Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21st 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
15 articles
VANCE, NICKI, MINAJ, AMERICAFEST
Earlier this week, Erika Kirk endorsed Vance for president in 2028.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA - DECEMBER 21: Vice President JD Vance speaks on the final day of Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 21, 2025 in
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EPSTEIN, FILES, TRUMP, DOJ
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was adamant Sunday that none of the redactions in the files on late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein were made due to concerns about “embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity.”
Blanche, President Trump’s former
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FRANCISCO, SAN, POWER, OUTAGE
A massive power outage in San Francisco that darkened 130,000 homes Saturday was further complicated as self-driving cars stopped in the middle of the street, triggering extensive traffic jams.
While Pacific Gas and Electric Co.(PG&E) did not immediately say
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UKRAINE, PEACE, TALKS, RUSSIA
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said talks in Florida between American, Ukrainian and European officials have produced concrete progress toward a structured peace framework, fueling signs that negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine may be entering a
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OIL, GUARD, VENEZUELA, TANKER
US reportedly pursuing third oil tanker linked to Venezuela
The US seized another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday
Washington has accused Venezuela of using oil money to fund drug-related crime, while Venezuela has described the tanker seizures
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SOUTH, KILLING, UNDERWAY, TAVERN
9 killed, 10 wounded in South African pub shooting
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Nine people have died and at least 10 others were wounded after a group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of Sunday, authorities
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COMMANDERS, EAGLES, EJECTED, TITLE
Three players were ejected as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Washington Commanders 29-18 to win the NFC East title for the second year in a row.
Washington's Javon Kinlaw and Quan Martin were dismissed along with Philadelphia's Tyler Steen following a brawl
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GIFT, SEASON, HOLIDAY
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CHRISTMAS, NINE, QUICK, STUDY
Many Christmas movies announce themselves with green-hatted elves, Santa, the red-nosed reindeer, snowmen named Frosty, and other recognizable figures. But the Christmas spirit is about more than ornament-ready characters. And a movie need not take place during
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NATIVITY, TOWN, MAYOR, SOUTH
A small South Carolina town committee refused to remove a Nativity scene from a market parking lot after the mayor ordered it taken down from public property.
Around Thanksgiving, Kimberly Byrd, head of the Mullins Beautification Committee in Mullins, South
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SALVADOR, MINUTES, EL, 60
CBS's "60 Minutes" is facing a firestorm of criticism after airing a sympathetic segment featuring two repatriated Venezuelan men tearfully describing their time in El Salvador's notorious CECOT mega-prison as "four months of hell."
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BROWNS, BILLS, 44, SLICES
Buffalo Bills star running back James Cook was off to a hot start early in their game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.
Cook took the handoff from Josh Allen up the middle of the field and made a nifty move to juke out two Browns defenders. He broke
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VIGIL, AUSTRALIAN, ALBANESE, ATTACK
Left-wing Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was greeted with boos and abuse at Bondi Beach on Sunday when he attended a memorial vigil to remember those murdered in the terrorist attack that struck a Hanukkah celebration one week ago.
Shouts of “shame!”
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DISARMED, HERO, TERRORIST, BEACH
More than $2.6 million has been raised for the man who disarmed one of the attackers during a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, last weekend.
After the attack – which took place on Dec. 14 and left at least 15
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SHUT, POLITICS, GENE, WORRYING
Gene Simmons, frontman for the legendary rock group KISS and one of the 2025 Kennedy Center Award winners — that's Gene in the middle of the back row, as if you didn't already know — suggested during a recent interview that people should stop getting wrapped
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MANDY, PATINKIN, HANUKKAH, MAMDANI
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video of himself celebrating Hanukkah with Jewish actor Mandy Patinkin and his family amid scandals of antisemitism among his staff.
The video, posted to Mamdani's X account on Saturday, featured the mayor-elect
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MURDER, BAIT, FATHER, MOTHER
A Yale professor is speaking publicly for the first time since her 81-year-old father was arrested in connection with the 1982 killing of her mother, a case that remained unsolved for more than four decades.
According to a Nov. 24 press release from the
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BROWN, COLLEGE, GAME, BRUTAL
As we reported, the suspect in the shooting at Brown University on Dec. 13, in which two people were killed, and nine were injured, Claudio Neves Valente, was finally found dead on Thursday. He was also believed to have been the person behind the killing of
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BLANK, SUSPECT, POINT, SHOOT
A shoplifting suspect in Canton, Ohio, on Thursday allegedly tried to shoot a police officer at point blank range but his pistol jammed.
FOX News reported the suspect was taken into a security room at the local Walmart, and security footage captured him drawing
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NYPD, WIELDING, KILLS, COPS
An NYPD officer shot and killed a boxcutter-wielding maniac in front of his parents after he charged at her early Sunday, cops said.
The 29-year-old man’s parents called the cops to their apartment at 11-70 Nameoke Street in Far Rockaway, Queens at 12:25 a.m.,
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HOCHUL, BRUCE, BLAKEMAN, NASSAU
Gov. Kathy Hochul is dropping the ball on Big Apple subway safety, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman said Sunday — citing a Friday night transit stabbing on the Upper West Side.
“Criminals know they can get away with violence in Kathy Hochul’s
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ISLAMIST, GABBARD, IDEOLOGY, FREEDOM
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a dire warning about radical Islamist ideology during her speech at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest conference over the weekend.
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Gabbard, in her explosive comments, warned that Islamist
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GEORGE, CLOONEY, SISTER, 65
George Clooney's sister, Adelia "Ada" Zeidler has died. She was 65.
Zeidler died from cancer on Friday, Dec. 19, People magazine confirmed.
"My sister, Ada, was my hero," Clooney told the outlet. "She faced down cancer with courage and humor. I’ve never
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