Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, MARCH 2nd 2026
Updated 06:12 ET
21 articles
KHAMENEI, IRAN, AYATOLLAH, TRUMP
TOPSHOT - A plume of smoke rises following a reported explosion in Tehran on February 28, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
The escalating conflict in the Middle East is fueling fears that Washington's pursuit of regime change in Iran, and Tehran's retaliation,
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IRAN, STRIKES, TRUMP, ISRAELI
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a man whose life has been defined by the harshness of his rhetoric against the West (specifically, the US and Israel) and his ruthless rule, has died a martyr’s death under the rubble of his compound in Pasteur, Tehran.
It was always
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AUSTIN, SHOOTING, MASS, FBI
Fire officials said they were coordinating with the Austin Police Department.
An emergency response is seen in Austin, Texas, in a screengrab from live video from KVUE, an ABC News affiliate state, on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
An emergency response is seen in
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IRAN, STRIKES, AMERICANS, STREETS
Things in the Middle East may be getting even spicier than they already were. On Sunday, Fox News correspondent Bret Baier too to his X account with a report that a coalition of Persian Gulf states is preparing to join the fight against Iran. If this is true,
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OPERATION, EPIC, FURY, TRUMP
Three U.S. service members were killed and five others were seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Sunday morning.
In addition, several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions and are in the
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EXCLUSIVE, TRUMP, COMMISSIONER, MAKARY
Sunday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” FDA Commissioner Marty Makary talked about drug prices.
Makary said, “Now we have the lowest price in the developed world on so many drugs at Trump Rx and Medicare and Medicaid now will have access to those low prices for
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PEOPLE, STABBING, DEAD, TURNS
Several people were wounded Sunday just before 1:20 p.m. in a mass stabbing near I-495 at Little River Turnpike in Annandale, Virginia, according to reports.
The DC MD VA Live reported that a Virginia State Trooper fired shots to end the incident.
Details
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STORM, PRO, CONSULATE, PROTESTERS
At least nine people are dead and more than two dozen injured, after violent clashes outside the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.
Hundreds of protesters stormed the diplomatic compound in a sharp escalation of anti-American demonstrations.
The unrest
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TRUMP, IRAN, CONGRESS, VOTE
President Donald Trump’s order to launch a coordinated U.S.-Israeli strike against Iran ran afoul of international and domestic law, according to military and legal experts including the former legal chief at U.S. Central Command, which carried out the attacks.
“Not
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IRAN, STATES, GULF, STRIKE
Iran fires missiles at Israel and Gulf states after U.S.-Israeli strike kills Khamenei
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran fired missiles at targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states Sunday after vowing massive retaliation for the
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JANE, HANOI, FONDA, IRANIAN
After the United States and Israel launched military operations in Iran, wacky Jane Fonda decided to insert herself into the news again. At an anti-war demonstration in Los Angeles on Saturday, the 88-year-old Fonda said, “This is a desperate immoral act in
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ILLEGAL, BUS, WOMAN, MURDERING
An illegal alien with over 30 prior arrests is accused of killing a woman at a Virginia bus stop on Monday, and the blame is being placed at Democrat officials’ feet.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer requesting Virginia
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MAMDANI, DEVINE, ADAMS, MATTER
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams blasted his socialist successor, Zohran Mamdani, for calling the US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran “illegal” while ignoring the brutal Islamist regime’s long reign of terror.
“Let me be very clear. When the mayor of the
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TRUMP, HOLLYWOOD, IRAN, EPSTEIN
Famous (and not-so-famous) entertainers are condemning President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran which have seemingly taken out its Islamist supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Many familiar characters reflexively called to impeach Trump: “Impeach the SOB,”
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TEAM, ISRAELI, NATIONAL, SUSPENDS
Israel's national gymnastics team has suspended all training and team activities amid the recent Iranian counter-attack on the country following the U.S.-assisted strikes on Iran.
The Israel Gymnastics Federation (IGF) provided a statement to Fox News Digital
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BENEFITS, SNAP, NEW, KICKING
What to know about the new changes to SNAP benefits NPR's A Martinez speaks with Ty Jones Cox of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about new work requirements for recipients of SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps.
National What to know about
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IRANIAN, SHIPS, REST, NEW
President Trump boasted Sunday that the US has successfully taken down nine Iranian naval ships and “largely destroyed” Tehran’s naval headquarters as well.
“I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively
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LONG, IRAN, TRUMP, WEEKS
President Trump warned the ongoing joint US-Israeli war against Iran could stretch “four weeks or so” — and mourned the three American service members killed in the conflict so far.
“They’re great people,” Trump told Daily Mail on Sunday.
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TEXAS, GONZALES, AFFAIR, REP
Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales faces primary challenge amid allegations of affair Caught in controversy, Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales faces a tough primary challenge as his voters weigh whether to back him again in Tuesday's primary.
National Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales
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NEW, HAMPSHIRE, SON, SCHOOL
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Police say Cher’s son was arrested on Friday after acting belligerently at a New Hampshire private high school, of which he has no association.
Elijah Allman, 49, was charged with four misdemeanors: two counts of simple assault, criminal
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IRANIAN, TRUMP, TEARS, DEMS
Iranian-American advocate Moj Mahdara called on Democrats to wake up on Sunday in response to many members of the party's reaction to the U.S. and Israel's actions against Iran, and said she was incredibly disappointed by the criticism.
"I think that it
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IRANIAN, BASKETBALL, ISRAEL, WOMEN
Former NCAA and Team USA women's basketball player Destiny Littleton shared footage Saturday of her experience fleeing Iranian counterstrikes in Israel.
Her documentation concluded with a panicked scene of her and other civilians shouting in fear as drones
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INJURED, SHOOTING, CINCINNATI, NINE
Nine people were injured when shots rang out just before 1 a.m. Sunday in Riverfront Live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
FOX 19 reported that two of the wounded individuals were treated and released and one remains in critical condition.
WCPO noted that police do not
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SWALWELL, DAVE, PORTNOY, BARSTOOL
California Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell took aim at Barstool Sports chief Dave Portnoy over the sportsman’s support for Trump’s actions in Iran on Saturday.
Portnoy gave his full-throated support for President Trump’s military actions in Iran and described
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