Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, TESTS, POSITIVE, TRIP
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday that U.S. intelligence estimates there is a “genuine possibility” that North Korea will conduct a long-range missile test or nuclear test as President Biden prepares for his first trip to
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FORMULA, SHORTAGE, BABY, BIDEN
Several members of Congress, particularly Democrats facing difficult re-election races, have clamored in recent days for Mr. Biden to invoke the law to ease the formula shortage. It was not clear how quickly the impact would be felt.
A White House official,
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DEPP, HEARD, AMBER, JOHNNY
Americans are grappling with soaring inflation, the ongoing pandemic and the likely overturn of Roe v. Wade — but they are interested in one issue above all else.
The blockbuster defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is currently generating
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BOARD, DISINFORMATION, DHS, JANKOWICZ
Nina Jankowicz said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that the Department of Homeland Security’s new Disinformation Governance Board was disbanded because of disinformation.
Jankowicz was supposed to lead the now-dissolved board.
Jankowicz said, “All these sensationalized
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NATO, SWEDEN, FINLAND, UKRAINE
The war in Ukraine is entering a more dangerous phase. Even though Russia appears to have downsized its goals after Kyiv blunted Moscow’s initial invasion, the Kremlin is now determined to enlarge the chunk of eastern and southern Ukraine that it grabbed in
Continued at The Atlantic...
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TWITTER, MUSK, ELON, DEAL
Project Veritas has dropped some great videos on Twitter over the past few days. First, there was the damning video about censorship of the right and the senior Twitter engineer saying that the employees were “Commie as f**k.” Then they released a video on
Continued at Red State...
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GEORGE, FLOYD, PLEADS, GUILTY
Many know how George Floyd died. A new biography reveals how he lived
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Two years after his murder, most people still only know George Floyd for the way he died: Under the
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TRIAL, SUSSMANN, TRUMP, DURHAM
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Clinton campaign lawyer Marc Elias testified for more than three hours on Wednesday as part of the trial of Michael Sussmann, confirming that he hired Fusion GPS to run opposition research for Hillary For America during the 2016
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NEW, YORK, SHOOTING, HOUSE
FILE - Then-New York Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers remarks in Times Square on April 12, 2021, in New York. The former New York City mayor says he's considering a run for Congress after a legal battle over the state's political maps opened up a seat in Brooklyn.
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BUFFALO, SHOOTING, NEW, MASS
The 18-year-old man accused of the deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, invited people to a Discord chat room to see his plans around 30 minutes before he carried out the attack, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing a statement from the messaging
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SUPREME, COURT, VIOLENCE, DHS
Kansas’ highest court on Wednesday upheld a Republican redistricting law that makes it harder for the only Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation to win reelection in a big victory for the GOP.
The state Supreme Court declined to declare that overly
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MONKEYPOX, MASSACHUSETTS, CASE, YEAR
(CNN) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is collaborating with Massachusetts health officials on an investigation into a case of monkeypox, the agency said in a statement, Wednesday.
The case of monkeypox was confirmed in a man in Massachusetts
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SOCCER, WOMEN, PAY, MEN
The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men's and women's teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.
The federation announced separate collective bargaining
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SHKRELI, MARTIN, PRISON, BRO
Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli departs the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, August 3, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Notorious "Pharma bro" fraudster Martin Shkreli was released from a federal prison
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PENNSYLVANIA, TRUMP, GOVERNOR, ELECTION
CNN —
Pennsylvania Republicans chose an election denier Tuesday as their candidate for governor in this year’s midterm elections – but appear to have rejected a far-right Senate contender.
As of early Wednesday, Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon endorsed
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SAND, TEEN, JERSEY, SHORE
A sand collapse that killed one teenager and injured another on the Jersey Shore has brought renewed attention to a danger lurking on beaches that is reportedly deadlier than shark attacks.
Levi Cavelry, 18, was killed and his 17-year-old sister hurt when
Continued at New York Post...
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COVID, LONG, FINDS, PATIENTS
The organization also plans to analyze how many patients in the study were vaccinated and when, Ms. Gelburd said. More than three-quarters of the patients in the study were infected in 2021, most of those in the last half of the year. On average, patients were
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BUFFALO, SHOOTING, ATTACK, PLANS
CNN —
Before an 18-year-old White man allegedly carried out a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday, he revealed his months-long plot to some people on social media about 30 minutes before he opened fire.
Payton S. Gendron – suspected
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CONNECTICUT, PLAYER, LACROSSE, YEAR
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – A close-knit Connecticut community will remember 17-year-old high school lacrosse player James "Jimmy" McGrath, who was fatally stabbed during a fight outside a house party in Shelton on Saturday, at a funeral service on Sunday.
A 16-year-old
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