Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, MAY 22nd 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
22 articles
TRUMP, IRAN, JR, WEDDING
US President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. walk on the south lawn toward the White House in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2026.
President Donald Trump on Friday said he won't attend the wedding this weekend of his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., to socialite
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KYLE, BUSCH, NASCAR, DEATH
Tributes continued to pour in on Thursday after NASCAR star Kyle Busch died at the age of 41 following an undisclosed illness.
Before Game 1 of the NHL's Eastern Conference Finals between the Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens, the Hurricanes honored
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GABBARD, TULSI, INTELLIGENCE, DIRECTOR
Gabbard resigns as national intelligence director citing husband's cancer diagnosis
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Tulsi Gabbard announced Friday that she is resigning as President Trump's director of national intelligence in
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COLBERT, STEPHEN, LATE, SHOW
U.S. President Donald Trump wasted little time contemplating the end of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert after its final episode went to air Thursday night, characterising the departing host as being “like a dead person.”
Trump, so often a Colbert target
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NEWSOM, DAY, GAS, MEMORIAL
Gas prices surged in recent months as the Iran war choked off global oil supply.
A car is filled with gasoline at a gas station ahead of the Memorial Day weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May, 21 2026.
A car is filled with gasoline at a gas station ahead
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PRATT, SPENCER, CAMPAIGN, MAYOR
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Spencer Pratt just unleashed a campaign cash storm in the race to be the next mayor of Los Angeles.
New campaign disclosures show Pratt raised roughly $2.7 million between April 19 and May 15, nearly equaling
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TRUMP, POLAND, TROOPS, 000
Trump says he's sending 5,000 more troops to Poland
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday said the U.S. will send an additional 5,000 troops to Poland, stirring confusion following weeks of changing statements
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CAITLIN, CLARK, FEVER, INJURY
The Indiana Fever ruled Caitlin Clark out of Wednesday’s game against the Portland Fire with a back injury less than two hours before tipoff, marking her first missed game of the season.
Indiana went on to beat the Fire 90-73, but Clark’s late scratch raised
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TRUMP, SAVING, DAYLIGHT, TIME
It happens twice a year: Daylight Saving Time requires us to try to remember whether to "spring forward" or "fall back." Other thoughts include, "Did I get all the clocks?" And one of my personal favorites: "I can't remember how to change the clock in my car."
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KILMAR, JUDGE, ABREGO, GARCIA
If you had told me a year ago that I'd still be writing on the saga of St. Kilmar (aka Kilmar Abrego Garcia, aka "Maryland Father"), I'd have thought it absurd. And yet, here we are.
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Another chapter in the never-ending legal tale has unfolded,
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CALIFORNIA, CHEMICAL, TANK, TOXIC
Evacuation orders issued in California city over chemical tank: 'It fails or it blows up'
An emergency hazmat incident at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California, has prompted evacuations in the area, May 22, 2026.
An emergency hazmat incident at
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TEXAS, DEMOCRAT, HOMAN, DISTANCE
Thursday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Trump border czar Tom Homan took a jab at Texas Democrat Maureen Galindo for saying she would make ICE jail a “prison for American Zionists.”
Homan called her an “idiot,” adding that the Trump
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KNICKS, GAME, HART, JOSH
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani quietly attended the Knicks’ Game 2 win over the Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night — paying face value for tickets near a section that boasted $700 seats.
Mamdani,
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APPLICANTS, GREEN, CARD, TRUMP
"We're returning to the original intent of the law," a spokesperson said.
In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office is shown in Santa Clara, Calif.
In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Citizenship and
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SHIPYARD, INCLUDING, EXPLOSION, INJURED
A fire and explosion at a shipyard on Staten Island has injured at least 16 people, including three seriously
Fire, shipyard explosion on Staten Island injures at least 16, including 3 seriously
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press and REBECCA BOONE Associated
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FILES, UFO, DECLASSIFIED, FIGHTER
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A trove of previously top secret National Security Agency records have just been released that detail a spate of apparent UFO encounters, including one incident where 13 military fighter jets were sent to chase
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PLATNER, VETERAN, ONLINE, DEATH
Time magazine is drawing criticism for its cover story on controversial Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Time's upcoming June 8 issue features a photo of Platner, a Democrat running in Maine's Senate primary, on its new cover with the headline,
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TRUMP, KEN, PAXTON, REPUBLICAN
President Trump took 11 weeks to choose between Senator John Cornyn and State Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary runoff—so long that most people figured he’d never actually decide. Which is why, when Trump finally endorsed Paxton on Tuesday,
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HUNTER, BIDEN, REINVENT, JOE
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Former first son Hunter Biden wildly claimed that Israeli intelligence was behind the Ukraine corruption allegations against him and former President Joe Biden in a new interview with Candace Owens.
The 56-year-old
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IRAN, STRAIT, HORMUZ, PLAN
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Friday against Iran trying to create a “tolling system” for commercial shipping to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
“They’re trying to convince Oman, by the way, to join
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STUDENT, SCHOOL, HIGH, TEACHER
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A fight between multiple students at Fairfield High School escalated into police intervention, two arrests, and a viral controversy after video surfaced showing an officer striking a student during the confrontation
Fairfield
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CHRIST, GIBSON, RESURRECTION, MEL
The long awaited sequel to Mel Gibson’s groundbreaking The Passion of the Christ became all the more real this week when he unveiled the first look for The Resurrection of the Christ.
The first look is a production still showing Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen
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AGENT, ICE, VIDEO, SHOWS
We’ve seen plenty of violent anti-ICE action against the agency in Trump’s second term in office, but this episode goes right at or near the top of the “This Is Nuts" list.
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It happened in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025, during an enforcement mission
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SHOT, COURTHOUSE, LAWYERS, BELLIGERENT
The condition of the victims is unknown.
Two attorneys were shot near a North Carolina courthouse on May 22, 2026, just after a civil court case they were connected to was terminated, according to the Raleigh Police Department.
Two attorneys were shot near
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