Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, MAY 16th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
9 articles
TRUMP, CASSIDY, BILL, LOUISIANA
This Republican voted to convict Trump. Now he's up for reelection. Can he survive?
toggle caption Annie Flanagan for NPR
BATON ROUGE, La. — Most of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict President Trump after the January 6th insurrection have
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TRUMP, CHINA, TRIP, JEN
Left-wing critics have been regularly accusing the Trump family of profiting off Donald Trump’s presidency, but following his father’s historic trip to China, Eric Trump has decided to litigate to stop the accusations.
Trump said Friday he will be suing MSNOW,
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NIGERIAN, TRUMP, ISIS, LEADER
President Donald Trump said U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out a mission Friday night to kill a leader of the Islamic State group
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in
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TRUMP, USA, DATA, POSTS
Friday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talked about cooking.
Kennedy said, “We are in the middle of spiritual malaise in this country…. And if we’re going to fix that, one of the ways that we can start to
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STRIKE, LIRR, ISLAND, LONG
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman slammed Gov. Kathy Hochul as “the worst governor in America” for failing to stop the Long Island Rail Road strike.
“Hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders woke up to chaos because Kathy Hochul failed to do her job,”
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CRASH, DRUNK, SUSPECTED, DRIVER
A suspected drunk driver killed two pedestrians and injured several others Friday evening in a violent chain-reaction crash on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the New York Police Department (NYPD) told Fox News Digital.
The crash happened around 6 p.m. near
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PREAKNESS, STAKES, 2026, NAPOLEON
The 151st Preakness Stakes will take place on Saturday, but it will not take place at its usual racetrack.
For the first time ever, the Preakness Stakes will be run at a different course than the Pimlico Race Course. The racetrack, which is located in Baltimore,
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FRAUD, TIPS, STATE, AUDITOR
Nebraska’s top auditor says fraud complaints are surging as waste, fraud, and abuse dominate the national conversation, telling Fox News Digital that his own crackdown has uncovered alleged misuse of taxpayer resources inside state government.
"It’s just
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DEMS, HARRIS, MAKES, COLLEGE
The redistricting battle has been a real window into how far Democrats are willing to go to get - or keep - power. The meltdowns have been epic.
Perhaps one of the funniest responses was from Kamala Harris. She keeps trying to remain relevant, likely to stoke
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SETTLEMENT, DETRANSITION, HOSPITAL, 10M
The largest children’s hospital in the United States will create the country’s first “detransition clinic” to undo gender-affirming treatments for transgender youth and fire five doctors who performed the procedures to settle a joint investigation by the state
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CHAOS, SWATCH, FORCED, EDITION
Chaos has erupted over a viral watch collab forcing the closure of stores in Los Angeles and across the country as watch enthusiasts and resellers wait hours to get their hands on the items in hopes of scoring big bucks.
Hundreds of shoppers lined up outside
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HAMAS, ISRAEL, LEADER, OCT
Gaza airstrike targeted Hamas military wing leader, Israel says
toggle caption Jehad Alshrafi/AP
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Friday targeted the leader of Hamas' military wing, Israeli officials said, but it wasn't immediately
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CAROLINA, HOMEWRECKER, NORTH, SPOUSES
North Carolina’s controversial “homewrecker laws” are drawing national attention to deeply personal marital scandals, and this time, a former U.S. senator is at the center of the case.
According to a complaint reviewed by Fox News Digital, former Arizona Sen.
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TRUMP, DEFENDS, CHINESE, DONALD
Any announcement barring Chinese students from U.S. universities would be “a very insulting thing to say to a country,” President Donald Trump told Fox News during his trip to China.
“I will tell you that [U.S. universities] don’t want that to happen because
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CONSERVATIVES, UNBELIEVABLE, SATURDAY, MAKING
A whopping 91% of "Saturday Night Live" jokes targeted conservatives this season, according to a new analysis by Media Research Center’s NewsBusters, and President Donald Trump remained the show’s favorite punching bag.
According to the analysis, provided
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ATHLETE, PODIUM, CALIFORNIA, TRACK
A division championship track and field meet in California saw a trans athlete share first place in three events with female competitors, despite winning each event by large margins.
Trans athlete AB Hernandez of Jurupa Valley High School took first place
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CONDUCT, WITCH, NUDE, RITUALS
A twisted transgender pedophile is demanding his women’s prison allow him to conduct Wiccan rituals in the nude in the prison yard.
Marina Volz, 37, a biological male born Matthew, is serving a 25-year sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
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HOCHUL, TAX, MAMDANI, FOLLY
Tax-y Kathy is living for Zo-day.
New taxes targeting the rich pushed by Gov. Kathy Hochul this week may appease socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the short-term, but insiders warned they are so slapdash they’ll open cans of worms for the Big Apple’s future.
Hochul
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ALEX, MURDAUGH, NEW, JURY
The legal war over Alex Murdaugh’s upcoming retrial is already taking shape with defense attorney Dick Harpootlian hinting at possible new evidence and lead prosecutor Creighton Waters signaling an impending fight over whether the disgraced lawyer can get
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METS, MPH, CLAY, LEG
New York Mets pitcher Clay Holmes suffered a broken leg on Friday evening during a game with the New York Yankees, and video footage caught the moment it happened.
He was hurt during the fourth inning when a comebacker flying over 111 miles per hour from Spencer
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