Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
39 articles
DOLLY, PARTON, COUNTRY, MUSIC
Music legend Dolly Parton shared an update on her health just days before her death at age 80.
Parton's death was announced by her nephew via video on Tuesday. No cause of death was provided.
Just days before, on Aug. 21, Parton shared a statement with People
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SAYED, EL, ABDUL, USHA
The last thing in the world Second Lady Usha Vance needs right now is having to fend off personal attacks from Abdul El-Sayed, the diminutive Democrat Senate candidate from Michigan who's rather bizarrely targeted deeply personal attacks on the Vance family.
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GRAHAM, DARLINE, CAROLINA, RUNOFF
US President Donald Trump helps US Senator Darline Graham off the stage during a campaign rally at Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on August 21, 2026.
Graham , who has a brief political track record, has enjoyed Trump's enthusiastic
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CANADA, TRUMP, ONTARIO, TRADE
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WASHINGTON — Canada is poised to roll out a batch of retaliatory tariffs in response to President Trump’s 50% duty on $20 billion worth of goods after trade talks between the two North American neighbors broke
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NFL, PLAYERS, STUDY, CTE
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Michael Coats Jr. of the Cleveland Browns tackles Ray Davis of the Buffalo Bills during a preseason game on August 22, 2026. Nick Cammett/Getty Images
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IRAN, TRUMP, LIFELINES, LEADERS
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared Tuesday that Iran’s leadership is already “panicking” under President Donald Trump’s mounting economic offensive — pointing to stark warnings from Tehran’s own president and parliament speaker about the country’s deteriorating
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MAIL, COURT, TRUMP, VOTING
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply rebuked her colleagues' decision allowing the Trump administration to move forward with parts of its mail-voting executive order, warning that the ruling could create election chaos and leave states trapped
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MONTANA, KILLED, SHOOTING, INCLUDING
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Multiple people were killed, including children, after a madman opened fire at a house in Montana before setting the property ablaze.
Police were called to the house in Billings just after 6 p.m. Sunday after
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PIKER, HASAN, DEM, REP
Radical Twitch streamer Hasan Piker got a lot of backlash for comments he made about American Jews while talking about a Democrat nominee for the 11th Congressional District in Michigan, Jeremy Moss.
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"If Jews in America keep putting this idea
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ASYLUM, VISAS, 000, 200
The Trump administration plans to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who entered the US as short-term visitors and later applied for asylum.
"Obtaining a visa in order to seek asylum is fraud - which is grounds for visa revocation," US State Department
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SCHOOL, RELEASED, SHOOTING, CALIFORNIA
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A Charlotte man indicted on five felony counts accusing him of threatening mass shootings against five area public schools was released from jail just three days before students were scheduled to return to class.
Drew
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SURROGATE, WEST, COURT, BABY
The critically ill newborn at the center of a bitter surrogate custody fight was placed back on a breathing tube after his condition worsened following open-heart surgery, according to newly filed court documents.
The baby is in critical condition and being
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MEASLES, PENNSYLVANIA, DIE, 35
Pennsylvania confirmed two measles-related deaths on Tuesday, according to the state’s department of health.
This marks the first losses related to the highly contagious virus within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 35 years.
The Pennsylvania Department
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MOSCOW, RATCLIFFE, CIA, RUSSIA
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WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Ratcliffe is visiting Moscow Tuesday, according to reports — after a mysterious military flight landed in the Russian capital.
Ratcliffe arrived aboard a C-17 transport plane
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AI, CHINA, HALL, WYNTON
The progressive Left is working hard to derail America’s AI dominance by blocking data center construction. So is China.
The AI push is critical to U.S. national security, to win what retired Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis calls the "new AI Cold War with China."
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JUDGE, MAXWELL, GHISLAINE, NEW
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Ghislaine Maxwell’s long-shot bid to overturn her sex crimes conviction was soundly rejected Tuesday — by a judge who ripped Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious madam for filing a “rambling” motion from prison.
“Maxwell’s
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SUE, ICE, COOPERATION, HOCHUL
Two New York counties are suing Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul to stop a new state law that bars them from working with federal immigration officers.
Officials of Rensselaer County and Broome County have announced that they intend to join a federal lawsuit
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TEENS, NJ, COUPLE, WAGON
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A crew of reckless New Jersey teens allegedly stole a luxury SUV valued at $220,000 and led cops on an hours-long chase before crashing the vehicle head-on into another car — killing a beloved grandmother and
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TRUMP, STRAIT, HORMUZ, MINES
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WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Tuesday that the “International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz” were completely de-mined and “every square inch” of the waterway is now being monitored by the US Space
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BIG, COLLEGE, SEC, TEN
The Big Ten has taken steps to prevent athletes who have signed NFL contracts from joining the conference this season — and in the future.
Following recent developments that have seen former college players enter the professional ranks, only to regain college
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CALIFORNIA, BONTA, AG, STOP
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California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta made it clear Tuesday he holds the power to extract major concessions
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JEFFRIES, KUSHNER, MEETING, TRUMP
The New York Times reported that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) recently met with Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law.
But the biggest result of the meeting so far was how mad the Left was at Jeffries for it. There was such a backlash
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CHARLES, BARKLEY, WNBA, PLAYERS
NBA Hall of Famer and sports commentator Charles Barkley declared Monday that the WNBA is "for women only. Period."
During an interview on CNN host Michael Smerconish's podcast, Barkley commented on former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom being removed from
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11, MUSEUM, SAYED, EL
As America approaches the 25th anniversary of the horrific 9/11 terrorist attacks, a Smithsonian-affiliated museum in Dearborn is still framing the aftermath as something more traumatic for Arab-Americans.
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The Arab American National Museum,
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