Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BOWL, SUPER, PATRIOTS, SEAHAWKS
Super Bowl 60 is set and it's a rematch from 11 years ago: Patriots vs. Seahawks
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Drake Maye vs. Sam Darnold. Two stingy defenses. A second-year head coach vs. a veteran coach in his second act.
Super Bowl 60 is set and it's
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STORM, WINTER, POWER, FERN
The monster winter storm that walloped the Big Apple on Sunday unloaded snow totals that New Yorkers haven’t seen in years – and more flurries may be on the way soon.
Winter Storm Fern’s highest snowfall count in the five boroughs as of 1 a.m. Monday was in
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DHS, FUNDING, ICE, SENATE
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during the Senate Democrats' news conference in the U.S. Capitol on the deadline for the release of the Epstein files on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025.
The U.S. government is nearing the brink of a partial shutdown
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NEW, POST, STORM, MAMDANI
The launch of The California Post is an important moment for our city and state. While I won’t agree with everything in these pages, I know that more information is better for our public discourse, and I appreciate their invitation to share thoughts about the
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UKRAINE, TALKS, SECURITY, RUSSIA
Negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine are showing signs of progress, but major challenges remain, according to a senior Kremlin official
Talks with US and Ukraine were constructive but major challenges remain, Kremlin says
In this photo provided
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CRASHES, MAINE, PRIVATE, BANGOR
Private jet carrying eight crashes in Maine
A private jet carrying eight people has crashed while taking off from Bangor International Airport in the US state of Maine, aviation authorities have said.
The Bombardier Challenger 600 went down at around 19:45
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TRUMP, CANADA, CHINA, TARIFF
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a China-friendly leftist, insisted on Sunday that he was not pursuing a free trade agreement with China that would endanger the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) following President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100
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HOSTAGE, ISRAEL, GAZA, REMAINS
It’s been 27 months and nineteen days since the horrific Hamas attack on Israel, which left almost 1,200 dead, including 36 children. The barbarity and cruelty of the assault left the civilized world dazed.
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After more than two years of Israeli
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TRUMP, BAD, ADVICE, SHOOTING
Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt said Sunday that he disagreed with aspects of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, insisting that Americans do not want to deport "every single non-U.S. citizen."
Stitt, who chairs the bipartisan National
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CALLS, GAME, ABOLISH, CHARLES
NBA analyst Charles Barkley responded to the news of a recent Border Patrol agent-involved shooting in Minneapolis, pointing out that “Two people have died for no reason” and that it was “Just sad.”
During a segment of Inside the NBA, Barkley was asked by
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SUNDANCE, FROST, FILM, MAXWELL
Janet Jensen and Maxwell Frost attend the Creative Coalition Fabulous 50 Festival dinner at Buona Vita on Friday in Park City, Utah.
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Utah police arrested a man accused
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ABRAHAM, CARRIER, USS, LINCOLN
US military assets headed to the Middle East could face a serious threat from Iranian drone swarms as reports emerge that Iran’s supreme leader has gone underground, according to a leading military drone expert.
Cameron Chell, CEO and co-founder of Draganfly,
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TRUMP, NATO, AFGHANISTAN, ROLE
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday called President Donald Trump's comments about NATO allies’ role in Afghanistan "unacceptable," pushing back against suggestions they "stayed a little back" from the front lines.
"Following the terrorist
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VIKINGS, ICE, VOTERS, CAPTAIN
Former Minnesota Vikings captain and University of Minnesota football player Jack Brewer spoke out against the anti-ICE agitators in his state.
Unrest erupted in and around Minneapolis on Saturday after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot one of the agitators.
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DE, FEDERAL, AGENTS, POLICE
Why de-escalation training and communication matters when federal agents police city streets The third Minneapolis shooting in three weeks has renewed questions about immigration agents' role, training, and use of force. We put these questions to Chuck Wexler,
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FRANCISCO, SAN, MAYOR, LURIE
Bravo to San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who is ending a ridiculous city program that spent $5 million a year to provide booze to homeless alcoholics.
It sounds like an insane idea to begin with, but the original thought behind the “Managed Alcohol Program”
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FBI, PATEL, AGENT, ARREST
It's been a good few weeks for FBI Director Kash Patel, with record numbers of goblins off the streets and even several knocked off the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list. On Sunday, Director Patel appeared on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with host Maria Bartiromo
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GENERAL, CHINA, UPPING, PURGE
Yesterday, we were all sort of stunned to find that Chinese dictator Xi Jinping had summarily dismissed and had placed under investigation General Zhang Youxia, the now-former vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission; see New Round of Purges Wrack
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WORTH, NET, ILHAN, OMAR
WASHINGTON — President Trump confirmed Monday that the Department of Justice and Congress are investigating “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar’s skyrocketing net worth — after The Post revealed House Republicans would be taking a look at the Minnesota Democrat and her
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HARM, PUT, NETWORK, PRETTI
The skirmish that led to Saturday’s fatal shooting of an agitator by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis and the response that followed were driven by a complex network of far-left organizations with a wide range of causes, a Fox News Digital investigation
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15, SOCIAL, MACRON, MEDIA
PARIS (AP) – French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at the start of the next school year.
In a video
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HARRIS, SHAPIRO, VETTING, MAKING
Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., said during an interview with CBS' Norah O'Donnell on Sunday that former Vice President Kamala Harris' vetting team wasn't respectful with regard to his wife, in addition to the other questions he felt were offensive.
"You say in
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