Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31st 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
70 articles
TRUMP, DOJ, DOCUMENTS, LAGO
Trump's lawyers have until Wednesday to file their response to a federal judge.
The Justice Department on Tuesday responded to former President Donald Trump's call for a "special master" to review materials the FBI seized at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump's
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WATER, JACKSON, CRISIS, RESIDENTS
Four families are suing the U.S. government nearly a year after jet fuel leaked and contaminated drinking water that went to military households in Hawaii.
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday claims that leaks at the Red Hill storage facility near Pearl Harbor
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ALASKA, ELECTION, MARY, SPECIAL
Democrat Mary Peltola won a special election to fill Alaska's congressional seat, formerly held by Rep. Don Young. AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File
Alaska has elected its first Indigenous person to federal office after Democrat Mary Peltola won a runoff election
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STUDENT, LOAN, BIDEN, DEBT
Appearing Tuesday on the Fox Business Network, former Trump Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos criticized President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan.
A partial transcript is as follows:
INTERVIEWER: Who do you think is footing the bill?
BETSY DEVOS:
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NUCLEAR, PLANT, UKRAINE, INSPECTORS
Nuclear inspectors arrive at Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrive today at the troubled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to assess damage and establish safety and security conditions.
Europe Nuclear
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COVID, BOOSTERS, FDA, AUTHORIZES
The Food and Drug Administration authorized re-formulated COVID-19 boosters Wednesday that target omicron variants alongside the original strain discovered in China, clearing the way for another shots-in-arms campaign to launch by next week.
Regulators said
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BIDEN, JOE, 15, APPROVAL
The Democrats have been trying to sell a new image of late when it comes to Joe Biden: “Dark Brandon” who passes legislation.
They may have been helped to some extent because Biden was on vacation for most of the month of August, so people weren’t being reminded
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GORBACHEV, WORLD, MIKHAIL, DEATH
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, has died. Many testimonials will focus on his humanity and his vision. But these qualities are not what made him great. Gorbachev attained greatness by failing.
This sounds odd in the West because Westerners have
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FBI, WRAY, AGENTS, LOST
(CNN) A veteran FBI agent who engaged with social media posts critical of former President Donald Trump and retired from the bureau last week says he is cooperating with a government investigation into his conduct.
Timothy Thibault, who worked in the FBI's
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PRINCESS, DIANA, DEATH, 25TH
An artist from London has honored Princess Diana on the 25th anniversary of her death.
Nathan Wyburn makes art using different kinds of objects, and he honored the People’s Princess with a touching portrait created out of candles.
In a video, you can see
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NEW, GUN, YORK, TIMES
The number of New Yorkers hoping to legally pack heat spiked this summer ahead of strict new permitting rules set to take effect on Thursday.
Applications for gun permits increased by 54% in the five boroughs after the Supreme Court struck down a century-old
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SCHOOL, BOARD, TEXAS, LEAVE
A Texas school board rejects 'In God We Trust' signs in Arabic
The signs had the right message, as required by law. One stated "In God We Trust" over a rainbow background. Another was in Arabic. But the Carroll school district in North Texas rejected the signs,
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FETTERMAN, OZ, DR, DEBATE
Conservatives on social media criticized Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, John Fetterman, for backing out of an upcoming debate with his opponent, Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz.
One user even recognized Fetterman’s campaign
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LIFE, EXPECTANCY, YEAR, DROPS
Life expectancy fell in the United States in 2021 for the second year in a row to its lowest level since 1996, driven by COVID-19 deaths, according to provisional government data published on Wednesday.
The nearly one-year decline from 2020 to 76.1 years marked
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ABORTION, MICHIGAN, RIGHTS, BOARD
Michigan board rejects abortion rights measure
A Michigan elections board rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.(Aug. 31)(AP video: Mike
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NEW, POLICE, JUSTICE, 17
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will no longer allow political appointees to go to fundraisers and other campaign events under restrictions handed down Tuesday that are aimed at maintaining the department’s independence from politics.
Attorney General
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TEXAS, MIGRANTS, CHICAGO, BUSES
Chicago is the latest target for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign to bus illegal immigrants to Democrat-led cities, after the Republican governor announced the first busload arrived Wednesday.
The migrants were dropped off at Union Station in the city’s downtown,
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CHINA, XINJIANG, REPORT, RIGHTS
It also said that the “arbitrary and discriminatory detention” of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups “may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.”
Among its recommendations, the U.N. agency called on China to promptly
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CRIST, CONGRESS, CHARLIE, FLORIDA
Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist announced Wednesday he will resign from Congress as he campaigns to unseat Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in November.
The move will shrink Democrats' already-slim majority in the House, potentially complicating efforts
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TAIWAN, DRONES, CHINA, FIRE
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Taiwan’s defense ministry threatened Wednesday that it would strike Chinese armed forces if they come within 12 nautical miles of the Taiwanese air and sea territory.
Taiwan’s vow of self defense comes as China
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RUSSIA, GAS, HALTS, GERMANY
Russia's Gazprom halted the flow of natural gas through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe early Wednesday, a stoppage that it announced in advance and has said will last three days.
The Russian state-owned energy company announced the closure of Nord
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13, REPORTED, MILITARY, SEXUAL
WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.
Mirroring
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POLICE, FATALLY, OHIO, VIDEO
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Community organizations asked for a transparent investigation Wednesday, a day after Ohio police released body camera footage of a fatal police shooting that occurred earlier this week.
Donovan Lewis, 20, died at a hospital following the shooting
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TRUMP, SON, HUNTER, CONTENT
Fresh off its debut on Truth Social, the full-length trailer for Breitbart’s upcoming feature film My Son Hunter went viral. It has currently garnered over four million cross-platform views on social media, and it’s still climbing. We wanted to get firsthand
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