Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, JANUARY 12th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
38 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, VENEZUELA, PROTESTS
Trump wants to add the West Wing to his list of construction projects President Trump is on a remodeling and construction spree. In addition to the White House ballroom project, Trump wants to add a second story to the West Wing colonnade.
National Trump wants
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ICE, MINNESOTA, GOOD, SHOOTING
During Sunday's 83rd Golden Globes, several celebrities used the event to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just days after the fatal shooting of Renée Nicole Good.
Stars like Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes, Jean Smart, Ariana Grande, Natasha
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TRUMP, POWELL, FED, JEROME
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) walks after the Senate passes U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 1, 2025.
Republican protests are growing louder on Capitol Hill as the Trump administration's
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MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, NEW, NYC
Swagger remains his currency.
High-flying Eric Adams returned from his post-mayoralty travels to unveil the “NYC Token” on Monday, moving forward on his bizarre vow to tackle antisemitism with cryptocurrency.
Adams announced the crypto coin in Times Square,
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NURSES, NYC, STRIKE, HOSPITAL
Three New York City area hospitals are in a precarious position as thousands of nurses went on strike on Monday. Like most labor strikes, issues of competitive pay and staffing are on the table. But there is an ugly twist on the back and forth at one of the
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GOLDEN, GLOBES, 2026, SELENA
Chalamet beats DiCaprio to Golden Globes glory
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Timothée Chalamet, Teyana Taylor & Adolescence — Highlights from the 83rd Annual Golden Globes
Timothée Chalamet was among the main winners as
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KELLY, HEGSETH, SUES, PETE
Sen. Mark Kelly leaves after the Senate voted on the Venezuela War Powers Resolution at the U.S. Capitol, January 08, 2026 in Washington.
Sen. Mark Kelly leaves after the Senate voted on the Venezuela War Powers Resolution at the U.S. Capitol, January 08,
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GREENLAND, TRUMP, GOP, PUSHES
President Donald Trump argued on Sunday that Greenland’s defensive capability amounts to “two dog sleds,” so the United States must acquire the strategically valuable Arctic territory to protect it from Russia and China.
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force
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TAX, CALIFORNIA, BILLIONAIRE, WEALTH
California’s proposed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act could appear on the state’s November 2026 ballot and would impose a onetime tax on its wealthiest residents.
The measure would slap the 5% tax on individual fortunes exceeding $1 billion — and be applied retroactively
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SPORTS, WOMEN, CASES, SCOTUS
Riley Gaines delivered a poignant message to Democrats who have supported transgender athletes against the efforts to protect women’s and girls’ sports as major Supreme Court cases loom.
Gaines, an OutKick podcast host and a former NCAA star swimmer who
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OHIO, MURDER, DENTIST, WIFE
An ex-FBI agent suggested a years-long “deep-seated resentment and hatred” was to blame for the tragic murder of an Ohio dentist and his wife — as the two were gunned down just two weeks after their fifth wedding anniversary.
Spencer Tepe, 37, and his wife,
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PORTLAND, BORDER, PATROL, ILLEGAL
An illegal alien Tren de Aragua associate is charged with violently attacking a Border Patrol vehicle with his own car in the sanctuary city of Portland, Oregon, as agents were carrying out immigration enforcement operations.
The Department of Justice charges,
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MUSK, ELON, UK, GROK
Elon Musk's X faces bans and investigations over nonconsensual bikini images
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Indonesia and Malaysia temporarily blocked X's chatbot, Grok, over the weekend after it made scores of fake images publicly sexualizing mostly
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SMITH, HOUSE, JUDICIARY, TESTIFY
FIRST ON FOX: Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify in a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee next week, giving Republican and Democratic lawmakers on the panel a chance to grill him on his prosecutions of President Donald Trump in a public
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RADIO, VANCE, JD, DJ
A Massachusetts college radio host is in a heap of trouble after the vile threat he reportedly made against Vice President JD Vance on the leftist social media platform BlueSky, leading to his resignation as a host.
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The Secret Service confirmed
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IRANIAN, TRUCK, HAUL, REGIME
Protesters demonstrating against the Iranian regime swarmed a U-Haul truck that drove through their gathering in Los Angeles on Sunday, smashing its windshield and attacking the suspected driver with flag poles until police arrived to take the man into custody.
Video
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STARBUCKS, OFFENSIVE, COP, PIG
LOS ANGELES — The Starbucks employee who drew a pig on a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy’s coffee cup has been fired, the coffee chain confirmed — but the company claimed it was not meant to be offensive.
“This was unacceptable. We have reached out to
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JAGUARS, COACH, MEDIA, LOSS
Pat McAfee, an ESPN broadcaster who formerly punted for the Indianapolis Colts, lambasted sports journalists for their outrage over a reporter’s remarks toward Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen.
Jacksonville Free Press associate editor Lynn Jones-Turpin
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MACHADO, CORINA, MAR, POPE
Pope Leo XIV has met with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the Vatican
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday.
The meeting,
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CELEBRITIES, PINS, GLOBES, GOLDEN
Liberal comedian Bill Maher took a swipe at his "woke" peers in Hollywood who refuse to give him trophies at awards shows.
On Monday's installment of his "Club Random" podcast, Maher sat down with "Train Dreams" star Joel Edgerton and the two of them bonded
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HOUSE, ORDER, DEMOCRATS, DEFIED
Demonstrators protest outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center in response to ICE raids in Los Angeles on June 6, 2025.
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GAME, MOM, HUSBAND, NFL
A Florida mom is being remembered as a hero after she was shot protecting her children when her husband flew into a violent rage over an evening NFL game.
Jason Kenney, 47, shot and killed his wife, Crystal Roure, 38, before turning the gun on himself just
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HOCHUL, DATA, AI, CENTERS
Beware the coming artificial-intelligence boom, says Gov. Kathy Hochul: The new tech will spawn “massive data centers” poised to scarf up electricity “faster than the grid can keep up,” boosting residential bills in the process.
If you’re getting déjà vu,
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DEFENSIVE, PATRIOTS, SLUGFEST, MIKE
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel got a bit more than he bargained for when he celebrated with defensive lineman Milton Williams on Sunday night.
Vrabel went in for a bear hug after the Patriots’ defense stopped the Los Angeles Chargers on their
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