Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26th 2026
Updated 02:12 ET
39 articles
DOLLY, PARTON, COUNTRY, MUSIC
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Dolly Parton never got too big for her britches — but of all her self-deprecating “Dollyisms” there was one that she repeated so many times, she figured it might go on her tombstone.
“It costs a lot of money
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EL, SAYED, ABDUL, PIKER
Monday on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Tonight,” Michigan U.S. Senate Democrat nominee Abdul El-Sayed indicated that he was open to a discussion about reparations.
According to El-Sayed, such a conversation shouldn’t be a “crazy thing.”
“Reparations,” host Jesse
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GRAHAM, RUNOFF, SOUTH, DARLINE
Primary Season 2026 is truly winding down, but it's Tuesday, and there are still a handful of races left. Today's are runoff elections — in Georgia, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. Here's what's at stake:
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Georgia
Georgia has a runoff for one
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CANADA, TRUMP, ONTARIO, TRADE
Dominic Leblanc, Minister of Internal Trade of Canada speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box on Aug. 25th, 2026.
Canada is poised to announce new tariffs on U.S. goods Tuesday in retaliation for the 50% duties that President Donald Trump imposed after a breakdown in
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TRUMP, ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESS, IRAN
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who has repeatedly targeted President Donald Trump for impeachment, renewed his effort by filing a new impeachment resolution on Monday.
"Our country and the lives of people within it are at risk as President Donald John Trump is
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NFL, PLAYERS, STUDY, CTE
Researchers analyzed 1,712 former players who died between 2008 and 2021.
Study suggests at least 1 in 4 former NFL players may have CTE
The NFL logo is shown the field before the start of a preseason NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the
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TRUMP, IRAN, LIFELINES, ECONOMIC
Donald Trump has changed the battlefield in his confrontation with Iran. After almost six months of war, Washington is turning from bombs and missiles to financial strangulation. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has launched what he calls “Operation Economic
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MAIL, COURT, TRUMP, VOTING
is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.
Less than two months
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MONTANA, KILLED, SHOOTING, INCLUDING
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Cops were called to “shots being fired” and a “child unconscious,” as fire units also rushed to a Montana home where at least eight people, including multiple kids, died in a mass shooting and house fire, according
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SCHOOL, RELEASED, SHOOTING, CALIFORNIA
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 Andres Owens, 33, was released from
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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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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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SURROGATE, WEST, COURT, BABY
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The biological mother of the surrogate baby at the center of a multi-state legal battle sobbed in court Tuesday — as she claimed the surrogate mother was trying to steal their child.
Nausheen Gilkar was testifying
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MEASLES, PENNSYLVANIA, DIE, 35
Two people who were not vaccinated against measles have died of the virus in Pennsylvania, health officials said.
The state has seen 393 cases of the highly contagious virus this year, as infections across the US have hit the highest point in 35 years.
Eighty-five
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AI, CHINA, HALL, WYNTON
If America outsources innovation, we will be beholden to China militarily and culturally, Innovation Council Action’s Taylor Budowich told Breitbart News during a discussion at the policy event “AI is Here: What to Fear, What to Embrace.”
Budowich and host,
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JEFFRIES, KUSHNER, MEETING, TRUMP
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in a video issued on Monday that he accepted President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner's request for a meeting.
The congressman said that he "took it to discuss the affordability crisis that exists
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SUE, ICE, COOPERATION, HOCHUL
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ALBANY – Don’t sue me, I’ll sue you.
More than a dozen New York sheriffs filed suit over an anti-ICE sanctuary state law that took effect Tuesday — as Gov. Kathy Hochul demanded local governments stop cooperating
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TRUMP, STRAIT, HORMUZ, MINES
US President Donald Trump has said that the US Navy has removed or detonated all mines in the Strait of Hormuz - the vital waterway which Iran has largely closed since the beginning of the war in the Middle East.
"Iran has been notified that any ship or boat
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BIG, COLLEGE, SEC, TEN
College sports have become so chaotic that apparently we now need an explicit rule saying you can't go to the NFL, sign a professional contract, get cut and then come back to college.
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The Southeastern Conference (SEC) made that rule official
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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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ARENA, FREEDOM, SKY, KANTER
Chicago Sky announced on Tuesday that former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom would be banned from the Wintrust Arena following his altercation with Natasha Cloud on Sunday.
Michael Alter, owner of the Chicago Sky, announced the ban, saying that Enes had demonstrated
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CHARLES, BARKLEY, WNBA, PLAYERS
Charles Barkley didn’t mince words while talking about Indiana Fever stars Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham and the WNBA.
"Those girls do not like Caitlin Clark or Sophie Cunningham," Barkley said, referring to the other players in the WNBA and their feelings
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11, MUSEUM, SAYED, EL
A Smithsonian-affiliated museum features programming minimizing the 2,977 Americans killed by Muslim terrorists and instead says Arabs were also victims in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The Arab American National Museum (AANM) in Dearborn,
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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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