Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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DESANTIS, RON, TRUMP, 2024
Recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis sat down with me for a one-hour interview.
I started by praising him for keeping Florida largely open during Covid.
"I just had to make the decision as a leader," says DeSantis. "Are you gonna worry about the daily news cycle?
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TINA, TURNER, 83, DEAD
NEW YORK — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a dynamic run of hit records and live shows in the 1960s and ‘70s and survived her horrifying marriage to triumph in middle age with the chart-topping
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UVALDE, YEAR, SHOOTING, GUN
Uvalde victims honored one year after massacre
Families and loved ones paid tribute to the 19 children and two teachers shot dead one year ago in Uvalde, Texas, while the state Senate paused for a moment of silence to mark the day. (May 24)
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TARGET, PRIDE, LGBTQ, MERCHANDISE
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is the latest to call out Target for its transgender push, expressing disgust after the company opted to partner with a satanist to push pride month apparel.
“Even by the standards of woke corporations, @Target‘s partnership with a satanist
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DURHAM, FBI, SCHIFF, TRUMP
Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos is speaking out after the long-anticipated report from Special Counsel John Durham revealed he repeatedly denied any possible collusion well before the FBI opened its doomed Trump-Russia investigation.
Durham’s
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SUPREME, COURT, ROBERTS, ETHICS
The Supreme Court remains “committed” to ensuring that justices uphold the “highest standards of conduct,” Chief Justice John Roberts declared Tuesday.
Roberts made the statement during an awards ceremony in Washington, DC, lightly acknowledging the ongoing
Continued at New York Post...
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BIDEN, STUDENT, HOUSE, PLAN
U.S. President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up as he departs for Japan from the White House in Washington, May 17, 2023.
President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have put together a 50-state joint fundraising strategy in a bid to give him an overwhelming financial
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TYPHOON, GUAM, MAWAR, POWER
The U.S. Navy ordered the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group to head to the island of Guam to assist in the recovery effort from the Typhoon Mawar, according to reports.
The Nimitz, along with the USS Bunker Hill, a cruiser, and the USS Wayne E. Meyer,
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SHELTER, NYC, MIGRANT, NEW
Another factor in Ms. Katz’s decision, another person familiar with her thinking said, was the mayor’s decision on Tuesday to oppose legislation that would increase the number of people who can access housing vouchers, a push by the City Council to reduce the
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PROFESSOR, MACHETE, REPORTER, COLLEGE
Shellyne Rodriguez, a Manhattan college professor has been fired from Hunter College after holding a machete to a New York Post reporter’s throat and threatening to “chop him up” on Tuesday. The incident took place when the reporter from the New York Post knocked
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YELLOWSTONE, BISON, HERD, BABY
Baby bison euthanized after being handled by a Yellowstone guest, rejected by herd
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Yellowstone National Park rangers euthanized a newborn bison calf after
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ABORTION, SOUTH, CAROLINA, BAN
South Carolina’s legislature has passed a bill that would ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, which is around the time most people find out they are pregnant.
Under this bill, doctors could face a fine of $10,000 and two years in prison, as well as
Continued at Huffington Post...
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POEM, GORMAN, SCHOOL, AMANDA
One Florida school’s decision to restrict access to a poem written for and performed at President Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration has increased scrutiny of book bans in the state, and the growing commitment to such efforts across the country.
The bans, some
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SENTENCED, PELOSI, RIOTER, YEARS
"I admit I was angry, and I apologize," the defendant said.
Richard "Bigo" Barnett was sentenced on Wednesday to four years and six months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.
Barnett became one of the most recognizable figures in the
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TRAVEL, NAACP, FLORIDA, PARTISAN
Recently, the NAACP issued what it calls a "formal travel advisory" to warn black Americans against visiting Florida. "Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals," the group said. "Before traveling to Florida,
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IRS, WHISTLEBLOWER, PROBE, HUNTER
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel told Congress the Justice Department (DOJ) made the decision to purge an IRS whistleblower from the DOJ’s probe into Hunter Biden, according to a letter sent to House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO).
Werfel’s
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YEARS, FETTY, SENTENCED, WAP
He pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute, possess controlled substances.
Rapper Fetty Wap was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that blanketed parts of Long Island and New Jersey in cocaine, heroin,
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WHITE, HOUSE, HAUL, CHARGES
A view of a rented box truck that crashed into security barriers at Lafayette Park across from the White House, as the U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies investigate the incident, in Washington, U.S. May 23, 2023. REUTERS/Nathan Howard NATHAN
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ILLINOIS, CATHOLIC, CLERGY, ABUSE
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday that the state has corroborated more than 1,900 victims’ child sex abuse claims against Catholic clergy in Illinois. The cases go back to 1950 and feature hundreds of abusers who were not previously reported.
The
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TEXAS, PAXTON, GENERAL, ATTORNEY
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign, Tuesday after a video circulated on social media showing Phelan slurring his speech and struggling to stand, with many suggesting he might have been intoxicated.
In a statement,
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COP, SHOOTING, SHOT, FOUND
A woman was fatally shot and a police officer injured after a pursuit ended in a field in eastern Tennessee, officials said.
The Parrottsville officer and a Cocke County deputy attempted to stop Whitney Leanne Fox, 36, as she drove down a highway Tuesday evening
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