Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd 2025
Updated 19:12 ET
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TRUMP, HOUSE, WHITE, NATIONAL
Trump Media said on Tuesday that it had reached an "amicable settlement" of a legal dispute with the co-founders of the social media company, which operates the Truth Social app.
Trump Media did not provide details of that settlement with United Atlantic Ventures,
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HEGSETH, STRIKE, BOAT, DRUG
War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the deadly Sept. 2 military strike on a suspected drug-running vessel in the Caribbean Sea, but did not direct the killing of any survivors of the initial attack, according to a new report.
The New York Times, citing five
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WALZ, MINNESOTA, TIM, FRAUD
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem publicly shredded Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) for what she claims is significant fraud in the state's visa programs.
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Noem reported to President Trump that, at his direction, she
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UKRAINE, PUTIN, HOUSE, WHITE
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that former President Joe Biden’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan continues to have terrible consequences for the United States, following the killing of one National Guard member and
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NEW, YORK, JAMES, COMEY
Daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, Maurene Comey, leaves the Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse on November 13, 2025 in Alexandria, Virginia. The court is hearing oral arguments challenging the appointment of U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
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ELECTION, TRUMP, SPECIAL, GOP
The Republican-controlled Indiana House returns to session on Monday, to take action on congressional redistricting pushed by President Donald Trump.
And the GOP-dominated state Senate, in a major reversal, will reconvene in one week to "make a final decision
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MANGIONE, LUIGI, COURT, CEO
Man charged in death of UnitedHealthcare CEO fights to exclude gun, notes from trial Luigi Mangione, the man charged in the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will appear in court Monday, as his defense team works to exclude some evidence from his
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JERSEY, NEW, PROSECUTOR, HABBA
Appeals court disqualifies ex-Trump lawyer Alina Habba as New Jersey prosecutor
Alina Habba, seen here with President Trump in 2024, has been serving as US Attorney for New Jersey
A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump's former personal
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TRUMP, SUES, COURT, COSTCO
is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.
Last month, a federal
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POPE, LEO, XIV, SITE
Pope Leo visits a wounded Lebanon in his first trip to the Middle East
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BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV is in Lebanon on his first visit to the Middle East since he was chosen as leader of the world's Catholics in May. He arrives
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NOEM, TRAVEL, BAN, CALLS
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TREE, CHRISTMAS, LIGHTING, PORTLAND
Scores of Christmas tree slingers have descended on Gotham’s streets well before Thanksgiving, breaking a rarely-enforced city administrative code which bans their streetside sale, The Post has learned.
The rule, established in 1938 during a crackdown on street
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KIFFIN, LSU, LANE, OLE
Newly hired Louisiana State University coach Lane Kiffin claims that some Ole Miss fans were so mad at him for leaving Mississippi for LSU that they tried to run him off the road.
Kiffin described the incident during his first press conference in Louisiana,
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NUZZI, OLIVIA, BOOK, SCANDAL
Ousted New York Magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “planned to consummate their relationship,” according to her scorned ex fiancé, who said the alleged rendezvous was foiled when he learned of the duo’s sexting affair.
Former Politico
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SOMALI, TRUMP, OMAR, RIPS
Is it too much to ask for immigrants who love America and its system of government?
That’s a question that President Donald Trump has been asking, with an especially high level of vitriol, in the wake of the horrific shooting of members of the National Guard
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PARTY, BIRTHDAY, STOCKTON, SHOOTING
STOCKTON — A rapper targeted in the deadly birthday party mass shooting that left three kids dead is hiding out and fearing for his life after he and his wife were both wounded, his dad says.
Rapper MBnel was among the 15 shot at a birthday party for a friend’s
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ILLEGAL, ALIEN, CRASH, NEWSOM
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is filling American roads with illegal immigrant drivers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.
Duffy pointed to the devastating stories of illegal immigrant commercial drivers causing fatal
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GIANTS, PATRIOTS, YOUNGHOE, KOO
New York Giants kicker Younghoe Koo had arguably the most bizarre field goal attempt in recent memory during Monday night’s loss to the New England Patriots, but his explanation of the botched kick was even more bizarre.
In the second quarter, with the Giants
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ACCOUNTS, TRUMP, 25, BILLION
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell together pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to fund investment accounts for some 25 million American children.
The couple’s unprecedented donation will be the largest ever devoted to the nation’s youth, according to Invest America,
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WORKERS, STARBUCKS, ZOHRAN, PAY
Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours, city officials announced Monday.
The company will also pay $3.4 million in civil penalties under
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COACH, OFFER, MISSING, REWARD
Nearly two weeks after a decorated Virginia high school coach mysteriously disappeared amid a child pornography investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service has announced it is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for any information leading to his arrest.
Federal
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, HOLLYWOOD, 2028
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has an advantage with liberal Hollywood in his home state, and a new report shows he could be winning the early battle for the deep pockets of Tinseltown ahead of the 2028 Democratic primary.
"He’s a fighter, that’s what we need!"
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AIDS, TRUMP, WORLD, DAY
World AIDS Day is a time to remember all those who have passed away from the HIV virus, and a time to recognize and reaffirm our nation’s historic and heroic lifesaving efforts to end the preventable and treatable disease.
Nearly a quarter-century ago, with
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ICE, VIDEO, SONG, HOUSE
Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter blasted the White House for using one of her songs for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) video, calling the agency “inhuman,” “evil and disgusting” — not the criminals, rapists, and murderers ICE is arresting for deportation.
Carpenter
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