Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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BIDEN, ISRAEL, UKRAINE, ADDRESS
President Joe Biden declared it is "vital for America's national security" for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their wars, making the case Thursday night for deepening U.S. involvement in two unpredictable foreign conflicts as he prepared to ask for billions
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ISRAEL, AID, GAZA, BIDEN
Aid convoy trucks waiting at the Rafah border crossing to enter Gaza from Egypt on Thursday.
Diplomats and aid workers on Thursday were hammering out the logistics of getting food and medicine into Gaza a day after President Biden said Israel agreed to allow
Continued at New York Times...
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TRUMP, SIDNEY, POWELL, CASE
In a dramatic turn, Sidney Powell, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump, has accepted a plea deal in which she is pleading guilty to six misdemeanor counts related to the breach of election systems in Coffee County, Georgia, to reverse the outcome
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TRUMP, BIDEN, POLL, 2024
Make your choice, America: A second Donald Trump presidential term or Cher’s presence in the U.S.
The legendary pop star said in an interview promoting an upcoming Christmas album that she will leave the U.S. if the former president wins the 2024 election.
“I
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NORTH, KOREA, OFFICIALS, RUSSIAN
FILE - A portrait of Army Pvt. Travis King is displayed as his grandfather, Carl Gates, talks about his grandson on July 19, 2023, in Kenosha, Wis. King, who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United States has been detained by the U.S. military,
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STATE, DEPARTMENT, ISRAEL, OFFICIAL
The U.S. State Department has issued a new "worldwide caution" to Americans traveling around the globe as the war rages on Thursday between Israel and Hamas.
"Due to increased tensions in various locations around the world, the potential for terrorist attacks,
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BUTLER, LAPHONZA, SEN, RUN
U.S. Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) announced she won’t run for a full term in 2024. Her entry would’ve shaken up an already volatile race that includes three prominent Democrats.
Labor leader and prominent Democratic activist Laphonza Butler, who was appointed
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MISSILES, NAVY, YEMEN, INTERCEPTS
A US Navy warship shot down multiple missiles launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen — potentially headed for Israel, the Pentagon said Thursday.
The USS Carney, a Navy destroyer vessel operating near the northern part of the Red Sea, downed
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TEXAS, BORDER, MEXICO, NEW
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the construction of additional barriers along the state’s border with New Mexico and Mexico. Border walls built in El Paso force migrants to enter the U.S. into New Mexico and then move across the Rio Grande into Texas, the
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RUSSIA, AGENT, FOREIGN, JOURNALIST
Russia charges Radio Free Europe editor with failing to register as a 'foreign agent'
Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Bigg/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via AP Claire Bigg/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via AP
A Russian-American journalist working
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CHINA, NUCLEAR, PENTAGON, GROWING
New Pentagon report claims China now has over 500 operational nuclear warheads
China may be accelerating its efforts to develop a nuclear arsenal, according to a new report from the Pentagon, as part of its ongoing efforts to modernize and revamp its fighting
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WNBA, LIBERTY, NEW, YORK
New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu was feeling the pressure during Game 4 of the WNBA Finals on Wednesday night.
After hitting a massive 3-pointer less than halfway through the fourth quarter with the Liberty trailing the Las Vegas Aces, the former Oregon
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LEJEUNE, MARINE, CAMP, KILLED
A Marine was killed in a homicide at Camp Lejeune on Wednesday night and a second Marine was held on suspicion of being involved, the base said.
Base authorities took the Marine into custody at about 10:15 p.m. after an incident that occurred in a barracks
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HAMAS, ISRAEL, WAR, RISING
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union interior ministers on Thursday debated how to manage the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas on the bloc, amid heightened security tensions after a firebomb assault on a Berlin synagogue and killings in Belgium and France
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VAN, NATALEE, DER, HOLLOWAY
On Wednesday, in an emotionally charged courtroom in Alabama, Beth Holloway, the grieving mother of Natalee Holloway, delivered a scathing condemnation of Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch national who has long been suspected in the disappearance of her daughter
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SAN, FRANCISCO, FENTANYL, NEW
A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency bus on Thursday.
The collision occurred at around 12:51 a.m. local time, the San Francisco Police Department told local news site SFGate.com.
Van Ness is closed
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DESANTIS, HALEY, BLASTS, MIDEAST
Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor and a Republican presidential candidate, ridiculed President Joe Biden's Wednesday trip to Israel, saying it was not "a good performance for him."
Biden came back without Americans who are stranded there and without a plan
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HAMAS, TLAIB, RASHIDA, HOSPITAL
Israel's former prime minister Natftali Bennett scolded the media for appearing to take sides in their reports on the Gaza hospital strike, while appearing on CNN on Wednesday.
"There are no two sides to this hospital [attack]. Either it was bombed by Israel,
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BIDEN, BORDER, REPUBLICANS, BREAKING
FIRST ON FOX: Republicans on the House Oversight Committee are investigating the decision-making behind what they see as "conflicting" statements by the Biden administration on border wall construction at the southern border -- after the administration waived
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ROMNEY, MITT, TRUMP, BOOK
LOADING ERROR LOADING
On Thursday, Politico Playbook published a sprinkling of Sen. Mitt Romney’s dunks on his Republican colleagues in a new book about the senator ― and they’re hilariously brutal.
Advance excerpts from journalist McKay Coppins’ biography
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STUDENTS, HARVARD, ISRAEL, HAMAS
Most of the civilized world was horrified by the terror group Hamas's October 7th attack on Israel. But what has been even more disturbing, is the sharp increase in the rise of antisemitism worldwide. In one of the most outrageous incidents, over 30 student
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