Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MAY 16th 2026
Updated 02:12 ET
51 articles
TRUMP, XI, CHINA, IRAN
President Donald Trump said the deal between China and Boeing begins with 200 planes, with the potential for China to order hundreds more.
Trump gave clarity to the total number of planes involved in the deal to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday.
“President
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SUPREME, COURT, VIRGINIA, DEMOCRATS
SCOTUS upholds abortion pill telehealth access. And, Trump returns from China visit
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NEW, YORK, TOLL, BUILDING
Long Island Rail Road workers went on strike early Saturday after Metropolitan Transportation Authority leaders failed to reach a deal on wage hikes with five labor unions.
More than 3,500 LIRR workers across five unions, including engineers, signalmen and
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CUBA, CIA, DIRECTOR, JOHN
Cubans on electric tricycles decorated with Cuban flags ride past the US embassy during the anti-imperialist youth march in Havana on April 2, 2026.
The U.S. has reiterated its offer of assistance to Cuba in exchange for "fundamental changes" to its communist
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PETERS, TINA, GOVERNOR, TRUMP
Former Mesa County (CO) Clerk Tina Peters' 2024 conviction, on election interference and seeking to influence a public official, raised an outcry not only because of the biased nature of the trial and conviction, but for the harsh sentence of nine years in
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IRAQI, TERROR, IRAN, PLOT
The suspect allegedly planned attacks against Jewish institutions in the U.S.
Iraqi national charged with coordinating terror attacks that aimed to stop Iran war
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi is pictured with the late Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
Mohammad
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COHEN, STEVE, REDISTRICTING, TENNESSEE
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee announced on Friday that he signed a document requesting not to be included on the ballot in Tennessee's 9th Congressional District.
The congressman described the district determined by "new lines" as "nothing like
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PRATT, BECERRA, DEAL, SPENCER
Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Obama.
Marlow said, “It’s hard to declare that your deal was very good because they just enriched more and more and more, to the point where Trump was saying that we could
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, BUDGET, TECH
There was one big idea missing from Gavin Newsom’s revised budget: income tax cuts.
California politicians assume that the government should spend as much as the economy will bear. Newsom’s budget grew almost 10% from last year, twice the rate of economic
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JOSH, FORMER, MAURO, DEATH
Former NFL player Josh Mauro died from a drug overdose, according to the Maricopa County Medical Examiner.
A case status update, obtained by The California Post on Friday, shows investigators have preliminarily determined the ex-Arizona Cardinals defensive
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WOMAN, DAD, RODEO, SHIRT
A California dad has sparked a fierce debate online after he caught a T-shirt at a rodeo from right in front of a woman — before he handed it to his young daughter.
Real estate broker Marco Caracas grabbed the shirt that was seemingly intended for a female
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DEADLY, HANTAVIRUS, CRUISE, INFECTION
A suspected hantavirus case is under investigation after an upstate New York school district announced a high school student may have contracted the rodent-borne disease.
The sickened Ontario County teen’s case is not tied to the deadly outbreak that killed
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BECERRA, SCANDAL, XAVIER, RIVALS
Former Biden cabinet secretary and California gubernatorial frontrunner Xavier Becerra is facing scrutiny on two separate fronts — an anonymous complaint accusing him of violating California campaign finance laws and a fresh $500,000 boost from a major oil
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POWELL, FED, CHAIR, JEROME
How Jerome Powell Managed a Chaotic Era
Our reporter Colby Smith, who covers the Federal Reserve and the economy, looks back at Jerome Powell’s tenure as chair of the Fed.
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WEINSTEIN, TRIAL, HARVEY, ENDS
The judge in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial declared a mistrial on Friday.
While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three
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SCHOOL, KIDS, TROUNCE, PRIVATE
The kings of the elementary school chess world now wear backpacks from Brooklyn.
A team of six public school students from PS 130, The Parkside School in Windsor Terrace, pulled off a brainy upset for the ages this month — taking home first place at the 2026
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TEACHER, SCHOOL, CHRISTIAN, SEDUCTION
A Christian school kindergarten teacher has admitted having sex with a female student — including on school grounds, class trips and even sleepovers at the teen girl’s house.
Torrie Lemon, now 24, pleaded guilty in Indiana Thursday to one count of child seduction
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PRATT, SPENCER, REPORTS, SHOW
Reality television star Spencer Pratt responded to reports that he has been living at a luxury hotel seemingly in contradiction of his claim to have been living in an airstream trailer on the empty lot whereupon his home stood prior to the Palisades Fire.
Earlier
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HALF, CROWD, SERVES, FLAGS
Across the country, United States flags were lowered to half-staff in recognition of Peace Officers Memorial Day, a day of observance honoring officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
As part of the nation’s Police Week, flags at half-staff are meant
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CALIFORNIA, BANNED, AD, FALSE
California is pulling the plug on the wildly recognizable Kars4Kids jingle after an Orange County judge ruled the charity’s ads misled donors about who actually benefits from their money.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Gassia Apkarian found that the organization
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TEEN, POLICE, REASON, SMILING
A heartwarming “promposal” orchestrated with the help of local police has left social media users smiling after officers staged a fake “arrest” so a teenage boy could surprise his date with an unforgettable invitation to prom.
A video shared by the Beverly
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TRUMP, NIGERIAN, ISIS, LEADER
President Donald Trump announced late Friday that U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out an operation that killed a global ISIS leader.
Trump identified the terrorist as Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, whom he described as ISIS’s second-in-command globally.
"Tonight,
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GOLDEN, KNIGHTS, POSTSEASON, CONFERENCE
The Vegas Golden Knights are on to the Western Conference Final, where they will face the Colorado Avalanche, but some news that broke on Friday is going to put quite the damper on the celebrations.
The NHL is taking away a draft pick at the upcoming draft,
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JOE, ROGAN, TRUMP, BREAKS
Podcaster Joe Rogan blamed TikTok and social media culture for widespread conspiracy thinking on Wednesday after discussing how many Americans believe at least one assassination attempt against President Donald Trump was staged.
"This is TikTok. It’s f---ing
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