many beaches because of unsafe fecal contamination
OGUNQUIT, Maine -- Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, but taking a dip might be out of the question: Many of the beaches
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HOUSING, HUD, SECTION, PUBLIC
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner is making strides to divest illegal aliens from receiving government housing assistance. Turner is also pushing for President Donald Trump's 2026 proposed budget which seeks, among other aims, to
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SANDERS, SHILO, CRUSHING, PRESEASON
Shilo Sanders remained a free agent after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers waived him earlier in the week following an ejection from a preseason game against the Buffalo Bills.
Sanders failed to latch onto the Buccaneers’ or anyone else’s practice squad as he was
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VOICE, TRUMP, AMERICA, MOVES
Trump administration moves to fire most Voice of America journalists
VOA was set up during World War Two to counter Nazi propaganda, and has become a major global broadcaster.
Acting CEO of VOA's parent agency, Kari Lake, said the decision would "help reduce
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AMENDMENT, TRUMP, 25TH, WATERS
Friday on MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said it was time for the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump.
Waters said, “This is flagrant. This is something that the president has decided to do be damned the
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COWBOYS, BOWL, LEE, JORDAN
The Dallas Cowboys are mourning the loss of one of the franchise's celebrated defensive players. Lee Roy Jordan, a star linebacker who played on the Cowboys' first Super Bowl-winning team in 1971, has died at age 84.
The Cowboys announced Jordan's death
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PRIME, MINISTER, HOUTHI, KILLED
Israel killed the prime minister of the Houthi-controlled government in Yemen, Ahmed al-Rahawi, in an attack this past week that hit the capital, Sana, a Houthi spokesman said on Saturday. He was the most senior official in the Iranian-backed militant group
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MANHUNT, DAUGHTERS, BONES, MURDERS
Authorities have uncovered bones in the latest manhunt for fugitive dad Travis Decker, the prime suspect wanted in the murders of his three young daughters.
The two-day sweep of campgrounds near Leavenworth, Washington – which involved more than 100 FBI Seattle
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BARREL, CRACKER, TRUMP, SOUTH
As Cracker Barrel’s doomed $700 million rebrand plunged into its death spiral, I decided to visit seven of the iconic stores in a part of the country where it thrives, and I can report that the natives are getting restless.
I also now have a working hypothesis
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WALKING, TALL, COLD, SHERIFF
Sheriff Buford Pusser is believed to have killed his wife, police said.
In this April 12, 1973, file photo, former McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser is shown in Selmer, Tenn., near a section along a lonely blacktop road where he and his wife Pauline were
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TRUMP, BLOCKS, JUDGE, MIGRANTS
Federal judge blocks Trump's effort to expand speedy deportations of migrants
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WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from carrying out speedy deportations of undocumented migrants
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, STRIKE, KILLS
Russia unleashed a barrage of nearly 600 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight into Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials. It was the second large-scale aerial attack in three days, after a lull earlier this month as President Trump tried to arrange
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MAMDANI, NEW, RACE, SOCIALISM
In the eyes and barbed language of his enemies, Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner for mayor of New York City, is the Democratic nominee in name only.
President Trump has called him a “100 percent communist lunatic.” Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is running
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MARLOW, TRUMP, YOUNG, SHOOTING
Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow joins host Mike Slater to discuss the tragic mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by a transgender gunman. Alex cuts through the insane spin from the media and Democratic politicians
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RYAN, DAVE, OHIO, PORTNOY
Dave Portnoy made his "Big Noon Kickoff" on Saturday at the home of Ohio State football, and he brought his Michigan fandom with him.
The Barstool Sports founder attended University of Michigan, Ohio State's arch rival, and has since become a high-profile
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BAD, POLL, STATE, NEW
The number of people who think the United Kingdom is in a “bad state” continues to rise, polling has found, and a plurality think it’s doing worse than other Western countries.
Just one per cent of Britons think the country is in a “very good state”, polling
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NYC, COUNTRY, DONATIONS, BEG
More than 3,000 New York City public school teachers are begging for donations for basic classroom supplies – even as the city Department of Education is projected to spend a record-breaking $42,000 per pupil when students return to school Sept. 4.
Teacher
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SET, BROTHERS, FASTEST, SCOTTISH
(AP) — Three Scottish brothers set a world record Saturday for completing the fastest unsupported row across the full Pacific Ocean.
Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean completed the journey in 139 days, arriving in Cairns, Australia. They rowed over 9,000 miles
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TRASH, AOC, NEW, MOCKED
There's clueless, then there's abysmally clueless. Then, somewhere beneath that, there's New York's own, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), or AOC.
In her most recent eye-roller, AOC is bragging about the new trash cans she caused to be placed along the
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TAYLOR, KELCE, TRAVIS, WEDDING
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big day wouldn’t be complete without their closest friends by their side.
Swift and Kelce announced their engagement Aug. 26 after two years of dating.
While neither has revealed who might serve as bridesmaids or groomsmen,
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WALZ, TIM, ADMITS, VOTERS
When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was trotted out on stage as Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 presidential election, he promptly proved to the world that he was a cartoonish gaffe machine who came with a trolley car's worth of political baggage. Did Kamala’s
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