Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, APRIL 7th 2026
Updated 07:12 ET
49 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, EASTER, AIRMAN
Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth drew parallels between the rescue mission of an Air Force officer shot down in Iran on Good Friday and Jesus Christ's death and resurrection.
Hegseth spoke Monday during President Donald Trump's press conference centered
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TRUMP, IRAN, AIRMAN, RESCUE
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ARTEMIS, II, MOON, ASTRONAUTS
Four NASA astronauts currently aboard the Artemis II mission to the Moon have captured stunning images of Earth. Making these pictures even more impressive, they were taking using an iPhone 17 Pro Max, not the latest tech wizardry dreamed up by NASA.
NASA
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GUTHRIE, SAVANNAH, TODAY, RETURNS
Guthrie returns to 'Today' show months after her mother's disappearance
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Savannah Guthrie will return to her co-anchor position on the Today show on Monday, over two months after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing.
Her
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NEWSOM, RAIL, SPEED, HIGH
We’ve written about it many times before: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s multi-billion-dollar high-speed train to nowhere, an epic fail of a project that is a symbol of progressive policies run amok. While the state suffers from some of the highest taxes
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EXCLUSIVE, COMMISSIONER, FDA, MAKARY
Sunday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” FDA Commissioner Marty Makary talked about reviews.
Makary said, “We have instated a program called the National Priority Review Program, whereby I am proud to report we have now four approvals under that program. We are making
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BANNON, SUPREME, COURT, CONGRESS
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court removed a key hurdle Monday and set the stage for the Justice Department to toss out the charges against President Trump’s ally Steve Bannon for defying congressional subpoena demands in 2022.
Bannon already did jail time from
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TRUMP, IRAN, GOOD, INTENSIFY
President Donald Trump said Iran negotiators made "a significant proposal, a significant step," following the ultimatum he issued on Easter Sunday, but it is not "good enough."
"They made a proposal, and it's a significant proposal, a significant step,"
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SPANBERGER, NEW, VIRGINIA, GOVERNOR
Virginia's Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger was swept into the governor's mansion on a deep blue wave last November, but has seen her popularity plummet after less than 3 months in office.
Forty-six percent of Virginians disapprove of her job performance,
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WOMAN, AMERICAN, MISSING, BAHAMAS
A search is underway for the woman, Lynette Hooker, authorities said.
American woman missing at sea after going overboard on dinghy in the Bahamas: Police
A still from video of the search for a missing American woman who reportedly went overboard off the
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MULLIN, SECRETARY, CUSTOMS, HARD
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that the department might look at taking away customs processing for international airports in sanctuary cities and said that “the Democrats are wanting to
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BASKETBALL, MICHIGAN, TITLE, NATIONAL
College basketball fans across Michigan set fire to couches and hay bales in wild celebrations after the state won its first national basketball title in 37 years.
Crews were forced to put out 40 blazes in Ann Arbor on Monday night and the chaos saw two people
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TRUMP, BACKED, GOP, POLITICAL
The ballot box battle for the House majority resumes this week.
Special U.S. House contests in Georgia and New Jersey and a Virginia referendum that is the latest face-off between President Donald Trump and Republicans and Democrats in the high-stakes congressional
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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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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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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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ELIMINATED, IRANIAN, CHIEF, QUDS
Israel announced that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence chief Brig. Gen. Majid Khademi was killed in a precision strike, with an Israeli official noting that Quds Force’s special operations commander Asghar Bagheri was eliminated at the
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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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HEALTH, MENTAL, PUSHBACK, NAS
AI in the mental health care workforce is met with fear, pushback — and enthusiasm
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Artificial intelligence has arrived in the field of mental health. Large health systems and independent therapists alike have begun to adopt different
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SHOW, LATE, CBS, COLBERT
In a historic late night shakeup, CBS is replacing Stephen Colbert’s "Late Show" with Byron Allen’s "Comics Unleashed."
CBS announced in July that it had canceled "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and that it would officially go off the air in May 2026
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REVEAL, SMILES, DAD, HEADED
A Washington state woman, who at times smiled in court, has been sentenced to nearly three decades in prison for the killing of her father, a case prosecutors say was marked by weeks of planning.
Alyssa Bradburn, 33, was sentenced April 2 in Spokane County
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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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SALUTE, NAZI, FAN, DALLAS
The Dallas Stars on Monday banned a fan from attending games at the American Airlines Center after they bought tickets for a group of spectators who were seen celebrating a goal with a Nazi salute.
Courtney Ripley told WFAA-TV that she was the one who took
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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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