Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
29 articles
BLANCHE, CONFIRMATION, TODD, TRUMP
Advocates argue that the new panels downplay the brutality of slavery.
In this Aug. 19, 2025, file photo people walk past an informational panel at President's House Site in Philadelphia.
In this Aug. 19, 2025, file photo people walk past an informational
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CUP, WORLD, ENGLAND, SEMIFINAL
Argentina, never say die.
Once again, the Argentines came from behind, this time against England, to win 2-1 in the World Cup semifinal and keep the dream of repeating as champions alive. Argentina was held off the scoresheet for 85 minutes, and finally
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GRAHAM, DEATH, DARLINE, DEI
Darline Graham, younger sister of Lindsey Graham, has been sworn in to the Senate to complete the remainder of her late brother's term. The ceremony took place just three days after Lindsey Graham's sudden death.
Senator Chuck Grassley administered the oath
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NEW, YORK, HOCHUL, DATA
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Gov. Kathy Hochul boasted that she’s against the “tax the rich” crusade that’s a rallying cry for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his socialist cronies — even though she pushed through a new tax on luxury second homes
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TRUMP, IRAN, DEAL, STRIKES
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Prime Minister of Iraq Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026.
U.S. military strikes on Iran will intensify next week if Tehran does not cooperate in peace
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ICE, TRUMP, STOPS, TRAFFIC
President Trump started his Wednesday morning by hopping onto Truth Social with a rather direct message for the folks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): he'd really like to see those traffic stops resume. The president argued that traffic stops are
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CANADIAN, WOMAN, TRUMP, ICE
A 33-year-old Canadian woman named Kaitlyn Tracey is currently cooling her heels in ICE custody after being accused of assaulting a juvenile over the Fourth of July weekend for the sin of wearing pro-Trump clothing.
“The teen and three friends were walking
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MISSING, BOAT, ALCATRAZ, DEAD
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Rescuers in the catastrophic San Francisco Bay boat sinking near Alcatraz described a chaotic scene when they arrived to help the drowning boaters on Tuesday.
Commercial fishermen Mike Montoya and Justin Marceline
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SUMMIT, DEFENSE, PENNSYLVANIA, LIVE
CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA—President Donald Trump announced nearly $10 billion in investments into the defense industry in Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon at Sen. Dave McCormick’s (R-PA) Defense and Innovation Summit.
After arriving at the U.S. Army War College
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SHOOTING, ICE, MAINE, TEXAS
As a new video emerged capturing gunshots and yelling in a fatal shooting in Maine involving federal immigration officers, the state's governor called on Congress to immediately reform and rein in ICE "before more families are robbed of a loved one."
Maine
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BIDEN, JOE, BOOK, MEMOIR
Former President Joe Biden’s announcement of a forthcoming memoir drew swift mockery from conservatives Wednesday, with critics reviving questions about his health, age and use of an autopen during his presidency.
"This guy couldn't even sign his own name.
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FED, WARSH, CHAIRMAN, TRUMP
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren attacked Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh during his testimony before Congress on Wednesday, with the Massachusetts Democrat accusing the top central banker of corruption.
As Warsh
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DAYLIGHT, PERMANENT, TIME, SAVING
The U.S. House passed a bill on Tuesday that would make daylight savings time permanent, effectively ending the biannual clock changes.
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 passed the U.S. House 308-117, with 22 Republicans and 95 Democrats voting against.
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TRUMP, BESSENT, TREASURY, COIN
Members of the committee tasked with reviewing the design say they never saw it.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent released a rendering of a $1 commemorative coin featuring President Donald Trump, July 15, 2026, saying that the U.S. Mint will begin striking
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CONGO, EBOLA, DEATHS, CASES
Ebola is spreading faster in eastern Congo than it can be tracked, as deaths pass 700
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Eighty percent of new Ebola cases in eastern Congo are emerging from unknown chains of transmission, the World Health Organization
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, BOMBSHELL, AFFAIR
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Gavin Newsom may be a Democratic Party star, but skeletons from his tenure as San Francisco mayor — namely a scandalous affair that nearly derailed his career — could haunt his White House ambitions.
Ruby Rippey-Gibney,
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TIM, WALZ, TRUMP, PARDONED
It was bad enough that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) pardoned Tou Lue Vang, a man who had been convicted of reprehensible first-degree criminal sexual conduct against a child. The abuse started when the child was 10 years old and continued over two years.
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CANADIAN, WILDFIRE, SMOKE, EMERGENCY
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It’s going to get hazier before it gets better.
The Big Apple is under an Air Quality Health Advisory as the Canadian and Great Lake wildfire smoke slowly takes over our skies.
The air pollution reached “Unhealthy
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WOMAN, PLATE, NEW, FLORIDA
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It wasn’t the personalized touch she expected.
An elderly woman in a Florida retirement community was shocked when she obtained a new license plate bearing a lewd message from her local Department of Motor
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EPSTEIN, HOUSE, GOLDMAN, SACHS
FILE PHOTO: White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013.
Ruemmler met Epstein in 2014 while working as a white-collar
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HEGSETH, TROOPS, TESTOSTERONE, SCREENING
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the US military will start testing the testosterone levels of service members in what he described as an initiative "about restoring and optimizing" their capabilities.
In a video posted on X, captioned "High-T
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HOURS, PRINCIPALS, POLICE, SCHOOL
Two Florida school principals landed in the back of police cars after a Fourth of July night out, with bodycam video showing both women arrested on DUI charges in separate incidents tied to the same car.
Bodycam video released by officials shows Jennifer
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MEDICAL, BIOLOGY, SQUIRMS, MOMENT
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The head of a prestigious health sciences university, of all people, should understand simple biology.
Yet Dr. Sam Hawgood, a pediatrician and the chancellor of UC San Francisco, this week struggled to concede
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BILLIONAIRES, WEALTH, INTRUSIVE, KILLING
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California plans to come after the super-rich residents who fled the state to avoid its proposed billionaires tax.
Heavy hitters like Google co-founder Sergey Brin, venture capitalist and White House advisor
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