Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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EPSTEIN, RELEASE, FILES, DEADLINE
Friday is the deadline to release the Epstein files. Here's what to expect
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By law, the Justice Department has until Friday to release files related to the life and death of Jeffrey Epstein.
Under the Epstein
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TRUMP, CENTER, KENNEDY, WHITE
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that there’s going to be a name change to the Kennedy Center, rebranding it after President Donald Trump. Cut the leftist meltdown in 3-2-1.
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In a post on Thursday on X, Leavitt revealed
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REINER, ROB, NICK, MICHELE
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In January 2018, conservative Fox News host Laura Ingraham was having dinner at Toscana, an Italian restaurant in Brentwood, when she spotted the renowned Hollywood director
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PLANE, BIFFLE, NASCAR, GREG
A plane registered to former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle crashed in North Carolina on Thursday. While it is unknown whether Biffle or his family was on the plane, reports indicate there have been multiple fatalities.
The crash occurred at Statesville Regional
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KIRK, TURNING, POINT, ERIKA
Turning Point begins its annual Christian youth conference on Thursday, marking the first event since the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk
PHOENIX -- Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization that Charlie Kirk turned into a political juggernaut,
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HICKS, NEW, ARCHBISHOP, POPE
Pope Leo names Ronald Hicks next archbishop of New York
Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks (left) and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, outgoing Archbishop of New York celebrate Mass in New York
Last month, Hicks joined other bishops to condemn the Trump administration's
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UKRAINE, RUSSIAN, PUTIN, FROZEN
Demonstrators holding flags of Ukraine and the European Union on the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, France on Feb. 23, 2025.
European Union countries will allocate 90 billion euros ($105.5 billion) in aid to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027, EU Council President Antonio
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TRUMP, AMERICA, INFLATION, 250
FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is kicking off America’s monthslong birthday bash celebrating the 250th anniversary of the country's founding with a new nonpartisan organization dubbed Freedom 250 that will lead the administration's celebrations, Fox
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TRUMP, WARRIOR, DIVIDEND, TROOPS
Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 17, 2025. Photo: Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Last night, Donald Trump took the stage and announced
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TRUMP, MARIJUANA, ORDER, DRUG
Trump expected to expand access to cannabis in a major shift in drug policy
A majority of US states allow cannabis to be used for some medical purposes, and in 24 states it's allowed for recreational use
Several Republican lawmakers have cautioned against
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PROCEDURES, GENDER, SEX, HHS
The Trump administration announced on Thursday a multi-departmental offensive to prevent hospitals from using pharmaceutical or surgical interventions to perform “sex-rejecting” procedures on children under the age of 18, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
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TIKTOK, DEAL, SIGNS, SELL
Will the TikTok deal mean the app changes in the US?
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TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance has signed a
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EXCLUSIVE, ILLEGAL, SECRETARY, TURNER
On Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Trump’s speech.
Marlow said, “He did a bit of a headfake. He shared with certain media members that he was going…to be announcing some sort of interventionist
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TAIWAN, ARMS, SALE, ANNOUNCES
President Donald Trump's administration announced an arms deal with Taiwan amounting to more than $11 billion on Wednesday.
The deal includes medium range missiles, artillery, and drones as part of eight combined arms sale agreements. If approved by Congress,
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MILITARY, DRUG, STRIKE, OPERATION
The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, announced on Wednesday that his country would be welcoming members of the United States Air Force for a temporary joint operation intended to fight drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.
The American Embassy in Quito
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SHERRONE, MOORE, MICHIGAN, LONG
Sherrone Moore’s booking photo was released about a week after the former Michigan Wolverines football coach was fired from his job and arrested on several charges.
Fox News Digital obtained the booking photo of Moore on Thursday. The picture showed a red-eyed
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BONDI, BEACH, MEN, POLICE
Heavily armed Australian tactical police stopped two cars carrying seven men Thursday on the outskirts of Sydney amid the ongoing investigation into the terror attack on a Jewish holiday gathering at the city’s Bondi Beach.
As reported by news.com.au, police
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TRUMP, OIL, MADURO, REGIME
National security expert Rebeccah Heinrichs says the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign against Venezuela, intensified by designating Nicolás Maduro’s regime a foreign terrorist organization and ordering an oil tanker blockade, has helped
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SMITH, UNIVERSITY, OHIO, BRIAN
Ohio University summarily fired Bobcats head coach Brian Smith on Wednesday, alleging that he was involved in “serious professional misconduct.”
The school had suspended Smith, 45, about two weeks ago, citing an investigation into his conduct, and Internet
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TRUMP, SENATE, GOP, YEAR
Senate Republicans tried to advance a funding package as their last act of the year, but a last-minute block by Senate Democrats sent lawmakers home frustrated as the deadline to fund the government creeps closer.
Lawmakers have spent the last month since
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MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, ELECT, WORLD
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named an architect of New York’s controversial congestion pricing scheme as the city’s new budget director on Thursday.
Sherif Soliman will serve as director of the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget under Mamdani, tasked with
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