Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, GHOST, GUN, HUNTER
President Joe Biden and the Department of Justice are set to announce a final rule on "ghost guns" on Monday in the Rose Garden.
A "ghost gun" is a firearm that comes packaged in parts, can be bought online and assembled without much of a trace.
The new rule
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MUSK, TWITTER, ELON, BOARD
Only a couple pieces of major economic data were reported Monday, which gave the financial media a chance to spend a lot of time chattering about Elon Musk and his manipulations.
It emerged on Sunday that the pro-China tech mogul declined an invitation to
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, WAR, PUTIN
Many Russian artists have long faced the threat of persecution for not supporting official stances, but their criticism of the war put them in danger of imprisonment.
Many artists said they were also worried about the integrity of their work in President Vladimir
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MASK, MANDATE, PHILADELPHIA, INDOOR
NBC News' senior medical correspondent praised Philadelphia Monday for reinstating a mask mandate amid an uptick in coronavirus cases.
"I think they're doing the right amount of caution here, trying to get it under control, getting masks back on these public
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BIDEN, UKRAINE, INDIA, RUSSIA
President Biden emphasized growing defense cooperation with India in a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday — a line U.S. officials have increasingly touted in the hopes of convincing New Delhi to come off the fence over Russia’s war
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SPEARS, BRITNEY, BABY, INSTAGRAM
Britney Spears is going to be a mom once again.
The pop icon, who famously told a Los Angeles judge she was forced to be on birth control during her “abusive” conservatorship, made the announcement on Instagram Monday.
“I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh
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PEN, MACRON, LE, FRENCH
Some critics also accuse Macron of being “antidemocratic” and “authoritarian” because of his top-down, technocratic style of governing, but one should note that the various steps he has taken to expand police powers, justified on “anti-terrorist” grounds, are
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STUDY, COVID, STATES, HANDLED
A new study from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity has some news that’s going to blow up the Democratic narrative on COVID.
The study examined all the states and looked at how they handled the pandemic. They graded the states based on the number of deaths,
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BUFFALO, YEAR, 75, OFFICERS
Two Buffalo police officers were justified in pushing a 75-year-old activist who suffered a skull fracture, an arbitrator ruled nearly two years after the incident.
Officers Robert McCabe and Aaron Torgalsk had no other course of action than to push away an
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SHANGHAI, COVID, LOCKDOWN, CHINA
Former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield cited "huge" COVID-19 outbreaks in Hong Kong and Shanghai Monday as evidence that mandates and restrictive policies "just don't work." On "America's Newsroom," Redfield argued lockdowns cause more harm than good and
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Some Republicans are none too pleased with former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of TV celebrity and surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz over David McCormick, a former hedge fund executive and spouse of ex-Trump deputy national security adviser Dina Powell, for an
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ABORTION, TEXAS, MURDER, CHARGE
Prosecutors dropped murder charges on Sunday against a 26-year-old south Texas woman over an alleged “self-induced abortion,” admitting that she had not committed a crime. But her case is an example of the lengths to which red states are willing to go to restrict
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MAIL, DELIVERY, SERVICE, POSTAL
Firm contracted to make Postal Service trucks plans to do it at a non-union facility The U.S. Postal Service has big plans to replace its aging fleet of 165,000 gasoline-burning delivery vehicles. And some are pushing for the electric trucks to be built by
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HOUSE, INFLATION, EXTRAORDINARILY, WHITE
White House press secretary Jen Psaki answers questions during the daily briefing on March 09, 2022 in Washington, DC. Psaki answered a range of questions related primarily to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is bracing for
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CMT, MUSIC, AWARDS, COVID
(CNN) Country star Kelsea Ballerini will still host the CMT Music Awards even after testing positive for Covid-19 -- just not from the same room as the nominees.
Ballerini will host from home, the singer announced Monday in a video posted to Instagram, just
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WOODS, TIGER, MASTERS, BIG
Tiger Woods congratulated Scottie Scheffler on his Masters victory Sunday.
Woods, who completed his first major tournament since 2020, tweeted about the young golf pro’s victory. Scheffler narrowly defeated Rory McIlroy to pick up his first major title and
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GENDER, IDENTITY, GRADERS, NJ
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy defended state education plans teaching gender identity issues to young students Monday, but said parents deserve a say in the issue.
"Can you comment on to concern parents who think that gender identity should not
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WAR, ECONOMY, 45, SHRINK
Hong Kong (CNN Business) Ukraine could lose almost half of its economy this year as a result of Russia's invasion, according to the World Bank.
In a report published Sunday, the bank estimated that the country's GDP could decline by 45.1% this year, although
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering an extension of the mask mandate for transportation networks, a top White House COVID-19 adviser said Monday.
Dr. Ashish Jha, while appearing on NBC's "Today," was asked about the mask mandate set
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FOUND, GUILTY, AMESS, LAWMAKER
LONDON (AP) – A jury deliberated for just 18 minutes Monday before finding a fervent Islamic State supporter guilty of stabbing lawmaker David Amess to death a slaying that shocked the nation and sparked calls for increased police protection for politicians.
Ali
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RUSSIAN, GERMAN, TV, JOB
The brave Moscow broadcaster who staged a live on-set protest of Russia’s war on Ukraine has a new job with German newspaper Die Welt, which ran her first front-page report Monday.
Marina Ovsyannikova, 43, “is now a freelance correspondent for Die Welt, reporting
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