Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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CHENEY, LIZ, GOP, TRUMP
(CNN) In a single sentence on Monday night, Mitt Romney explained why the planned removal of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position in the House on Wednesday is such a giant mistake for Republicans.
"Expelling Liz Cheney from leadership won't
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YOUNGKIN, GOVERNOR, GLENN, VIRGINIA
Glenn Youngkin, a former CEO of the Carlyle Group, secured the Republican nomination for this year’s Virginia governor’s race on Monday night, beating out six other candidates in a ranked-choice voting process that required six rounds of ballot-counting.
Youngkin
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SCHOOL, SHOOTING, RUSSIA, DEAD
Russian media report that 11 people have been killed and four wounded in a school shooting in the city of Kazan
MOSCOW -- A school shooting erupted Tuesday in the Russian city of Kazan, leaving 11 people dead and four wounded, Russia's state RIA Novosti news
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ARBERY, AHMAUD, MEN, FEDERAL
Three Georgia men were scheduled to appear before a federal judge Tuesday on federal hate crime charges in the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was chased and shot after being spotted running in the defendants' neighborhood.
Arraignments
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VETERANS, LIFE, VA, HOSPITAL
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. – Robert Kozul cried when he learned on Christmas in 2017 that he would be a great-grandfather.
But he never got to meet his great-grandchild. "You took all that away from him," said Becky Kozul, Robert Kozul's daughter-in-law, at a sentencing
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LYFT, UBER, FREE, RIDES
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki delivers remarks during a press briefing inside the White House in Washington, D.C., February 3, 2021. (Tom Brenner/Reuters)
The Biden White House has been exercising editorial control over the press corps tasked with
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SHOOTING, KILLED, POLICE, OFFICER
Officer, suspect killed in central Calif. shootout
A California police officer who was killed while serving a search warrant was identified as a detective in San Luis Obispo. Police said the suspect was lying in wait in the apartment and fired at officers
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TIGER, HOUSTON, MURDER, SUSPECT
Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, was charged with felony evading arrest. Twitter
The Texas man allegedly caught on camera with a Bengal tiger outside of his home was arrested on Monday night, police said.
Victor Hugo Cuevas, 26, faces charges of felony evading arrest
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Dr. Anthony Fauci denied that the National Institutes of Health had funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab U.S. intelligence is investigating as a possible origin of the COVID-19 pandemic during a testy exchange with Republican Sen. Rand Paul.
Officials
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PIPELINE, GAS, ATTACK, PRICES
Hikes In Gas Prices Fueled In Part By Panic Buying The Colonial Pipeline hack is an issue for the government and energy industry, but won't have a huge effect on national gas prices. Some areas may see temporary shortages, due in part to panic buying.
Hikes
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BILL, VOTING, SENATE, MCCONNELL
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., each testified before the Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday to state their respective party's stance on Democrats' sprawling election and ethics bill.
During a markup
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FAMILY, BROWN, ANDREW, JR
“At no point did we ever see Mr. Brown make contact with law enforcement. We were able to see where they possibly reached out to make contact to him, but we did not see any actions on Mr. Brown’s part where he made contact with them or tried to go in their
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ARIZONA, VOTING, DUCEY, STATE
Arizona Republicans Enact Sweeping Changes To State's Early Voting List
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Shortly after Arizona Republican lawmakers approved it, GOP Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday quickly signed a bill
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It’s always seemed an incredibly ridiculous argument that Democrats have pushed against voter ID, suggesting that it’s “racist” to require it. A lot of the rest of the world requires voter ID and can’t imagine our system where so many states don’t require it.
Indeed,
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IRANIAN, BOATS, WARNING, STRAIT
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The Pentagon has been criticizing Iranian Guards of the Islamic Revolution after a faceoff with U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Fast boats conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers, and
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PIPELINE, COLONIAL, CYBERATTACK, BIDEN
The latest on who is behind it, how it could impact gas prices and more.
A cybersecurity attack targeting operators of a major East Coast fuel pipeline has left the nation reeling, exposing the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure to new threats while
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BAFFERT, MEDINA, SPIRIT, TEST
While the Kentucky Derby-winning horse Medina Spirit spent most of Monday in a van headed to Baltimore, his defiant Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert blitzed the airwaves to deny that he was a cheater and warn that he was willing to go to court if his horse
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TEBOW, TIM, NFL, KAEPERNICK
God does work in mysterious ways.
Tim Tebow would agree. And now the devout Christian athlete has shown it again.
What a story! And, by the way, brilliant business decision.
The 33-year-old Heisman Trophy winner (first college sophomore to win that) and
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