Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7th 2026
Updated 05:12 ET
24 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, DIEGO, SAN
Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order on diesel access at a rally in in Grand Island, Nebraska, on October 5, 2026. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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CORNELL, RAPE, JANE, DOE
The blue-on-blue circular firing squad at rapey Cornell University marches on with the news that one of the seven frat brothers accused of participating in the alleged gang rape of Jane Doe told the campus police that he was her victim that night.
According
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PADRES, CODE, PROMO, DODGERS
The division series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves pitted two very good, division-winning teams against each other. And through three games, it's been the tight, hard-fought contest you'd expect given the impressive collection of talent
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PIKE, CHRISTA, EXECUTION, BOTCHED
The botched execution of Christa Pike has granted another death row inmate — who bailed a pal out of jail just to kill him and then his sister in 1992 — several more weeks to live before his date with death.
After Pike failed to die when injected with two
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EL, SAYED, ABDUL, MICHIGAN
His victory can "break open the entire political calculus of America," she said.
'If Abdul can win in Michigan, anyone can win anywhere': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outlines stakes for progressives at NYC fundraiser
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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BAKKER, JIM, 86, TELEVANGELIST
The advent of the '80s not only brought us MTV and cable news networks, but it also fueled the proliferation of the Christian television networks. From Bob and Molly D'Andrea's Christian Television Network (CTN), to Pat Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network
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GOLD, BARS, CIA, PLEADS
Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty
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WASHINGTON — A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds
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MULLIN, DHS, MARKWAYNE, EXCLUSIVE
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin shared that DHS is “focused on targeting individuals instead of job site raids” during a Breitbart News event on Tuesday.
While speaking with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle,
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BROS, WARNER, PARAMOUNT, HOLLYWOOD
Paramount Skydance has officially taken over Warner Bros Discovery in a $110bn merger that is set to reshape Hollywood and the media landscape. The merger comes after months of legal disputes and widespread criticism over feared cuts and how consolidation could
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NYPD, DETECTIVE, STABBING, ILLEGAL
The two suspects wanted for the attempted murder of an off-duty New York City police officer during a robbery have lengthy criminal records and are living in the U.S. illegally, federal officials said.
Dangelo Rafael Jean Caraballo, 25, and Sneider Mejia
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CHIEF, SPY, TREASON, GERMANY
The reputation of the German government has been shaken by an abject scandal after it arrested its own former national intelligence chief under “strong suspicion of espionage constituting treason”.
The former President of the Federal Intelligence Service [Bundesnachrichtendienst,
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RESIDENT, WASHINGTON, MASS, CANADIAN
A transgender Washington state resident allegedly helped fuel a Canadian school massacre that left children dead, choosing to aid the shooter, who also identified as a transgender, instead of sounding the alarm, federal officials said Tuesday.
James Cody
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SCHOOL, HIGH, FOOTBALL, CALIFORNIA
Indiana high school football standout Chris Wilson Jr. was shot and killed inside a vehicle Monday morning around 3 a.m.
WTHR noted that 17-year-old Wilson was found in a vehicle in Muncie, Indiana, and had been shot multiple times.
He was a senior at Yorktown
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HOOD, SQUAD, FIRING, FORT
Trump says Fort Hood shooter can be executed by firing squad The last time the U.S. military held an execution was in 1961, by hanging. The last military execution by firing squad was in 1945, when an American soldier was shot for desertion in World War II.
National
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ALLEN, EVIDENCE, CHALLENGES, POLITICAL
On “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Los Angeles.
Marlow said, “We can’t build 2 miles of monorail at LAX, but Disneyland, you build the whole park and a monorail in a year.”
The Alex Marlow Show, hosted by
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SAINT, EVA, 102, MARIE
She won an Academy Award for her first movie, "On the Waterfront."
LOS ANGELES -- Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, “On the Waterfront,” and starred opposite Cary Grant in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller “North
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CUNNINGHAM, SOPHIE, FEVER, ATHLETIC
"If the Fever ever want to go back to being a basketball team again and follow the lead of rivals openly clashing with the forces trying to hijack their league, then (Sophie) Cunningham has to go."
- The Athletic's Candace Buckner
There's a great deal of
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COMMISSIONER, CBP, EXCLUSIVE, SCOTT
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said at Breitbart’s Border Security, Public Safety, and American Sovereignty Event on Tuesday the difference in border enforcement is “pretty simple, it’s night and day” between the Trump and Biden
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ATHLETE, SCOTUS, TRANS, ASSAULT
A family in Washington is now seeking an injunction from the U.S. Supreme Court after their teenage daughter was allegedly assaulted by a transgender athlete in a wrestling match.
In December of last year, Kallie Keeler (identified in court papers only as
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ALITO, SUPREME, COURT, RELIGIOUS
Samuel Alito Jr., associate justice of the US Supreme Court, prior to an interview at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026.
"I intend to stick around through this term," Alito told Bloomberg, referring to the court's current
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ACTBLUE, DONATION, DAMNING, TOLD
The Democrat fundraising machine ActBlue is claiming it updated its donor verification standards as Republican lawmakers investigate the platform over allegedly accepting foreign donations for campaigns in the United States.
ActBlue has been accused of failing
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TRUMP, JAMES, THREATENING, LETITIA
A former prosecutor in the New York attorney general’s office claims that Letitia James is threatening him after he blew the whistle on a scheme to take down President Trump – as he refuses to delete evidence of the alleged corruption.
Daniel Wiesenfeld, who
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HALF, WISCONSIN, MARATHON, COLLAPSING
A Milwaukee marathon runner desperately tried to save a dad of four who collapsed just shy of the finish line – before he was pronounced dead.
The competitor, who has not been publicly named, “immediately stepped in to help” after John Meise collapsed just
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MOTHER, FORMER, ANCHOR, TV
A former St. Louis television news anchor who admitted to fatally stabbing her mother in Kansas last Halloween has been sentenced to life in prison.
Angelynn "Angie" Mock, 48, will be eligible for parole after 25 years, according to a Sedgwick County District
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