Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
21 articles
TRUMP, WHITE, HOUSE, ICE
Some say the order — which seeks to override state regulations on AI — might soon be met with legal challenges.
But Democratic lawmakers and state officials, as well as consumer advocacy groups, are raising alarms about the impact of the order that Trump signed
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EPSTEIN, PHOTOS, TRUMP, CLINTON
GOP House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said he plans to commence contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton for ignoring the committee's subpoenas related to its ongoing probe into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
In July,
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DUFFY, MACY, LICENSES, NEW
The victim is in stable condition, and her baby was uninjured.
New York tourist stabbed while changing baby’s diaper in Macy’s restroom, suspect charged: Police
Exterior view of Macy's herald square store in New York City, on November 28, 2025.
Exterior
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MOORE, SHERRONE, MICHIGAN, COACH
Former Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore is reportedly under the care of mental health professionals as he prepares to face charges for threatening a fellow Michigan employee after he was fired from the football program.
On Thursday, WJBL-TV’s Ryan Ermanni
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FRAUD, MINNESOTA, WALZ, OHIO
In the past couple of weeks, the eyes of the nation were finally turned on the massive fraud in Minnesota, which involved more than $1 billion in taxpayer dollars siphoned from federal programs.
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As we reported, the House Oversight Committee
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NATIONAL, SHOOTING, KRISTI, WOLFE
WASHINGTON — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Friday it was absolutely “infuriating” that a Democratic House member referred to last month’s DC shooting, which killed one National Guard member and critically wounded another, as an “unfortunate
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KILMAR, ABREGO, GARCIA, RELEASE
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody. And, Indiana rejects redistricting
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NEWSOM, MINAJ, NICKI, TRANS
Rap megastar Nicki Minaj blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) saying he wants to “see trans kids.” The “Super Bass” singer reacted in a series of X posts, telling Newsom, “It’s the end of the road for you.”
“Oh Gavvy pooh, it only gets worse from here
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DOOR, NEWS, FOX, MINNEAPOLIS
Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, where Amanda Seyfried says she's not apologizing for her defiant comments, and college football coach Sherrone Moore was fired and held in jail Wednesday.
Looking for more of a challenge?
President
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PHILIP, RIVERS, RETURN, 44
In a wild turn of events, it looks like Philip Rivers will be suiting up in an NFL game for the first time in nearly five years.
Rivers just turned 44 earlier this week and recently became a grandfather, but after injuries to both Daniel Jones and Riley
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HOUSE, WHITE, SZA, SONG
The White House mocked CNN as "Chicken News Network" on Thursday for failing to book deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, but the liberal network quickly insisted members of the administration are welcome on air when appropriate.
Miller said
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WALSHE, BRIAN, TRIAL, MURDER
Brian Walshe, who declined to testify at his murder trial, tried to take control of his late father’s estate soon after he was indicted on art fraud charges in 2018, according to a report.
Brian and Thomas Walshe had been estranged for years, but the only
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ASSASSIN, KIRK, CHARLIE, ROBINSON
Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson said he thinks about the shooting “everyday” — and mentioned the slain conservative activist’s wife, Erika, in a chilling court exchange with his attorney, according to a lipreading analysis.
Robinson, 22, appeared
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CROCKETT, TEXAS, JASMINE, SENATE
The 2026 election cycle is working its way up through the gears. Candidates are announcing their intent to run for various seats; some are sure-wins, some are sure to be fights to the finish, and some are sure to be inexplicable. One of the latter is surely
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SUICIDE, ILL, ASSISTED, TERMINALLY
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed legislation that will allow eligible terminally ill adult patients to obtain life-ending medication in consultation with their doctors, making Illinois the latest state to authorize physician-assisted suicide for
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TRUMP, ECONOMY, COUNTRY, HE'LL
President Donald Trump touted the U.S. economy on Thursday, asking when he will be awarded credit for creating "perhaps the Greatest Economy" ever in the nation's history.
"I inherited a MESS from the Biden Administration — The Worst Inflation in History,
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WAR, WORLD, RUSSIA, NATO
NATO chief Mark Rutte is looking east and growing nervous. Tensions we've not seen since the Cold War, it seems, are beginning to rise again in Western Europe. But things today are very, very different than the bad old days, when there was the very real possibility
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VORTEX, POLAR, WEEKEND, WINTER
NEW YORK — Millions along the Interstate 95 corridor on the Northeast coast will see their first significant winter storm of the season this weekend, as a fast-moving system takes advantage of freezing temperatures brought by another invasion of the polar vortex.
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LUNG, WATT, STAR, COLLAPSED
The Pittsburgh Steelers announced on Thursday that star outside linebacker T.J. Watt had been taken to a local hospital to receive treatment for lung pain. Now, some shocking details about the possible source of that pain have come to light.
According to insider
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DEATH, ANCIENT, VALLEY, LAKE
An ancient lake that dried up approximately 130,000 years ago has reemerged after record rainfall in California’s Death Valley, arguably the hottest place on Earth.
Lake Manly was formed during the ice age, when woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers roamed
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FLOODING, EVACUATE, STATE, WASHINGTON
100,000 people ordered to evacuate as historic flooding hits Washington state About 100,000 people have been placed under evacuation orders due to historic flooding in the Skagit Valley, a densely populated agricultural hub north of Seattle, Washington.
National
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SUMMIT, NEWSOM, 2028, TRUMP
Three of the most high-profile Democrats in the country, who are considered potential top-tier contenders for the party's 2028 presidential nomination, are crossing paths at a major Democratic Party summit.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, the party's
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TAYLOR, MARJORIE, GREENE, PRAISED
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), set to leave Congress in January, was praised Wednesday by the co-founder of CODEPINK, a far-left activist group with a history of supporting authoritarian regimes, U.S. adversaries, and designated terrorist organizations,
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KIMMEL, DISNEY, TRUMP, REVEALS
Another leftist fascism freak-out just bit the dust after a top Disney executive put to bed the lie, pushed by those in the legacy media, Democrats, and Hollywood, about President Donald Trump and his alleged involvement in Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
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