Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BORDER, MIGRANTS, TEXAS, PATROL
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday he was “horrified” by images of mounted Border Patrol agents using their horses to keep Haitian migrants from crossing into the US, as his agency launches an investigation into the allegations — despite
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BIDEN, JOE, GENERAL, ASSEMBLY
(CNN) President Joe Biden on Tuesday is set to deliver his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly since taking office, where he's expected to present his long-term vision for the global community, defend the withdrawal from Afghanistan and emphasize
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COVID, VACCINE, 19, JOHNSON
Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday a second shot of its COVID-19 vaccine given about two months after the first increased its effectiveness to 94% in the United States against moderate to severe forms of the disease.
That compares to 70% protection with a single
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TRUMP, PENCE, POLL, ELECTION
Bob Woodward thinks he knows what Donald Trump wants to do if he wins the presidency again.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Woodward and fellow Washington Post journalist Robert Costa spoke about the reporting that went into their newly released book, “Peril.”
The
Continued at Huffington Post...
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TRUDEAU, CANADA, ELECTION, JUSTIN
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an election campaign stop on the last campaign day before the election, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada September, 19, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Canada's Liberal Prime
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ABORTION, TEXAS, DOCTOR, LAW
Doctor Who Defied State's Abortion Law Is Sued, Launching A Legality Test Of The Ban A doctor in San Antonio who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has been sued by two people — seeking to test the legality of the state's near-total
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DEBT, BILL, CEILING, VOTE
When power in Washington is split between Democrats and Republicans, chances are good that lawmakers will reach an impasse over what once was a routine part of the budget process: raising the federal debt limit. We’ve seen it in 1985, 1995 (a standoff that
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BORDER, CRISIS, BIDEN, ABBOTT
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to "up their game, big time" as Texas struggles to cope with a historic migrant crisis – including a recent surge of Haitian migrants in Del Rio.
"The only thing they've shown is an incapability
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TALIBAN, MINISTERS, DEPUTY, TEAM
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban expanded their interim Cabinet by naming deputy ministers Tuesday, but failed to appoint any women, doubling down on a hard-line course despite the international outcry that followed their initial presentation of an all-male
Continued at Washington Times...
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KING, RODNEY, COVID, HOLLIDAY
Holliday was awakened by a traffic stop outside his San Fernando Valley home on the night of March 3, 1991. He went outside to film it with his new video camera, catching the Los Angeles officers punching, kicking and using a stun gun on King, even after he
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TRUMP, CAMPAIGN, BASELESS, VOTING
A Kentucky man pardoned by President Donald Trump after his conviction in a 2012 bribery plot has been charged again with campaign-related crimes, this time involving a 2016 illegal campaign contribution scheme
WASHINGTON -- A Republican political operative
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FILE PHOTO: The Hungarian national flag and the flag of the European Union fly on the building of the National Bank of Hungary in Budapest January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh FILE PHOTO: The Hungarian national flag and the flag of the European Union fly
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LIVES, MATTER, BLACK, VACCINE
Protesters outside Carmine’s restaurant in New York City, September 20, 2021. (Photo: Caroline Downey)
After a skirmish involving NYC’s vaccine mandate and African-American patrons erupted at Carmine’s restaurant in the Upper West Side last week, Black Lives
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LAW, SUSPENSION, FACE, LICENSES
The Missouri Supreme Court is being asked to suspend the law licenses of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters passing by their house in June 2020. The request is coming from the state’s chief disciplinary counsel, Alan
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SUPREME, COURT, ABORTION, ROE
President Joe Biden's administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday not to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide in an upcoming case concerning a restrictive Mississippi law.
The administration brief backs
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LAVA, SPANISH, ISLAND, SPAIN
A volcano eruption on one of Spain’s Canary Islands in the Atlantic forced thousands to evacuate and has already destroyed hundreds of homes as the lava continues to flow.
Dramatic aerial footage shows the major lava flow on the island of La Palma creeping
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TRUMP, SENATE, CLEVELAND, OHIO
The son of the Ohio businessman who caved to cancel culture by changing the name of the Cleveland Indians is now running for U.S. Senate as a “Republican” claiming to oppose the very same cancel culture — while also making erasing former President Donald Trump
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HAVANA, SYMPTOMS, SYNDROME, OFFICER
Asha C. Gilbert and Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY
Another U.S. intelligence officer has been struck by Havana Syndrome symptoms, angering CIA director William Burns and resurfacing a conversation about the mysterious illness.
Experts are in the process of verifying
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BILL, ISRAEL, DOME, IRON
From the very first moment the so-called “Squad” burst on the scene, it was pretty obvious that they had a fondness for three things that created a common bond: totalitarian socialism, attention whoring, and anti-Semitism. If you don’t know who the Squad are,
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FIRE, SUPERDOME, NEW, ORLEANS
Video from local news outlets and onlookers on Tuesday showed the roof of the Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans on fire.
The stadium is home to the New Orleans Saints and hosts dozens of conventions and live events each year.
There's fire coming out of the
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AMERICAN, JETBLUE, AIRLINES, DOJ
The Department of Justice will file a lawsuit to challenge the recent alliance made by the major air travel corporations JetBlue and American Airlines, claiming that the agreement violates antitrust laws, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The airlines announced
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GOOGLE, OFFICE, BILLION, BUY
Google is planning to buy New York City’s St. John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of its Hudson Square campus.
The announcement Tuesday arrives with the city buffeted by the pandemic and most offices still largely unpopulated.
While CEO
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