Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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TRUMP, CASE, TRIAL, ELECTION
At a hearing today in Washington, the judge overseeing the federal prosecution of Donald Trump on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election said that the trial would start on March 4.
The trial date, which the former president and his lawyers had
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BIDEN, HOUSE, WHITE, TRUMP
Hunter Biden was spotted in California over the weekend as he continues to face questions from federal investigators about potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Hunter and his wife, Melissa Cohen, were photographed outside sushi
Continued at Fox News...
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SCHOOL, CALIFORNIA, PARENTS, DISTRICT
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday against the Chino school district, ordering an end to a policy that requires notifying parents if their children change their gender identity, alleging it is discriminatory and violates civil rights and
Continued at LA Times...
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UNC, ARMED, PERSON, CAMPUS
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was on lockdown Monday and a suspect was "at large" following reports of an "armed and dangerous" person on or near campus.
UNC-Chapel Hill Police released a picture of the suspect and wrote on X, formerly known
Continued at USA Today...
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SPANISH, SOCCER, KISS, RUBIALES
The mother of Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales started a hunger strike Monday in a church in southern Spain in defense of her son, who is under fire for kissing a player during the Women’s World Cup awards ceremony.
Ángeles Béjar told the
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POLL, BIDEN, TERM, NORC
President Joe Biden speaks on the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act during an event in the East Room of the White House on Aug. 16, 2023. (Evan Vucci/AP)
WASHINGTON — Americans actually agree on something in this time of raw discord: Joe Biden is
Continued at Chicago Tribune...
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JOE, 49, PLUMBER, OBAMA
Samuel Wurzelbacher, who became 'Joe the Plumber' after confronting Obama, dies at 49
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TOLEDO, Ohio — Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as "Joe the Plumber"
Continued at NPR...
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MAUI, UTILITY, HAWAII, COUNTY
Electrical workers repair power lines leading into the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, August 15, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters
Electric companies in the western U.S. are facing mounting lawsuits alleging that their failure to prepare
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BIDEN, SCHOOL, HOUSE, FIRST
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reportedly hopes to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden at the end of September.
While Congress left Washington, DC, for summer recess, McCarthy initiated strategies to open a sweeping impeachment inquiry
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TRUMP, DEBATE, DONALD, POLL
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It seems like Donald Trump was in the mood to gossip on Monday.
The former president used his platform Truth Social to share some “rumors” about Republican rival Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), not long before learning his Washington, D.C.,
Continued at Huffington Post...
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COVID, 19, BIDEN, CHINA
FILE - A traveler walks through the international flight arrivals area at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, on April 26, 2023. China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result from incoming travelers starting Wednesday, Aug. 30,
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FRANCISCO, SAN, POLICE, BAKERY
San Francisco’s Reem’s California is prohibiting on-duty police officers from entering their restaurant while armed.
KRON4 reported Reem’s “implemented a policy that bans armed police officers from entering the business located at 2901 Mission St.”
The policy
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BURNING, ACTIVISTS, CLIMATE, ROAD
Burning Man is a festival that says as one of its basic principles it's against commodification. I think it's fair to say that a lot of attendees are probably on the liberal/left side of the political spectrum.
But that didn't stop anti-capitalist protesters
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RAMASWAMY, VIVEK, EMINEM, STOP
Remember Eminem? If you are at least in your mid-30s, you probably do. In a move that would be called cultural appropriation in today's political climate, the white-boy rapper rose to the top of the game in the early 2000s with his hit Lose Yourself.
Times
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MIGRANT, DEAD, GREEK, BOAT
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek authorities said that four people died and 18 were rescued Monday after a boat carrying migrants apparently sank northeast of the Greek island of Lesbos, which lies near the Turkish coast.
The coast guard said one of its vessels
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MULVANEY, DYLAN, HATE, SPEECH
Dylan Mulvaney bemoaned the "extreme amount of transphobia and hate" against the transgender community while speaking at an awards show for online content creators on Sunday.
While accepting the "Breakout Creator" award at The 2023 Streamy Awards, Mulvaney
Continued at Fox News...
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ELTON, JOHN, HOME, HOSPITALIZED
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Elton John is back on his feet after a fall at his villa in Nice, France, over the weekend, a representative told the BBC.
The legendary singer, 76, was taken to Princess Grace Hospital Centre in Monaco as a “precautionary measure.”
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BIRTH, STOLEN, TIME, FIRST
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Hola, Mama.”
What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in this case anything but.
Forty-two years ago, hospital workers took Maria Angelica Gonzalez’s son from her arms right after birth and later told her he had
Continued at Huffington Post...
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KING, BIDEN, MARCH, 60TH
President Joe Biden marked the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington Monday by welcoming family members of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the White House and declaring the nation “can’t let hate prevail” after a racially motivated shooting in Florida.
The
Continued at Washington Times...
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LAW, GENDER, MINORS, BANNING
Two new laws restricting the access of transgender youth in Missouri to gender health care and school sports took effect Monday.
One law bans minors from beginning puberty blockers and hormones and outlaws gender-affirming surgeries for youths. The other law
Continued at Newsmax...
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POPE, FRANCIS, CHURCH, CONSERVATIVES
ROME — Pope Francis has appealed for more changes in Catholic teaching, lamenting the “backwardism” of conservative Catholics in the United States.
“The situation is not easy in the United States where there is a very strong reactionary attitude,” the pontiff
Continued at Breitbart...