Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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MASK, CDC, VACCINATED, NEW
Walmart will no longer require its customers and employees to wear masks inside stores as long as they are fully vaccinated starting next Tuesday, according to a report by the Hill.
The company’s decision comes the day after new guidelines from the Centers
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BIDEN, TRUMP, MCCARTHY, JOE
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) likely shocked typical humans Friday when he dinged President Joe Biden for apparently requiring at least five hours of sleep a night.
McCarthy was attempting to make a point about Biden’s energy compared to
Continued at Huffington Post...
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MARS, CHINA, LANDS, ADVANCE
China has landed its first spacecraft on Mars, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
China’s National Space Administration launched the Tianwen-1 mission in July 2020 with the goal of landing a rover on the red planet.
The vessel reached Mars orbit
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PREAKNESS, MEDINA, SPIRIT, STAKES
(CNN) Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit can race in Saturday's Preakness Stakes after the final two rounds of blood samples from the horse were deemed clear, officials said Friday.
All three of trainer Bob Baffert's horses scheduled to run at the Pimlico
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POLICE, OFFICERS, DAY, PEACE
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu says President Joe Biden showed disrespect to law enforcement by not explaining why flags should not be lowered for Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Biden issued a proclamation Monday calling for flags to be
Continued at Washington Times...
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SWALWELL, GREENE, TAYLOR, AIDE
Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., says news reports of her confrontations with other lawmakers, including progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are blown out of proportion.
Greene last Wednesday confronted Ocasio-Cortez after a congressional
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BASE, AIR, BOMB, ANDREWS
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base was renamed Friday as a U.S. Space Force Base.
The name was changed to Vandenberg Space Force Base during an afternoon ceremony on the parade field at the sprawling base on the
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PIPELINE, NORMAL, OPERATIONS, RESUMED
The operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline that was hit with a ransomware cyberattack says it has resumed normal operations and is now delivering millions of gallons of fuel per hour
ATLANTA -- The operator of the nation's largest gasoline pipeline
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TRUMP, CHENEY, VOTING, GOP
Rep. Liz Cheney, freshly ousted from Republican leadership, said that she regrets having voted for former President Trump when he unsuccessfully ran for reelection in November as the party’s nominee.
Ms. Cheney, Wyoming Republican, made the admission during
Continued at Washington Times...
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TORNADOES, KILL, INJURED, CHINA
The first tornado struck Shengze about 7 p.m., damaging homes and factories and knocking out power, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The Suzhou city government, which oversees the town, said in a social media post that four people had died and 149
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BIDEN, DACA, RECIPIENTS, HOSTS
Amid a growing southern border crisis, President Biden on Friday met privately with six people brought to the US illegally as children and repealed a long-stalled Trump administration policy that would have required immigrants to prove they had health insurance.
The
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CNN’s Don Lemon, one of the most biased “journalists” in news, is losing his primetime show, or at least that’s what it sounded like when he made this weird, cryptic announcement Friday night.
Don Lemon just announced that tonight will be his last show on
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WORLD, DISNEY, MASK, REQUIREMENTS
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The only people required to wear masks outside at Disney World will be the costumed characters.
The Orlando, Fla., park will only require customers to wear masks
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CARDS, STORES, TARGET, SELLING
Target has confirmed that it will no longer be selling Pokemon cards or sports cards for the MLB, NFL, and NBA throughout the United States starting this week. The company says the move is for the “safety of our guests and team members.”
The Verge reports
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On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins stated that the NIH did not approve “any grant that would have supported gain of function research on dangerous coronaviruses to see if they could be more transmissible
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FIRED, POLICE, KYLE, RITTENHOUSE
The Virginia police lieutenant fired from his department in April for anonymously donating to Kenosha, Wisc., shooter Kyle Rittenhouse's defense fund says he wasn't provided due process by his department.
"I thought I was a free man in America expressing his
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BEN, AFFLECK, JENNIFER, ENGAGEMENT
As Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck continue to spark reconciliation rumors, it seems that the singer might have never completely left the past behind.
The couple was engaged from 2002-2004 after meeting on the set of "Gigli," with Affleck proposing with a striking
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BIDEN, VIOLENCE, LEADERS, APPROACH
A member of the Palestinian civil defence walks amidst the rubble of a building in Gaza city which housed the Intaj Bank linked to the Hamas movement which controls the Gaza Strip, on May 15, 2021.
President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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TEXAS, EXECUTIVE, FOUND, PLAY
The body of a Dallas businessman who has been missing since October was found in a wooded area of the Texas city.
A survey crew working for Paul Quinn College found human remains near the campus Thursday, police said.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner identified
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STUDY, DEMOCRAT, AOC, PARTISAN
Playing nice with others isn’t Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ strong suit.
AOC was declared the least bipartisan Democrat in the House of Representatives, according to a new study.
The nonpartisan rankings are a joint project of The Lugar Center and
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TRIP, WHITMER, NONPROFIT, PRIVATE
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) office claimed Friday a so-called dark money 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization paid for her secret trip to Florida in March.
When the trip became public in April, Whitmer and her aides steadfastly claimed it was “personal”
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WATERS, ACCUSED, AIR, MAXINE
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) may not be the biggest fan of police, but she apparently has no qualms about federal air marshals.
The liberal lawmaker is among the members of Congress from both parties accused of turning a program created to protect airline
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