Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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DESANTIS, TRUMP, POLL, BIDEN
The political team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back against a new ad from a super PAC backing former President Trump's 2024 campaign, insisting the ad's claim that DeSantis "backed a national sales tax" and a "23% tax hike" during his tenure in
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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a town hall, Monday, May 8, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Scott has filed paperwork
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Jim Brown, the Cleveland Browns fullback who was acclaimed as one of the greatest players in pro football history, and who remained in the public eye as a Hollywood action hero and a civil rights activist, though his name was later tarnished by accusations
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ABORTION, NEBRASKA, WEEK, 12
The Nebraska legislature has passed a bill restricting both abortion and gender-transition treatment for minors, sending the measure to the governor after a contentious seven-hour session interrupted by raucous left-wing protesters.
The unicameral body voted
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DISNEY, FLORIDA, DESANTIS, WARS
The Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that it is closing its Star Wars-themed Galactic Starcruiser attraction in Orlando after a little more than one year of operation as the troubled company continues to slash spending amid its ongoing profitability crisis.
The
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DURHAM, RUSSIA, TRUMP, CLINTON
The report of special counsel John Durham is, or ought to be, devastating for anyone who has put any credence in what has now been definitively revealed to be the Russia collusion hoax.
With a painstaking examination of the evidence (1,753 footnotes!), Durham
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ANDY, ROURKE, SMITHS, 59
Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his former bandmate Johnny Marr said Friday. He was 59.
In a lengthy post on Instagram, guitarist and
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PENTAGON, SUSPECT, LEAK, TEIXEIRA
The Pentagon leak suspect is due back in court as a judge weighs his detention A judge in Massachusetts is expected to decide on Friday whether accused Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira will remain in custody ahead of his trial for espionage.
National The Pentagon
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BIDEN, DEBT, 14TH, COMER
It’s not very often that the President of the United States, the leader of a major American political party, tells its members to “talk to the hand.” But that’s what just happened.
As RedState reported earlier on Friday, the debt ceiling talks between Joe
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MIGRANTS, VETS, HOMELESS, EVICTED
The storyline was a hook, line, and sinker for the right: A hotel kicked out American veterans to make room for an influx of migrants being shipped to the town. A media firestorm quickly slammed officials for a completely made-up occurrence.
Republican Assemblyman
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ARAB, SAUDI, SUMMIT, LEADERS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Saudi Arabia on Friday for meetings with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and an address to the League of Arab States, holding its summit this weekend.
The visit is the first for Zelensky to the Mideast ally
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BORDER, PATROL, YEAR, RESCUING
Border Patrol agents say they came under gunfire from Mexico on Monday while they were working to rescue a 4-year-old boy whom smugglers had dropped into the U.S. from the border wall.
Agents saw the boy dropped Monday night just after 9 p.m. and summoned
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EARTHQUAKE, NEW, SMALL, CITY
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Friday in the far Pacific created small tsunami waves in Vanuatu
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Friday in the far Pacific created small tsunami waves in Vanuatu.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said waves
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GRINER, BRITTNEY, WNBA, RUSSIA
Before her last ill-fated visit to Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner was a national anthem protester and refused to stand at attention when the anthem was played ahead of her games. Now that she has been freed from a Russian prison, though, Griner is singing
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The FBI misused its powerful digital surveillance powers nearly 300,000 times between 2020 and early 2021, including against January 6 protesters, according to a newly unsealed court document.
The powers, authorized by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence
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BOYS, PROUD, LEADER, CHARGED
A high-ranking lieutenant in the Washington, D.C., police department was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday morning for allegedly obstructing justice and making false statements about his relationship with Enrique Tarrio, the longtime chairman of the far-right
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16S, BIDEN, PILOTS, UKRAINE
In a sharp reversal, President Biden told leaders at the Group of 7 summit in Japan today that he would allow Ukrainian pilots to be trained on American-made F-16s, according to several U.S. officials.
The U.S. will also discuss in the coming months how to
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BIDEN, CONFUSED, JAPAN, STAIRS
Joe Biden is in Japan now for the G7 meeting, right in the middle of challenging debt negotiation meetings with the Republicans. That’s all on him because he delayed meeting with Republicans for so long. He had planned on being abroad longer, after the G7 but
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CRASH, OREGON, DEAD, INTERSTATE
A car crash involving multiple vehicles in western Oregon left seven people dead and several other victims injured, police said.
Oregon State Police said officers and fire officials responded to the crash along Interstate 5 at approximately 2:05 p.m. when
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