Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27th 2025
Updated 05:12 ET
14 articles
TRUMP, RUSSIA, PEACE, YEAR
President Donald Trump is taking his pressure campaign to the next level against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and making it clear he doesn’t believe the strongman should be leading the country — all while China and Russia are speaking out on the escalating
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NEW, CITY, WINTER, YORK
The storm is set to bring the most snow to New York City in years.
Dangerous snowstorm headed toward NYC, New Jersey, upstate New York: Latest forecast
Children go sledding in Central Park on December 14, 2025 in New York City.
Children go sledding in Central
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LEAVITT, KAROLINE, HOUSE, SECRETARY
Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been keeping one heck of a secret for the past few months: she's expecting a baby girl in May of 2026. Leavitt, 28, made the announcement on Friday, saying she was "thrilled" about growing her family with
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PATEL, HOOVER, FBI, BUILDING
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel confirmed that the agency will be shutting down the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, DC, “permanently.”
In a post on X, Patel explained that initially, there had been a plan to build a “new headquarters
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BALL, TIMES, SQUARE, BIRTHDAY
Organizers of the New Year’s Eve Times Square Ball Drop are getting in the revolutionary spirit for 2026.
The Post has learned that on July 3, for the first time since the tradition began on New Year’s Eve 1907, a second ball drop will be held — to mark the
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HIJAB, SCANDAL, WEARS, FRAUD
WASHINGTON — Minnesota’s lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan donned a hijab to express solidarity with Somalis in a local TV appearance amid federal and congressional investigations into fraudsters in their refugee community who bilked taxpayers out of as much
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KIMMEL, JIMMY, TYRANNY, CHRISTMAS
Jimmy Kimmel jokes about fascism in an 'alternative Christmas message' for Britain
toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision via AP
LONDON — Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump as he warned Thursday about the rise of fascism in
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STEPDAUGHTER, WIFE, NFL, KILLS
A Winter Haven, Florida, man allegedly shot and killed his wife then shot his 13-year-old stepdaughter on December 22 following an argument about an NFL game.
FOX 13 reported the Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd indicated that the man, Jason Kenney, began screaming
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NIGERIA, STRIKES, ISIS, TRUMP
US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria
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BBC One strike hit a field near a village in Sokoto state
The US has launched strikes against militants linked to the Islamic State
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GOAL, JETS, 100K, FAN
The New York Jets are taking heat for yanking an invitation to a fan who won the right to try the team’s $100,000 field goal challenge after they found out the woman is a soccer coach.
The team rescinded its invitation to season ticketholder Ashley Castanio-Gervasi
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MISSPELLED, DAYCARE, TIED, WALZ
The third-ranking leader in the House of Representatives, who also happens to hail from Minnesota, demanded answers from Gov. Tim Walz after a YouTuber tried to confront employees of an alleged daycare center that had misspelled signage and no signs of activity
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GAME, CHIEFS, HOME, KELCE
Kansas City Chiefs fans are usually amped for a playoff run as the regular season comes to a close, but Christmas night at Arrowhead Stadium didn’t have those implications as they won’t be making the playoffs for the first time since 2014.
Yet, it was an
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UNIVERSITY, STATE, KENTUCKY, JURY
A grand jury refused to indict Jacob Lee Bard over a December 9, 2025, shooting on the Kentucky State University campus.
Breitbart News reported that Bard was arrested after the December 9 shooting, which resulted in one person dead and another person injured.
Nineteen-year-old
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AIMS, JAPAN, DETER, CHINA
Type-12 surface-to-ship missile launchers are seen at the inauguration ceremony of a missile regiment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Uruma, Okinawa, southern Japan, on March 30, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
Type-12 surface-to-ship missile launchers
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FLORIDA, HOTEL, POOL, ARRESTED
The Florida mom accused of holding a 6-year-old boy underwater at a Florida hotel in revenge for him doing the same to her young son is a former police officer who lectured schoolkids about the harm of bullying, it has emerged.
Tiffany Lee Griffith, 36, told
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FACTORY, INJURED, KNIFE, CHEMICAL
Fifteen people were injured severely enough to require hospitalization in a bizarre attack on a rubber factory in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture on Friday. A lone suspect was arrested for attempted murder in a rampage that included eight stabbings and seven people
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MICHIGAN, SHERRONE, MOORE, NEW
As the University of Michigan continues to deal with the fallout of the Sherrone Moore firing, his replacement may have come into focus.
Kyle Whittingham, who announced he would step down as Utah’s head coach after 21 seasons following their bowl game on
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DENIES, RACIAL, FAN, LIONS
The Detroit Lions fan who was involved in the altercation with Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf, Ryan Kennedy, held a press conference on Friday and said he did not use any racial slurs toward Metcalf.
Kennedy said he did not use any racial slurs
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PLANE, WEEKS, TAKEOFF, FIERY
A man who was severely injured in the fiery crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, has died more than seven weeks later, bringing the total number of fatalities from the crash to 15.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg identified the victim as
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PLEADS, GUILTY, BUZZARD, ASHLEE
Melodee Buzzard, 9, was shot in the head and found dead in a rural area of Utah.
Ashlee Buzzard pleads not guilty to murder charge in daughter Melodee's death
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office released this surveillance image of Ashlee Buzzard, apparently
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BORDER, PATROL, MAYOR, BASS
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is lamenting the historic numbers of Latinos joining the Border Patrol.
In an interview Friday with Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room," Blitzer asked Bass, "But first, let me get your reaction to that report from David Culver
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SOMALILAND, ISRAEL, ACCORDS, COUNTRY
Israel formally recognized Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state on Friday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling the move “historic” and saying it reflects a shared commitment to stability, peace, and regional cooperation “in the spirit
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JENNINGS, EXCLUSIVE, SCOTT, UNHOLY
On Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” “Scott Jennings Show” host Scott Jennings talked about his career.
Jennings said, “I finally found my calling, and that is to be a pilgrim in an unholy land. And that is kind of what the table is.”
“The Alex Marlow
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PATROL, CRUISER, TROOPER, FREEWAY
A meth-fueled maniac is behind bars after allegedly dragging a Washington state lieutenant from the driver’s seat of her patrol car on a Seattle freeway and speeding away in the stolen cruiser, police said.
Alexander Eugene Smith, 24, was cuffed after the
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