Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14th 2026
Updated 13:12 ET
18 articles
MANGIONE, LUIGI, GUILTY, FEDERAL
Luigi Mangione's state trial is just weeks away, set to begin on Sept. 8.
Luigi Mangione federal guilty plea expected to be announced Friday, sources say: What to know ahead of court
It's expected that a guilty plea will be announced in connection with the
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SAYED, EL, ABDUL, PRIMARY
It was in the early morning hours last Wednesday that Abdul El-Sayed learned that he was the projected winner of the Michigan Democrat Senate primary, becoming his party's nominee.
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The DSA-endorsed candidate's victory against Rep. Haley Stevens
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TRUMP, KENNEDY, CENTER, BOARD
Kennedy Center Board votes again to shut main building down — and add Trump's name back
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On Thursday, the board of the Kennedy Center voted a second time to shut down most of the Washington, D.C., arts complex
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USS, LINCOLN, ABOARD, 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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WHITE, HOUSE, TRUMP, CONTINUE
Construction continues on a new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House and the East Wing ballroom on August 10, 2026, in Washington, DC.
President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of his White House ballroom to continue,
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TRUMP, COURT, KAROLINE, LEAVITT
The impending departure of President Donald Trump's top spokeswoman has speculation swirling in Washington, D.C., on who will be selected to replace Karoline Leavitt behind the press briefing room podium.
The 28-year-old White House Press Secretary, fresh
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FLANAGAN, FRAUD, WARREN, SENATE
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” Minnesota Lt. Gov. and U.S. Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan (D) responded to questions on fraud in the state by saying that “Republicans are going to run against every Democrat on fraud because they want to distract
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PARENTS, SURROGATE, BABY, TEXAS
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The surrogate who refused to have an abortion despite the wishes of the baby’s biological parents vowed Thursday to take the legal fight all the way to the Supreme Court — with her lawyer declaring, “She is
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DEM, SENATE, REPORT, PLATNER
Republicans are targeting Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson after a newly resurfaced 1988 police record detailed accusations that he assaulted a man and pushed his longtime partner during a late-night confrontation in Fort Kent, Maine.
Jackson, a one-time
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MEMORIAL, II, WORLD, WAR
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WASHINGTON — Vandals struck the World War II Memorial on Thursday — dumping bubble soap into a fountain and scrawling a bizarre protest message.
“Clean Hands Dirty $” red graffiti declared — without making
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ABORTION, MASSACHUSETTS, LAW, SON
A leading Catholic advocacy group is calling on Massachusetts bishops to excommunicate Gov. Maura Healey after the Democrat signed legislation removing restrictions on late-term abortions, allowing for abortions up until birth.
Healey, a Catholic, signed
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CARRINGTON, DIJONAI, FOUL, FAN
Wednesday night, DiJonai Carrington slapped two players across the face, received a technical foul, shot 1-for-9 from the field and had an innocent fan removed from the game.
Got all that?
For more details on that final point, the New York Post reports that
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GUN, RIGHTS, SUPPRESSOR, JUDGE
Gun-rights advocates are wasting little time putting a "huge" federal court victory into action after a judge struck down decades-old firearms restrictions as unconstitutional.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Silencer Shop, a federal firearms licensee covered
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DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, TREATMENT, TEENS
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Three disturbing stories of children that were allegedly preyed upon by greedy hospitals and doctors — and encouraged as minors to undergo gender-care treatment — were outlined in the Department of Health and
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NIGER, MISSIONARY, RELEASED, MONTHS
An American missionary has been released after spending more than nine months in captivity, the international Christian organisation he worked for has said.
Kevin Rideout - who was kidnapped outside his home in Niger's capital Niamey last year - was "in good
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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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DREAMS, MLB, FIELD, GAME
Major League Baseball and Netflix almost pulled off something truly special on Thursday night.
The MLB at Field of Dreams matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins delivered a pregame sequence that gave baseball fans chills. Watching current
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FOX, NEWS, MICHIGAN, POLL
We all know how much Fox News polls suck. In the history of “suck,” there are The English Patient, chlamydia, Jill Biden’s Christmas decorations, and Fox News polls.
Ah, but…
Fox News polls always — by design, in my opinion — suck at the expense of Republicans.
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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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INFLATION, SPORTS, PLAY, CHIPS
AI Chip Inflation Cooled in July
In July, the inflation that has been hounding the artificial-intelligence buildout cooled off in many of the most obvious categories of goods. The extraordinary price pressure seen in June eased across computers, storage equipment,
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JUDGE, HARVARD, TRUMP, LAWSUIT
The Trump administration suffered a setback Thursday in its ongoing battle with Harvard University, when U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns granted Harvard's motion to dismiss the government's Title VI enforcement action, which accused the school of failing
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MURDER, SUSPECT, ARRESTED, GRAVE
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A Florida woman wanted for the murder of a dad found zip-tied and buried in a shallow grave has been arrested after seven weeks on the run, police announced.
Isabelle Rose Johnson, who has evaded capture since
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SOCIALISTS, EVIDENCE, WOKE, ISLAMISTS
Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Dennis Prager talked about the left.
Prager said, “I see this common thread in a lot of the rising socialist movement which is huge overlap with the rising I would say anti-Jew movement, anti-Israel movement, that there’s
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