Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MARCH 21st 2026
Updated 05:12 ET
11 articles
NORRIS, CHUCK, 86, MARTIAL
Chuck Norris, as as Cordell 'Cord' Walker, for the television series "Walker, Texas Ranger."
Chuck Norris, as as Cordell 'Cord' Walker, for the television series "Walker, Texas Ranger."
Chuck Norris, as as Cordell 'Cord' Walker, for the television series
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NEWS, CBS, RADIO, LAYOFFS
FIRST ON FOX — The Media Research Center (MRC) urged the Federal Trade Commission to open a formal investigation into "potential unfair and deceptive trade practices and anticompetitive behavior" by Apple News.
Apple News, a news aggregator that comes pre-installed
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RED, AI, CODE, AUTHOR
Citizens are more empowered than ever to help the government root out waste, fraud, and abuse, Wynton Hall argues in his new book, Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI.
Hall writes in CODE RED that the United States government has
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WHITE, HOUSE, AI, UNVEILS
The White House has rolled out a new National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, and it reads like an admission that Washington thinks AI is moving too fast to leave ungoverned and too powerful to ignore.
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The March 20, 2026, framework
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TRUMP, IRAN, WAR, CEASEFIRE
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2026.
President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he is not interested in a ceasefire with Iran.
"We
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CHAVEZ, CESAR, MOVED, QUICKLY
Cesar Chavez is disappearing across California.
Statues are coming down, street names are being stripped, and murals are being covered up in a rapid-fire backlash against the once-revered labor leader, as officials move to distance public spaces from a legacy
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POLL, HARRIS, NEWSOM, CALIFORNIA
Then-Vice President Kamala Harris joined Gov. Gavin Newsom at a rally against the gubernatorial recall election in 2021. Newsom easily defeated the recall attempt and now, along with Harris, is considering running for president in 2028. A new poll shows California
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TRUMP, NAVY, ARMY, GAME
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump hosted the Navy football team at the White House on Friday for the Commander-in-Chief Trophy presentation, and took action to protect the time-honored Army-Navy football game’s time slot.
At the end of the ceremony, the president
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DEATH, BARCELONA, STUDENT, ALABAMA
University of Alabama student Jimmy Gracey’s spring break death off the coast of Spain is primarily believed to have been an accident, but authorities have not yet ruled out the possibility he was drugged, a law enforcement source in Barcelona tells Fox News
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OIL, ATTACKS, IRAN, ANALYSTS
Israel launches more strikes on Tehran as Iran continues attacks on Gulf oil facilities
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Israel launched more strikes in and around Tehran early Friday as Iranians marked Nowruz, the Persian New Year, as the war with Iran approached
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IRANIAN, NUCLEAR, BASE, ARRESTED
The home port for Britain’s entire nuclear submarine force was visited by an Iranian male and a female companion, who were both arrested at the scene, on Thursday afternoon amid heightened spying fears over the conflict in the Middle East.
A 34-year-0ld Iranian
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SHARK, ATTACK, CALIFORNIA, SURFER
A surfer was left seriously injured after a shark attack off the California coast this week.
The 39-year-old man sustained injuries to both legs while surfing near Big River Beach in Mendocino Headlands State Park on the evening of March 18, according to the
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TRUMP, COIN, NEW, GOLD
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2026. Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed
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TERRORISTS, MAYOR, WIFE, MAMDANI
The wife of New York City’s Democrat socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani reportedly glorified terrorists on X and Tumblr several years ago when she was living in the Middle East, according to screenshots from the Washington Free Beacon.
The outlet said Wednesday
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BREONNA, OFFICERS, TAYLOR, CHARGES
Walker fired a single shot when the police knocked the door down, hitting one officer, John Mattingly, in the leg. Walker said the officers did not announce themselves as police, and he thought they were intruders. The three officers returned fire, shooting
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AI, CHINA, 510M, CONTROLS
Federal prosecutors charged three men linked to Super Micro Computer Inc. in a sweeping scheme to smuggle billions of dollars in U.S. artificial intelligence technology to China using fake documents, shell companies and staged equipment, officials said.
The
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SITES, IRAN, TOURIST, SPRING
Recreational and tourist sites worldwide will now be a target for Iran’s aggression and what remains of the Islamic state’s leadership further added Friday it is still building missiles.
The show of defiance singling out non-combatant civilian targets anywhere
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HOCHUL, NY, CLIMATE, YORKERS
ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul is crying for relief from Democrats’ own hallmark climate laws by now formally asking to delay crippling green policies about to take effect as voters start feeling the heat from soaring utility prices.
Hochul, who is up for re-election
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EPSTEIN, JEFFREY, FLORIDA, PALM
A Florida man has been forced to shoot down the latest Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy — after becoming “a viral sensation” for being the spitting image of the notorious sex trafficker.
The silver-haired, square-jawed stranger found himself unexpectedly going viral
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JUDGE, PRESS, PENTAGON, HANDS
The New York Times is touting a victory after a federal judge ruled against the Pentagon's press access policy implemented in 2025.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman of Washington, D.C., slapped down a policy requiring journalists to agree to specific conditions
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CRASH, TROOPER, NY, STATE
New York State trooper involved in chain reaction crash during traffic stop The trooper in Mamaroneck was injured during a traffic stop when a SUV slammed into his patrol car, pushing it into another vehicle and hitting him. The incident is under investiga
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DAM, HAWAII, YEAR, FLOODING
Major rains pummeled the area for the second major rain event in a week.
Dangerous flooding on Hawaii's Oahu island prompts evacuations, warning of possible dam collapse
Hawaii is seen via satellite, March 20, 2026.
Hawaii is seen via satellite, March 20,
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STUDENT, CHICAGO, LOYOLA, YEAR
The group was walking less than 1 mile from the university's Lake Shore campus.
An 18-year-old student at Loyola University Chicago was shot and killed while walking with her friends near campus, authorities said.
The group was walking near Tobey Prinz Beach
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HECKLED, MOSQUE, AUSTRALIAN, PRIME
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was chased out of the country's largest mosque Friday as Muslims in attendance voiced anger over his stance on the Israeli war against Hamas.
Albanese was called several names, including a "putrid dog" and a "genocide
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