Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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MASK, HOUSE, GOP, REPUBLICANS
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is the fifth House member and fourth Republican to incur a $5,000 fine for improperly complying with security screening.
House Sergeant at Arms William Walker notified Ethics Committee chairman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Speaker Nancy
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TEXAS, SIGNS, HEARTBEAT, LAW
The Governor Of Texas Has Signed A Law That Bans Abortion As Early As 6 Weeks
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a bill that would ban abortion the moment a fetal heartbeat has been
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COVID, 19, INDIA, RECORD
Texas has a lot to celebrate this week after reaching zero COVID deaths for the first time since the pandemic began.
"Today Texas reported: * 0 Covid related deaths--the only time that's happened since data was tracked in March, 2020," Republican Texas Gov.
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MCCLOSKEY, SENATE, MARK, ANNOUNCES
(CNN) Mark McCloskey, the St. Louis homeowner who catapulted into national headlines last summer after video surfaced on social media showing him and his wife, Patricia, pointing guns at demonstrators, is running as a Republican for US Senate in Missouri, he
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LIGHTFOOT, CHICAGO, MAYOR, LORI
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s spokesperson has reportedly announced that she will only give interviews to “Black or Brown” journalists on the occasion of reaching the halfway point in her term as mayor.
The news came through local NBC 5 reporter Mary Ann
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BIDEN, JOE, DEBATE, JILL
Kamala Harris' infamous busing ambush of Joe Biden during the first Democratic primary debate in 2019 was met with vulgar responses from both the future president and first lady, according to a new book which details the icy early exchanges between Biden and
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BROWN, ANDREW, JR, DEPUTIES
An attorney representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by deputies in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, said he plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the deputies and the department.
Chance D. Lynch,
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NEW, YORK, CITY, PANDEMIC
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Andrew Giuliani (R), son of the former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani (R), has announced he will be running for governor of New York in 2022.
While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Giuliani said
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VACCINATED, EUROPEAN, UNION, TRAVELERS
The European Union has taken a step toward relaxing travel for visitors from outside the bloc, with EU ambassadors agreeing on measures to make it easier for fully vaccinated visitors to get in
BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Wednesday took a step toward
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COURT, ABORTION, SUPREME, BIDEN
‘Where does it stop? Democrats add three seats; Republicans add four more. Pretty soon you have a 100-person unelected third-chamber of the legislature.’
NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W hen Democratic senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts and House Judiciary Committee
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PROJECT, 1619, TENURE, OFFER
The founder of the CRT-based “1619 Project” has come under fire for her controversial views and now it has affected her future job prospects.
Nikole Hannah-Jones has had an important tenure offer revoked in response to growing concerns about the nature of
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POLICE, RECRUITING, DEFUND, CRISIS
The far-left Axios reports “Police recruiting suffers as morale hits new lows,” citing the Democrat-run cities of Charlotte, Minneapolis, Des Moines, and Denver as the most notable examples.
Charlotte, North Carolina, which has been run exclusively by Democrats
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HARRIS, KAMALA, REPORTERS, ETHICS
Along with not being a very good debater, Vice President Harris doesn’t do well at media interviews and pressers. She’s notorious for cackling at inopportune times – usually when inconvenient questions are asked, and is prone to epic gaslighting episodes which
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GATES, BILL, MELINDA, DIVORCE
For nearly three decades, Bill and Melinda Gates reigned as one of world’s most high-profile power couples — but the billionaire computer genius’ estranged wife wasn’t the first woman to fire up his hard drive.
Before Gates met Melinda in 1987, the Microsoft
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ROBERT, DURST, TRIAL, MURDER
After a year-long delay due to the COVID-19 crisis, Robert Durst’s murder trial kicked off again Tuesday, as California prosecutors accused the kooky millionaire of executing his longtime friend to cover up his wife’s murder nearly two decades prior.
The 78-year-old
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MOONEY, PAUL, 79, COMEDIAN
Mooney served as the head writer on “The Richard Pryor Show” and co-wrote some of Pryor’s material on several of his comedy albums and his “Saturday Night Live” sketches. Mooney also wrote for “Sanford and Son,” “Good Times,” “In Living Color,” “Pryor’s Place,”
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(CNN) An 11-year-old girl waiting for her school bus in Pensacola, Florida, was able to fight off an alleged kidnapping attempt on Tuesday morning and get to safety, authorities said.
A 30-year-old suspect was arrested later that day after a search involving
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KOREAN, BIDEN, SOUTH, HONOR
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
President Joe Biden on Friday will present the Medal of Honor for the first time since taking office, awarding a U.S. veteran of the Korean
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