Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
26 articles
MULLIN, DHS, HEARING, CONFIRMATION
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pulled no punches in his opening statement Wednesday morning at the Department of Homeland Security Committee hearing on fellow GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to be Kristi Noem's successor as secretary.
Paul, chairman of the
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CHAVEZ, CESAR, SEXUAL, RAPED
Cesar Chavez abused and raped women and girls, NYT investigation says
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Cesar Chavez, the famed union leader and champion of farmworker rights, has been accused of sexually abusing two girls in the 1970s as well as Dolores
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GABBARD, TULSI, IRAN, THREAT
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard shared the intelligence community’s assessments on Operation Epic Fury, China, drug cartels, artificial intelligence, and more while presenting the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment (ATA) in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday.
Along
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IRAN, ISRAEL, MINISTER, INTELLIGENCE
Iran's incumbent Minister of Intelligence Esmail Khatib (C) sits with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (C-R) before a speech to members of parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 17, 2024, as he defends his cabinet selection.
Israel's Defense Forces
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KENT, JOE, OFFICIAL, CLASSIFIED
Joe Kent walked out of a top U.S. intelligence role, accusing allies and insiders of dragging the country into war with Iran. Now, fresh reporting suggests he’s been under federal investigation for months.
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The former director of the National
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VENEZUELA, USA, BASEBALL, WORLD
Aaron Judge walked slowly back and forth in the United States’ dugout on Tuesday night while Venezuelan players shed tears and fell to their knees to celebrate the country’s first World Baseball Classic title
United States Aaron Judge gestures after striking
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TRUMP, STRAIT, NATO, HORMUZ
President Donald Trump said the strait is "something that we don't need."
Why are your gas prices rising if the US barely imports any oil from the Strait of Hormuz?
A cargo ship sails in the Arabian Gulf towards the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the United
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ACT, SAVE, GOP, SENATE
Senate Republicans dug in for the long haul as they embarked on their floor takeover and signaled that the hours of debate that crept well beyond the upper chamber's usual twilight business hours were just the beginning.
The GOP launched its plan to control
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RED, CODE, AI, CONSERVATIVES
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has reacted to shocking revelations by Breitbart News social media director Wynton Hall, the author of the new book Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, who revealed that Google’s Gemini AI accused her
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DELAYS, FLIGHT, CALLOUTS, TSA
As American airports and travelers continue to suffer the impacts of the DHS shutdown — and as TSA officers continue to go without paychecks — some European countries are warning those who would potentially visit the U.S.
The United Kingdom, for example, updated
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SPRING, BREAK, BAD, LONG
Long waits, bad weather disrupt spring break travel It's spring break season and many travelers find themselves stranded at airports because of long TSA lines, on top of bad weather at the start of the week.
National Long waits, bad weather disrupt spring
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FED, RATES, OIL, STEADY
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, March 18, 2026.
Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh wants to lower interest
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AFROMAN, DEFAMATION, COPS, MUSIC
Because he got raided.
Rapper Afroman clashed with Ohio law enforcement in court Tuesday, leaving one deputy in tears as the singer testified in a lawsuit filed by a sheriff’s office over his 2022 satirical music video.
The 51-year-old Afroman, whose real
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CALIFORNIA, REPUBLICANS, JON, GOP
Two Republican candidates — Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, left, and conservative commentator Steve Hilton, right — lead in a new poll on the California governor’s race.
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STRAIT, HORMUZ, IRANIAN, BOMBS
U.S. Central Command announced Wednesday that it had carried out a series of strikes on fortified Iranian positions designed to control maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Hours ago, U.S. forces successfully employed multiple 5,000-pound
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PRINCIPAL, KIRK, CHARLIE, HEADED
Jeremy P. Williams, the former principal of Rainier Junior/Senior High School in Columbia County, Oregon — who was already on paid administrative leave for his September comments about Charlie Kirk — is headed to prison for possessing and sharing images of
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PAROLE, NEWSOM, BOARD, FREE
A lead detective who helped put serial child molester David Allen Funston behind bars says he never expected to see him get out of prison — and the potential for more child predators getting released on to California’s streets is mind-blowing.
Richard Aromando,
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VIDEO, SHOWS, NEW, NYPD
After two teen adult bombers attempted to attack a crowd of demonstrators on March 7 outside Gracie Mansion, the official home of the New York City Mayor, the New York Police Department reacted quickly — and incredibly bravely — and had both suspects in hand
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GOP, VIRGINIA, ELECTION, SPECIAL
Virginia Republican candidate Andrew Rice defeated his Democrat opponent, Cheryl Smith, in a Virginia special election to fill a vacant seat in District 98 for the Virginia House of Delegates.
Rice received 7,316 votes, or 62.5 percent of the vote, while Smith
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TRUMP, WAIVES, ACT, GAS
President Trump issued a Jones Act waiver on Wednesday in his latest attempt to tamp down rising fuel prices caused by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Jones Act typically prevents foreign-flagged ships from carrying cargo between American ports.
The
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BONDS, VISA, 15, 15K
The State Department is moving to require visa bonds of up to $15,000, targeting one of the most persistent enforcement gaps in the immigration system.
According to a fact sheet released Wednesday, the program will apply to 50 countries starting April 2, with
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CHIEF, IRAN, NUCLEAR, REDDEST
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog chief says Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles remain largely in place and its nuclear infrastructure — much of it buried deep underground — cannot be fully eliminated by airstrikes, underscoring the limits of military
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FLORIDA, FBI, HUNT, KIDNAPPING
A missing 16-year-old Ohio girl was rescued at a Florida motel following the arrest of an alleged child sexual predator in what the FBI has been investigating as a kidnapping case, the bureau confirmed Tuesday.
The victim was reportedly found in a hotel room
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MS, JOE, MIKA, INSIDERS
MS NOW's overhaul of its programming is signaling that it is leaning into its liberal identity, network insiders say.
On Wednesday, MS NOW announced a major shuffling of its on-air talent coming in June. The network is ending its straight news programs hosted
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