Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, MARCH 30th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
120 articles
TRUMP, INDICTMENT, DONALD, JURY
The first Catholic. The first African American. Someday, maybe soon, the first woman. The history of the presidency is a history of firsts. Now there is one more: the first former president to be indicted.
It’s a solemn and sad moment. It’s also a fiercely
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REPORTER, RUSSIA, JOURNAL, STREET
The Wall Street Journal forcefully defended its reporter after he was arrested in Russia on allegations of espionage.
The Russian government's Federal Security Service said it had detained U.S. citizen and WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovitch in the city of Yekaterinburg
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BIDEN, HOUSE, WHITE, GOP
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on maintaining the banking system and protecting the country's economic recovery in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 13. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images
President Joe Biden wants to undo
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PALTROW, GWYNETH, SKI, TRIAL
The retired optometrist suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 Utah ski crash made a bizarre comparison between the Oscar-winning actress and late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during cross-examination.
Terry Sanderson, 76, said Paltrow needed to be held “accountable”
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CRASH, KENTUCKY, HELICOPTERS, ARMY
"The status of the crew members are unknown at this time," officials said.
Two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a training incident on Wednesday night in Trigg County, Kentucky, officials said in a statement.
"The status of the crew members
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NASHVILLE, SCHOOL, SHOOTING, 911
A former Covenant School pastor sparked several misleading headlines after mistakenly saying that Nashville shooter Audrey Hale had been counseled by the father of one of the victims and that the shooter had "targeted his daughter."
Former Covenant School
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TRAIN, MINNESOTA, EVACUATIONS, DERAILMENT
A train carrying ethanol derails and catches fire in Minnesota, forcing evacuations
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A train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in western Minnesota Thursday morning,
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BRAZIL, BOLSONARO, RETURNS, FLORIDA
Former President Jair Bolsonaro returned to his native Brazil after three months in the United States on Thursday morning, welcomed at both the Orlando, Florida, airport that saw him go and in Brasilia by supportive crowds.
Bolsonaro returned to a turbulent
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POPE, FRANCIS, HOSPITAL, IMPROVING
Pope Francis, seated in a wheelchair following knee treatment, presides over "The Cortile dei Bambini" (The Children's Courtyard) encounter with children coming from all over Italy, on June 4, 2022 at San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican. (TIZIANA FABI/AFP via
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SHAMAN, PRISON, EARLY, QANON
Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley, better known as the QAnon Shaman who wore a buffalo headdress during the Jan. 6 riot, was released early from prison after revelations of exculpatory evidence in previously concealed security video footage.
After House Speaker
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ENERGY, HOUSE, REPUBLICANS, BILL
“If you go across this country, Madam Speaker, it costs too much to heat your home and fill up your car,” Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, said as he promoted the bill during floor debate on Tuesday. “It cost less an administration ago.”
Republicans
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POLL, BIDEN, VOTERS, JOE
The good news for President Joe Biden is that his approval rating, as reported by a recent AP-NORC poll, stands at 38%. This is his second worst rating in his presidency, slightly better than his 36% in July 2022. Yes, that is his "good" news. It should be
Continued at Town Hall...
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BANK, BIDEN, RULES, REGULATORS
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, questions Lael Brainard, governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, not pictured, during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 13,
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TRANSGENDER, PEOPLE, UNDER, COMMUNITY
Just days after a woman who identifies as transgender walked into a Nashville Christian school and killed six people, including three children, transgender activists stormed the Tennessee Capitol chanting phrases like “no action, no peace.”
(WATCH: Left-Wing
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MCCARTHY, KEVIN, NETANYAHU, BIDEN
Stephen Colbert isn’t buying the latest claim by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in his standoff with President Joe Biden over the debt ceiling.
McCarthy sent Biden a letter insisting that he’s “incredibly concerned that you are putting an already
Continued at Huffington Post...
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JUDGE, PREVENTIVE, CARE, FEDERAL
CNN —
A federal judge in Texas said Thursday that some Affordable Care Act mandates cannot be enforced nationwide, including those that require insurers to cover a wide array of preventive care services at no cost to the patient, including some cancer, heart
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LAS, VEGAS, CASINOS, ANGRY
A trove of documents recently released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation show that the shooter who killed nearly 60 people at a Las Vegas concert in 2017 was "very upset" about how casinos were treating him.
The documents reveal the strongest indication
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GUN, CONTROL, PROTESTERS, NASHVILLE
Hundreds of people gathered outside Nashville’s State Capitol Thursday morning to rally for gun control in the wake of the deadly shooting earlier this week at The Covenant School.
Beginning at 8 a.m. local time, the demonstration drew a large crowd wielding
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POLICE, SHOOTING, OFFICERS, EDUCATION
An incredible image distributed by British prosecutors captures a moment of embarrassment as a police officer fails to catch a criminal less than a foot away from him.
Etmond Lika, 32, was wanted by police in connection to the production of cannabis, a controlled
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ABORTION, BILL, IDAHO, MINORS
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland voters will decide next year whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the Maryland Constitution, after the House of Delegates voted Thursday to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot.
The House voted 98-38 for a bill
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FERRY, FIRE, 31, MISSING
A ferry fire in the Philippines leaves more than 30 dead, a governor says
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MANILA, Philippines — A ferry carrying about 250 passengers and crew caught fire in the southern Philippines and 31 people drowned or died in
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BORDER, CROSSING, 000, CHINESE
An enormous group of over 1,000 illegal immigrants, primarily from Venezuela, crossed into the U.S. and turned themselves over to Border Patrol agents on Wednesday afternoon -- less than two months before the Title 42 expulsion authority is due to end.
El
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DAY, OPENING, SEASON, MLB
The New York Yankees are of the most storied baseball franchises in history, but their aggressive approach toward retiring uniform numbers has created an interesting problem.
The franchise appears to be having a difficult time issuing uniform numbers to players.
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AI, DIE, MUSK, ELON
Congressional lawmakers weighed in Thursday on whether companies should pause advanced artificial intelligence training in the wake of an open letter signed by Elon Musk and other tech leaders.
"I think Elon Musk is rightfully being cautious," Rep. Brian Mast,
Continued at Fox News...