Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
10 articles
EXCLUSIVE, ROBERT, DR, KENNEDY
Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the White House and the possibility of Scott Jennings as Press Secretary.
Marlow said, “He’d have to be pretty ambitious to do it. But if he did, I think the White House
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TRUMP, LETITIA, ACCESS, JAMES
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has drawn a Trump-backed challenger, with President Donald Trump throwing his “complete and total endorsement” behind Republican Saritha Komatireddy in a bid to oust his
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UNIVERSITY, STATE, VIRGINIA, SHOOTING
Five people have been injured, one critically, in a shooting at Virginia State University which involved multiple suspects, the university has said.
Officers responded to the incident outside a residence halls at about 01:28 local time (05:28 GMT) on Saturday.
Five
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DEAD, MICHIGAN, SUSPECT, ARRESTED
Law enforcement say five people have been killed and a suspect is dead in a series of killings that took place at two homes and a wooded area in Michigan
This undated poster provided by The Michigan State Police (MSP) Seventh District, shows suspect Chad Hickman,
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HAWAII, HURRICANE, LALA, YEARS
Hurricane Lala strengthens as it heads to Hawaii Hurricane Lala is headed toward Hawaii's Big Island. If it makes landfall there, it'd be the first hurricane to do so since 1871.
National Hurricane Lala strengthens as it heads to Hawaii Hurricane Lala strengthens
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CREW, USS, LINCOLN, ABRAHAM
Having failed to gain enough traction on the Air Force One rope-a-dope story from earlier in the week, the legacy media – in its never ending quest for a "gotcha story" on President Trump – has made a hard pivot and is now focused on the conditions aboard the
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SYNAGOGUE, NYC, LUNATIC, HEADBUTTS
A man was charged with multiple hate crimes after allegedly disrupting Shabbat services at a New York City synagogue Friday, striking a congregant and attacking a member of the security team, authorities said.
New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch
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IMMIGRANTS, MAHER, VALUES, AMERICAN
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Comedian Bill Maher argued Friday that immigrants must assimilate to American culture and accept certain fundamental values like gay rights, women’s equality and free speech, saying those principles are “not
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INDONESIA, EARTHQUAKE, STRIKES, 38
At least 38 people have perished in a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck off the temblor-prone Indonesian coast early Saturday, collapsing buildings and homes and injuring dozens of residents.
Authorities initially issued a tsunami warning, urging
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TEXAS, AIRPORT, ISLAMIC, GOV
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) ordered a review of state funding for airports across Texas over Islamic washing facilities at two of the state’s largest airports.
“These ablution facilities appear designed to single out one subset of the population for special treatment
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PILOT, VIDEO, MARINE, CRASH
Footage just obtained by a news outlet shows the moment local authorities encountered a Marine pilot who ejected from his F/A-18 fighter jet before it crashed into a mountainside in Washington state earlier this summer.
On June 13, the F/A-18 Hornet slammed
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MILWAUKEE, STOLEN, FOUND, APARTMENT
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Bill DeLind thought the Picasso print that was stolen from his Milwaukee gallery in 2018 was gone forever.
But then police called last week and asked him to look an artwork that a local landlord found while
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MLB, MAKES, HISTORY, ROOKIE
St. Louis Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez’s first career game in the big leagues was something out of a movie.
Báez made Major League Baseball history by hitting a home run in each of his first three plate appearances in the Cardinals' game against the Chicago
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COP, EXECUTED, EX, MURDERED
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After almost four decades, the execution of James Duckett brought closure for two families who believe they both lost young girls to the same killer.
The 68-year-old was executed by lethal injection July 28
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STUDENT, TEACHER, SCHOOL, ADMITS
A Florida middle school teacher was arrested after investigators said he exchanged inappropriate messages with a former teenage student and acknowledged communicating inappropriately with the student since 2023.
Christian Schneider, 31, a teacher at Memorial
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TOWN, BEACH, CRACKDOWN, DRINKING
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No shoes, no shirts, no teens … no problems.
A Jersey Shore beach town banned all unaccompanied minors from night activities in a citywide crackdown to stop dangerous gatherings that have led to brawls and
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VISA, STATE, DEPARTMENT, TACKLING
The State Department is tackling fraud in the H-1B visa program, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott revealed during an interview on Breitbart News Daily.
Pigott said it is essential across the board to ensure there are counter-fraud measures for visa
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CUNNINGHAM, CLASSIC, SOPHIE, PATRIOTIC
It's time for another edition of Saturday Screencaps where we dive into everything that happened last night while you were out on the patio Respecting Summer.
Let's get started with a trip to Indianapolis where Sophie Cunningham had herself a night. Her and
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ARDAY, PROFESSOR, CAMBRIDGE, RACISM
Jason Arday, Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism, is found dead
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LONDON — A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media
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CHARLES, OAKLEY, DISMISSED, MSG
Former New York Knicks forward Charles Oakley’s lawsuit against Madison Square Garden and owner James Dolan was dismissed for a third time Friday.
The legal drama between the former Knicks star and Dolan dates back to February 2017, when Oakley was thrown
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WATER, GENERATION, MEAD, IMPACTS
Back in May, Lake Mead had already dropped to 1,050 feet above sea level, which was 25 feet below its critical level of 1,075 feet. The huge reservoir, held in place by Hoover Dam, was just below 1,040 feet as of August 13. When the lake level falls to 1,035
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DENVER, SOCIALIST, BUSINESS, LL
Colorado's increasing leftward tilt is something people have been watching and commenting on for years. I moved to Colorado in 1988, and even then, when Colorado was still, for the most part, South Wyoming, people were beginning to complain about the influx
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LAWSUIT, MATT, HARASSMENT, CBS
Former ABC News field producer Samira Said accused CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman of making sexualized remarks toward her while the two worked together at ABC, according to a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles.
Said worked as
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24, ABUSE, COUNTS, ACTOR
A California actor and producer is facing 24 felony charges after investigators said he used online casting calls to contact minors as part of an alleged pattern of child sexual abuse spanning decades.
Shane Ryan Gledhill, 46, of Lompoc, was arrested Aug.
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