Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, MARCH 15th 2026
Updated 11:12 ET
17 articles
IRAN, TRUMP, HORMUZ, STRAIT
U.S. military bombs Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export hub, Trump says
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President Trump said on Friday the U.S. military had "totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Island."
In
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TRUMP, SMITH, EMMA, JO
Saturday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Emma-Jo Morris discussed New York.
Morris said, “So, excuse me for interpreting this not as genuine and sincere practice of his faith…as a political exercise where all get to have this ritual humiliation of having to submit
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CHAMPIONSHIP, PLAYERS, PEOPLE, OPENING
An ex-con out on parole fatally shot two people near Florida’s TPC Sawgrass — and made a desperate escape through the golf course, prompting The Players Championship to delay opening gates Saturday, authorities said.
Christian Barrios, 32, shot and killed
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SECURITY, STANDOFF, CROCKETT, GUARD
A suspect who allegedly worked security for progressive Texas Congresswoman Rep. Jasmine Crockett was shot and killed in a Dallas SWAT standoff on Wednesday after reportedly being wanted for impersonating a police officer, according to reports.
The suspect,
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SCANDAL, STATE, STAR, FORMER
Former Utah State volleyball star Kaylie Ray became a viral folk hero in the "save women's sports" movement after sparring with Arizona state senator Catherine Miranda.
Ray shared her experience enduring the San Jose State volleyball scandal and leading
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WITKOFF, IRANIAN, FOREIGN, NUCLEAR
While interviewing Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday, MS NOW host Ayman Mohyeldin asked Araghchi “to set the record straight on those negotiations” with the United States over Iran’s nuclear program right before the start of Operation Epic
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FEE, CITIZENSHIP, RENOUNCE, STATE
It is now 80 percent cheaper for Americans who choose to renounce their U.S. citizenship to make it official.
The U.S. State Department on Friday published a rule that cut the cost from $2,350 to $450 after it was promised in 2023. However, the rule did not
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GAS, CALIFORNIA, EXCRUCIATING, FUEL
San Jose Mayor and California gubernatorial candidate Matt Mahan urged the state to temporarily suspend its gas tax to give relief to motorists bleeding cash at the pump.
“Working families are being forced to choose between paying rent, putting food on the
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DEAD, CAMPBELL, GUITARIST, 64
Phil Campbell, the longtime guitarist for Motörhead, has died, Fox News Digital can confirm. He was 64.
Motörhead released a statement on social media, saying, "We cannot believe we’re saying this…it is with profound sadness that we have to say Philip Anthony
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TRUMP, OIL, CALIFORNIA, EASE
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday giving the Department of Energy authority to invoke the Defense Production Act, a 1950 Cold War-era law, to force the restart of a dormant offshore oil operation along the California coast, setting up a major
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KILLS, WOUNDS, RUSSIAN, 15
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A combined missile and drone attack on the Kyiv region killed at least four people and wounded at least 15 overnight into Saturday, according to the head of the regional administration for the Ukrainian capital.
Three of the wounded were
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740K, CENTER, OBAMA, UNPAID
The Obama Foundation is looking for 100 unpaid volunteers to work alongside the former president's highly paid cronies at the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago when it opens in June.
Officials are pitching the no-paycheck gigs as rooted in
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MAKEUP, CELEBRITY, ARTIST, AOC
“Tax the Rich” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spent more than $2000 in campaign funds for a celebrity makeup artist, despite once boasting about doing her own makeup in an Instagram tutorial.
That’s the conclusion of a New York Post exclusive examination
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NEW, 56, AGO, REMAINS
The headless, handless body of a man found on the side of a lonely road in New York’s Allegany County 56 years ago has been identified through DNA advancements, officials announced this week.
Still, his killer hasn’t been caught.
The body of Clyde A. Coppage,
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REWARD, NEW, LEADER, IRAN
As a kid, growing up amongst the wooded hills and white limestone outcrops of Allamakee County, Iowa, I had more than a passing acquaintance with rattlesnakes. Non-poisonous snakes, like bull-snakes and water snakes, I was under orders to leave alone, but the
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ICE, ANTI, SUV, BLOCK
We've seen a lot of anti-ICE craziness in Los Angeles in 2026, including radicals attacking agents at the Roybal Federal Building and setting a dumpster on fire downtown. They also attacked another federal law enforcement officer with a pole.
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IRAQ, KILLED, REFUELING, CRASH
The Pentagon has identified six U.S. service members who were killed when a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq during a combat mission in support of Operation Epic Fury .
The incident, which occurred on Thursday, took place in "friendly" airspace
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SPORTS, TEAMS, COLORADO, 61
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concluded that a Colorado school district violated federal civil rights law by allowing male students to access female bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations and to compete in girls
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HAMAS, LIVEWIRE, FIFTEEN, FURY
The military operation in Iran is now over two weeks old. While overnight U.S. attacks on the critical Kharg Island avoided striking Iranian oil facilities, the Islamist regime in Tehran continues to attack energy infrastructure throughout the Gulf region.
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SPECIAL, HIGH, TEACHER, SOURCES
A perverted high school teacher was arrested for allegedly groping six special needs students at a Queens high school, according to police.
Vamshi Guduru allegedly touched the girls – between 15 and 17 – on their buttocks and breasts at a school in Kew Gardens
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JEWISH, SCHOOL, HUNT, SUFFERS
AMSTERDAM (AP) – Dutch authorities were hunting Saturday for a person who was filmed setting off an explosion outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam. The mayor denounced the attack as a cowardly act of aggression against the city’s Jewish community.
A City Hall
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GIGGLE, ARREST, FLORIDA, KILLING
Two Florida teens accused of plotting a gruesome "blood ritual" killing at their high school laughed about their mugshots and cracked jokes about jail in the back of a patrol car, newly revealed video shared by prosecutors shows.
Lois Olivios Lippert, 14,
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FLIGHT, ALIVE, JR, JFK
Kyle Bailey felt a "deep concern" as he watched John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette climb aboard the small plane that would never reach its destination.
On July 16, 1999, the trio perished when the single-engine plane Kennedy
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DALLAS, TSA, ATTACKING, AIRPORT
A California man was federally charged after allegedly attacking two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers and seriously injuring a Dallas police officer at Dallas Love Field Airport, officials said.
Idress Vinay Solomon, 33, of Oakland, California,
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