Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
14 articles
TRUMP, KENNEDY, CENTER, BOARD
U.S. President Donald Trump departs after a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, U.S., July 31, 2026.
A federal trade court on Thursday upheld President Donald Trump's elimination of the "de minimis" exemption, which allowed goods valued under
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SAYED, EL, MICHIGAN, SENATE
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) said that she doesn’t know why Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning with Hasan Piker, who she thinks deserves to be condemned. She also said
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MANGIONE, LUIGI, GUILTY, FEDERAL
Mangione could plead guilty in federal case ahead of NY murder trial
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Federal prosecutors and Luigi Mangione's defense team will hold a special court conference Friday morning in Manhattan federal court, raising
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USS, LINCOLN, ABRAHAM, CONDITIONS
Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from the War Department about conditions on board the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln after multiple reports indicate the grind of an extended deployment has taken a severe mental toll on the ship’s roughly 5,000
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SURROGATE, BABY, PARENTS, TEXAS
A surrogate mother gave birth to a baby against its biological parents' wishes after fleeing to Texas with help from state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Surrogate mother McKenna West fled to Texas after her baby was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
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FLANAGAN, WARREN, DEM, MINNESOTA
Though the Michigan Democrat Senate and Wisconsin Democrat gubernatorial primary races captured the attention of political junkies across America, another interesting Senate primary that played out on the Left took place in Minnesota.
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SENATE, DEM, PLATNER, NOMINEE
Since disgraced Democrat Graham Platner exited under immense pressure from party leaders who were terrified he was going to lose, the Maine Senate race has mostly dropped out of the national news cycle, with one of the few "interesting" things being the process
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JACKPOT, POWERBALL, ILLINOIS, SMALL
It's the largest Powerball jackpot so far this year.
A Powerball ticket sold in Illinois matched all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing, winning an estimated $1.04 billion jackpot, according to the lottery organization.
The winning numbers were 4, 26,
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CARRINGTON, DIJONAI, FOUL, FACE
Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington swears that she isn't a dirty player, but her actions on the court aren't exactly helping that narrative.
Carrington made major headlines last week by committing a very hard foul on Sophie Cunningham during a layup attempt
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DREAMS, MLB, FIELD, GAME
It's not heaven, it's Iowa.
Major League Baseball returned to the baseball movie version of heaven on Thursday afternoon, with the now-traditional Field of Dreams game. A tribute to one of the most iconic baseball movies in film history, this time featuring
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LEAVITT, KAROLINE, TRUMP, HOUSE
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President Donald Trump and press secretary Karoline Leavitt, among others, attend an event on July 22, 2026, for US service members killed during operations in the Middle
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RUBIO, MARCO, MEME, WHITE
When Vice-President JD Vance was asked who was the funniest in the Trump administration, apart from the president, Vance said without hesitation that it was Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "He has an incredible sense of humor. He’s got great comedic timing,"
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CLANCY, LINDSAY, TRIAL, CHILDREN
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Lindsay Clancy’s final text conversation with her then-husband before he returned home to find his three young children had been killed was revealed in court Thursday.
The unnervingly mundane exchange between
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FLIGHT, FLORIDA, SICK, ATTENDANTS
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A Frontier Airlines flight faced a medical emergency Thursday morning after four of the five flight attendants on board mysteriously became sick midair.
Flight F9-1046 left Cleveland around 7:50 a.m. bound
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FLOCK, ABUSE, SAFETY, ANNOUNCES
Flock, the US surveillance firm, is rolling out new safeguards to prevent police misuse of its technology which, its founder and chief executive admits, should have happened sooner.
Police have used Flock to track romantic partners, external and stalk strangers,
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LAKERS, LOS, ANGELES, DEAL
The sports world was stunned this week when reports broke that the Los Angeles Lakers had been sold again less than a year after the franchise's most recent sale.
Not just because of the massive $12 billion price tag, and the speed with which the deal came
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STATIONS, AIRPORT, FOOT, DALLAS
The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is set to install privately-funded, dedicated Islamic foot washing stations in the facility, according to documents from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
According to the document, the project, which
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INFLATION, CHIPS, MOVED, BREITBART
A key measure of inflation in the U.S. economy came in much better than for July.
The producer price index was unchanged in July compared with June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. The index fell 0.3 percent in the prior month, indicating falling
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TAX, MAMDANI, TERRE, COURT
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The pause is on pause.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s stumbling pied-à-terre tax rollout is back in effect after a surprise appeals court ruling on Thursday — but the fight isn’t over yet.
The appellate court decision
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SUPPRESSOR, PRATT, GUN, TRUMP
Gun Owners of America’s Erich Pratt spoke exclusively to Breitbart News Thursday, describing the demise of NFA suppressor registration as just the latest result of President Trump’s pro-Second Amendment stance.
On August 5, 2026, Breitbart News reported that
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INTEGRITY, FEDERAL, ELECTION, COURT
America got a pair of major election-integrity wins that could provide a model for the country moving forward. Until Congress passes something like the SAVE America Act, there are still major problems with the election system, but these rulings move things
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TRUMP, STAR, DATA, CLASH
Texas is one of the nation's great economic bright spots. Part of the reason for that is that Texas, most recently under the administration of Governor Greg Abbott, has made sure it's an attractive place to set up business. As evidence, we might note that the
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NACUA, PUKA, MICHAEL, WHITE
The offseason odyssey of Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua took yet another turn after it was learned that he suffered a bloody facial injury while attending the famed White Party hosted by Michael Rubin.
On a recent episode of the Impaulsive podcast, Nacua disclosed
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COPS, FATALLY, WOMAN, CRITICAL
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A 15-year-old boy was killed and another 13-year-old wounded in a Bronx apartment Wednesday night, according to police — who are still searching for the shooter.
Riley Billingslea was found dead with a gunshot
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