Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, JUNE 2nd 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
31 articles
TRUMP, DESANTIS, POLL, LAUNCH
Former Trump White House press secretary-turned-Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany deployed a favorite Donald Trump line on the air Thursday, days after being accused of disloyalty by the former president who bizarrely slammed her as “milktoast.”
McEnany, who
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BIDEN, DEBT, DEAL, ADDRESS
President Biden hailed a congressional bill to resolve the U.S. debt crisis and avert a disastrous economic default as evidence of his ability to compromise and proof that bipartisan solutions can still be found in an increasingly divided Washington.
In his
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DEBT, BIDEN, CEILING, SENATE
Included in the bipartisan bill to raise the debt ceiling that is about to become law (the Senate passed it late Thursday night; it now goes to the president’s desk) is a provision that has raised alarms from advocates for student loan relief.
While the debt
Continued at Vox...
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BIDEN, FALL, FORCE, AIR
Joe Biden set the political world on fire on Thursday when he took a massive fall while attempting to exit the stage of the USAF commencement. Following a speech that ranged from incoherent to oddly angry, the president can be seen in multiple videos tripping
Continued at Red State...
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PENCE, CLASSIFIED, DOCUMENTS, DOJ
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FILE - Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to local residents during a meet and greet, May 23, 2023, in Des
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JOBS, 000, 339, ADDED
The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool.
The unemployment rate rose to 3.7%, from a five-decade
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INDIA, 50, TRAIN, DEAD
Two trains derailed in India in the eastern state of Odisha on Friday, Indian news reports said, killing as many as 50 people and injuring hundreds more in an accident that deeply shook the country.
Amitabh Sharma, a railroad ministry spokesperson, was quoted
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BEE, SPELLING, NATIONAL, WINS
A Florida 14-year-old earned the title of America's top speller Thursday evening in the Scripps National Spelling Bee after a rollercoaster of a spelling career.
The third time was the charm for eighth-grader Dev Shah, as this year marked his third trip to
Continued at Fox News...
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DEBATE, FIRST, PRESIDENTIAL, RNC
The Republican National Committee on Friday revealed the criteria that 2024 GOP presidential candidates must meet in order to participate in the first primary debate in August.
Prospective debaters will be required to hit several polling and fundraising thresholds
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TWITTER, MUSK, RFK, JR
Ella Irwin, the head of trust and safety at Twitter, has resigned from her position, marking the second high-profile departure from the role since Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media giant.
Business Insider reports that Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of trust
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NBA, FINALS, NUGGETS, HEAT
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to reporters before Game 1 of basketball's NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to reporters before
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BIDEN, BRIBERY, FBI, COMER
After weeks of stonewalling a congressional subpoena, FBI Director Christopher Wray finally agreed to allow members of Congress to view an unclassified document next Monday on Capitol Hill. The FD-1023 document allegedly links President Joe Biden to a $5 million
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BRAGG, FORT, LIBERTY, CONFEDERATE
US Army's Fort Bragg renamed Fort Liberty
Fort Bragg sheds its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty; some veterans say it is an important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.
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TRUMP, DOCUMENTS, RECORDING, DISCUSSING
“The lecture was how LGBTQ2s, trans, two-spirit people have existed since time immemorial in the Americas,” Jawort said. “That’s always my greatest weapon in the fight against bigotry and ignorance, is knowledge. And that’s why these lectures are important.”
Jawort
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ROBBINS, CAMERON, SHARK, INFESTED
The waters where Louisiana teen Cameron Robbins vanished after jumping off a “pirate ship” are within the Bermuda Triangle — a notorious region where countless people, ships and planes have mysteriously disappeared.
Robbins, 18, of Baton Rouge, was enjoying
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YEAR, STAFF, DIED, REVIEW
The 8-year-old girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody in Texas was seen by medical staff numerous times and had a fever that topped out at nearly 105 degrees, but officials still denied her family's requests for an ambulance, an internal investigation
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EPSTEIN, JEFFREY, NEW, PRISON
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New records obtained nearly four years after the death of Jeffrey Epstein have reportedly
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APP, ASYLUM, SLOTS, CROSSINGS
Border crossers are getting into the United States via a loophole in President Joe Biden’s migrant mobile app which allows foreign nationals in Mexico to schedule appointments at the southern border for release into the nation’s interior.
For more than two
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RUSSIA, BLINKEN, UKRAINE, DEAL
What Secretary of State Antony Blinken sees as Russia's strategic failings in Ukraine Visiting NATO's newest member, Finland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a speech about what he sees as Russia's strategic failings in Ukraine and promises NATO support
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OIL, DRILLING, BIDEN, BAN
FILE - A hiker sits on a ledge above Pueblo Bonito, the largest archeological site at the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, in northwestern New Mexico, on Aug. 28, 2021. The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas
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SHOT, POLICE, OFFICER, TENNESSEE
A man suspected of wounding a police officer in Tennessee on Thursday afternoon was shot a short time later by other officers during an exchange of gunfire, police said.
The officer was in critical condition shortly after the shooting, the Metro Nashville
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DRAG, LIBRARY, MONTANA, CANCELS
Looney Tunes — the classic children’s animated brand from Warner Bros. — is celebrating Pride Month by encouraging people to dress up as drag queens.
In a tweet Thursday, which was the first day of Pride Month, the official Looney Tunes Twitter account posted
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RUSSIA, NUCLEAR, TREATY, ARMS
The United States revealed Thursday that it would enact new measures in response to Russia's formally exiting the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty earlier this year.
While Russia officially left the treaty in February, it began violating it in November.
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COVER, PREGNANT, GLAMOUR, MAGAZINE
A topless pregnant transgender man featured on the cover of Glamour U.K.’s June issue ignited a fierce reaction from online critics Thursday.
Author Logan Brown, a 27-year-old who was born female but now identifies as a transgender man, posed as the cover
Continued at New York Post...