Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
33 articles
TRUMP, UKRAINE, ZELENSKY, WAR
The leader of Ukraine wants President Trump to push Russia harder to end its invasion of his country. President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House this afternoon and asked for long-range Tomahawk missiles, which can strike deep within Russia.
Trump
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MAYORAL, NYC, DEBATE, MAMDANI
The Issue: Thursday’s debate between candidates Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.
I’ve never seen such biased support for Zohran Mamdani as I did from the debate hosts, who were clearly against Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Silwa (“Flailing Cuo buoys
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BOLTON, JOHN, CLASSIFIED, CHARGES
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton arrives at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, to surrender and face an initial appearance on charges of mishandled classified information, in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S., October 17, 2025.
John
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SUPREME, COURT, TRUMP, GUARD
Never let it be said that Donald Trump is overly burdened by what many consider traditional norms. In what would be a historic first, President Trump is reportedly considering personally attending the oral arguments in a tariffs case before the United States
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TRUMP, GEORGE, SANTOS, PRISON
President Trump commutes the prison sentence of George Santos
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President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he commuted the prison term of George Santos, the disgraced New York Republican who was sentenced to more
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KINGS, TRUMP, PROTESTS, AMERICAN
"No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump and his administration's policies are set to kick-off in cities nationwide Saturday to declare, "America has No Kings."
"We’re standing together against the abuses of power, cruelty, and corruption. On October
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TRUMP, GAZA, DEAL, HAMAS
Praise for President Trump’s diplomacy in brokering a cease-fire in Gaza has mostly focused on how he persuaded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to accept a deal. Many assume that Trump threatened to withdraw U.S. support from Israel, or otherwise
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SCHUMER, THUNE, CHUCK, SHUTDOWN
Democrats will likely fold on the government shutdown after anti-Trump protests take place across the country, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday.
Mullin explained that the Democrats truly have no endgame with
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OCT, LOUISIANA, HAMAS, ALLEGED
The FBI has arrested a suspect in Louisiana who allegedly participated in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
An affidavit accuses Mahmoud Amin Ya-qub Al-Muhtadi, a resident of Lafayette, Louisiana, violated federal law by providing, attempting to provide,
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SCHOOL, DIES, STUDENT, STAFFER
School staffer dies following alleged assault by 14-year-old student in Massachusetts: DA
A staffer at a Massachusetts school for youths with mental health and behavioral issues died after a student allegedly kicked her in the chest, officials said.
A 14-year-old
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ANTIFA, ICE, TERRORISM, ATTACK
The entrance of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, 2025. Photo: Mark David Smith/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Federal prosecutors are making good on the Trump
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JEFFRIES, LEAVITT, KAROLINE, HAKEEM
If we were living in what passes as a "normal" political environment, this tit-for-tat story might be one of those times when we'd think, "Boys and girls, just calm down, get back to the business of working for the American people, and knock off the silliness."
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TRUMP, FRANCISCO, BENIOFF, SAN
Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff publicly apologized Friday for suggesting President Trump should send National Guard troops to San Francisco, saying his earlier remarks “came from an abundance of caution” and that he no longer believes federal intervention
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FOUNDATION, PROTESTS, KINGS, SOROS
FIRST ON FOX: George Soros ’ foundation is funding the "No Kings" protests that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and tens of thousands of protesters will be participating in on Saturday.
Soros, a billionaire investor and notorious Democratic
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SURVIVORS, STRIKE, DRUG, CARIBBEAN
US captures two survivors after attack on Venezuela 'drug sub'
Watch: Donald Trump claims Caribbean vessel hit was submarine
Trump has ramped up threats against Venezuela's leadership over claims that the country is sending drugs to the US. Venezuela President
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ANDREW, PRINCE, TITLE, EPSTEIN
Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends Katharine, Duchess of Kent's Requiem Mass service at Westminster Cathedral, September 16, 2025, in London.
Prince Andrew, Duke of York attends Katharine, Duchess of Kent's Requiem Mass service at Westminster Cathedral, September
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LIA, THOMAS, SWIMMER, TRANS
Transgender-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas surfaced to double down on his trans activism and accept an award at an LGBTQ+ event sponsored in part by the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Football Club.
“On Thursday night in Los Angeles, the former UPenn
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DISGRACED, DEM, NOMINEE, AG
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., stood by Virginia’s embattled Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones who sent text messages fantasizing about putting "two bullets" in his Republican rival's head and also suggested his ‘fascist’ children
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NANCY, PELOSI, LAWMAKER, SCOTT
State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) stands for a photo in the Castro district of San Francisco in 2023.
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State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who has emerged
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NETANYAHU, MACHADO, DEAL, ACHIEVEMENTS
Venezuelan Interior Minister and long-suspected drug lord Diosdado Cabello claimed on Wednesday that anti-socialist opposition leader María Corina Machado “bought” her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
The interior minister and regime henchman, without presenting any
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11, PROJECTS, BILLION, SHUTDOWN
White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought on Friday announced that $11 billion in infrastructure and other projects would be stalled, and potentially canceled, across Democrat cities such as Boston, Baltimore, New York, and San
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JUDGE, TRUMP, OBAMA, BREITBART
The federal judge assigned to oversee the criminal case against former Trump national security advisor John Bolton is an Obama-era appointee who made headlines during both Trump administrations for halting or pausing some of his most sweeping executive orders.
U.S.
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CHINESE, HUMAN, TRAFFICKING, NEW
Fox News exclusively embedded with the Austin Police Department as part of a nationwide human trafficking operation targeting illicit Chinese massage parlors.
A loudspeaker blared, "Austin Police! Search warrant! Come out with your hands up," as detectives
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WOKE, GARBAGE, NETFLIX, SERIES
The Pentagon is calling out streaming giant Netflix over its new military series Boots, which follows the story of a gay man enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 1990s.
The Pentagon accused Netflix of pushing an “ideological agenda” with the series, according
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