Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, STORY, POLL, HUNTER
In retrospect, Joe Biden probably wishes he’d never uttered these words in public. Maybe it was just youthful exuberance: He was, after all, only 77 at the time.
“Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else,” Biden said at a rally in Detroit, one
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MURDOCH, RUPERT, FOX, NEWS
The media mogul whose empire upset a lot of apple carts in the modern era will be stepping down from his role as chairman of Fox News and News Corp as of November.
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Rupert Murdoch, 92, will be named Chair Emeritus of the two companies while his
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HOUSE, SPENDING, SHUTDOWN, MCCARTHY
U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) makes his way to a Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.
On Wednesday evening, House Republicans emerged from a two-hour caucus meeting in the basement
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BORDER, TEXAS, BIDEN, MIGRANTS
The bodies of two migrants, including a 3-year-old boy, were pulled from the Rio Grande this week after they are believed to have drowned while attempting to illegally cross the border, Texas officials said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Tactical
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NEW, YORK, HOCHUL, KATHY
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara speaks during a news conference in a Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Lara announced a new plan aimed at keeping insurance companies from leaving the wildfire-prone state. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)
California
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UKRAINE, AID, BIDEN, ZELENSKYY
A group of Republican House and Senate lawmakers told the Biden administration on Thursday they would not support funding additional aid to Ukraine without detailed information about the war effort.
The GOP lawmakers told Shalanda Young, director of the White
Continued at Washington Times...
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DRESS, CODE, SENATE, SCHUMER
The Senate's dress code just got more relaxed. Some insist on staying buttoned-up
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There's a lot for lawmakers to be stressed about these days, from the looming threat
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TUBERVILLE, SENATE, CONFIRMS, ARMY
The U.S. Senate confirmed Gen. Eric M. Smith as Commandant of the Marine Corps in a 96-0 vote on Thursday.
In July, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger relinquished his post, leaving the military branch without a confirmed leader for the first time in
Continued at Fox News...
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TRUMP, GOP, LEADERS, GEORGIA
Supporters of Donald Trump gather in Irvine outside a California GOP executive committee meeting, during which delegate-allocation rules were ultimately changed in a way to benefit the former president.
Strategic, surgical efforts by former President Trump’s
Continued at LA Times...
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HUNTER, GARLAND, BIDEN, DOJ
A third IRS agent reportedly told House investigators last week that President Joe Biden’s Justice Department blocked now-special counsel David Weiss from charging Hunter Biden, seemingly contradicting Attorney General Merrick Garland’s assertion that Weiss
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, POLAND, STRIKES
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Air alerts sounded again and again in Kyiv and residents headed to shelters early Thursday morning, as a massive Russian attack on at least six cities across Ukraine killed at least two people, started fires, wounded
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The new COVID-19 vaccine rollout is off to a rocky start, with reports emerging of insured Americans being billed nearly $200 for the shot, which received FDA approval last week.
The latest vaccines are formulated to protect against new variants of the coronavirus
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BIDEN, MIGRANTS, TEMPORARY, VENEZUELAN
Mayor Eric Adams thanked President Biden Wednesday for fast tracking work authorization and deportation protection for some 470,000 Venezuelan migrants, showing signs that their relationship may be thawing after the two Democrats seemingly snubbed each other
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STORM, TROPICAL, COAST, EAST
This Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a potential tropical cyclone forming off the southeastern coast of the United States in the Atlantic Ocean. (Uncredited/AP)
MIAMI — A tropical
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ALEX, GUILTY, MURDAUGH, FINANCIAL
Murdaugh is already serving life in prison for killing his wife and son.
Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 22 counts of financial fraud and money laundering in court on Thursday.
"He's been totally cooperative and apologized to the victims
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COLUMNIST, 78, AIRPORT, MEAL
David Brooks is getting absolutely roasted over a picture of a burger. It all began on Wednesday evening when Brooks, a political columnist for The New York Times, shared a photo of his meal at Newark Airport on X, formerly known as Twitter:
This meal just
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STUDENT, EXECUTED, 1996, DANCE
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma is set to execute an inmate Thursday morning for the 1996 slaying of a University of Oklahoma dance student, a case that went unsolved for years until DNA from the crime scene matched a man serving time for burglary.
Anthony
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PAXTON, KEN, RUN, TEXAS
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) torched establishment Republicans Karl Rove and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) during an interview with Tucker Carlson following his acquittal on impeachment charges in the Lone Star State and floated a potential primary challenge
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ZELENSKYY, CONGRESS, END, PLAN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dodged Republicans’ questions about when the war in his country will stop.
Mr. Zelenskyy, welcomed to Capitol Hill last December by a Democratic House majority that offered him a joint session to give remarks, was not
Continued at Washington Times...
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BORDER, CRISIS, DOOCY, PIERRE
Authorities at the Southern border are facing an astronomical number of illegal border crossings as huge caravans made up of thousands of people wade through rivers and walk across bridges in places like Eagle Pass, TX. There's no end to the crisis in sight
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BIDEN, EVIDENCE, COMER, IMPEACHMENT
Kentucky Rep. James Comer said Thursday he has "no idea" what White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre meant when she said there was "no evidence" for House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Biden. The House Oversight Committee chair told
Continued at Fox News...
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POLL, DESANTIS, TRUMP, HAMPSHIRE
Former President Donald Trump is leading in Iowa as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis remains stagnant behind him, the latest Fox News poll found.
The survey, taken September 14-18, 2023, among 813 Republican Iowa caucus goers, found Trump standing as the steady frontrunner
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