Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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MENENDEZ, RESIGN, BOB, SEN
Support for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., has been rare, especially within his own party, since he and his wife Nadine were indicted Friday on federal charges involving bribery, fraud, and extortion.
Many prominent Democrats, including New Jersey Gov. Phil
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TRUMP, JUDGE, FRAUD, ORDER
Lawyers representing former President Donald J. Trump against federal charges accusing him of seeking to overturn the 2020 election offered an outraged response on Monday to the government’s request for a gag order, saying the attempt to “muzzle” him during
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SIGNS, NEWSOM, CALIFORNIA, LAW
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday that will double the taxes on guns and ammunition, with the new revenue going to safety initiatives.
The federal government collects excise taxes on purchases of firearms and ammunition at either 10% or 11%.
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COURT, SUPREME, ALABAMA, MAP
Fla. Gov. DeSantis' redistricting plan is being challenged in federal court Florida Governor Ron DeSantis faces a legal challenge to a congressional map he pushed through the legislature. Voting rights groups say the map targets Black voters and violates the
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TRUMP, BIDEN, POLL, LOSING
Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden by five points nationally in a hypothetical 2024 presidential election match-up, according to a Messenger/Harris poll.
The poll, published on Monday, shows that 46 percent of registered voters back Trump
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AMAZON, FTC, MONOPOLY, SUES
The Federal Trade Commission thinks the Everything Store is an illegal monopoly, and it’s suing the company to stop it.
In its lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the antitrust agency, joined by 17 states, accuses Amazon of interlocking anti-competitive actions that,
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, KELCE, TRAVIS
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce saw his jersey sales quadruple Sunday after pop superstar Taylor Swift showed up to an NFL game to watch him play.
Ms. Swift attended the Chiefs home game against the flatlining Chicago Bears, sitting in a box with
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STRIKE, WRITERS, END, HOLLYWOOD
Members of the Writers Guild of America gather prior to joining SAG-AFTRA picketers in solidarity outside the gates of Warner Bros., studios in Burbank, Calif., Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2023. (Richard Vogel/AP)
LOS ANGELES — Leaders of the screenwriters union declared
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JPMORGAN, EPSTEIN, 75, MILLION
Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein may be dead, but people are still paying the price for his crimes, and the latest to feel the pain is JP Morgan Chase. The investment giant agreed Tuesday to hand over $75 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands for looking away
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SECRET, SERVICE, BITES, BIDEN
This is the 11th known instance of Commander biting a Secret Service officer.
President Joe Biden's dog Commander bit another Secret Service officer on Monday, according to a statement from a Secret Service spokesperson.
Commander, a purebred German shepherd,
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POLICE, CHURCH, KNIVES, VIRGINIA
A man posted vague online threats of violence and images of a Virginia church before going inside with a loaded handgun and two knives during Sunday services, police said Monday.
The man was arrested and no one was hurt after officers rushed to Park Valley
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TECH, BALTIMORE, CEO, POLICE
Baltimore police say that Pava Marie LaPere was found dead in her apartment on Monday morning shortly after a missing persons report was received.
LaPere, 26, was found dead Monday at 11:34 a.m. at the 300 block of West Franklin Street in Baltimore, Maryland,
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NAZI, CANADA, SPEAKER, HOUSE
The Speaker of the House of Commons in the Canadian parliament resigned on Tuesday after taking responsibility for celebrating a 98-year-old Ukrainian who served in a Nazi-controlled unit in World War II during a reception for President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Announcing
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NEW, MIGRANT, YORK, BORDER
Elon Musk says he will travel to Eagle Pass, Texas, this week to witness firsthand the surge of migrants at the southern border.
Musk, who owns Tesla and SpaceX, made his announcement in a Tuesday post on X, formerly known as Twitter, which he also owns. His
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PHILADELPHIA, OFFICER, MURDER, IRIZARRY
A flight attendant was found dead with a cloth in her mouth Monday inside a hotel room in Philadelphia, authorities said.
The 66-year-old woman was found in a room in the Philadelphia Airport Marriott hotel just before 11 p.m., the Philadelphia Police Department
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KARABAKH, DEAD, ARMENIA, NAGORNO
Armenian police officers walks near refugees as they queue in vehicles near the border town of Kornidzor, arriving from Nagorno-Karabakh, on September 26, 2023.
Thousands of ethnic Armenians on Tuesday fled their homes in the breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh,
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DEBATE, GOP, TRUMP, 2ND
The Republican National Committee (RNC) released the names of presidential candidates who qualify for Wednesday night’s debate, knocking former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson off the list.
The debate will be held Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential
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NEUTRALITY, NET, FCC, BACK
The Biden administration plans to bring back open internet rules that were enacted during the Obama administration and then repealed by the Trump administration.
In a speech on Tuesday, Jessica Rosenworcel, chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission,
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ROBINSON, BROOKS, 86, BASEMAN
Brooks Robinson, Hall of Fame Orioles third baseman, dies at 86
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BALTIMORE — Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most
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STORES, THEFT, TARGET, CLOSE
Target will close nine store in four states, including one in East Harlem, New York, and three in San Francisco, saying that theft and organized retail crime have threatened the safety of its workers and customers.
The closings, which will be effective Oct.
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SOUTH, NORTH, KOREA, PARADES
North Korea reportedly will allow the regular entry of select foreign nationals for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The policy change began Monday and ends a years-long ban on almost any outsiders entering the hermit kingdom for business, travel
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TEXAS, DRAG, JUDGE, UNCONSTITUTIONAL
A federal judge in Texas ruled Tuesday that the state's new law limiting public drag performances was an unconstitutional restriction on speech and he permanently forbids enforcement of it.
"Not all people will like or condone certain performances," U.S. District
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