Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23rd 2025
Updated 07:12 ET
32 articles
EPSTEIN, TRUMP, FILES, WIND
Birds fly in the foreground of the Vineyard Wind turbines off the coast of Nantucket on September 11, 2025. Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images
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VANCE, TRUMP, JD, POLL
Liberal New York Times columnist Ezra Klein declared in a piece published on Sunday that the "vibe shift" towards President Donald Trump was "dead" and said Democrats could start winning the "attention wars."
"The Trump vibe shift is dead. And there are
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MINUTES, 60, WEISS, BARI
Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club Event With Peggy Noonan on Nov. 19, 2024 in New York City. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press
The media world is disgusted and indignant at CBS News’s new editor-in-chef Bari Weiss’s decision not
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BROWN, UNIVERSITY, SHOOTING, LEAVE
A Brown University custodian reported spotting a suspicious man—later identified as alleged shooter Claudio Manuel Neves Valente—casing the engineering building nearly 10 times over several weeks starting in early November, before he ultimately opened fire
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MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, NYC, MAYOR
You’d expect Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, to want all kids to have access to high-quality schools that facilitate upward mobility.
Yet he just dissed leaders from 19 city charter-school networks who offered to help provide just that
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OIL, TRUMP, VENEZUELA, TANKER
The United States Coast Guard is in pursuit of a third sanctioned oil tanker near Venezuelan waters, both Reuters and Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
Both outlets identified the vessel as the Bella 1, an oil tanker reportedly en route to Venezuela to load. Reuters
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TRUMP, GREENLAND, ENVOY, SPECIAL
Jeff Landry, governor of Lousiana, speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025.
Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen on Monday rebuked President Donald Trump's appointment of a special envoy to
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PLANE, TEXAS, NAVY, MEXICAN
Five dead after plane carrying child burns victim crashes in Texas
At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas on Monday while transporting a child burns victim.
According to flight tracking
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FAN, STEELERS, LIONS, ALTERCATION
Pittsburgh Steelers star DK Metcalf got into an incident with a Detroit Lions fan during his game on Sunday evening.
Metcalf was spotted confronting the fan, who was near the barrier on the Steelers’ sideline. He pulled the fan’s shirt and took a swing at
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ILLEGAL, DHS, 3K, DEPORTATION
The federal government is offering a $3,000 “Holiday Stipend” to encourage illegal immigrants to self-deport over Christmas.
The small expense is far less than the cost of chasing and deporting migrants — and it comes amid growing economic pressure on migrants
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SMUGGLING, ALLEGED, DRUG, EASTERN
Morning news brief U.S. says it struck another alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, a judge rules deported Venezuelans be returned to the U.S., top Heritage Foundation officials leaving amid rift in GOP.
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HOLIDAY, CHRISTMAS, YEAR, FORECAST
What you need to know before heading to the airport or hitting the highway.
Holiday weather forecast: Will there be a white Christmas?
Motorists drive on Interstate 210 during the morning commute on December 03, 2025 in Pasadena, California.
Motorists drive
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TRUMP, DOZENS, AMBASSADORS, RECALLING
"This method is highly irregular," a union spokesperson said.
The Department of State building in Washington, July 11, 2025.
The Department of State building in Washington, July 11, 2025.
The Department of State building in Washington, July 11, 2025.
The
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TRUMP, DONALD, CENTER, KENNEDY
Everyone is talking about the decision by the board of the Kennedy Center to rename the institution the Trump Kennedy Center. It would appear that the move was illegal: Most commentators agree that an official change of name requires an act of Congress. Perhaps
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FASCISM, CHRISTMAS, KIMMEL, JIMMY
Jimmy Kimmel to say 'fascism has had a great year' in Channel 4 Christmas message
5 hours ago Share Save Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Share Save
Channel 4 Channel 4 said Kimmel would deliver a "deeply personal and characteristically jovial address"
US
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TRUMP, CONGRESS, RUN, CONWAY
George Conway, the prominent attorney and longtime critic of President Donald Trump, formally submitted paperwork on Monday to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 12th Congressional District. The filing marks his first entry into electoral
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SHARK, FEARED, SWIMMER, COAST
A 55-year-old swimmer is missing after a feared shark attack off Lovers Point in California.
The unidentified woman was on a weekly swim with a club in Pacific Grove on Sunday when the group feared a “large splash” was an attacking shark, KSBW reported.
While
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STEAL, CHASE, CAR, LEAD
Police officers in Illinois crawled beneath a burning overturned car early Sunday to rescue a trapped motorist after a high-speed crash on Interstate 88, authorities said.
The rescue happened around 3:40 a.m. after an officer on routine patrol spotted a
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BISHOPS, CATHOLIC, CONFERENCE, LAW
Catholicism, and religions in general, are sets of laws and ethical principles that govern human behavior. While civil laws hold us accountable for our actions in this world, religious law holds us accountable both in this life and in the afterlife.
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JUDGE, ABREGO, GARCIA, KILMAR
GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Monday questioned whether government officials could be trusted to follow orders barring them from taking Kilmar Abrego Garcia into immigration custody or deporting him.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis noted that Abrego
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GIFT, SEASON, HOLIDAY
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RUSSIAN, GENERAL, CAR, BOMB
A Russian general was killed in a car bombing in Moscow on Monday, with investigators saying they suspect Ukrainian intelligence may have been behind the attack.
The bombing targeted Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of
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JAIL, INMATES, MURDER, INCLUDING
Three inmates — including one who was being held on a murder charge — have escaped from a county jail just east of Atlanta, authorities said.
The breakout happened early Monday morning at the DeKalb County Jail and was discovered during a routine security
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LOSS, WEGOVY, WEIGHT, PILL
US regulator approves pill form of Wegovy weight-loss drug
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a pill version of the weight-loss drug Wegovy, according to pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk.
It is the first pill of its kind to receive approval
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