Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13th 2026
Updated 15:12 ET
85 articles
TRUMP, OMAR, ILHAN, HOME
Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's DC home, DOJ says it approved the warrant
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Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C. home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Monday morning.
The Department of Justice said in a
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CODE, PROMO, GAME, RAMS
Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Monday afternoon was a must-win for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Despite widespread perception that the Dodgers are the unbeatable superteam, it was Milwaukee, the team that finished with the best record in
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TRUMP, RUSSIA, CEASEFIRE, UKRAINE
U.S. President Donald Trump stands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025.
More Republicans are speaking out against
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FLAGS, SIX, ROLLER, COASTER
An amusement park goer at Six Flags Over Georgia in Mableton was killed Monday after falling out of his seat on the Goliath roller coaster.
Cobb County emergency crews rushed to the scene and police are now investigating the incident that also left several
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BLAIR, SELMA, FLIGHT, ARRESTED
Actress Selma Blair was arrested Sunday following an alleged altercation with flight attendants aboard a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York City, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The Port Authority Police Department responded
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EXECUTION, MILITARY, ARCHBISHOP, SQUAD
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson encouraged President Trump Monday to reverse his decision to livestream the planned execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan by firing squad — adding that many of his fellow Republicans are similarly squeamish
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EL, SAYED, BROTHERHOOD, MUSLIM
Democrat Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is asking former President Barack Obama to help his problematic campaign.
Obama will campaign for the candidate at a rally on October 24. Now, this is pretty funny, as we reported, since El-Sayed has ripped
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BAD, BREAKING, RJ, MITTE
US actor RJ Mitte, best known for his role as the defiant son of drug kingpin Walter White in the drama series Breaking Bad, has died aged 34.
"It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability
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EXECUTION, PIKE, CHRISTA, 911
Emergency call records have revealed the confusion that developed among prison staff and emergency call handlers after the execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike went wrong last month in Tennessee.
Pike, 50, who killed Colleen Slemmer alongside her then-boyfriend
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POPE, LEO, SURGERY, AHEAD
Pope Leo XIV condemned the death penalty as "inadmissible" as the Pentagon faces criticism over plans to livestream an execution later this year.
Leo, the first American pope, shared his opposition to capital punishment Saturday in a social media post marking
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ICE, ILLEGAL, NY, HOCHUL
An illegal migrant accused of setting a Queens building ablaze and sipping beer as four people burned to death — including a 3-year-old girl — is among a string of accused criminals New York has refused to hand over to ICE, federal officials say.
As The Post
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DAY, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLES, COLUMBUS
Columbus Day is a holiday worth keeping and honoring as a great American holiday, for Columbus was the first seafaring explorer to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Europe and discover the continent that would later host colonies that became the foundation of the
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POLICE, COP, HUSBAND, FRIEND
San Francisco’s former deputy police chief was looking forward to a fresh start after deciding to divorce her husband — just two weeks before he shot her and their daughter dead in their California home, a close friend has told the California Post.
Ann Mannix,
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NYC, GOV, DOLAN, DAY
Knicks owner James Dolan is hosting a fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman on Thursday at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden, The Post has learned.
The gala hosted by Dolan — along with the president and CEO of Witkoff Group,
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CHAMPIONSHIP, TNA, BOUND, GLORY
The X Division Championship scramble was simply "amazing."
The match was initially billed as a six-man match among BDE, KC Navarro, Ryan Nemeth, Fabian Aichner, Rich Swann and Cedric Alexander. The X Division title was vacated when Leon Slater cashed in "Option
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NYPD, MAMDANI, REVIEW, TISCH
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the launch of an internal review of the New York Police Department’s use of force on Monday, but the initiative falls short of fulfilling several of his campaign promises, including pledges to disband a controversial
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SECRET, THREATS, SERVICE, LEADERSHIP
Secret Service leadership detailed the “massive increase” in threats against the presidency and agents in the past year during a special joint interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday.
“It’s like we’ve never seen before,” Secret Service Director Sean Curran
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TRUMP, JUDGE, TREES, GOLF
The seemingly never-ending drama of whether or not President Trump can proceed with his planned projects to beautify the federal city of Washington, D.C., continued Monday during an explosive hearing in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes.
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Reyes,
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WNBA, FINALS, ARENA, GAMES
Angel Reese will be making her WNBA Finals debut when the Atlanta Dream take on the Golden State Valkyries in a best-of-7 series, which begins Saturday in California.
However, Dream fans who were hoping to get into an arena to watch Reese, Rhyne Howard, Allisha
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SOCIAL, RECKONING, MOMMY, 27
Although it cost a lot less than Digger, writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s Social Reckoning is an even bigger box office bomb. In its debut weekend, this sequel to the Oscar-winning box office hit The Social Network grossed just $5.5 million domestic. Overseas,
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WOKE, BODIES, BASHAM, HOAX
On “The Alex Marlow Show,” Megan Basham talked about churches.
Basham said, “I was experiencing the woke years of 2019 to 2021 in the same way that, you know, probably your ordinary average Christian mom was. I was suddenly going, you know, why is my children’s
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HOUSE, GOP, MAJORITY, LEADER
Rep. Mike Johnson (LA-04), the current Republican Speaker of the House, has been by and large a pretty effective Speaker. He's managed to herd the cats that are the Republican Party pretty well, and has managed a few high-profile wins, not the least of which
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RACHEL, LAS, STORM, VEGAS
The National Weather Service has issued more flood watches and is warning of more showers and isolated thunderstorms in the Southwest after the remnants of tropical storm Rachel caused severe flooding in Nevada over the weekend
Waves hit a walkway in front
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WOMAN, MCDONALD, BATHROOM, TRANS
A man who identifies as a transgender woman has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing a stranger 13 times on Chicago’s South Side, with the knife blade reportedly breaking off in the victim’s skull.
Kelly Day, 32, was with his wife
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