Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, JULY 17th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
38 articles
TRUMP, ELECTION, CHINA, SPEECH
White House teleprompter operator suspected of profiting off Trump's words President Trump's longtime teleprompter operator has been accused of profiting off of his access to the president's prepared remarks by placing bets on the prediction market site Kalshi.
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SMOKE, WILDFIRE, CANADA, TRUMP
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The New York metro area is still suffering from punishing haze and choking smoke from the Canadian wildfires, but experts are hopeful a change in the weather could offer some relief in time for Sunday’s FIFA
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WORLD, CUP, FINAL, SPAIN
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Why does the World Cup endure in an age of fractured attention? Is FreddyLA7 a real person? Charlie Warzel speaks with Men in Blazers founder Roger Bennett to chart how the World Cup has become far more than
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TRUMP, ELECTION, DHS, SECURITY
DHS (Homeland Security) Sec. Markwayne Mullin, in his remarks during a press conference on Friday, laid out the next steps for our nation to secure free and fair elections, in the wake of President Trump's address to the American people, and release of the
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OUTBREAK, DIARRHEA, EXPLOSIVE, CYCLOSPORIASIS
Fruit and vegetable producer Taylor Fresh Foods says it is voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico from the U.S. market amid an ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak across the country that has sickened more than 1,600 people.
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GRAHAM, LINDSEY, TRUMP, SENATE
Darline Graham has privately expressed interest in running for a full Senate term, a report said, as memorial services have been announced for her late brother Lindsey Graham.
Three people familiar with the deliberations told The Associated Press that Darline
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IRAN, BRIDGES, STRIKES, CEASEFIRE
A giant banner depicting symbolic images of Iran's late and current Supreme Leaders, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is displayed on an avenue in Tehran, Iran, on July 16, 2026, amid ongoing tensions between Iran and the United States.
Iran
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SENATE, TRANS, CANDIDATE, DEM
A transgender Democrat candidate hoping to replace Maine’s Graham Platner in the U.S. Senate race said during a recent debate he “did not want to hurt anybody” but merely wanted to “use the bathroom.”
Transgender activist Ashley Webb claimed the “trans community”
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MARLOW, TRUMP, BAD, RAPID
Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Trump.
Marlow said, “This is a travesty of our justice system. It is a complete outrage. But it also reveals something very important about all the haters who hate President
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SOCIALISTS, CYNTHIA, NIXON, AMERICA
Progressive activist and actress Cynthia Nixon has been added to the committee that helps select New York's top judges, according to a report from the New York Post Thursday.
Nixon, an outspoken democratic socialist who mounted an unsuccessful bid for governor
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HOLLYWOOD, MAIN, WEST, WATER
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Thousands of miles of century-old pipes in desperate need for repair run under the streets of Los Angeles, making the threat of another catastrophic water main burst a frightening reality.
The explosion under
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OLIVE, ID, GARDEN, POLICY
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Olive Garden’s Never-Ending Pasta Pass sparked an unlikely political firestorm after conservatives applauded the restaurant’s photo ID requirement, arguing the policy is stricter than voting laws in some Democrat-led
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TIRED, FAMILY, ABUSE, REPUBLICANS
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is facing blowback after the family of a child sex abuse victim whose case he invoked publicly contradicted his claim and said they are "tired of being used" in the election.
Talarico held a news conference July
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YEARS, WANTED, 20, RUN
“He can run, but he can’t hide.” That saying came into the American lexicon in 1946, when legendary boxer Joe Louis was talking strategy before a match with Billy Conn, who was known for his evasive style.
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MAINE, SCRAMBLE, LEFT, PLATNER
Democrats competing to replace disgraced Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner embraced key parts of his progressive platform during Thursday’s debate, including abolishing ICE, Medicare for all, economic populism and criticism of Israel.
The debate showed
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ROBINSON, TYLER, BUSINESS, TAXPAYERS
Tyler Robinson’s father is reportedly running a thriving family business while Utah taxpayers brace for a possible $10 million defense bill for his son, who is accused of assassinating Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk last September.
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JAPAN, THRONE, LAW, REVISES
Japan revises law on royals, keeps blocking women from throne
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Japan's upper house of parliament has voted to pass controversial revisions to a law governing who can inherit the throne in the world's oldest continuous hereditary
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OSCAR, BRENDA, FRICKER, 81
LONDON (AP) — Brenda Fricker, who won an Academy Award for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film “My Left Foot,’’ has died. She was 81.
The Irish character actor died Thursday night in Dublin after a period of ill health, her agent, Phil Belfield
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RUN, PELOSI, HIT, NAPA
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Paul Pelosi, the husband of Nancy Pelosi has been charged in his hit-and-run crash over the Fourth of July weekend.
Allison Haley, the District Attorney of Napa County filed charges against Pelosi Friday. He
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SHOW, TODAY, INTRUDER, ROKER
The security guard who reportedly failed to keep the TODAY show intruder out of the studio has been fired.
Page Six reports intruder suspect Andrew Truelove was able to slip past two security guards with surveillance video capturing the oversight. One guard
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BAN, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, ASSAULT, JERSEY
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down New Jersey's ban on semiautomatic rifles and magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds, prompting the National Rifle Association (NRA) to call the decision a "historic victory" in a case the gun-rights
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BLANCHE, EPSTEIN, TODD, MEETING
Farmer said Blanche "would not commit" to investigating her case.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche talks with reporters after attending a meeting related to survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 16,
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CAITLIN, POLITICAL, FOOTBALL, NBA
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark has become a "political football" in the United States and the debate around fouls against the player are "not largely about officiating", NBA commissioner Adam Silver says.
Clark, 24, has become one of the biggest draws in
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PART, FAMILIES, INSIST, COMEBACK
When the original founders of Hooters took back control of the iconic restaurant chain last year after its corporate bankruptcy, they promised to return it to its roots.
That meant dialing back what founding member and Hooters Inc. CEO Neil Kiefer described
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