Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, JUNE 18th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
25 articles
TRUMP, PENCE, GOP, BIDEN
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Sunday that fellow 2024 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is a “petulant child” when it comes to those, particularly his former allies, who disagree with him.
The indicted former president recently went on
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SHOOTING, DEAD, WASHINGTON, INJURED
At least 23 people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday during a gathering in a parking lot that drew hundreds of people in suburban Chicago, authorities said.
TV news video showed the strip mall lot in Willowbrook filled with debris and police tape, about
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BLINKEN, CHINA, BEIJING, TRIP
Blinken has arrived in Beijing on a mission to cool rising US-China tensions
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BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission
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FATHER, DAY, DAD, LOVE
Author’s Note: This piece originally ran here at RedState on Father’s Day 2017. Sadly, my father lost his battle with Alzheimer’s in January of 2020. Were he still with us, he’d be turning 90 in July. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss my Dad or feel gratitude
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GOP, SOUTH, CAROLINA, PRESIDENTIAL
Party leaders hope change brings more exposure to state in days before primary
The South Carolina Republican Party voted unanimously on Saturday to hold their 2024 GOP presidential primary on February 24 next year, sources close to the process told ABC News.
The
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DEATH, WALKERS, CENTRAL, PARK
A dog has died after being stabbed during a dispute between its owner and another dog walker in New York City’s Central Park on Saturday night, according to police and local reports.
Officers responded around 10:30 p.m. to a 911 call inside Central Park near
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TIM, SCOTT, OBAMA, COMPLIMENT
GOP presidential hopeful Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday dismissed Barack Obama’s recent attack on him as a “compliment” — and a sign that Democrats “feel threatened” by his candidacy.
Last week, Obama chided Scott’s stance on race relations, saying “there’s a long
Continued at New York Post...
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JR, ROGAN, DEBATE, RFK
I have to admit that while there are likely many things that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and I would disagree on, I do like his willingness to challenge the democratic orthodoxy and not be quiet about it. For that “crime,” he is not liked by the powers that be. I
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UKRAINE, SUFFER, STRIKES, CASUALTIES
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine are suffering high numbers of military casualties as Ukraine fights to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas in the early stages of its counteroffensive, British officials said Sunday.
Russian losses are probably
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WEEKS, COLLAPSED, 95, REOPEN
Collapsed stretch of I-95 to reopen within 2 weeks
Pennsylvania's governor says the collapsed stretch of I-95 in Philadelphia will reopen within two weeks. That word from Gov. Josh Shapiro came after he had joined President Joe Biden on a helicopter tour over
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HEAT, INDIA, WAVE, 100
An unusually intense heat wave has swept across northern India in the last four days, with some hospitals in the state of Uttar Pradesh recording a higher-than-usual number of deaths. Doctors there are convinced there’s a link between the punishing temperatures
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NETANYAHU, MOVE, AHEAD, JUDICIAL
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday his government intends to move ahead on contentious plans
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COMER, INFLUENCE, BIDEN, PEDDLING
A top Republican says that there will be additional key witnesses called in the House Oversight Committee’s sweeping inquiry into alleged influence peddling by the Biden family.
Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) over the weekend accused the “the deep state
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GUARD, COAST, FLAMING, PHILIPPINE
The Philippine coast guard rescued 120 people from a blazing ferry that caught fire while transiting between two islands on Sunday.
Coast guard members aboard another vessel used a water cannon to quell the flames aboard the M/V Esperanza Star, Reuters reported.
Such
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BIG, HOUSTON, POKEY, 45
Milton Powell, aka "Big Pokey," died Sunday in Beaumont, Texas. He was 45
The Houston-area rapper was performing at a local bar when he reportedly suffered a medical issue.
As is customary for major events at the venue, authorities were already on scene at
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REBEL, UGANDAN, SCHOOL, ATTACK
Suspected rebels attacked a school in a remote area of Uganda near the Congo border, killing at least 41 people in a nighttime raid before fleeing across the porous frontier, authorities said.
Thirty-eight students in their dormitories were among the victims.
Some
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WOMAN, RENEGADE, FATHER, FOUNDED
You could call her the mother of Father’s Day.
The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington. As a result, she is the one responsible for those annual gifts that run the gamut from embarrassingly
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WOMAN, DEAD, WAKE, COFFIN
An Ecuadorian woman who surprised guests at her wake by knocking on her coffin earlier this month, died on Friday after a week of intensive care.
Doctors declared 76-year-od Bella Montoya, a retired nurse, dead after she suffered a possible stroke and cardiopulmonary
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JUNETEENTH, HOLIDAY, FEDERAL, BAGS
In terms of federal holidays, Juneteenth may seem young. But the national day of observance has been commemorated for more than 160 years, its adherents recognizing and celebrating the day when enslaved African Americans were emancipated.
Its long and storied
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ST, SHOOTING, LOUIS, INJURED
An overnight shooting in a downtown St. Louis building killed one juvenile and wounded nine others, according to a news report.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, KMOV-TV reported.
Witnesses told
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POLICE, DUCKLINGS, DRAIN, RESCUE
Southeastern Pennsylvania police jumped into action on Saturday by opening and crawling into several grates to rescue six ducklings that became stuck in a storm drain.
The Upper Makefield Township Police Department shared the story on Facebook, a day after
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WYNDHAM, CLARK, OPEN, LEADER
U.S. Open co-leader Wyndham Clark will be teeing it up with the man who's tied with him atop the leaderboard at 10-under, Rickie Fowler, with the chance to win his first golf major Sunday at Los Angeles Country Club (LACC).
He’s likely happy that he won’t
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NETANYAHU, DEAL, IRAN, OPPOSED
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out against a potential “mini-deal” between the U.S. and Iran, a verbal agreement that would allow the Iranian regime to stop just short of developing a nuclear weapon.
Last week, as Breitbart News reported,
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RIDE, SALLY, HISTORY, LEGACY
Astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on this day in history, June 18, 1983.
Born on May 26, 1951, in Los Angeles, Ride earned bachelor's degrees in English and physics from Stanford University in California before staying at Stanford
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