Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22nd 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
32 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, DESANTIS, NEW
Republican Abe Hamadeh leads the way in the GOP primary for Arizona’s 8th Congressional race with a double-digit lead over his top opponent, Blake Masters, according to an internal poll from Hamadeh’s campaign.
The poll, conducted by National Public Affairs
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TRUMP, BIDEN, GOP, COURT
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TRUMP, SUPREME, COURT, IMMUNITY
Former Attorney General Edwin Meese and two constitutional scholars claim the appointment of Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutional because he is holding a position that was never created by Congress.
In an amicus brief filed Wednesday
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HARVARD, GAY, CLAUDINE, PRESIDENT
Former President Barack Obama went to bat for Harvard President Claudine Gay amid backlash she received following her testimony on antisemitism before Congress.
A confidential source familiar with the matter told Jewish Insider on Tuesday that Obama, a Harvard
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BIDEN, CHRISTMAS, PARDONS, MARIJUANA
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden joined his wife, first lady Jill Biden, on Friday for a Christmas season visit to Children’s National Hospital to meet young patients and their families.
The first lady read the children “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,”
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BORDER, TEXAS, MIGRANT, RECORD
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, MEXICO — Migrants are hurrying across the US’ southern border into Texas in record numbers before a state law allowing police to arrest anyone suspected of illegally crossing the border goes into effect in the new year.
Tens of thousands of
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GAZA, HAMAS, 000, 20
As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Dec. 10, while the Israel-Gaza war is still going on, it is starting to look like the "beginning of the end" for Hamas.
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GAZA, RESOLUTION, AID, COUNCIL
After nearly a week of intense negotiations, the United States said on Thursday night that it was ready to support a United Nations Security Council resolution that would call for more desperately needed aid to enter the Gaza Strip. A vote was not expected
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PRAGUE, SHOOTING, 14, WORST
Mourners bring flowers and candles outside the building of Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. (Petr David Josek/AP)
PRAGUE — People in the Czech capital were trying to come to grips Friday with the
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BALLOT, TRUMP, STATE, REMOVE
A lot of people have weighed in on the Colorado Supreme Court decision to boot former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in the state for allegedly being involved in "insurrection."
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Now Tucker Carlson has weighed in, breaking down
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DEATH, ELIJAH, GUILTY, MCCLAIN
Elijah McClain was injected with 500 milligrams of ketamine by the paramedics.
A jury found two Aurora, Colorado, paramedics charged in connection with the 2019 death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain guilty of criminally negligent homicide.
Peter Cichuniec and
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WISCONSIN, LEGISLATIVE, NEW, MAPS
The Wisconsin Supreme Court tossed out legislative maps drawn by Republicans, ordering new ones to be made.
Friday's 4-3 ruling came from a liberal-controlled bench, with the majority stating that the legislative maps aren't contiguous, or physically touching
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HAMAS, HOSTAGE, AMERICAN, KILLED
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CHRISTMAS, MOVIES, HOLIDAY, FOX
Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, but sometimes it's also the most stressful.
Cooking the perfect meal, neatly wrapping presents, and traveling are all stressful parts of Christmas that could quickly turn you into a Grinch.
Avoid these common
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TRAVEL, HOLIDAY, YEARS, SEASON
The holiday travel rush hit its peak Friday as mild weather and lower flight cancelation rates raised hopes for merrier drivers and airline passengers than last year.
U.S. airlines are predicting a blockbuster holiday season and have projected confidence they
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BIDEN, HUNTER, INQUIRY, IMPEACHMENT
In January 2019, Hunter Biden sent a text message to his daughter Naomi.
“I Hope you all can do what I did and pay for everything for this entire family Fro 30 years,” he wrote in the typo-filled message. “It’s really hard. But don’t worry unlike Pop I won’t
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HYDROGEN, CREDIT, TAX, ADMINISTRATION
Biden administration unveils hydrogen tax credit plan to jump-start industry
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration released its highly anticipated proposal for doling out billions of
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INFLATION, FED, GAUGE, FAVORED
A closely watched measure of inflation cooled notably in November, good news for the Federal Reserve as officials move toward the next phase in their fight against rapid price gains and a positive for the White House as voters face less daunting cost increases.
The
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CONFRONTING, MAINE, UNSAFE, KNEW
PORTLAND, Maine — Police who declined to confront an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in the state’s deadliest mass shooting feared that doing so would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas,” according to video released Friday by
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FLORIDA, POND, POUND, MALL
Police and wildlife officials responded to a Florida shopping mall, after last-minute Christmas shoppers noticed a gigantic alligator swimming in a nearby pond.
According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to the Coconut Point Mall in
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FESTIVUS, REPORT, GRIEVANCES, SPENDING
Just in time for Christmas, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Friday released his 2023 "Festivus Report," with this year's roundup documenting more than $900 billion in government waste over the past year.
Paul, writing in the foreword of his ninth annual "grievances"
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FDA, OZEMPIC, COUNTERFEIT, WARNS
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has uncovered counterfeit Ozempic shots in the legitimate U.S. drug supply chain, and is warning patients to be on their guard.
The FDA said Thursday that it has seized thousands of counterfeit doses of Ozempic, the weight-loss
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HOME, RETURN, ALLOWED, ERUPTED
Residents of Grindavik, Iceland, will be permitted to return home Saturday.
The small fishing village near Iceland's main airport was evacuated after unusual seismic activity ruptured the ground between it and Sýlingarfell, a nearby mountain.
The village
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CALIFORNIA, STORM, FLOODING, SOUTHERN
Southern California continues to face a dangerous flood threat through Friday as heavy rain targets the Los Angeles and San Diego areas, before moving eastward.
More than 20 million people from Southern California through central Arizona remain under a Flood
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