Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28th 2022
Updated 23:59 ET
20 articles
TRUMP, PENCE, DINNER, KANYE
CNN —
A federal judge in Washington, DC, on Monday said that Donald Trump doesn’t have “absolute immunity,” as the former president claimed he should, in response to a lawsuit in its early stages related to Trump’s actions around the 2020 presidential election.
Civil
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LOA, MAUNA, HAWAII, VOLCANO
An eruption began in the summit caldera of Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the world's largest active volcano, on Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Service's (USGS) volcanic activity service said.
"At this time, lava flows are contained within the summit area and are
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TWITTER, MUSK, APPLE, ELON
Illustration: Chris McGonigal/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Images
Elon Musk has a record of saying one thing and doing another, a fact that has become increasingly obvious and alarming since his takeover of Twitter has resulted in chaos within the company and an
Continued at Huffington Post...
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ARIZONA, ELECTION, COUNTY, CERTIFY
Republican officials in one Arizona county said Monday they will not certify the 2022 election results that have Democrats winning races for governor, US Senate and other statewide offices — setting up a showdown with the Democratic secretary of state and governor-elect,
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BIDEN, HOUSE, HOLIDAY, WHITE
White House unveils holiday decorations
"We the People" at heart of 2022 White House holiday decorations. (Nov. 28)
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GUILTY, BUFFALO, PLEADS, CHARGES
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The White gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded guilty Monday to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges, guaranteeing that he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Payton Gendron,
Continued at Washington Times...
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BOIL, WATER, HOUSTON, NOTICE
Officials say more than 2 million people in the Houston area remain under a boil order notice after a power outage caused low water pressure at a water purification plant
HOUSTON -- More than 2 million people in the Houston area were under a boil order notice
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MONKEYPOX, MPOX, RENAMES, RACISM
CNN anchor Ana Cabrera on Monday praised the World Health Organization (WHO) for changing the name of the monkeypox virus in order to be more culturally sensitive.
CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen reported how the monkeypox virus will now be
Continued at Fox News...
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POLICE, FAMILY, GIRL, TEEN
A Pennsylvania teen allegedly said during a video chat he killed someone then showed the body, officials reported Saturday.
The Bensalem Police Department received a 911 call Friday from a woman claiming her daughter received an Instagram video chat from a
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GASLIGHTING, WEBSTER, MERRIAM, WORD
NEW YORK — “Gaslighting” — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year.
Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn’t
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CHINA, WHITE, HOUSE, COVID
White House unveils its holiday decor, including 77 trees and 'We the People' theme
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It's starting to look a lot like Christmas at the White House.
On Monday, first lady Jill Biden
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CONGRESS, RAIL, STRIKE, BIDEN
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On Monday, President Joe Biden called on Congress to take action to force an agreement designed by his administration to avoid rail workers striking.
His
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CHINA, COVID, PROTESTS, XI
“Lift the lockdown,” the protesters screamed in a city in China’s far west. On the other side of the country, in Shanghai, demonstrators held up sheets of blank white paper, turning them into an implicit but powerful sign of defiance. One protester, who was
Continued at New York Times...
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IRAN, CUP, WORLD, SOCCER
Gregg Berhalter, coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team, apologized Monday for a controversial social media post by the U.S. Soccer Federation, although the group said it had no involvement in the creation of the post.
Over the weekend, the USSF posted
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ALITO, SUPREME, COURT, SAMUEL
A lawyer for the Supreme Court said on Monday that there is no evidence that Justice Samuel Alito leaked the ruling of a major Supreme Court case regarding contraceptives in 2014.
“There is nothing to suggest that Justice Alito’s actions violated ethical standards,”
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PLANE, POWER, LINES, MARYLAND
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Two people were extricated from a small plane early Monday in Maryland, several hours after they crashed into power lines, causing widespread outages in the surrounding county.
Montgomery County Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said the
Continued at Washington Times...
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MIKE, LINDELL, RNC, CHAIR
Mike Lindell announced his bid to run as chairman of the Republican National Committee on Monday, mounting a challenge to Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, whom he says has “failed” the GOP after the party’s lackluster midterm performance.
His announcement comes
Continued at Washington Examiner...
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FTX, BLOCKFI, BANKRUPTCY, LENDER
Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the fallout from the collapse of FTX continues
Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange
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ASSAULT, BAN, WEAPONS, MURPHY
Sen. Chris Murphy says Democrats don’t have enough votes in the Senate to pass the type of “assault” weapons ban championed by President Biden, but he would like to try to pass something in the new Congress.
Mr. Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, said he wants
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CARTEL, COCAINE, SUPER, POLICE
BRUSSELS (AP) – Law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a “super cartel” of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe, the European Union crime agency said on Monday.
Europol
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BALENCIAGA, AD, CAMPAIGN, SUING
Los Angeles Rams star wide receiver Cooper Kupp has taken aim at luxury fashion designer Balenciaga after the release of photos from a recent ad campaign by the company, which depicted children holding teddy bears dressed in bondage gear.
Kupp, perhaps the
Continued at Breitbart...
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BLACK, PARALYZED, CHARGED, CONNECTICUT
Five Connecticut police officers were charged on Monday with misdemeanors in a case in which a Black man who was being transported in the back of a police van became paralyzed when the driver hit the brakes hard, shattering the man’s spine.
The man, Randy
Continued at New York Times...
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IDAHO, MURDERS, UNIVERSITY, 911
The gruesome stabbing murders of four friends from the University of Idaho while they slept has sent shockwaves through the small college town of Moscow — and the rest of the country.
The victims – all under 22 – were killed at their off-campus home in the
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WALKER, SENATE, HERSCHEL, GEORGIA
Herschel Walker is hoping a diverse cast of GOP leaders and activists can help push him over the finish line in his runoff race against Democratic incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Mr. Walker, after a weekend break from campaigning, returned to the trail Monday
Continued at Washington Times...