Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
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KIRK, CHARLIE, ASSASSINATION, TRUMP
March 2020 photo of political analyst Matthew Dowd on the set of an ABC newscast on Super Tuesday coverage.
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Political analyst Matthew Dowd lost his contributor role at
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11, ATTACKS, ANNIVERSARY, NEW
Raphael Jarvis is going to get through this 9/11 anniversary with the help of a new partner.
The retired city sanitation officer, who spent months after the 2001 terror attack digging through the wreckage looking for survivors only to years later join the
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TRUMP, 11, KIRK, YANKEES
U.S. President Donald Trump and Lisa Cook, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve
Lawyers for President Donald Trump on Thursday asked a federal appeals court to let his bid to fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook take effect before the central bank's
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TRUMP, TRIAL, RYAN, ROUTH
The federal trial of Ryan Routh, the accused would-be assassin of President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club last year, is scheduled to begin Thursday.
After several rounds of jury selection that began Monday, a panel of 12 jurors — along with
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SOUTH, RAID, IMMIGRATION, HOME
South Koreans arrested in U.S. immigration raid being sent home
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SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. immigration authorities are preparing to send more than 300 South Korean workers home on a chartered flight from Atlanta, a week after
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EPSTEIN, AMBASSADOR, JEFFREY, UK
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday sacked the U.K. ambassador to the United States, Lord Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty used a statement in the House of Commons
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NOMINEES, NUCLEAR, SENATE, OPTION
Senate Republicans on Thursday bulldozed past Senate precedents and changed the rules to break a Democratic blockade of President Trump’s nominees, in an extraordinary move that is likely to undercut Congress’s future role in vetting executive branch officials.
The
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NADINE, MENENDEZ, SENTENCED, SCHEME
Ex-senator's wife sentenced to more than 4 years in bribery scheme
Menendez's trial was postponed after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and she often wore a face mask and pin promoting breast cancer awareness to court
Her husband was convicted last
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LOCKDOWN, ACADEMY, NAVAL, REPORTED
The campus of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) is on lockdown Thursday evening as law enforcement officials investigate reports that a gunman has shot three people. One report indicates that a midshipman who had been kicked out of the school returned
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11, MAMDANI, RALLYING, LINK
New York officials joined other dignitaries and families of victims Thursday at an emotional ceremony honoring the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in Lower Manhattan.
“America’s Mayor” Rudy Giuliani — who led the city in the aftermath
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SCHOOL, COLORADO, STUDENTS, HIGH
Multiple students injured in Colorado high school shooting A student who authorities say opened fire at his Colorado high school on Wednesday, wounding two classmates before turning the gun on himself, has died, according to the local sheriff's office.
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ZARUTSKA, IRYNA, SUSPECT, REFUGEE
CHARLOTTE — The anguished mother of accused Charlotte train killer Decarlos Brown Jr. said she tried to get her schizophrenic son help — but was turned away.
In an exclusive interview with The Post, Michelle Dewitt also asserted that he should never have been
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AUGUST, INFLATION, PRICES, TRUMP
U.S. consumer prices rose at a faster-than-expected pace in August, although core inflation came in in-line with expectations and showed few signs of pressure from tariffs.
The consumer price index rose 0.4 percent compared with the previous month, the Department
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SECRET, KIRK, SERVICE, ASSASSINATION
The Secret Service has its hands full combating an unprecedented level of political threats, an issue underscored in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
While the Secret Service is initiating a series of changes to bolster
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CAREER, COUPLE, ELDERLY, CRIMINAL
This is the beloved slain couple who were tied up and stabbed in their Queens home this week.
A photo obtained by The Post shows Frank Olton, 76, and his wife Maureen Olton, 77, whose burnt bodies were found in their modest house in Bellerose Monday.
The
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PALESTINE, SEINFELD, JERRY, FREE
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld had some choice words regarding the Free Palestine movement, comparing it to the Ku Klux Klan.
Seinfeld issued his comments during an appearance at a Duke University event.
“Free Palestine is, to me, just — you’re free to say you don’t
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MAMDANI, TRUMP, MEETS, DEMOCRATS
Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City’s billionaire former mayor, spent $8 million as part of an unsuccessful effort to defeat Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist upstart, in June’s Democratic mayoral primary.
On Thursday, Mr. Bloomberg took a
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WARNER, DISCOVERY, PARAMOUNT, REPORTS
Warner Bros Discovery shares surge on buyout reports
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Shares in Warner Brothers Discovery and Paramount Skydance have surged following reports that Paramount Skydance is preparing
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JARRING, AGENDA, CONTRADICTION, HEART
To many scientists — and some of Mr. Kennedy’s own followers — the gap between the health secretary’s use of his authority over food quality and his pummeling of vaccines has created a jarring split screen.
“It seems like the vaccine issues were very much
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88, ACTRESS, POLLY, HOLLIDAY
Polly Holliday, best known for her role as Flo on the beloved sitcom "Alice," has died. She was 88.
"I can only confirm that Ms. Holliday passed away on the 9th of September comfortably at her home in Manhattan," her talent manager, Dennis Aspland, told
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INTRODUCES, BILL, MARSHA, CONGRESS
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is introducing legislation on the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States that would prevent states from issuing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens.
Blackburn is introducing the Stop
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ISRAEL, HAMAS, MIDDLE, DROVE
Israel has hunted its top enemies around the Middle East. What has it achieved?
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Israel's surprise attack in Qatar on Tuesday targeting Hamas' top political leadership failed to kill any senior officials, according
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FARE, EVASION, COST, YEAR
In 2024, the report said, the M.T.A. lost a combined $568 million in unpaid bus fares and $350 million in unpaid subway fares, plus at least $51 million in unpaid tolls and at least $46 million in unpaid commuter railroad tickets.
The report focused mainly
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