Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, APRIL 6th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
66 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, AIRMAN, EASTER
A view of the damaged B1 bridge, a day after it was destroyed by an airstrike, on April 3, 2026, west of Tehran in Karaj, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
For someone who claims to be unconcerned about the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump seems increasingly
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ARTEMIS, II, MOON, ASTRONAUTS
The Artemis II crew officially entered a nerve-wracking communications blackout Monday evening as the spacecraft slipped behind the Moon’s far side.
NASA said the signal loss should last roughly 40 minutes, which began at roughly 6:44 p.m. ET.
During this
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GUTHRIE, SAVANNAH, TODAY, RETURNS
“Well, here we go. Ready or not, let’s do the news.”
With that, Savannah Guthrie returned to her role as a co-host of Today after more than two months away from the morning show—a leave that she began just after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing
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NEWSOM, RAIL, SPEED, HIGH
Gavin Newsom’s transport secretary has admitted criticism of California’s high-speed rail is justified — as estimates of the project show it will be a struggle to be completed.
Officials now say it will cost an eye-watering $126 billion to finish the line
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BANNON, SUPREME, COURT, CONGRESS
Bannon refused to honor a subpoena to testify about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
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EXCLUSIVE, COMMISSIONER, FDA, MAKARY
Sunday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” FDA Commissioner Marty Makary talked about testing.
Makary said, “We have a road map to get away from animal testing that’s unnecessary, and that’s a lot of animal testing, because animal testing is not very good, it turns
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SPANBERGER, NEW, VIRGINIA, GOVERNOR
New poll numbers released Monday show Virginia voters might be having one heckuva a case of buyer's remorse after electing Democrat Abigail Spanberger as their new governor last November. Not even three months into her administration, the Washington Post-Schar
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SHOOTING, EASTER, SUNDAY, NYC
A young man was killed, and another man was left in critical condition after a relentless gunman shot the pair several times on a Brooklyn street on Easter Sunday, according to harrowing surveillance footage and authorities.
Police discovered a 30-year-old
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HUNT, EASTER, STUMBLE, SMALL
Thousands of candy-filled Easter eggs rained down on a waiting crowd of patient but eager children at a Colorado church community’s second annual Helicopter Egg Drop.
A charitable crew aboard a helicopter released 6,000 plastic eggs over the yard at Zeal City
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ALBANY, STATE, BUDGET, EXTENSION
ALBANY – The state budget isn’t budging.
State Senate and Assembly lawmakers were set to return to Albany Tuesday to pass another stopgap spending measure, indicating New York’s budget will likely be more than a week late — at least.
Gov. Kathy Hochul indicated
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WORLD, CUP, LL, PENN
Parts of Penn Station will close on World Cup match days this summer for everyone except ticketholders to the soccer tournament — potentially leaving New Jersey commuters high and dry, according to a report.
The plan, first reported by NorthJersey.com on Monday,
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ISLAND, LAWMAKERS, BLOCKADE, BOMBING
Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., said after a congressional delegation returned from Cuba that U.S. economic restrictions on the island represented an "illegal U.S. blockade of fuel" and "effectively an economic bombing of the
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GRAY, WHALE, RIVER, WASHINGTON
Gray whales undertake long spring time migrations north up the Pacific Coast to feed in the Arctic using up their nutritional reserves along the way, John Calambokidis, a research biologist with the Cascadia Research Collective, told the Associated Press. "When
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ANGEL, REESE, SEASON, SKY
Angel Reese was reportedly traded on Monday as WNBA free agency opened.
The Chicago Sky agreed to trade Reese to the Atlanta Dream, according to multiple reports. "NBA on Prime" broadcaster Taylor Rooks first reported the deal.
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COURT, JAILED, MELTDOWN, CONTEMPT
A custody hearing in Ada, Oklahoma, last month took a turn for the unexpected — and the incredibly loud — after an attorney who identified himself as transgender was arrested and dragged from the courtroom where he had appeared to represent his client just
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ELIMINATED, IRANIAN, CHIEF, QUDS
I've lost count of how many Iranian leaders have been eliminated so far.
They've taken down many since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, starting with the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. And we still haven't seen any sign of his replacement, his
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WOMAN, AMERICAN, SEA, POLICE
An American woman went missing in the Bahamas on Saturday after she fell overboard on a boat trip and was carried away by strong currents , according to local police.
The woman was swept into the ocean on Saturday at around 7:30 p.m. during an evening boat
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DEAL, PLEA, INSANE, VIRGINIA
FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security is blasting Fairfax County, Virginia, prosecutors for offering what it calls an "insane" plea deal to two illegal immigrants who admitted to a brutal murder.
DHS says Maldin Anibal Guzman-Videz and Luis Alonzo
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SHIRLEY, DEATH, HIRE, KIRK
YouTuber and independent journalist Nick Shirley revealed in late March that he now travels with security after receiving threats following his reporting that exposed alleged fraud in government programs.
While appearing on “The Sean Whalen Show” last month,
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WIELDING, STORE, KNIFE, GROCERY
A crazed man was shot by police after wielding a 13-inch kitchen knife outside a grocery store, the New York Police Department said.
"Once again, we are reminded of the dangers that our officers confront every time they put on their uniform. And this morning
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YEAR, CANNON, CREW, 300
Construction workers in the United Kingdom recently unearthed a 300-year-old cannon during a routine day on the job.
The find was made during work in Kingston upon Hull, a city in East Yorkshire, according to an announcement earlier this year from the Hull
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SANCTUARY, DHS, MULLIN, AIRPORTS
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin raised the possibility of restricting customs privileges at airports in sanctuary cities during an appearance on "Special Report" Monday.
In his first interview as secretary, Mullin told Fox
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HITS, FACE, DEPUTY, COCAINE
A Wisconsin sheriff's deputy sifting through money taken from an illegal immigrant suspect arrested on drug charges became ill when she was hit in the face with airborne powdered fentanyl and cocaine, authorities said.
The exposure happened when Jose Fredy
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HIRE, MALONE, UNC, MICHAEL
The UNC Tar Heels are dipping into the NBA pool for its next men’s basketball coach.
After Hubert Davis was fired following a shocking loss to VCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament earlier this month, the Tar Heels are set to hire Michael Malone,
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