Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, APRIL 5th 2026
Updated 10:12 ET
18 articles
IRAN, TRUMP, MILITARY, WARNS
Trump says U.S. military has rescued airman shot down over Iran
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A U.S. Airforce officer whose plane was shot down in Iran was rescued by U.S. forces early Sunday after evading capture for more than a day in enemy territory,
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IRANIAN, NOTORIOUS, ICE, SOLEIMANI
Secretary of State Marco Rubio moved Friday to strip green cards from two relatives of the most feared Iranian military commander in recent history, and federal agents arrested them the same night.
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Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter,
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UCONN, FOUR, DAN, FINAL
UConn's Braylon Mullins (24) and head coach Dan Hurley celebrate after defeating Illinois in an an NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game at the Final Four, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
UConn's Braylon Mullins
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TRUMP, JUDGE, ADMISSIONS, DATA
President Donald Trump's effort to investigate race-based admissions at U.S. colleges was temporarily blocked Friday by a federal judge in Boston.
U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV granted a preliminary injunction Friday, temporarily barring the Trump
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II, ARTEMIS, TOILET, ASTRONAUTS
The crew for Nasa's Artemis II mission have described seeing the far side of the Moon for the first time.
Nasa astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen have entered the third day of their
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TRUMP, LARA, EXCLUSIVE, IMPEACH
Saturday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” “The Right View” host Lara Trump talked about the left.
Trump said, “Take a look at who is funding the No Kings protests. Guess who it is. It is the very people that this group who is out there protesting claim to be against.”
The
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STALEY, AURIEMMA, GENO, DAWN
South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley is laser-focused on bringing home a fourth national championship in the last 10 years, even as questions mount about her heated confrontation with UConn’s Geno Auriemma.
Auriemma confronted
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HOMELESS, MAMDANI, NEIGHBORHOOD, COUPLE
A homeless couple has turned a block of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s old neighborhood into a nauseating love nest where they booze it up, have sex, and poop in pizza boxes, ignoring disgusted locals who fruitlessly beg the city to take action.
The pair have been
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ALCATRAZ, TRUMP, 152M, PRISON
The White House on Friday requested $152 million to begin reopening Alcatraz as an operational prison.
The funding proposal, included in the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, would cover the initial phase of rebuilding the long-closed
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BLOWBACK, ZARUTSKA, ARTIST, SCRUBBED
The Providence, Rhode Island artist commissioned to paint a mural of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska said he feels his freedom of expression has been curtailed after left-wing backlash to the project caused it to be shut down.
"So, we installed the
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NEW, TURNS, MINUTE, DEADLY
Authors Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt coined the word "Godwink" to describe the way the Lord works in mysterious ways, exemplified by this story for Easter Sunday. As they told Fox News Digital, "What mysterious force in the universe causes us to help
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LOUISIANA, 13, CROWD, FESTIVAL
More than a dozen people have been taken to the hospital after a vehicle struck multiple parade participants on Saturday in New Iberia, Louisiana.
The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office said the crash happened at an intersection and multiple people were injured.
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CITIES, STREETS, STORYBOOK, HOMELESS
Business leaders and city officials in Savannah, Georgia — often described as one of America’s most picturesque destinations, known for its Spanish moss-draped oaks, waterfront views and ornate ironwork — say they are working to reclaim parts of the historic
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IRANIAN, UNIVERSITY, OFFICIAL, OUTCRY
The daughter of a powerful Iranian regime insider who was forced out of Emory University after a firestorm of backlash is set to be booted from the United States completely.
6 The daughter of a powerful Iranian regime insider. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani
Dr.
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LONGEST, SABRES, PLAYOFF, DROUGHT
The Buffalo Sabres have done it.
They ended the longest playoff drought in NHL history on Saturday.
With the New York Rangers' 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, the Sabres clinched a playoff berth for
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TRUMP, WIFE, NEWSOM, FIRINGS
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom earned widespread mockery for calling President Trump’s firing of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi a decision that “systemically disrespects, devalues
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WWE, NXT, CONTENT, LONG
WWE NXT women’s champion Jacy Jayne may have had the best year of anyone on the brand.
She became a two-time women’s champion within a year, knocking off Stephanie Vaquer and then regaining the championship against Tatum Paxley. Jayne’s current reign has
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MAYOR, HEALEY, GOV, RED
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu were booed by fans at the Red Sox home opener Friday.
The two Democratic politicians took the field at Fenway Park before Friday’s game against the San Diego Padres for a pregame ceremony.
And the
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SOUTHERN, WILDFIRE, CREWS, CALIFORNIA
Crews battled a smoky and fast-growing wildfire Friday in windy Southern California that forced some residents to evacuate and a community college to temporarily close its doors.
The Springs Fire broke out around 11 a.m. Friday and by the evening had grown
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SEN, VAN, DHS, HOLLEN
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Saturday pushed back on claims by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., that ICE agents struck an "asylum seeker," saying the man is an illegal immigrant who caused a crash while trying to evade arrest.
DHS told Fox News
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WIFE, ACCUSED, TEXAS, ILLEGAL
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Texas issued a detainer to Dallas County officials, placing a hold on a Mexican illegal alien accused of slitting his newlywed wife’s throat with a pocketknife. The detainer asks Dallas County law enforcement
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TRUMP, DEFENSE, BUDGET, REQUEST
President Donald Trump’s budget request calls for Congress to boost defense spending up to $1.5 trillion, the largest increase in decades and signals the administration’s interest in raising defense spending over domestic spending.
The 2027 budget request
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UNBORN, MPH, TEEN, ILLEGAL
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday an immigration detainer has been lodged against an illegal immigrant accused of leading Ohio deputies on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash killing a pregnant 17-year-old girl and her
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OVERDOSE, MURDER, ARREST, MOM
More than three decades after a Washington mother was found dead inside her home, investigators have made an arrest in a case that had gone cold.
In November 1992, Janice Randle was found dead on her bed inside her Graham, Washington, home, with her young
Continued at New York Post...