Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, BIDEN, HUNTER, CHRISTIE
A super PAC aligned with former President Donald Trump paid his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, $155,000 in 2021, according to new financial filings.
The New York Times first reported that the group, Make America Great Again, Again — which has since
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BIDEN, MILLION, 72, RAISES
President Joe Biden has played his cards: all bluff, no aces.
Biden is the defendant in a lawsuit accused of what Federal District Court Judge Terry Doughty calls "the most massive attack against free speech in United States history." Yet the appeal Biden
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STUDENT, BIDEN, BILLION, 39
Tens of thousands of borrowers with federal student loans are probably wondering: Is my debt load about to get a little lighter?
The Biden administration announced on Friday that more than 800,000 borrowers would have their remaining loan balances erased as
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IOWA, LAW, ABORTION, SIGNS
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge on Friday afternoon will consider a request to postpone the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just as Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the measure into law in front of 2,000 conservative
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BILL, DEFENSE, HOUSE, WOKE
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters before the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) at the U.S. Capitol on July 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The House passed a sweeping defense bill Friday that provides an
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COCAINE, WHITE, HOUSE, SECRET
On Thursday’s broadcast of “Fox News Tonight,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) stated that the Secret Service “never thought about drugs coming in and out of the White House.” And that it’s unacceptable that the Secret Service cannot determine who brought the cocaine
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DE, NIRO, ROBERT, GRANDSON
The woman allegedly sold drugs to Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez, sources said.
A 20-year-old woman was arrested in New York City on Thursday night in a drug dealing investigation linked to the death of Robert De Niro's grandson, law enforcement sources told ABC
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TRUMP, DESANTIS, IOWA, POLL
Some folks are not going to want to hear this. But Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign is in trouble. Several recent stories suggest that even members of the donor class who are not fond of former President Donald Trump are souring on the governor.
While
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JACKSON, JESSE, PUSH, RAINBOW
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. is stepping down from his role as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the prominent civil rights organization that evolved from Operation PUSH, which the longtime civil rights leader founded a half-century ago.
Rep. Jonathan
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TWITTER, ELON, TURNS, TAYLOR
“Just sign up for subscriptions in Twitter Blue — the rest happens automatically,” Johnson responded, spreading the Good Word about the product. “Really easy! Do it,” he urged. Johnson repeated such assurances of the billionaire’s lackluster product to similarly
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MOON, INDIA, LAUNCHES, SOUTH
India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon's south pole
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SRIHARIKOTA, India — An Indian spacecraft blazed its way to the far side of the moon Friday in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four
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ACTORS, STRIKING, ALONGSIDE, WRITERS
Striking screen actors will be picketing alongside writers in New York and Los Angeles on Friday in what has become the biggest Hollywood labor fight in decades.
The double-barreled strike will shut down the small number of productions that continued shooting
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TRUMP, GEORGIA, REPORT, QUASH
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 7, 2023.
Former President Donald Trump asked two courts in Georgia to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from
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DESANTIS, WEEK, SOUTH, FILE
Disney is asking a Florida judge on Friday to toss out a lawsuit against the company’s efforts to neutralize a takeover of Disney World’s governing district by Gov. Ron DeSantis and his appointees.
The hearing scheduled for an hour in state court in Orlando
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POLICE, HIT, IOWA, HOMICIDE
Police in Omaha say they found a “hit list” at the home of a Nebraska man suspected of a homicide and carjacking before being fatally shot by police in western Iowa over the weekend.
Investigators said they found two guns in the stolen car driven by Matthew
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PYTHON, FLORIDA, BURMESE, 19
A local hunter has wrestled and caught the longest Burmese python ever to be documented in Florida. The record was confirmed by a local environmental organisation, which said the animal measured 19ft (579cm) and weighed 125lb (56kg).
The Burmese python is
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PRESLEY, SURGERY, LOSS, MARIE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lisa Marie Presley died from complications from bariatric surgery she had several years ago, authorities said Thursday.
The January 12 death at age 54 of the singer, songwriter and heir of Elvis Presley was ruled as being from natural causes
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HEAT, DEATH, VALLEY, WAVE
As uninviting as it sounds, Death Valley National Park beckons.
Even as the already extreme temperatures are forecast to climb even higher, potentially topping records amid a major U.S. heat wave, tourists are arriving at this infamous desert landscape on
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IRANIAN, SENDING, SEIZURES, PROTECT
FILE - A solider wears a U.S. Space Force uniform during a ceremony for U.S. Air Force airmen transitioning to U.S. Space Force guardian designations at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021. Amid a freeze in military-to-military contacts, China is accusing
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ASPARTAME, CANCER, STUDY, REBUTS
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday there are "significant shortcomings" in a World Health Organization report that the artificial sweetener aspartame is possibly carcinogenic to humans.
"Aspartame is one of the most studied food additives in the
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