Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, APRIL 23rd 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
14 articles
TRUMP, 2024, GOP, PENCE
Former President Donald Trump took jabs at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis but his jokes didn’t hit well with his crowd in the state on Friday.
Trump tried his hand at grilling the governor, a potential Republican primary challenger during his 2024 presidential
Continued at Huffington Post...
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SUDAN, EMBASSY, DIPLOMATS, EVACUATE
President Joe Biden released a statement following the evacuations of U.S. Embassy personnel from violence-torn Sudan, calling the ongoing civil war "unconscionable" and exhorting "belligerent parties" to an immediate ceasefire.
"This tragic violence in Sudan
Continued at Fox News...
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BED, BANKRUPTCY, BATH, FILES
A Bed Bath & Beyond customer enters a store in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Bed Bath & Beyond has filed for bankruptcy protection, but the company says its stores and websites will remain open and continue serving customers. The beleaguered
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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BIDEN, RUN, POLL, CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to tap Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to manage his reelection campaign, according to a person familiar with deliberations on the matter.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because
Continued at Washington Times...
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POLICE, ARRESTED, LEADER, FLORIDA
A South Florida man shot at 2 Instacart delivery workers who went to the wrong house
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A man in South Florida shot at the car of two people who drove
Continued at NPR...
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NBCUNIVERSAL, CEO, SHELL, INAPPROPRIATE
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is calling it quits after admitting “an inappropriate relationship” with a woman at the media giant, parent company Comcast said Sunday.
The tryst was exposed during an investigation by an outside counsel to investigate a complaint
Continued at New York Post...
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BODIES, CULT, KENYA, PASTOR
21 bodies dug up in cult probe of Kenya pastor
Police say 21 bodies have been discovered so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. (23 April 2023)
Continued at USA Today...
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BLUE, TWITTER, ELON, MUSK
Prepare for more in the Great Battle of the Blue Checks!
It seems that Twitter head Elon Musk has been cleaning the clock of the liberal complainers in the war, so far.
Liberals were seething that the blue checks had been taken away. They thought they were
Continued at Red State...
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ABORTION, GRAHAM, LINDSEY, LATE
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that abortion was a “human rights issue.”
Anchor Dana Bash said, “Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said this week that the Supreme Court got it right when they ruled abortion was
Continued at Breitbart...
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DRAGON, DISNEYLAND, SHOW, CATCHES
Spectators at Disneyland's popular "Fantasmic!" show got a shock this weekend when the feature's fire-breathing animatronic dragon suddenly burst into flames.
No injuries were reported following the blaze Saturday night at the Southern California theme park,
Continued at Newsmax...
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PLANE, ENGINE, BIRD, FIRE
The plane was taken out of service for maintenance.
An American Airlines flight returned to an airport in Ohio after a possible bird strike on Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration told ABC News.
The Boeing 737 plane was headed to Phoenix, Arizona,
Continued at ABC...
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MCCARTHY, DEBT, CEILING, GOP
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy demanded President Biden return to the negotiating table for debt ceiling negotiations, as talks remain stalled over key spending cuts and a potential increase to the ceiling overall.
McCarthy accused the president of stifling
Continued at Fox News...
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LIZZO, TENNESSEE, DRAG, LAW
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In a concert Friday night in Knoxville, Tennessee, Lizzo filled the stage with drag queens in a glittery protest against the state’s legislation designed to restrict drag performances in public.
While performing at Thompson-Boling Arena,
Continued at Washington Times...
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LAWSUIT, RETARDANT, POLLUTION, CURB
BILLINGS, Mont. — A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists raised concerns about waterways that are being polluted with the potentially toxic red slurry that’s
Continued at Washington Times...
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TRUMP, ABORTION, IOWA, VOTERS
CLIVE, Iowa — Donald Trump, stinging from a rebuke by the nation’s leading anti-abortion group, used a speech Saturday before influential evangelicals in Iowa to spotlight his actions as president to try to restrict abortion rights.
Chief among the accomplishments
Continued at New York Post...
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GRIZZLIES, BROOKS, DILLON, EJECTED
Dillon Brooks took his rivalry with LeBron James a bit too far.
The Memphis Grizzlies forward was ejected from Game 3 on Saturday night after he hit the NBA's all-time leading scorer below the belt.
James was looking to take the ball upcourt, and when he
Continued at Fox News...
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UKRAINIAN, SPECULATION, COUNTEROFFENSIVE, RUSSIAN
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian military forces have successfully established positions on the eastern side of the Dnieper River, according to a new analysis, giving rise to speculation Sunday that the advances could be an early sign of Kyiv’s long-awaited spring
Continued at Washington Times...
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RACISM, JEWS, EXPERIENCE, SUSPENDED
A left-wing U.K. lawmaker has been suspended after arguing in a public letter that Jewish people cannot be the victims of "racism."
Diane Abbott, was suspended as a Labour Party whip on Sunday after widespread backlash. She released a statement on Twitter
Continued at Fox News...
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STATE, SUDAN, DEPARTMENT, STUDENT
The U.S. State Department is urging Americans to avoid traveling to Sedan as violence continues in the African country.
The travel advisory comes after U.S. Embassy personnel were evacuated from the capital city of Khartoum. The evacuation was completed as
Continued at Fox News...
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ABORTION, MACE, REPUBLICANS, GOP
Fellow Republicans will "lose huge" with voters if they continue to insist on strict abortion bans at the state level, Rep. Nancy Mace told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.
The South Carolina Republican said, "We're going to lose huge if we continue down this
Continued at Newsmax...
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SHELTER, PLACE, SUDAN, UPDATES
Thousands of Americans still trapped in war-torn Sudan were warned Sunday that they will have to “shelter in place” while the US works to get them out.
Most of the US citizens remaining in the East African nation ravaged by civil war are aid workers or Sudanese
Continued at New York Post...
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TEXAS, PROM, PARTY, WOUNDED
An after prom party in Texas erupted in gunfire early Sunday, leaving at least nine people shot, authorities said.
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, deputies responded to a disturbance on County Road 263 north of Jasper with shots fired, the Jasper County
Continued at Fox News...
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COMER, BIDEN, MONEY, DEALS
Even more relatives of President Biden — or at least a dozen in all — will be exposed for having received money from foreign entities, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee said Sunday.
“There’s not going to be anybody left for a Christmas picture
Continued at New York Post...
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CRACKDOWN, DYING, TELEHEALTH, PATIENTS
At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Teri Sheridan was ready to end her life using New Jersey’s law that allows medically assisted suicide — but she was bedbound, too sick to travel.
So last Nov. 17, surrounded
Continued at Washington Times...