Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
66 articles
TRUMP, UKRAINE, PUTIN, PEACE
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, visiting the White House on Monday with an extraordinary delegation of European leaders, used a genial meeting with President Trump to defend his nation’s interests as Mr. Trump presses for a quick peace agreement with
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TRUMP, UKRAINE, CUOMO, AMERICAN
Pope Leo XIV offered a prayer on Sunday for the success of peacemaking efforts. The pope did not reference any conflict in particular, but the peace effort drawing the most attention over the weekend was President Donald Trump’s efforts to negotiate an end
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ILLEGAL, FLORIDA, NEWSOM, CRASH
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida was in the country illegally, fueling a verbal tussle with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office over immigration
Trump administration
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DEAD, FOUND, NEW, SEARCH
The husband of a California woman found dead in a national forest was seen on home security camera footage dragging an oddly shaped object wrapped in a sheet from his Los Angeles County home, according to a report.
Ring camera footage from a neighbor showed
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AIR, CANADA, FLIGHT, UNION
Air Canada says flights will resume Tuesday night after flight attendants strike ends
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TORONTO — Air Canada said Tuesday it will gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement with the union for
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NORTH, WEAPONS, KOREA, KIM
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un called for the rapid buildup of his nation's nuclear arsenal on Tuesday, reacting to joint military operations by the U.S. and South Korea.
Kim called the military exercises an "obvious expression of their will to provoke
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AG, ARRESTED, REGRET, PROSECUTOR
There's a video of an arrest of a Rhode Island Assistant Attorney General that's going viral, and when you see it, it will be easy to see why.
Newport Police were called to the Clarke Cooke House, where they allegedly found Special Assistant Attorney General
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TEXAS, HOUSE, ESCORT, REP
She’s having a Capitol sleepover.
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) slept in the House chamber Monday into Tuesday after refusing to accept a state trooper escort, calling herself a “political prisoner.”
Republicans required their Democratic peers to have
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37, GABBARD, SECURITY, OFFICIALS
On Tuesday, the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, revoked the security clearance of 37 current and former officials within the intelligence community who are reportedly related to the Russian Hoax.
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Gabbard posted the official
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TRUMP, NEWSOM, ROCKER, IZZY
Rocker Jack White approved of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) using his “Seven Nation Army” song for an anti-Trump meme. “Keep hitting him back, Gavin!” the White Stripes singer declared.
“It’s time to stop the election rigging by Trump & red states. On November
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HURRICANE, ERIN, STORM, NORTH
Holly Andrzejewski hadn’t yet welcomed her and her family’s first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had to start rescheduling them, as Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday and threatened to whip up wild waves and
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REDISTRICTING, NEWSOM, CALIFORNIA, PLAN
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s redistricting effort is receiving pushback from Republicans in the state assembly who are accusing the Democrats of keeping them in the dark and of "disenfranchising Californians."
GOP Assemblywoman Alexandra
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GAS, LINE, HITS, EXPLOSION
A veterinary hospital under construction exploded after a car hit the gas line that fed into the building in Wilmington
WILMINGTON, N.C. -- A brand new veterinary hospital exploded Tuesday morning in North Carolina after a car crashed into a nearby gas meter,
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CRIME, MAYOR, VIOLENT, ADAMS
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott discusses how the city has brought violent crime down Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about how the city has been working to reduce violent crime, now at historic lows, according to city data.
National
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ZOHRAN, MAMDANI, MAYORAL, NYC
New Yorkers are seemingly starting to sour on the socialist upstart Zohran Mamdani, according to a new poll — that still showed the Democratic nominee holding onto his clear frontrunner status in the crowded mayoral field.
The survey of 1,400 likely voters,
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CRIME, DC, TRUMP, ARRESTED
Something is interesting going on in the continuing controversy over President Donald Trump's anti-crime initiative in Washington, D.C. When Trump first announced the move, saying crime in the city is "out of control," many Democrats and their media allies
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KRISTI, NOEM, BORDER, WALL
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on Tuesday that the entire southern border wall will be painted black as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to increase the effectiveness of the wall as a deterrent.
Speaking in front of a portion
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MEDIA, MSNBC, SOCIAL, CHANGE
As RedState’s Bonchie reported Monday, the far-left cable “news” network MSNBC is getting a name change as it it’s being spun off from NBCUniversal into a new venture called Versant. Pundits and social media users alike took notice and are less than impressed
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TEXAS, JAIL, MISTAKENLY, MANHUNT
Texas police hunt convict 'mistakenly' freed from jail
Tory Dugas, 36, was sentenced to jail for assault and evading arrest
Police in Texas are searching for a man they say was "mistakenly" released from jail as he was set to begin a seven-year sentence.
Tory
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PARAMOUNT, TRUMP, SHARI, REDSTONE
The former Paramount chief reportedly saw a silver lining in President Donald Trump's prolonged legal battle with CBS News.
Shari Redstone, who was the controlling shareholder of the media giant before recently selling it to Skydance Media as part of an
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SCHOOL, ARRESTED, SEX, TEACHER
Attendance has fallen in some school systems since the crackdown began.
Parents and students arrive for the first day of school as teachers and volunteers patrol for the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the Ninety-Third Street Elementary
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ADAMS, MIGRANT, COURTHOUSE, TRUMP
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday demanded that the federal government stop making arrests at New York City immigration courts, marking a break with President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration as the mayor runs a long-shot re-election campaign.
Mr. Adams,
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GUARD, TROOPS, NATIONAL, SIX
The 800 National Guard troops sent into Washington last week will soon be augmented by hundreds more, as several states with Republican governors commit to supporting President Trump’s crackdown in the city.
But Army officials appear to be trying to keep the
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VISAS, STUDENT, 6K, STATE
The U.S. State Department has revoked over 6,000 student visas this year after those who held them either broke the law or supported terrorism, a department official said.
In a statement to Fox News, the senior official detailed the situation and what led
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