Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
25 articles
TRUMP, LAKE, AMERICA, ONTARIO
House Democrats are reportedly already preparing legislation to reverse President Trump’s order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America.
The executive order, signed in the Oval Office on Thursday, directs the Interior Department to update federal geographic
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KANTER, ENES, FREEDOM, BAN
Enes Kanter Freedom suggested he will pursue legal action against the Chicago Sky and owner Michael Alter after Alter invoked shooting a gun as an "extreme example" while explaining why the former NBA center was ejected from Sunday's Sky vs. Fever game without
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HASAN, PIKER, JON, OSSOFF
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Hasan Piker is facing yet another Democratic lawmaker critic amid the fallout from comments he made on a stream last week, this time from Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga.
Ossoff, who is Jewish, was recently asked about
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DOLLY, PARTON, EXPERIMENTAL, SISTER
The storm was named long before Dolly Parton died.
Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic
In this satellite image, Tropical Storm Dolly is shown.
In this satellite image, Tropical Storm Dolly is shown.
In this satellite image, Tropical Storm Dolly is
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LINDSAY, CLANCY, JURY, TRIAL
Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicide
The fate of US mother Lindsay Clancy is now in the hands of a Massachusetts jury, who must decide if she is guilty of first-degree murder - the intentional and premeditated
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NEW, DSA, 4M, TRUMP
A thunderstorm crosses the Hudson River from Jersey City, New Jersey, into Lower Manhattan, August 7, 2026, in New York City.
A thunderstorm crosses the Hudson River from Jersey City, New Jersey, into Lower Manhattan, August 7, 2026, in New York City.
A thunderstorm
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TATE, COURT, ANDREW, BROTHERS
Andrew Tate is seeking bail in his extradition fight. Here's why that's unlikely
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Andrew Tate is asking a federal judge to release him and his brother, Tristan, from a detention center in Miami. They're
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MAMDANI, DEATH, VICTIMS, MURDER
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was “deeply saddened” by the death of a Rikers Island inmate charged with murdering a shop owner with a meat cleaver in an unprovoked attack.
“I am deeply saddened by the death of a New Yorker in City custody at a
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MLADIC, 84, RATKO, SERB
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces rained shells and snipers´ bullets on Sarajevo and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, has died while serving a life sentence for his crimes, U.N. officials
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GOOD, GOLF, AD, CALLAWAY
Well, it's official: August 2026 will be remembered as the month that drama in the YouTube golf space hit its peak.
Good Good golf, the popular apparel brand and YouTube channel with more than 2 million followers, has taken an immense amount of criticism over
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NEPAL, MISSING, TIBET, FLOODS
Dozens of Americans and Canadians are among hundreds of people who are missing following a deadly flash flood and mudslide near the Nepal-Tibet border, Nepali authorities say.
More than 150 people are so far known to have died, according to the authorities.
The
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LEAVITT, KAROLINE, TRUMP, HOUSE
Karoline Leavitt may be stepping away from the White House podium, but she still has the president's ear on who takes her place.
In her final official interview as White House press secretary Thursday, Leavitt revealed she has been privately advising President
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IRAN, TRUMP, HORMUZ, DEAL
U.S. Navy sailors work on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington as it transits the Arabian Sea to support U.S. military operations in the war with Iran Aug. 20, 2026.
Iran has set out its conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying
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TEXAS, TRUMP, KEN, PAXTON
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “State of Play,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) said the Democratic Party’s candidates will win the midterms because President Donald Trump “is not popular in Texas.”
Host Peter Alexander said, “No Democrat has won a Senate
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AIR, DEADLY, CONTROLLERS, FIRE
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Air traffic controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trump’s helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet was allowed to take off just as Marine One left the White
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MOSCOW, TRIP, CIA, RUSSIA
Putin will be well aware of Donald Trump's periodic disdain for Nato and he may have calculated that a low-key attack on say, Lithuania, is not going to trigger Nato's mutual self-defence clause – Article 5 – and that the US will not respond.
In which case
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ICE, OFFICER, TEXAS, RELEASED
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was released from a Texas jail Thursday, after
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PLANE, TOWN, ALASKA, SMALL
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The pilot and three passengers killed when a small plane crashed in shallow waters near a remote coastal town in Alaska have been identified.
Alaska Department of Public Safety on Thursday identified the pilot
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KUSAMA, YAYOI, POLKA, DOTS
Yayoi Kusama, high priestess of polka dots, has died
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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, best known for her polka dot sculptures in eye-popping colors and shimmering "Infinity Rooms,"
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MARLOW, USA, TRUMP, FANTASIZES
Monday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Michigan.
Marlow said, “This is one where you want to minimize terrorism as hurt people hurting people. It is just completely removed from what the reality is of what’s actually
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FLIGHT, EMERGENCY, AIRLINES, LANDING
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A New Jersey-bound United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Nevada Thursday after reports of an engine issue.
United Airlines flight 1403 departed LAX before landing safely at Las Vegas’
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HIGH, SCHOOL, DIESEL, ARRESTED
School districts face a back-to-school math problem: The high price of diesel
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As the new school year kicks off, school districts are facing a challenging
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MISSOURI, DEPUTY, WYOMING, DAYS
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A Missouri deputy attorney general has been found alive nearly a week after he vanished during a solo hiking trip to Wyoming’s tallest mountain.
Shaun Mackelprang, 55, was spotted at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday near
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GOVERNOR, POLITICS, JOE, TRUMP
On August 9, 2023, Utah’s governor, Spencer Cox, found himself sitting across from Joe Biden in an armored presidential limousine as it idled in downtown Salt Lake City. Working up the nerve to pitch a far-fetched idea, he cleared his throat.
“Mr. President,
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