Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
138 articles
TRUMP, FBI, RAID, LAGO
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday cast doubt on the behavior of FBI agents who searched his Florida home late Monday, even suggesting law enforcement might have “planted” evidence.
Mr. Trump said his lawyers were kept away from parts of his Mar-a-Lago
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INFLATION, PRICES, BIDEN, JULY
Inflation stems from an imbalance between supply and demand.
Inflation continues to be the top economic concern for most Americans.
In July, the consumer price index rose 8.5% compared with the same month a year prior. While still high, the inflation rate
Continued at ABC...
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TRUMP, PRIMARY, GOP, WINS
Trump-backed businessman Tim Michels is the projected winner in battleground Wisconsin's GOP gubernatorial primary.
Michels and former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch were the front-runners in a field of four Republican candidates that also included
Continued at Fox News...
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MUSLIM, ALBUQUERQUE, SUSPECT, KILLINGS
The suspect arrested after four Muslim men were killed in New Mexico denied having a role in their deaths, claiming he was considering a move to Houston because he was rattled by the crimes, according to new court documents.
Muhammad Syed, 51, was arrested
Continued at NY Daily News...
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BIDEN, VETERANS, BURN, PITS
President Joe Biden left the White House on Wednesday for a beach vacation in South Carolina, just two days after he left his beach home in Delaware.
The president did not speak to reporters as he departed via motorcade to Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday afternoon
Continued at Breitbart...
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ADAMS, MAYOR, ABBOTT, NYC
Mayor Eric Adams has appointed a former New York City police official and close confidant as a paid senior adviser — while allowing him to keep his job as an executive at the Resorts World New York City casino in Queens, according to city officials and a person
Continued at New York Times...
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TRUMP, RAID, GOP, PRIMARY
Multiple legal or former officials expressed concerns about the nature of the raid on President Donald Trump’s home.
We already reported how Alan Dershowitz blasted the action saying a “raid is supposed to be a last resort.” “But this administration has used
Continued at Red State...
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BOLTON, IRANIAN, JOHN, PLOT
WASHINGTON (AP) — An Iranian operative has been charged in a plot to murder former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton in presumed retaliation for a U.S. airstrike that killed the country’s most powerful general, offering $300,000 to “eliminate” the
Continued at Huffington Post...
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ACT, INFLATION, REDUCTION, BIG
You've probably heard Republicans say the Inflation Reduction Act -- the massive spending bill just passed by Senate Democrats -- includes provisions to hire 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service agents. The number seems too big too believe. The IRS has just
Continued at Town Hall...
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TESLA, ELON, MUSK, SELLS
The sales from Friday through Tuesday were disclosed in a series of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Tuesday night. They mark the first sale of Tesla shares by Musk since April, when he sold 9.6 million shares , raising $8.5 billion
Continued at CNN...
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BRYANT, KOBE, PHOTOS, TRIAL
Vanessa Bryant’s legal battle against Los Angeles County over the gruesome helicopter crash photos allegedly shared by first responders begins Wednesday.
Bryant, 40, claims deputies circulated graphic photos of the remains of her husband, NBA Hall of Famer
Continued at New York Post...
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TAIWAN, CHINA, MILITARY, PELOSI
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't remember the U.S. military "ever telling us not to go" to Taiwan.
"I don't remember them ever telling us not to go," Pelosi told reporters Wednesday. "We are very proud of our military. Their preparation actually,
Continued at Newsmax...
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WHALE, RIVER, SEINE, BELUGA
Whale euthanised after removal from French river
A beluga whale that captured French hearts when it showed up in the Seine River had to be euthanized Wednesday after it was successfully removed from the French waterway, authorities said. (Aug. 10)
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OMAR, SURVIVES, ILHAN, PRIMARY
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) barely hung on in Minnesota’s fifth congressional district Democrat primary, defeating centrist Don Samuels by approximately 3,000 votes, according to projections.
Omar’s razor-thin victory in Tuesday’s primary highlights the congresswoman’s
Continued at Breitbart...
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INDIANA, HOMES, EXPLOSION, DAMAGES
More victims could be found amid the search, authorities said.
Three people are dead after a house exploded Wednesday in southern Indiana, officials said.
Dozens of firefighters responded to the scene in Evansville, after the blast occurred Wednesday afternoon
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ABORTION, NEBRASKA, HELPING, DAUGHTER
A Nebraska woman is charged with helping her daughter have an abortion
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OMAHA, Nebraska — A Nebraska woman has been charged with helping
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POLIO, LONDON, VIRUS, OFFERED
British health authorities say they will offer a polio booster dose to children aged 1 to 9 in London, after finding evidence the virus has been spreading in multiple regions of the capital despite not confirming any cases of the paralytic disease
LONDON --
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TWITTER, EMPLOYEE, SAUDI, SPYING
Former Twitter employee Ahmad Abouammo was found guilty Tuesday of spying and money laundering on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Abouammo, alongside two others, on July 28, 2020, for using his position at Twitter
Continued at Conservative Daily News...
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DOMINO, PIZZA, ITALY, FRANCHISE
Rome/London (CNN Business) Domino's' Italian job was harder than it looked.
after it failed to win over locals who preferred homegrown options, according to a report by Seven years after its debut in the country, the American pizza giant has formally shut
Continued at CNN...
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BODY, LOS, FOUND, PARK
A burning body was discovered hanging from a tree near a merry-go-round in Los Angeles’ sprawling Griffith Park on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
A park visitor was walking northeast of Griffith Observatory, not far from the Los Angeles Zoo, at around
Continued at New York Post...
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DIVERSITY, SESAME, PLACE, INITIATIVES
Big Bird is shown on a sign near an entrance to Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pa., Dec. 26, 2019. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
PHILADELPHIA — Sesame Place has announced the implementation of diversity and inclusion training for its employees following a $25 million class-action
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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1982, ARRESTED, TIMES, MURDER
A 75-year-old man was arrested in Hawaii for the rape and murder of a California teenager decades after her naked body was found dumped behind a cinderblock wall in Silicon Valley.
Karen Stitt was last seen alive waiting for a bus in Sunnyvale in the early
Continued at NY Daily News...
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IRS, 000, AUDITS, GOP
Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC) is planning to submit an amendment to the so-called Inflation Reduction Act on Wednesday that would redirect billions in Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding to boost border security, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
Budd’s proposed
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88, SNOWMAN, BRIGGS, RAYMOND
Raymond Briggs, the children’s author whose cheeky illustrations dignified workaday British life and an audacious breadth of emotions, most prominently in the wordless escapades of “The Snowman,” has died. He was 88.
His death was confirmed on Wednesday by
Continued at New York Times...