Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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IRAN, TRUMP, GAS, ISRAEL
Why Trump's attacks and threats to Iran's Kharg Island are a big deal
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The U.S. has targeted Kharg Island, Iran's oil export hub on the Persian Gulf, during the ongoing war with Iran. While President Trump said
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CHAVEZ, CESAR, ABUSE, RAPE
California teachers are being asked to rapidly edit or purge references to labor leader and accused child rapist Cesar Chavez — who has for years been presented as a model of “honesty, courage, and determination” starting in kindergarten.
The California Department
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TRUMP, PEARL, IRAN, HARBOR
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with President Trump on Thursday in the Oval Office.
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Before Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi departed for Washington, she told
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DHS, MULLIN, FETTERMAN, TRUMP
"The View" co-host Joy Behar called out Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., during the show Thursday for voting to support Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to head the Department of Homeland Security.
"I think he’s terrible," Behar said of Mullin. "And as I said
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IRAN, HEGSETH, WAR, PENTAGON
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2026.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the Pentagon's reported $200 billion budget request for Iran war funding "could move."
"It
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STUDENT, MISSING, UNIVERSITY, ALABAMA
Gracey was on a spring break trip in Spain when he went missing.
The family of University of Alabama student James "Jimmy" Gracey is asking for help from the public to help locate the 20-year-old, who was reported missing in Barcelona, Spain.
The family of
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IRAN, GABBARD, TULSI, PATEL
FBI Director Kash Patel spoke in front of the House Intelligence Committee during the Annual Worldwide Threats Assessment Hearing on Thursday, which also included appearances by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
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Americans must anticipate an AI-fueled economic power grab by the left, Breitbart News social media director and author Wynton Hall warns in his new book, Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI.
“Conservatives must be prepared for
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IRAN, WRESTLER, PUBLIC, CHAMPION
The execution of Iranian wrestling star Saleh Mohammadi left the sports world mourning on Thursday.
Iran's regime executed the 19-year-old man on Thursday. Mohammadi was reportedly killed in a public hanging, according to Iranian American human rights activists
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HIGH, POINT, MADNESS, MARCH
A fair number of brackets took substantial damage early on Thursday after 12-seeded High Point knocked off the 5-seed Wisconsin Badgers.
However, even if you’re sad over your bracket (or your Badgers, if you’re a Wisconsin fan), what happened after the game
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DHS, SHUTDOWN, FUNDING, TRUMP
EXCLUSIVE — Former Vice President Mike Pence says that the move by congressional Democrats to hold up Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding amid American military strikes on Iran and twin terror-style attacks in the U.S. is indefensible.
"At a time
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NEWARK, ALASKA, AIRLINES, AIRPORT
Federal authorities are investigating after a "close call" was reported Tuesday night at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, involving a commercial jet and cargo aircraft.
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials confirmed the
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LEADER, KHAMENEI, NEW, IRAN
The signs of the Iranian theocracy coming apart are growing day by day. As American and Israeli aviators are proving once more that there is no problem that cannot be resolved by a suitable application of high explosives, the old regime is lashing out in every
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As I've written before, Democrats have been using scare tactics and pushing bogus talking points about voter/photo ID for ages. My home state of North Carolina has a lot of experience in this regard, being one of the red states that leftist groups tried to
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DRONES, BASE, HEGSETH, RUBIO
U.S. officials detected unidentified drones near a military installation in Washington, D.C., where top administration officials reportedly have been housed, as security concerns mount amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and with Iran.
Multiple drones
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EPSTEIN, BRIEFING, STORM, DEMOCRATS
On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, and other high-level Department of Justice (DOJ) officials agreed to an after-hours, closed door briefing with the GOP House Oversight
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TRUMP, TUCKER, IRAN, CARLSON
In politics, it is often the people who you think have your back who end up stabbing you there.
Nobody knows that better than Donald Trump, who has been stabbed in the back more times than Julius Caesar — yet still survived.
This week part of the noisy right-wing
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SMUGGLED, STAFFER, ICE, DEM
A staffer for Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, allegedly lied about being an attorney at least 11 times for detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in an effort to meet with them and sneak in cell phones.
Acting ICE Director Todd
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HOCHUL, NEW, RETURN, YORKERS
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul indicated that the Empire State needs wealthy individuals paying taxes in the state to help fund social programs, but noted that the state's tax base has "eroded."
During remarks at Politico's "New York Agenda: Albany Summit" event
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Joe Kent, the former Trump administration intelligence official who resigned this week in protest of the war in Iran, is being investigated by the FBI.
The probe predates Kent’s departure as director of the National Counterterrorism Center and centers on
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COMEY, JAMES, CONSPIRACY, RUSSIA
The Justice Department (DOJ) has subpoenaed former FBI Director James Comey over his role in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russian election interference, a source familiar confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The subpoena marks a new escalation
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SARAH, SANDERS, FLIPPED, HUCKABEE
Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is speaking out over an incident in a restaurant in her home state where she says she was treated rudely and asked to leave by staff while having lunch.
“Last week I was having lunch with two other moms at a
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