Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21st 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
10 articles
BALLROOM, TRUMP, SUPREME, COURT
Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for now
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The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Trump can — for now — move forward with construction of his ballroom on the site of the former East
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TRUMP, WHITE, HOUSE, CANADA
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WASHINGTON – Karoline Leavitt took her last ride as White House press secretary on Air Force One Friday when she accompanied President Trump to South Carolina for a midterm campaign rally.
Leavitt told reporters
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TRUMP, GRAHAM, EMERGENCY, LOSE
President Trump traveled to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Friday to stump for Sen. Darline Graham Nordine (R-SC), sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), with just days to go before the Republican runoff that will decide who carries the GOP banner
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CAPITOL, ISIS, NY, REVEAL
A newly released booking photo shows the face of the Albany woman accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS and plotting to bomb the New York state Capitol in an attack she allegedly hoped would kill scores of people, including state senators.
Jessica Bowie,
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INDYCAR, STREETS, WEEKEND, RACE
What to know about this weekend's IndyCar race on the streets of the nation's capital
The U.S. Capitol is seen beyond the Freedom 250 Grand Prix race track, Aug. 18, 2026, in Washington.
The U.S. Capitol is seen beyond the Freedom 250 Grand Prix race track,
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NIXON, ANGIE, FLORIDA, DEMOCRAT
Angie Nixon, the Florida state representative and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member who won her Senate primary race on Tuesday, owns a cafe bookstore branded, “Cafe Resistance.”
The bookstore cafe is in Jacksonville, Florida, and she said she opened
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WNBA, CUNNINGHAM, SOPHIE, TREATMENT
Let’s start with the good: The WNBA is more popular than ever. During the offseason, the league and the WNBA Players Association reached a landmark collective-bargaining agreement resulting in a 400 percent increase, on average, in player salaries. The average
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MEGHAN, MARKLE, RETURN, WILLIAM
The Duchess of Sussex is in talks to return to acting with a role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, the BBC has learned.
Discussions are in their early stages but this would be Meghan's first significant acting role since her marriage to Prince Harry.
Much
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PLANE, CHARTER, REMOTE, CRASH
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A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the US military said.
The crash happened at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport,
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FENTANYL, TRUMP, HOUSE, DRUG
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1. Fentanyl deaths plummet amid Trump's sweeping crackdown
2. Declassified FBI files reveal what agents knew about Eric
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FLOCK, CAMERAS, SURVEILLANCE, BACKLASH
A man dressed up as the "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader showed up at a San Diego City Council meeting to mockingly defend Flock police surveillance cameras, telling council members "this is what the emperor needs."
He approached the podium at the Public
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BOYFRIEND, MOM, SOCCER, COLLEGE
Karoline Heintz, an 18-year-old incoming freshman on the Pennsylvania Western University soccer team, was allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend Royce Moser, whose mother then allegedly helped her son after the attack.
Moser, 18, allegedly said during
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UNIVERSITY, KENTUCKY, LAKEN, PLEADS
Former University of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling pleading guilty to manslaughter charges for killing her newborn baby boy and stuffing him in a trash bag.
Snelling, now 22, first pleaded not guilty in April, but on Friday morning in court, she admitted
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DEAD, FOUND, ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT
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A missing US Attorney found dead in an office at a federal building in San Diego apparently killed himself, the California Post has learned.
Local police discovered Acting US Attorney Andrew Haden, 48, dead
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SWALWELL, ERIC, REP, FBI
"No concern." "Pernicious nonsense." "Spurious allegations." A "frivolous, political exercise."
Those were among the defenses senior Democrats mounted on former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s behalf as former GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tried to force the California
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KARMELO, ANTHONY, TRIAL, MURDER
Karmelo Anthony’s bid to overturn his murder conviction returns to court in McKinney, Texas, Friday after his former lawyer testified that a dispute over an unwritten agreement helped keep Anthony from taking the stand.
Retired District Judge Michael Chitty
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VANCE, JD, OHIO, BEERS
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WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance accused Democrats of causing “millions of orphans” and suicides during a Friday stump speech in his Ohio hometown — invoking the late Democratic populist Huey Long as he
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TORNADO, ISLAND, LONG, BEACH
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Stunning drone footage shows the sheer destruction left behind by the rare tornado that blew through Long Island Thursday night — with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman saying it’s “a blessing” no one was
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IRAN, ECONOMIC, FOCUS, WARFARE
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force Two, after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks at the Lake Lucerne Summit, at Emmen Military Air Base June 22, 2026 in Emmen, Switzerland.
Economic pressure is the United
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CLANCY, LINDSAY, ISN, KILLING
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Lindsay Clancy committed the worst crime imaginable when she killed her three children.
She was disturbingly methodical about it, tying an exercise band to a door in the basement of the family home and strangling
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COLLEGE, ELIGIBILITY, NCAA, ATHLETES
The chaotic off-season in college football has continued to play out in court rooms across the country, as athletes are suing the NCAA on a daily basis pertaining to their eligibility as part of the 2022 class.
When the NCAA released a statement last week
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TRUMP, KIM, SOUTH, PRICE
An unnamed official at the South Korean Unification Ministry told reporters on Friday that the government of leftist President Lee Jae-myung supports “direct” talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong-un to facilitate
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TRUMP, BEEF, 90, METRIC
President Donald Trump had already been trying to lower the prices of beef with some imports, and he just made another important announcement on Truth Social about a deal he's made.
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TRUMP JUST CUT A DEAL ON GROUND BEEF.
For the next 90 days,
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TRUMP, MARTIN, DOJ, ED
Trump said Martin is leaving his post as pardon attorney at the DOJ.
In this June 13, 2023, file photo, Ed Martin speaks at an event at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
In this June 13, 2023, file photo, Ed Martin speaks at an event at the Capitol in Washington,
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