Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, AUGUST 15th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
61 articles
TRUMP, FBI, RAID, LAGO
John Dean ― President Richard Nixon’s White House counsel who testified against his boss and served four months in prison for the Watergate coverup ― said Sunday that media personalities defending Donald Trump in the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago will have “egg
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GEORGIA, ELECTION, PROBE, GIULIANI
Rudy Giuliani, who was President Donald Trump's personal lawyer during his fight to hold onto office after the 2020 election, has been told he is a target of Georgia's criminal investigation of interference in that election, The New York Times reported Monday.
The
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AFGHANISTAN, BIDEN, WITHDRAWAL, YEAR
Biden's approval ratings haven't recovered since the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan The bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan was a turning point for Biden's presidency, marking the end of his popularity and the start of a difficult political year.
Politics
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RUSHDIE, SALMAN, IRAN, ATTACK
Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Iran of inciting the knife attack on “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie, blasting the regime as “despicable” Sunday.
Blinken lauded Rushdie, 75, as more than a “literary giant.”
The author has “consistently
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CHENEY, TRUMP, LIZ, GOP
But it was her vote to convict Mr. Trump in his second impeachment trial that now has him seeking political payback. She was one of seven G.O.P. senators to find Mr. Trump guilty then; she is the first to face re-election. Her prospects are better than Ms.
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GRINER, BRITTNEY, SENTENCE, RUSSIAN
MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner on Monday filed an appeal against her 9-year Russian prison sentence for drugs possession, Russian news agencies reported.
Griner, a center for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold
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CHICAGO, FLAGS, INJURED, SIX
CHICAGO – Three people were injured in a parking lot shooting at a Six Flags Great America amusement park near Chicago on Sunday, according to authorities. No one was killed nor were there life-threatening injuries in the incident.
The Gurnee (Ill.) Police
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BIDEN, WHITE, HOUSE, SIGN
President Joe Biden is planning to extend his vacation this week after he wraps up his time on Kiawah Island in South Carolina.
According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data cited by the Associated Press, Biden plans to be in Wilmington, Delaware,
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TAIWAN, CHINA, DRILLS, VISIT
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen has met with a delegation of U.S. Congress members, in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island that China claims as its own territory
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen
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ANNE, HECHE, LIFE, DIES
Anne Heche's former partner, James Tupper, thanked their former "Men in Trees" co-star, Emily Bergl, for a moving tribute to the late actress shared online after Heche died and was removed from life support on Sunday following a car crash nine days before
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RECALL, FAILS, MAKE, BALLOT
Earlier Monday we bought you the story of Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan nullifying almost a quarter of the signatures on a petition to recall District Attorney George Gascon. The move effectively means that the issue most likely
Continued at Red State...
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TALIBAN, YEAR, AFGHANS, RULE
Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)
The Taliban on Monday marked a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul,
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DOJ, AFFIDAVIT, TRUMP, OPPOSES
CNN —
The Justice Department is opposing the release of details in an affidavit that lays out the argument that investigators made to a federal magistrate judge explaining the probable cause it had to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
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ZOO, PANDA, RED, FOUND
A wild situation unfolded when a red panda escaped from an Australian zoo.
Zookeepers located the small mammal in a fig tree at a local park on Sunday — two days after it broke loose from the Adelaide Zoo — but were unsuccessful in coaxing the animal down
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COVID, POSITIVE, 19, TESTS
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time on Monday but is experiencing mild symptoms.
The vaccinated and boosted secretary said in a statement that his last contact with President Joe Biden, who testedpositive for
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SHOOTING, POLICE, NFL, BROTHER
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver James Proche reacted to a shooting in Texas at a youth football game that left one person dead over the weekend.
Lancaster police said Sunday officers were called to Lancaster Community Park after a disagreement between coaches
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COVID, FIRST, BOOSTER, UK
Britain has become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine that targets both the original and omicron variant of the virus.
The UK medicines regulator (MHRA) approved the so-called bivalent vaccine made by U.S. drug company Moderna as a booster for
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BALDWIN, SHOOTING, MEDICAL, RULES
Where the Rust shooting investigation stands, as the FBI refutes Alec Baldwin's story
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For months, actor Alec Baldwin has said that he did not pull the trigger of a gun that
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SUN, CAPRI, POUCHES, KRAFT
Kraft Heinz recalls contaminated Wild Cherry flavored Capri Sun pouches
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Kraft Heinz announced the voluntary recall of 5,760 cases of Capri Sun Wild Cherry Flavored Juice Drink Blend pouches on
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BASE, DRONE, SYRIA, ATTACK
(CNN) US-led coalition forces repelled multiple drones near the US-led coalition At-Tanf base in Syria Monday, according to a press release from the coalition.
The attempted attack did not result in casualties or damage, a release from Combined Joint Task
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TRUMP, CFO, ORGANIZATION, TAX
A hearing in the case is now scheduled for Thursday.
The Trump Organization's longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, is expected to plead guilty to tax charges as soon as this week, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Weisselberg,
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TEXAS, GOV, MIGRANTS, BUSING
Another busload of migrants from Texas arrived in New York City Monday morning.
A bus with Texas plates arrived at Port Authority in Manhattan, and NYC Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs, Manuel Castro, shook the hands of migrants as an estimated 52 people
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FBI, THREATS, AGENTS, TRUMP
The FBI warned that its Mar-a-Lago raid has sparked disturbing calls for all-out civil war, with threats including the “targeted killings” of all involved — and a radioactive “dirty bomb” at the bureau’s HQ.
In a joint bulletin with the Department of Homeland
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ALLIGATOR, SOUTH, ATTACK, CAROLINA
An 88-year-old woman was killed in an alligator attack in South Carolina on Monday, officials said, the second fatal attack in the state in 2022 and at least the fourth one nationwide this year.
Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office were notified
Continued at USA Today...