Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
12 articles
HAMAS, ISRAELI, HOSTAGES, STATE
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unleashed a fiery response to Biden administration officials who signed on to a dissent letter over President Biden’s pro-Israel stance in its fight against Hamas terrorists — with the former top diplomat saying their moral
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TRUMP, JUDGE, IOWA, COLORADO
But speaking in Fort Dodge, Mr. Trump projected confidence. He relied on a tactic that seemed to reflect his transactional approach to politics: recounting to Iowans what he did for them as president and asking them to return the favor.
At one point, he took
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SPACEX, ROCKET, TEST, FLIGHT
SpaceX launched its mega-rocket Starship but lost both the booster and the spacecraft in a pair of explosions minutes into Saturday’s test flight.
The rocket ship reached space following liftoff from South Texas, but communication suddenly was lost.
SpaceX
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DIDDY, COMBS, SEAN, CASSIE
Sean 'Diddy' Combs and singer Cassie settle lawsuit alleging abuse
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NEW YORK — A lawsuit by singer Cassie containing allegations of beatings
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, FAN, CONCERT
Officials in Rio de Janeiro were so excited about pop star Taylor Swift’s imminent concerts in Brazil that they electronically projected a Swifty-themed robe onto its famed Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks the glittering city.
Apparently, Rio has
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ADAMS, NEW, MAYOR, RICH
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has opened a legal defense fund amid a corruption probe into his campaign, according to recent filings.
The investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of New York into Adams’ mayoral campaign centers
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SAM, OPENAI, ALTMAN, CEO
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sent out a social media post saying he would speak about his departure at a later date. Eric Risberg via Associated Press
In a shock firing Friday, OpenAI’s board of directors announced that longtime CEO Sam Altman has departed the company.
The
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ICELAND, TOWN, ERUPTION, VOLCANIC
This image taken with a drone shows cracks on the road next to a church in the town of Grindavik, Iceland, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland have left their homes after increasing concern about a potential volcanic
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LAS, VEGAS, PRIX, F1
Work is performed on a manhole following the first practice session for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix auto race, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Nick Didlick)
Work is performed on a manhole following the first practice session for the
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LAWMAKER, FRENCH, SENATOR, DRUGGING
PARIS — A French senator has been handed preliminary charges for drugging another lawmaker with the aim of rape or sexual assault, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office, and has been suspended from his party.
Joel Guerriau, a 66-year-old representing
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JOHNSON, SPEAKER, MCCARTHY, VEXED
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023. As Johnson tries to unite the slim House Republican majority, he's fast running into the same hard-right factions and divisions that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy
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MEDIA, ELON, MUSK, MATTERS
Is Media Matters finally about to face some real, tangible pushback for its decades of smear-merchanting? According to Elon Musk, the answer is yes, and it's going to happen very soon.
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The billionaire announced on Friday that the moment the
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DESANTIS, IOWA, HALEY, GAME
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign has fired its latest salvo as it opened its Iowa office this week, targeting one of his chief GOP primary rivals with a barrage of attacks, including a new website to shed light "on the real Nikki Haley."
"She has said publicly
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TAPES, MIKE, J6, LEE
Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee is calling for an investigation into the now-defunct House January 6 committee, accusing former and current lawmakers who served on the committee of "deliberately" hiding some of the footage from the Capitol riots.
Lee's comments
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MAHER, TRUMP, DEMS, WINNING
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that the cleanup of San Francisco prior to Xi Jinping’s visit shows that “the Democrats could control” cities, but only did it when Xi came because “God forbid the guy who sends us the fentanyl
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PARK, ALIVE, FOUND, MISSING
A hiker who had been missing in Texas’ Big Bend National Park since Nov. 9 has since been found alive, the National Park Service announced Friday.
Christy Perry, 25, was found alive, awake and verbal about 0.25 miles below the summit of the Lost Mine Trail
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SIDE, RUSSIAN, HELD, ADVANCE
Ukrainian troops worked to push back Russian forces positioned on the east bank of the Dnipro River, the military said Saturday, a day after Ukraine claimed to have secured multiple bridgeheads on that side of the river that divides the country's partially
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JOHNSON, J6, RELEASING, FOOTAGE
House Republicans, under the guidance of Speaker Mike Johnson, began posting the Jan. 6 videos online, the first wave of a promised 40,000-plus hours that will be available to the public.
The first tranche of roughly 90 hours of footage was released Friday
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KELCE, TRAVIS, SWIFT, TAYLOR
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LAB, MEAT, GROWN, ITALY
Italy became the first country in the world to ban the use, sale, import and export of lab-grown food, including meat Thursday.
The country’s Chamber of Deputies approved the bill 159 for to 53 against, confirming an earlier passage of the bill in the Italian
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OHIO, HATE, CRIME, ALLEGEDLY
An Ohio man has been arrested for allegedly lying to police about being the victim of an anti-Palestinian hate crime.
Hesham A. Ayyad, 20, told the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations that a driver had hurled anti-Palestinian slurs
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FREEWAY, FIRE, ANGELES, SOUGHT
The fire was determined to be arson, Cal Fire said.
Authorities are seeking to identify a person of interest in connection with a fire that damaged a large portion of the 1-10 freeway near downtown Los Angeles last week.
Cal Fire officials said the fire,
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NAVY, AUSTRALIA, SONAR, INJURED
BEIJING (AP) – Australia on Saturday accused the Chinese navy of likely causing minor injuries to Australian naval divers by operating its sonar while they were trying to clear fishing nets from their ship’s propellers.
The Australian government has expressed
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THANKSGIVING, QUIZ, BIG, SAVE
There is a lot that comes with playing host for a large family affair like Thanksgiving.
Between preparing the house for guests, planning a menu and actually putting that menu together without overcooking your turkey or having clumpy gravy, there’s a lot of
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