Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, AUGUST 3rd 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
13 articles
SPORTS, WOMEN, CUNNINGHAM, SOPHIE
The Sophie Cunningham train rolled through Minnesota on Sunday, and, somehow, it made it through in one piece.
Barely.
Cunningham — who has morphed into the WNBA's most polarizing player — has jumped head first into the trans culture war over the past two
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BLANCHE, FUND, TODD, TRUMP
He also clarified addendum language that shields Trump from further IRS audits.
Under pressure from two Republican senators blocking his confirmation as the next attorney general, Todd Blanche said he is formally rescinding his establishment of President Donald
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IRAN, TRUMP, TALKS, STRAIT
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WASHINGTON — Iran says it isn’t negotiating with the United States — but it is talking to another country that could deliver one of President Trump’s biggest foreign policy goals: reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
While
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SHOOTING, IDAHO, MASS, BURGER
The private citizen recounts confronting the gunman during the deadly shooting.
Jordan Salinas speaks out after confronting the gunman in the deadly Idaho shooting.
Jordan Salinas speaks out after confronting the gunman in the deadly Idaho shooting.
Jordan
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EL, SAYED, MICHIGAN, DEM
Republican Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers and Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) senior adviser Tim Golding told Breitbart News they are emphasizing affordability, energy reform, education reform, manufacturing, and bipartisan problem-solving
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TRUMP, MILITARY, COMMISSION, SPOUSE
US President Donald Trump (R) and Open AI CEO Sam Altman (L) react during a working lunch meeting of G7 members, partner countries, and artificial intelligence business leaders as part of the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on June 17, 2026.
The White
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WILDFIRES, WASHINGTON, STATE, HOMES
A storied Washington city is under a state of emergency due to rapidly spreading wildfires, which as of this writing had not reached any containment.
SPOKANE — Three wildfires on the edge of Spokane exploded into massive conflagrations over the weekend, forcing
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SCHOOL, DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA, TRUMP
Rural California school district creates space where kids can learn to swim Not everyone has access to a public pool. But a rural school district in California just pulled together funding for a new aquatic center so kids can learn to swim.
Education Rural
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MAMDANI, GROCERY, ID, BUY
is a senior correspondent at Vox. He covers a wide range of political and policy issues with a special focus on questions that internally divide the American left and right. Before coming to Vox in 2024, he wrote a column on politics and economics for New York
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PARTY, SOCIALISTS, JAMES, AMERICAN
Democrat Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) has a warning for his fellow Democrats: The socialists are trying to take over their party.
Fair enough. Gottheimer is considerably less eager, however, to confront the election-security failure unfolding in his own state.
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ETHICS, GOP, EDWARDS, HOUSE
A House GOP lawmaker is accused of sexually harassing two "young female staffers" in his office in an explosive report that details lavish gifts, trips, and even reciting a poem for one of the aides in an incident that made others in his office uncomfortable.
The
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MICHIGAN, OUTBREAK, DEATHS, 11
Two people in Michigan have died in connection with the state's sprawling cyclosporiasis outbreak, marking a rare fatal outcome from the intestinal parasite, health officials said Monday.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said
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CLAY, WNBA, TRAVIS, TEAM
The WNBA, which continues to struggle to turn a profit, has received a very generous offer to live up to the league's stated political views and ideology.
When Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham publicly stated that she believed women's sports should be
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WORLD, CUP, 2030, POCHETTINO
Familiarity will be a theme for the U.S. men's national soccer team at the 2030 World Cup.
Despite major speculation before and throughout the 2026 World Cup that manager Mauricio Pochettino was leaning toward returning to the club level, the United States
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TRUMP, REFLECTING, PIRRO, POOL
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has reportedly rushed to the White House Monday afternoon after President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office earlier in the day that Pirro had "choked" when she decided to drop charges against a
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YEN, TRUMP, JAPAN, JOINS
Japan and the US have confirmed that they jointly intervened last week to halt a slide in the yen after it fell to a fresh 40-year low.
The joint intervention is the first since 2011, when both countries took coordinated action to weaken the yen after the
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HOURS, RELEASE, ALLEGEDLY, OFFENDER
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A convicted killer allegedly shot two men, killing one, less than two hours after he was released from a North Carolina jail on bond last week, a stunning timeline that is raising fresh questions about why the
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TRUMP, LAUNDERING, 2021, MONEY
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President Donald Trump is in California to raise money for Republicans, and to tout his economic record.
On the numbers alone, he has a decent case to make.
The economy has continued to grow, albeit at a slower
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KAY, GRANGER, 83, REPUBLICAN
Former Republican Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to serve in the U.S. House, has died at the age of 83.
Granger made history by being the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives,
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ICE, ANTI, FATE, LEARNS
An illegal immigrant who prosecutors say poured lighter fluid onto a burning California Highway Patrol cruiser while officers were trapped beneath a Los Angeles freeway overpass during last year's violent anti-ICE riots is headed to federal prison, becoming
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DODGERS, JOINING, ESPN, SAJAK
The Major League Baseball trade deadline has come and gone, with a number of notable names changing places as teams look to position themselves for a postseason run.
The biggest move, of course, happened on Saturday evening when the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired
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SHUTDOWN, GOVERNMENT, SENATE, DEAL
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WASHINGTON — Senate leaders are pushing lawmakers to advance a bipartisan government funding deal this week so that they can vote to avert a shutdown when the chamber returns next month from a five-week recess.
Senate
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NAKED, NUTJOB, BROOKLYN, BRIDGE
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Police have identified the naked nutjob who miraculously survived after jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge Sunday.
Galymzhan Abaildayev, 44, is facing several charges after he was filmed scaling the bridge’s north
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MAX, MILLER, MORENO, ACCUSATIONS
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Embattled Ohio Rep. Max Miller has released audio he surreptitiously recorded of his ex-wife in a bid to fend off her abuse accusations against him — but it actually lends credence to at least some of her allegations.
The
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