Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, APRIL 28th 2026
Updated 09:12 ET
123 articles
TRUMP, DINNER, SHOOTING, HOUSE
College classmate speaks about alleged correspondents' dinner attacker NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Eliza Terlinden, who was in the same Christian fellowship group in college as the suspected attacker at the White House Correspondents dinner.
News College
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GOP, MAP, FLORIDA, DESANTIS
On Monday, the Supreme Court handed the great state of Texas a win in its redistricting efforts, striking down a lower court block on the new Texas GOP-proposed district map. This could be a deciding factor in control of the House of Representatives after the
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TAX, BILLIONAIRE, CALIFORNIA, LL
The “billionaire tax” has qualified for the ballot, according to the union organizers who launched it. It may lose in November. It may be thrown out by the courts.
It is already hurting California.
Almost as soon as the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West
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IRAN, HORMUZ, NUCLEAR, STRAIT
Iran’s foreign minister met with Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday as U.S.–Iran negotiations appeared to collapse, raising the risk of further escalation in the Strait of Hormuz — a critical global oil choke point.
Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow
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NEW, YORK, CITY, MOB
New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, will soon confront an ordeal that might finally knock that trademark smile off his face: balancing the budget. The city is projected to have a $5 billion deficit this year and is required by law to make up for that
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LEE, ZELDIN, DEM, DELAURO
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) erupted in hostility toward Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin on Monday over climate change.
Zeldin was appearing before the House Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
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WORKER, YEAR, DELI, VIOLENCE
A New York bodega worker, who had previously expressed fear over his safety at the location, was killed just outside his store on Saturday night.
Abdul Saleh was reportedly killed while he was on the job in the East Village of Manhattan.
According to ABC7,
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ACCUSED, KILLING, ACUPUNCTURIST, KIDS
A Massachusetts acupuncturist accused of killing her two young children during a messy divorce made a chilling confession to cops when they found her crazed at her aunt’s house, according to documents.
“I strangled them and then I tried to kill myself,” Janette
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LINK, LAUREN, REPUBLICANS, PAINT
Monday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” commentator Link Lauren talked about the monarchy.
Lauren said, “If you don’t care about the royals or the royal family or the monarchy, let me tell you why Meghan Markle is a cautionary tale and why you should care. Okay?
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KID, ROCK, WEEKS, HEGSETH
Kid Rock and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took to the skies in Army Apache attack helicopters Monday — just weeks after two chopper crews got in hot water for performing a fly-by over the rocker’s Tennessee home.
The “Bawitdaba” singer joined Hegseth at Fort
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BOAT, STRIKE, KILLING, ALLEGED
The Pentagon on Sunday announced that a lethal strike was conducted on another vessel allegedly carrying suspected narco-traffickers in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people on board.
The U.S. Southern Command said it conducted a "lethal kinetic strike
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JEFFRIES, WARFARE, MAXIMUM, HAKEEM
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., doubled down on his inflammatory rhetoric toward Republicans during a fiery news conference Monday, telling critics, "I don’t give a damn."
"I stand by it," Jeffries told reporters, when asked about his vow
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FIRED, TEAM, RED, COACHES
The Boston Red Sox decided to spend the weekend firing every single coach on staff except the ones that are loyal to Craig Breslow.
Fine. That's not fair. That's me being biased. Let me try it again.
The Boston Red Sox spent the weekend firing every single
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WATCHDOG, BILLION, TEACHERS, CAUSES
FIRST ON FOX: A new pair of reports is shedding fresh light on how teachers' unions across the country have quietly poured more than $1 billion into political causes over the past decade, with a top education watchdog warning the spending reflects a growing
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WISCONSIN, ADVOCATING, SOCIAL, MEDIA
A Wisconsin teacher was placed on leave following controversial comments in which he said he was “not impressed with recent presidential assassins.”
Kaukauna High School social studies teacher Patrick Meyer suggested that the four men who successfully assassinated
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GEOFENCE, SUPREME, COURT, WARRANTS
Privacy and law enforcement clash as the Supreme Court wrestles with 'geofence' warrants
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The U.S. Supreme Court seemed divided Monday on the question of geofencing, a relatively new and powerful tool that allows police
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TRUMP, REGRETS, KERR, BUFFOON
Steve Kerr's new New Yorker interview sounds a lot less like a man eager to lecture Americans and a lot more like a man trying to clean up a mess he's spent years making. Throughout his coaching career in Golden State, Kerr has taken every opening to preach
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COURT, OPENAI, MUSK, ALTMAN
Jury selection begins Monday in Oakland for a federal civil trial pitting tech tycoon Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a dispute that could reshape the AI industry.
NBC News reports that the trial, scheduled to run for four weeks, represents both
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CROSS, BILL, MAHER, LOONEY
Bill Maher and the comedian David Cross butted heads as they clashed over transgender politics and the so-called “looney left” – before the podcast host quipped “Good luck with President Vance.”
The duo exchanged a war of words on Maher’s podcast “Club Random”
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FEET, DEATH, INDIANAPOLIS, AIRPORT
A woman plummeted 50 feet to her death at the Indianapolis airport over the weekend, officials said.
The woman, identified only as a 38-year-old, was at the Indianapolis International Airport on Saturday around 12:15 p.m. when she fell from the outside edge
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CHINA, MANUS, BLOCKS, META
The Chinese government has officially blocked Meta’s planned $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a Chinese-founded AI startup, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing technological rivalry between the United States and China.
CNBC reports that China’s
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TECH, TREATMENT, NCAA, GAMBLING
Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is taking an indefinite leave from the football program to seek treatment for an ongoing gambling addiction.
The Red Raiders announced on Monday that the transfer QB, who signed a lucrative deal with the Red Raiders this
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IRAN, PLAY, TRUMP, MINISTER
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Moscow, Russia, on Monday and is expected to meet dictator Vladimir Putin for discussions on his country’s ongoing conflict with America.
Araghchi is concluding an extended travel itinerary that included stops
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FORTUNE, CRYPTO, FEDS, HUNT
The FBI has joined the search for a missing Southern California grandfather as authorities escalate what is now being treated as a kidnapping investigation tied to a troubling web of fraud, impersonation and possible targeting linked to cryptocurrency wealth.
Nai
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