Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12th 2026
Updated 07:12 ET
33 articles
TRUMP, PRESIDENT, ORDER, PLANE
Trump’s decoy flight and the role of the White House press corps New reporting contradicts what the White House told the press traveling with the president during a recent trip to Turkey.
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WISCONSIN, FRANCESCA, HONG, PRIMARY
Tuesday on MS NOW’s “State of Play,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) said he welcomed Democratic candidates who were members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) because it makes the party debate ideas.
Host Peter Alexander said, “There’s
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WHITE, SOPHIE, CARRINGTON, CUNNINGHAM
Three weeks ago, the WNBA needed less than 24 hours to suspend Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello for making a comment that wasn't explicitly racial.
More than two days after Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington explicitly invoked race by posting "WHITE
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SENATE, SAYED, EL, PRIMARY
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Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan defeated Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) Tuesday in the Minnesota Democratic Senate primary – the latest test of whether the electorate is moving further to the left or toward the center ahead
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CAROLINA, SOUTH, SENATE, GRAHAM
House, Senate and governor races are on the ballot in primaries Tuesday.
Voters in 6 states are choosing candidates for November
A "Vote here" sign directs people towards a voting site on primary election day in Minneapolis, Aug. 11, 2026.
A "Vote here"
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TERRE, TAX, PIED, HOCHUL
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 19, 2025 shows Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani on October 19, 2025 in New York City and US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, October 24, 2025. Angela Weiss, Saul
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MARINE, RUSSIA, RELEASED, FORMER
Russia isn't the safest place for Americans to travel. Their government and justice systems are frequently not on the up and up, to put it mildly, and Americans have been unjustly detained and even imprisoned there. Now, though, there's one less: On Tuesday,
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DEATH, ASSAD, ABSENTIA, FORMER
Former Syrian President Assad sentenced to death in absentia
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DAMASCUS, Syria — A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes
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TRUMP, MEDICAID, FUNDING, ADMIN
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American taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for child sex-change hormones or surgeries, as a key Trump administration agency announced Tuesday that Medicaid will stop funding such procedures and therapies.
Centers
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TRUMP, YEAR, HOMELESS, LA
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on as Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2026.
Secretary
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MINNESOTA, MIKE, LINDELL, LISA
Lisa Demuth defeated MyPillow founder Mike Lindell to clinch the Republican nomination for Minnesota governor on Tuesday night.
Demuth, the Minnesota state House Speaker, beat Mike Lindell with relative ease on Monday night, earning 43.6 percent of the vote
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COLOMBIA, EARTHQUAKE, DEATH, TOLL
The known death toll after a powerful earthquake in Colombia has been raised to 132 people killed, with hundreds more injured and potentially thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed.
A state of emergency remains in place in Colombia after the country was
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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, BROS, ELLISON
Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison hopes to complete his $111-billion deal for Warner Bros. Discovery, even if it means moving Paramount’s headquarters from Los Angeles.
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MANGIONE, TRIAL, LUIGI, COURT
Less than a month remains until Luigi Mangione's murder trial begins in a New York court - and the case that's already attracted national attention is likely to become an even bigger spectacle.
He is due back in court on Tuesday for a hearing which is sure
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ESCORT, NYPD, DUWAJI, MAMDANI
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The NYPD denied it’s sending any personnel to serve as security detail for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji during her upcoming Middle East trip – an awkward rejoinder to City Hall’s claim the department
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DEATH, CONSPIRACIES, ENEMY, BREITBART
Friday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Michigan.
Marlow said, “If you think we deserve 9/11, you are absolutely my enemy. And if you campaign with a guy who says we deserve 9/11, then you are absolutely my enemy.
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SPAIN, MIGRANT, CEUTA, INVASION
The British network Sky News reported on Tuesday, citing “police sources” in Spain, that about 75 migrants who had joined the illegal mass invasion of Ceuta had reached the mainland of the country, contradicting assurances by the socialist government that this
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NORTH, BALLISTIC, KOREA, MISSILE
Japan’s Defense Ministry says North Korea has launched a possible ballistic missile toward the sea
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SEOUL, South Korea -- SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a possible ballistic missile toward the sea on Wednesday, Japan’s
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YEAR, LIFE, 44, DROP
EXCLUSIVE: The FBI on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of the Trump administration's crime crackdown in Washington, D.C., touting thousands of arrests and seizures since the enhanced federal enforcement effort began.
The milestone comes one year after
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OYSTERS, STEAKHOUSE, LAWSUIT, MARINE
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A sister location of the Chicago-area steakhouse where a Marine Corps veteran got seriously sick from allegedly contaminated oysters has been previously cited for mishandling the shellfish delicacy before —
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LONGTIME, OUSTED, PRIMARY, LARSON
14-term incumbent Larson's loss was more about age than policies.
Democrats might be divided on party's future, but send clearer signal for new leaders: ANALYSIS
Rep. John Larson speaks while hugging his wife, Leslie Larson, during an election night watch
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CUSTODIANS, DEAD, SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY
Both people were found with gunshot wounds to the head, police said.
New York City police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 39-year-old man, November 23, 2025, near a Midtown Manhattan nightclub, authorities said.
New York City police are investigating
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SUES, TUITION, NEW, TRUMP
The Department of Justice under the Trump administration announced Monday that it plans to file lawsuits against New York, Connecticut and Vermont over laws that it claims provide in-state tuition and other financial incentives to illegal immigrants.
"These
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GOP, WINS, NAMED, ELECTION
North Carolina state Rep. Jennifer Balkcom has won the Republican nomination for the state’s 11th Congressional District, setting up a general election contest against Democrat Jamie Ager after incumbent Rep. Chuck Edwards ended his reelection campaign amid
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