Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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ISRAEL, BIDEN, GAZA, HAMAS
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is warning that U.S. money that would go to Iran if the Biden administration rejoins the Iran nuclear deal could end up funding terror groups like Hamas -- which is currently launching rockets into Israel.
Pompeo appeared
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ANDREW, GIULIANI, CUOMO, NEW
(CNN) Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, has announced his candidacy for governor of New York in 2022, he told CNN on Tuesday.
Giuliani will run for the GOP nomination in his bid to take over the position from embattled Gov. Andrew
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BROWN, ANDREW, SHOOTING, JUSTIFIED
A North Carolina prosecutor on Tuesday is expected to reveal the results of a state investigation into the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man who was killed last month by sheriff's deputies.
District Attorney Andrew Womble said he would
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BIDEN, ELECTRIC, FORD, 150
President Biden on Tuesday drove the new F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck on a Michigan test track — and jokingly threatened to run over reporters if they asked about the conflict in Gaza.
Biden, in the driver’s seat, said through an open side window,
Continued at New York Post...
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BIDEN, HOUSE, TRUMP, WHITE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, documentary filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom, reported an income of $1.7 million in 2019, a half-million more than the year before, with most coming from the governor’s wineries, restaurants, hotels and other hospitality
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RUBIO, DEMINGS, VAL, SENATE
Rep Val Demings (D., Fla.) speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 29, 2020. (Mandel Ngan/Reuters)
Representative Val Demings (D., Fla.) is preparing to challenge Republican Marco Rubio for his Florida Senate seat next year.
Demings
Continued at National Review...
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ASIAN, HATE, BILL, CRIMES
The House of Representatives is poised to give final passage on Tuesday to the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, in response to the rise in violence against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Senate, in an increasingly rare bipartisan effort, voted
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TEXAS, MASK, MANDATES, LOCAL
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Tuesday announced he is banning local governments from imposing mask mandates, exacting a fine of up to $1,000 on localities and officials defying the order.
The Republican governor issued the executive order Tuesday, which prohibits
Continued at Breitbart...
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ELECTION, COUNTY, STATE, JUDGE
The Republican-led Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is blasting accusations being made by fellow Republicans in connection with the Arizona Senate's GOP-led audit of the 2020 election results and demanded in a letter that the "sham" recount be stopped because
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CANCER, 45, SCREENING, AGE
“We are now seeing patients even younger than 45 – in their 20s and 30s – who are being diagnosed with this cancer and often at very late stages,” said Ng in a statement. “Clearly the USPSTF recommendation to start screening at age 45 will not be enough to
Continued at NY Daily News...
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COURT, SUPREME, ABORTION, BREYER
The U.S. Supreme Court justices have said that they are willing to reconsider the reproductive protections established nearly five decades ago in Roe v. Wade, setting the stage for an abortion rights battle that’s been years in the making.
The justices announced
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CHARLES, GRODIN, 86, HEARTBREAK
Charles Grodin, the versatile actor familiar from “Same Time, Next Year” on Broadway, popular movies like “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Midnight Run” and “Beethoven” and numerous television appearances, died on Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. He was 86.
His
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LOUISIANA, CHARLES, FLOODING, LAKE
Lake Charles, Louisiana, saw close to 18 inches of rain in 24 hours.
Louisiana authorities are investigating at least four deaths that are possibly linked to the massive storm that swept across the state Monday.
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office reported
Continued at ABC...
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BILL, GATES, REPORTEDLY, MELINDA
For decades, Bill Gates has traveled the globe as near-royalty, knighted by Queen Elizabeth and draped in medals by former President Barack Obama. And for the last year, the once pugnacious Microsoft founder has reinvented himself as one of America’s clearest,
Continued at Vox...
Margaret Sullivan: The Constitution doesn’t work without local news
These problems matter because local TV news is still the biggest piece of the media puzzle. More Americans get their news from local TV stations than from cable TV, newspapers, or national
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TOKYO, OLYMPICS, DOCTORS, COVID
Olympics - Brazilian athletes and staff travelling to Tokyo for the Olympics receive COVID-19 vaccine - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - May 14, 2021 Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha, Larissa de Oliveira, Marcos Vinicius D’Almeida and Michel Pessanha pose after receiving
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WOKE, AD, CAMPAIGN, CONSERVATIVE
A conservative group is launching an advertising campaign Tuesday designed to push back against what it sees as "woke capitalism," spending more than $1 million on ads targeting the CEOs of Coca-Cola, American Airlines and Nike.
The ads are sharply critical
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FAUCI, DR, MASK, ADMITS
Just in case you were under any illusion that Dr. Anthony Fauci follows “the science,” he blew that up this morning with a revealing admission about his previous mask-wearing. Prior to the CDC’s sudden flip-flop on guidance for vaccinated people last week,
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TWITTER, JUSTICE, NUNES, DEPARTMENT
Twitter is fighting a Justice Department subpoena seeking information about the user of an account that routinely parodies Rep. Devin Nunes, a California Republican who has spent recent years unsuccessfully seeking to unmask such users so he can sue them for
Continued at LA Times...
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COVID, BIDEN, VACCINE, DOSES
Biden Wants To Share COVID Vaccines Globally. Here's The 'Activist' Helping Him
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Now that the United States has made strides in vaccinating Americans
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YEAR, DALLAS, SHOWS, BED
About two hours before a 4-year-old was found lying on a neighborhood street in Dallas, a man lifted the sleeping boy from his bed and carried him away, court documents say, citing home surveillance video.
The boy, whom authorities identified Monday as Cash
Continued at USA Today...