Emerging Topics in U.S. News
14
BIDEN, FALLON, NIGHT, JIMMY
Joe Biden joked to Jimmy Fallon about his low approval ratings during his first late-night TV interview as president that aired on Friday.
Biden was asked by “The Tonight Show” host during their virtual chat how much he paid attention to his approval ratings,
Continued at Huffington Post...
10
SPACE, STRAHAN, ASTRONAUT, ORIGIN
FILE PHOTO: The Launch Site One sign is shown after Blue Origin delayed, for weather, its next New Shepard astro-tourism flight with an all-civilian crew of six, including two non-paying guests of honor, "Good Morning America" co-anchor and former NFL star
Continued at OANN...
10
SMOLLETT, JUSSIE, POLICE, TRUMP
Black Lives Matter says it is standing by hate crime hoaxer Jussie Smollett — even after a jury found the disgraced actor guilty of five counts of felony disorderly conduct. Black Lives Matter maintains that the justice system is corrupt.
“So let’s be clear:
Continued at Breitbart...
9
WAREHOUSE, AMAZON, ILLINOIS, REPORTS
Damage from suspected tornadoes was being reported in numerous locations Friday night, including the town of Monette, Arkansas, where at least two deaths were reported at a nursing home.
At least 20 people were believed trapped inside the Monette Manor nursing
Continued at Fox News...
8
COVID, OMICRON, 19, CASES
The first real-world study of how vaccines hold up against the Omicron variant showed a significant drop in protection against symptomatic cases caused by the new and fast-spreading form of the coronavirus.
But the study, published by British government scientists
Continued at New York Times...
8
RUSSIA, UKRAINE, SOCCER, OFFICIAL
Liverpool, England (CNN) Each day there has been "more and more convergence" between the US and European allies about the costs that would be inflicted on Russia if they invade Ukraine, a senior State Department official said in a briefing with reporters after
Continued at CNN...
7
TEXAS, ABORTION, LAW, COURT
For the last seven years, Dr. Bhavik Kumar has provided abortion care at the Planned Parenthood Center for Choice in Houston, Texas. “These last 100-plus days have been the most challenging of my entire career,” he said. That’s because of the near-total ban
Continued at The Intercept...
7
RUSSIA, UKRAINE, G7, UNITY
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized nations met Saturday in Liverpool for talks dominated by Russia’s buildup of troops near Ukraine’s border and what host country Britain called Moscow’s “malign behavior” around the
Continued at Washington Times...
6
DOLE, BOB, CAREER, POLITICAL
Bob Dole has returned to Kansas for memorials in his hometown and at the Statehouse
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Bob Dole made a final journey back to the prairie state that shaped him for memorials in his western Kansas hometown and at the Statehouse to honor the military
Continued at ABC...
5
POLL, TRUMP, HALF, CONGRESS
Despite an all-out campaign against voter integrity laws from the far-left, a majority of Democrats support voter ID laws, a Rasmussen poll released on Friday found.
According to the poll, 63 percent of Democrats “believe that requiring photo ID to vote is
Continued at Breitbart...
5
IRAN, NUCLEAR, DEAL, TALKS
FILE PHOTO: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi looks on during a meeting with Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Tehran, Iran, December 6, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS FILE PHOTO: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi looks
Continued at OANN...
5
MAXWELL, PROSECUTION, TRIAL, RESTS
Prosecution rests in Ghislaine Maxwell trial
Prosecutors at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell have completed presenting their case against the British socialite accused of sexually abusing teenage girls with her late companion, financier Jeffrey Epstein. (Dec.
Continued at USA Today...
5
JAN, CAPITOL, FLEES, TRUMP
A California man charged with assaulting police in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and using a metal barricade as a battering ram has fled the United States and is believed to have taken refuge in Belarus, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
Evan Neumann,
Continued at Newsmax...
5
KENTUCKY, STORMS, FACTORY, SEVERE
Multiple deaths likely after factory destroyed in storms in Mayfield, Kentucky Scott Simon talks with Jesse Perry, judge executive of Mayfield, Kentucky, where last night's severe storms tore through parts of downtown and leveled a candle factory as people
Continued at NPR...
5
RUST, SUBPOENA, REGULATORS, OKS
A crew member detailed the moment Halyna Hutchins was hit with a live round from a gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding during a new interview.
Special effects coordinator Thomas Gandy was about four to five yards away from Baldwin and Hutchins before the gun
Continued at Fox News...
4
CHRIS, CUOMO, DEAN, JANICE
If there’s one person who has stood tall even as most of the rest of the media was slobbering all over New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, it was Fox meteorologist and weather anchor Janice Dean.
Dean — whose parents-in-law had died in nursing homes in New York
Continued at Red State...
4
MEXICO, TRUST, GRUPO, GUATEMALA
FILE PHOTO: Migrants travelling to the U.S. paint a banner in an improvised shelter in Tecun Uman, Guatemala, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas FILE PHOTO: Migrants travelling to the U.S. paint a banner in an improvised shelter in Tecun Uman, Guatemala,
Continued at OANN...
4
NAVY, REFUSAL, VACCINE, COMMANDER
A US Navy officer has reportedly been bounced from his post as second-in-command of a destroyer for refusing to comply with COVID-19 jab-or-test rules — becoming the service’s first officer to be removed under President Biden’s military mandate.
Commander
Continued at New York Post...
4
BORDER, GOV, DUCEY, SURGE
Large groups of illegal migrants continue to make their way into the United States through the southern border, causing a resource and logistics nightmare for border patrol agents.
Chief Border Patrol agent Jason D. Owens tweeted a picture Thursday of the
Continued at Fox News...
3
OFFICER, POLICE, ATTACK, TARGETED
The 3-month-old puppy of a Georgia police officer was beheaded in what authorities now believe to be a “targeted attack” against law enforcement. The Parsons Police Department in a press release earlier this month revealed they received a call from one of their
Continued at NY Daily News...