Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, CUBA, OIL, VENEZUELA
So, about all that Venezuelan oil. Although President Trump has declared that America’s oil companies will soon “go in” to Venezuela and “spend billions of dollars” to rebuild that country’s petroleum industry, the administration is making two huge assumptions.
Continued at The Atlantic...
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IRAN, PROTESTS, TRUMP, WARNS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the possibility of U.S. intervention in Iran, according to a report.
The two leaders spoke by phone Saturday as Israel is on "high alert," preparing for the possibility
Continued at Fox News...
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DENTIST, OHIO, HUSBAND, WIFE
Michael McKee has been arrested and booked in the Dec. 30 murders.
In this booking photo released by the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, Michael David McKee is shown.
In this booking photo released by the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office, Michael David
Continued at ABC...
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IRAN, REVOLUTION, EXILED, CROWN
(AFP) — A protester briefly replaced the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its London embassy with a former flag, flown before 1979, during a demonstration Saturday, witnesses told AFP.
A video posted to social media showed a man on the balcony of the
Continued at Breitbart...
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GREENLAND, TRUMP, LEADERS, CONTROL
With all eyes on Iran, and on the mess that the left is making of many of our cities, it's easy to forget that the rest of the world is out there - but out there it is, and that rest of the world includes Greenland. President Trump would like Greenland to become
Continued at Red State...
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NYC, MAYOR, MAMDANI, RUN
The outgoing head of the Big Apple’s top business advocacy group said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team is treating local employers like the “enemy” — as she hoped Hizzoner would step into the void.
“I think there’s reason to be nervous in the sense that so far
Continued at New York Post...
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DE, TREN, ARAGUA, POLICE
Portland Police Chief Bob Day wiped away tears Friday as he addressed new information showing that two illegal immigrants shot during a federal immigration enforcement encounter had ties to the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA).
Day confirmed
Continued at Fox News...
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MINNESOTA, FRAUD, SCANDAL, USDA
After Minnesota, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine fights back against claims of child care fraud Accusations of benefits fraud has spread from Minnesota to Ohio, where the Republican governor is trying to fight back with facts and tamp down finger-pointing at Somali-Americans.
National
Continued at NPR...
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SYRIA, TARGETS, ISIS, STRIKES
US military strikes Islamic State group targets in Syria, officials say
The US and its partner forces have carried out large-scale strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria, the US Central Command (Centcom) has announced.
US President Donald
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INDIANA, RAMS, MATTHEW, PAST
The Associated Press announced the All-Pro teams on Saturday, and Los Angeles Rams star quarterback Matthew Stafford was named to the first team over New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye.
Stafford being named to the first team over Maye is a strong
Continued at Fox News...
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LOS, ANGELES, PROTEST, CROWD
California gubernatorial candidates — former Rep. Katy Porter, center left, and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, center right, laugh during a labor forum Saturday in Los Angeles as former Controller Betty Yee, left, and former federal health chief
Continued at LA Times...
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KRISTI, ICE, NOEM, SHOOTING
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem needed “to resign or be impeached.”
Host Jake Tapper said, “I want to start with your reaction to what happened in Minneapolis and also what you heard
Continued at Breitbart...
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ICE, MINNESOTA, ALIEN, ILLEGAL
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an illegal alien convicted of raping a child, among other crimes against children, after having first illegally crossed the southern border in 1998, Breitbart News has exclusively learned.
On January 2,
Continued at Breitbart...
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TRUMP, POLICY, FLOURISHING, SINGER
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart COO Jon Kahn talked about the fires in California.
Kahn said, “I think that the policies that led up to it, I think they were protecting some interesting plant. I don’t know what it is. … The fire started January 1
Continued at Breitbart...
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ICE, FREY, SHOOTING, JACOB
Mayor Jacob Frey made despicable comments right after the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, calling it "murder" and inciting the people of his city, rather than calling for calm and waiting for the facts. He also cursed ICE and told them to "get the
Continued at Red State...
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PACKERS, BEARS, WIN, PLAYOFF
The Chicago Bears locked in defensively and only allowed six points in the second half against the Green Bay Packers in their playoff comeback win on Saturday night, but they ended up taking a huge blow.
Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards suffered a gruesome
Continued at Fox News...
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DISGUSTING, HAMAS, AOC, ANTISEMITIC
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul , Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., and Democratic socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned chants of "we support Hamas" after demonstrators were filmed chanting the phrase during a protest in a predominantly
Continued at Fox News...
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FEARS, RADICALIZATION, UK, UAE
The United Arab Emirates has removed British universities from its generous foreign study funding programme, reportedly over fears its young people could be influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood on radicalised UK campuses.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said
Continued at Breitbart...
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ICE, ILHAN, OMAR, JOINS
If members of the progressive wing of the Democrat Party are known for anything, it's doing whatever they can to change the subject from the very problems they have caused, or whatever bad personal situation they happen to find themselves in. We saw just the
Continued at Red State...
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FEDERAL, AGENTS, SHOOTING, MINNEAPOLIS
More federal agents to be sent to Minnesota, Trump administration says
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The Trump administration has said it will send "hundreds more" federal officers to Minneapolis, days after
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JASMINE, BOWEN, CROCKETT, YANG
Former "Saturday Night Live" star Bowen Yang and his fellow podcast host Matt Rogers walked back critical comments they made earlier this week about Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, after the pair faced backlash online for questioning her Senate run.
"I hear
Continued at Fox News...
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MURDER, AGENT, ICE, COACH
NBA coach Steve Kerr spoke to reporters Friday, telling them, “It’s shameful…we can have law enforcement officers who commit murder” and a government that will “come out and lie about what happened.”
The Minnesota Timberwolves held a moment of silence Thursday
Continued at Breitbart...