Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, APRIL 24th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
60 articles
TUCKER, CARLSON, FOX, NEWS
Conservative House Republican lawmakers came to the defense of Tucker Carlson on social media Monday as news broke about his abrupt departure from Fox News.
Carlson, whose last broadcast was Friday, became the network's most popular personality after replacing
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BIDEN, RICE, SUSAN, 2024
As President Biden nears the formal announcement of his 2024 re-election bid, one of the most important developments of the campaign is something that hasn’t happened at all: No serious primary challenger ever emerged.
Mr. Biden has all but cleared the field
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TRUMP, DESANTIS, 2024, DONALD
Former Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin is backing Donald Trump’s comeback bid for president — weeks after saying he preferred a “robust Republican field” in 2024.
Zeldin, who mounted a strong campaign against Democrat Kathy Hochul in last year’s New York gubernatorial
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DON, LEMON, CNN, FIRING
Lemon said he's "stunned" and learned the news from his agent.
CNN anchor Don Lemon tweeted that he's been terminated from the network.
Lemon said he's "stunned" and learned the news from his agent.
Don Lemon attends the 2023 Center Dinner at Cipriani Wall
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TRIAL, SYNAGOGUE, PITTSBURGH, 2018
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jury selection will begin Monday in the federal death penalty trial of a truck driver accused of shooting to death 11 Jewish worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
Robert G. Bowers, who
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BREONNA, TAYLOR, OFFICER, HIRED
A ground mural depicting a portrait of Breonna Taylor is seen at Chambers Park in Annapolis, Md., July 6, 2020. (Julio Cortez/AP)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The former Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement in a county
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AARON, RODGERS, JETS, TRADE
After six weeks of waiting, Aaron Rodgers is leaving behind his brilliant legacy in Green Bay and heading to the bright lights — and massive expectations — of the Big Apple.
The New York Jets have agreed on a deal to acquire the four-time NFL MVP from the
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DANCING, 78, GOODMAN, STARS
"Dancing with the Stars" judge Len Goodman has died. He was 78.
"It is with great sadness to announce that Len Goodman has passed away peacefully," his manager, Jackie Gill, confirmed to USA TODAY Monday.
Goodman was a beloved husband, father and grandfather
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SUMMER, DA, PROBE, TRUMP
It looks like the nation will be experiencing Déjà Vu all over again when summer rolls around. Only a few weeks after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted former President Donald Trump over alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels
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LIGHT, BUD, LEAVE, MULVANEY
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) hawked a new line of beverage coolers to celebrate the “real woman of politics” and critics were convinced the promotional video was a parody.
“Real women don’t have to fake it,” the former Trump White House press secretary
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BIDEN, SOUTH, KOREA, UNVEIL
Russia’s brutal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine must offend all lovers of liberty. Moreover, if Moscow prevails, it would strengthen Russia and China to the detriment of America.
That said, how America supports Ukraine must be based, like any matter
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OFFICER, WRIGHT, DAUNTE, KIM
She was found guilty of first- and second-degree manslaughter.
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer convicted of killing Daunte Wright -- a 20-year-old Black man shot during a traffic stop -- was released from a Minnesota Correctional facility
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TEXAS, PROM, PARTY, TEENS
Nine teens were injured in a shooting at a large after-prom party near Jasper, Texas, just after midnight Sunday. Authorities have not identified the shooter or their motive, but said they were questioning people of interest in the case. None of the nine victims
Continued at Vox...
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DON, TUCKER, POLL, THIRDS
The Marist poll found that 64 percent of Americans also oppose a ban on medication abortion, and a majority of those people do regardless of political affiliation. Almost the same number of people (61 percent) think judges should not be able to overrule FDA
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DEBT, CEILING, MCCARTHY, PLAN
CNN —
Speaker Kevin McCarthy made a plea to House Republicans during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning to back his debt ceiling plan, telling them that although it doesn’t have to include everything they want, it will help get him to the negotiating table
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COURT, SUPREME, MEDIA, OFFICIALS
At issue in the case going before the Supreme Court is whether public officials’ Facebook and Twitter accounts are private and personal or become public platforms when officials use them to speak about public business.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear
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CHALLENGED, QUEER, GENDER, TOPS
Graphic memoir 'Gender Queer' tops U.S. library group's list of most challenged books
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NEW YORK — With Florida legislators barring even the mention of being gay in classrooms and similar restrictions
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COLLEGE, SHOOTING, DEAD, OKLAHOMA
One person is dead and a shooter is in custody as police in Oklahoma investigate an active shooter report at Rose State College.
Midwest City Police Chief Sid Porter said police officers immediately responded when calls came in reporting someone had been shot.
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BOYS, PROUD, TRIAL, CLOSING
A federal jury is set to hear closing arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial of Proud Boys extremist group leaders charged with plotting to use force to keep then-President Donald Trump in power
WASHINGTON -- A historic trial over the deadly U.S. Capitol
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MILITARY, SPENDING, HIGH, TIME
The world has never spent so much on military muscle. Figures released Monday show $2.24 trillion was outlaid globally in 2022 with Europe leading the way due to Ukraine’s demands for continued supplies of battlefield hardware.
Spending overall rose for the
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TENNESSEE, BIDEN, GUN, HOUSE
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday plans to welcome to the White House the three Tennessee lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating in gun control protests at their statehouse.
The episode has turned the lawmakers, known as the “Tennessee three,”
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SUDAN, COUNTRIES, FIGHTING, EVACUATING
As continued fighting raises fears that Sudan could plunge deeper into chaos, foreign governments are scrambling to get their diplomats and other citizens safely out of the country. Most countries deployed military transport aircraft to fly people out, including
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THOMAS, CLARENCE, JUSTICE, GIFTS
Harlan Crow, chairman and chief executive officer of Crow Holdings LLC, sits for a photograph at the Old Parkland estate offices in Dallas, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Monday asked GOP megadonor Harlan Crow for a complete list
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AI, GRIMES, VOICE, GENERATED
Breaking with others in the music industry, singer and former Elon Musk girlfriend Grimes has okayed the use of her voice in AI-generated songs, promising 50 percent royalties to anyone who achieves success with an AI-generated song using her voice.
“I’ll
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