Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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DINNER, CORRESPONDENTS, WHITE, HOUSE
Biden digs at Trump as annual press dinner returns
The White House press corps' annual gala returned Saturday along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: President Joe Biden. Biden is the first president in
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BIDEN, MONDALE, FORMER, MEMORIAL
President Biden memorialized his “dear friend” former Vice President Walter Mondale as “one of the great giants in American history” during a service for the late pol in Minnesota on Sunday.
“He was loved by the American people because he reflected the goodness
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COUNTRY, NAOMI, HALL, JUDD
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Country Music Hall of Fame will induct Ray Charles and The Judds into its ranks on Sunday night, though the death of Naomi Judd a day earlier will undoubtedly alter the normally celebratory ceremony.
The hall said late Saturday
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BOARD, DISINFORMATION, MAYORKAS, NEW
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said "there’s no question" he could have more effectively communicated the purpose of his newly-created "disinformation" board after critics framed it as a crackdown on free speech.
Mayorkas said on "Fox News
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MAYORKAS, BORDER, DHS, MIGRANTS
Washington CNN —
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday doubled down on his request for migrants not to attempt to enter the US through its southern border, saying his message to them is clear: “Do not come.”
“Because our border is not open,”
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SHOOTING, MISSISSIPPI, FESTIVAL, DEAD
Two people were detained for questioning at the scene, the sheriff said.
One person died and several others were injured in an incident with multiple shooters at the Mississippi Mudbug Festival at the state's fairgrounds in Jackson on Saturday, Hinds County
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RUSSIAN, GERMANY, OIL, SUMMER
Germany will support the European embargo of Russian oil, marking another significant turnaround in the nation’s position as the invasion of Ukraine continues.
Ambassadors will reportedly table the proposal at an ambassadors summit in Brussels on Wednesday,
Continued at Fox News...
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2024, HUTCHINSON, TRUMP, RUN
Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that former President Donald Trump running in 2024 would not affect his decision to run.
Anchor Dana Bash said, “Are you seriously considering running for president?”
Hutchinson said,
Continued at Breitbart...
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METEOROLOGY, CHASING, STUDENTS, OKLAHOMA
Three University of Oklahoma meteorology students headed home from Kansas, where they had been storm chasing, died Friday night after their car hydroplaned and was hit by a truck.
Nicholas Nair, 20, Gavin Short, 19, and Drake Brooks, 22, were traveling southbound
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DAY, HONOR, PARIS, EUROPE
Police fired tear gas to push back black-clad anarchists who ransacked business premises in Paris on Sunday during May Day protests against the policies of newly re-elected President Emmanuel Macron.
Thousands of people joined May Day marches across France,
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15, INJURED, ATLANTA, PEDAL
(CNN) A driver of a multi-person party bike has been charged with DUI in connection with an accident that injured 15 passengers in Atlanta on Saturday.
Officers responded to a report of a traffic crash at West Peachtree Street and 14th Street in the evening
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TWITTER, ELON, MUSK, BIG
PROVIDENCE, R.I. —Tesla CEO Elon Musk has laid out some bold, if still vague, plans for transforming Twitter into a place of “maximum fun” once he buys the social media platform for $44 billion and takes it private.
But enacting what at the moment are little
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DISNEY, HUTCHINSON, FLORIDA, PUNITIVE
Amid an ongoing feud between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a fellow Republican governor from Arkansas weighed in on Sunday criticizing what he viewed as a "punitive approach to business."
"First of all, Disney has handled this very poorly," Gov.
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NETFLIX, SERIES, MARKLE, MEGHAN
Meghan Markle’s Netflix project has gotten the boot.
The streaming giant dropped "Pearl," the working title of an animated series that was created by the Duchess of Sussex through Archewell Productions, Deadline reported on Sunday.
The production company,
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CRISIS, GLOBAL, WASTE, GREEN
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power warned on Sunday of the war in Ukraine expanding into a global crisis “in terms of effects.”
Ms. Power called on Congress to approve a “substantial increase in humanitarian assistance,”
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MIKE, TWITTER, LINDELL, BACK
Elon Musk isn’t in charge of Twitter yet.
Trump ally Mike Lindell returned Sunday to the social-media outlet that had banned him and was promptly canceled again.
The MyPillow CEO, according to Tweets and screenshots collected by The Blaze, announced his return
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BATTLING, NEW, BRACE, FIREFIGHTERS
Firefighters battling the nation's largest active wildfire brace for strong winds
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Over 1,000 firefighters backed by bulldozers and aircraft battled the largest active wildfire in the U.S.,
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POPE, MARIUPOL, BOMBARDED, BARBAROUSLY
Pope Francis on Sunday described the war in Ukraine a "macabre regression of humanity" that makes him "suffer and cry," calling for humanitarian corridors to evacuate people trapped in the Mariupol steelworks.
Speaking to thousands of people in St. Peter's
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COVID, RESTRICTIONS, CURB, HOLIDAY
CNN —
Beijing has banned all restaurant dining, shut down Universal Studios and ordered residents to provide proof of a negative Covid test to enter public venues in a major escalation of restrictions as a five-day holiday gets underway.
The Labor Day holiday,
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REMAINS, WARE, KEVIN, GIRLFRIEND
Human remains found in Texas last December have been identified as Taylor Pomaski, the 29-year-old girlfriend of former NFL player Kevin Ware Jr., authorities said.
Nearly six months after the remains were discovered in northern Harris County, the Institute
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