Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, MARCH 20th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
99 articles
TRUMP, DA, INDICTMENT, MANHATTAN
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday denounced the "manufactured circus" behind Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's investigation of former President Donald Trump, rebuking him as a George Soros-funded prosecutor.
Further, the governor, while answering
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XI, PUTIN, CHINA, MOSCOW
Hong Kong CNN —
For Chinese leader Xi Jinping, his high-profile state visit to Russia and meeting with President Vladimir Putin this week is a timely opportunity to showcase China’s growing diplomatic clout on the world stage and its ambition to challenge
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BIDEN, VETO, ESG, FIRST
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Thursday that the Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing movement harms the working class the most.
Scalise spoke previously to Breitbart News about the
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BANK, FED, NEW, VALLEY
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Community Bank has agreed to buy a significant chunk of the failed Signature Bank in a $2.7 billion deal, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said late Sunday.
The 40 branches of Signature Bank will become Flagstar Bank, starting Monday.
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SCHOOL, SHOOTING, TEXAS, HIGH
A California school district's newly elected conservative board approved a resolution to spend $15,000 in taxpayer money for sessions with an anti-critical race theory (CRT) consultant.
Temecula Valley Unified School District (TVUSD) is allocating taxpayer
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CLIMATE, REPORT, WARNS, CHANGE
UN report says 'humanity is on thin ice' climate change report, warns weather will worsen
The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases a new and devastating report on the danger climate change has on the world.
Continued at USA Today...
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SPRING, BREAK, MIAMI, BEACH
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Gunfire erupted in an area of Miami Beach crowded with people on spring break, killing one person, wounding another and sending dozens scrambling for safety, police said.
Two males were shot Friday night, and one person was detained
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YEARS, WORKER, AID, HELD
An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger has been released, U.S. officials said Monday.
Jeffery Woodke, a Christian humanitarian aid worker, was released on Monday after more than six years in captivity, the White House said.
"I'm gratified & relieved
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SUISSE, CREDIT, UBS, TAKEOVER
Stocks in Asia slipped and U.S. stock futures rose slightly after Swiss regulators struck a deal on Sunday to rescue the country’s embattled bank Credit Suisse from the brink of a disorderly bankruptcy that threatened to further roil global markets.
The takeover
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SANDLER, ADAM, TWAIN, MARK
Big names including Steve Buscemi, Conan O'Brien come out to honor Adam Sandler
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Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston and Chris Rock were among the comedians in Washington,
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CONFIDENCE, MACRON, GOVERNMENT, FACES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend the National Roundtable on Diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry in Paris on March 16, 2023.
The government of French President Emmanuel Macron faces a no-confidence vote Monday afternoon, as furious opposition
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WHITE, HOUSE, REPORTER, BRIEFING
Chaos broke out in the White House briefing room on Monday after Karine Jean-Pierre had a reporter removed from the room. The multi-minute exchange between the two eventually led to another reporter jumping in to defend Jean-Pierre.
Simon Ateba, Chief White
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MURDAUGH, SMITH, DEATH, STEPHEN
Alex Murdaugh’s surviving son, Buster, on Monday “unequivocally” denied “vicious rumors” that he was involved in the death of a gay former classmate he was linked to romantically.
Buster Murdaugh, 26, spoke out for the first time as the body of Stephen Smith,
Continued at New York Post...
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XXXTENTACION, RAPPER, MURDER, CONVICTS
Suspects in the XXXTentacion murder trial with their attorneys during day six of jury deliberation at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on March 15, 2023. (Carline Jean / South Florida Sun Sentinel)
Three men were found guilty Monday of the
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MENTAL, TED, LASSO, HEALTH
Ted Lasso cast lifts up mental health at White House
Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to "ask how
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KOREA, NORTH, NUCLEAR, MISSILE
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States accused China and Russia on Monday of shielding North Korea from any action by the U.N. Security Council for its unprecedented spate of intercontinental ballistic missile launches, which violate multiple U.N. resolutions
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LAY, AMAZON, 000, EMPLOYEES
Amazon plans to lay off 9,000 corporate and tech workers by the end of April, adding to the 18,000 roles it already cut late last year and this January, Andy Jassy, the company’s chief executive, said in a note to employees on Monday.
The new layoffs, which
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RUPERT, MURDOCH, SMITH, LESLEY
Rupert Murdoch. Professionally, the parent of Earth’s media. Personally, the creator of new news himself. Celebrating March, his Nativity month, a new scoop is Mr. Murdoch’s getting married — again.
But first, before anything, we discuss the important stuff.
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000, DROUGHT, 43, DEAD
People arrive at a displacement camp on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia, Sept. 21, 2022 amid a drought. (Jerome Delay/AP)
NAIROBI, Kenya — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of
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TAIWAN, VISIT, CHINA, JEOU
Taipei, Taiwan CNN —
Taiwan’s former president Ma Ying-jeou will visit mainland China next week, the first such trip by a former Taiwanese leader since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
Ma, a senior member of Taiwan’s Kuomintang (KMT) opposition party,
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BILL, SANDERS, SIGNS, HUCKABEE
Arkansas Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a new bill into law allowing a pro-life monument to be installed near the state Capitol to remember the lives lost to abortion.
The privately-funded "monument to the unborn" would mark the number of abortions
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TRUMP, ROCK, CHRIS, STUPID
Comedian Chris Rock warned U.S. lawmakers on Sunday that arresting former President Trump would only make him "more popular."
Rock made the comments while in Washington, D.C., for an event honoring Adam Sandler. He began poking fun at the well-connected capital
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SMALL, REPUBLIC, DEVELOPERS, PHOTOS
The number of Black video game developers is small, but strong
Enlarge this image toggle caption Geneva Heyward, Catt Small, Charles McGregor, Xalavier Nelson Jr., Neil Jones, filo/Getty Images Geneva Heyward, Catt Small, Charles McGregor, Xalavier Nelson
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WORLD, CLASSIC, BASEBALL, PLAYER
Sen. Marco Rubio said on Sunday that the Miami Marlins were reportedly blocking people from displaying anti-communist slogans at the World Baseball Classic Semifinals game.
In a video posted to Twitter just as the United States prepared to face off against
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