Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26th 2023
Updated 23:59 ET
23 articles
GAZA, HAMAS, ISRAELI, MAYOR
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Tuesday that it had begun fighting in the central Gaza Strip, one of the last major Hamas strongholds, and the source of much of the remaining rocket fire that terrorists have managed to launch from at Israeli civilians.
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HOLIDAY, SHARES, TAYLOR, CHRISTMAS
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TRUMP, BIDEN, POLL, LEAD
Donald Trump Jr. drew a line in the sand for his father in the veepstakes: no Nikki Haley.
The former president’s son doused cold water on the notion that former President Donald Trump would select his former UN ambassador as a running mate. Trump Jr. was
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IRAQ, BACKED, TROOPS, IRAN
Fighting increases between U.S. forces and Iran-backed militias Tensions are rising in the Middle East as Iran-backed militias from Yemen to Iraq to Syria to Lebanon exchange fire with U.S. and Israeli forces.
World Fighting increases between U.S. forces and
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RUSSIAN, UKRAINE, CRIMEA, WARSHIP
The Ukrainian Air Force carried out a successful strike on a Russian Ropucha-class tank landing ship while it was at pier-side in the Crimean port of Feodosia. The attack took place at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time and was carried out by the Ukrainian
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SWEDEN, NATO, TURKEY, COMMITTEE
The foreign affairs committee of Turkey’s Parliament was scheduled on Tuesday to resume talks on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, a process that Turkish officials have been slow walking for months.
Yet there were no indications that Tuesday’s discussion would significantly
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CONVICTION, COURT, REVERSES, FORTENBERRY
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday cleared the conviction of ex-Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., ruling that his trial and conviction on charges of lying to the FBI about an illegal campaign contribution should not have been held in Los Angeles.
“Fortenberry’s
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CHRISTMAS, TRUMP, HELL, SHARES
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Illinois Republican, criticized Christians who support former President Donald Trump by saying Tuesday that they don’t understand their religion.
“I’m going to go out on a NOT limb here: this man is not a Christian,” he said of
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WEST, ANTISEMITIC, KANYE, HEBREW
Ye – the rapper formerly known as Kanye West – apologized to the Jewish community on Tuesday for his past antisemitic remarks.
The apology was posted on Instagram in Hebrew and comes ahead of Ye’s new album next month.
"I sincerely apologize to the Jewish
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NAVALNY, PRISON, ARCTIC, LEADER
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday released a sardonic statement about his transfer to a Arctic prison colony nicknamed the “Polar Wolf,” his first appearance since associates lost contact with him three weeks ago.
Navalny, the
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LAW, NEBRASKA, LOCAL, TENNESSEE
A panel of judges has blocked a new Tennessee law that would reconfigure the group overseeing professional sports facilities in Nashville by letting state leaders pick six of its 13 board members
FILE - Nissan Stadium is seen before an NFL football game between
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RAMASWAMY, TV, AD, SPENDING
The campaign for biotech entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said it has put an end to TV advertising weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
A Ramaswamy spokesperson told NBC News on Tuesday that the
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ICE, PUMMEL, CENTRAL, DAY
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard conditions in Colorado causing hundreds of airport delays and cancellations, a winter storm pummeled much of the central United States on Tuesday,
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MEN, CANADIAN, TAMPONS, PARLIAMENT
All federally regulated employers in Canada are now required to stock free feminine hygiene products such as tampons and menstrual pads in all restrooms, including men’s.
The new regulations, which went into effect earlier this month under Canadian Prime Minister
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ROMANIA, MISSING, GUESTHOUSE, DEAD
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – A massive fire at a guesthouse Tuesday morning in Romania left five people dead, including a child, authorities said.
Emergency intervention teams were deployed to the blaze in the village of Tohani in Prahova county, where 26 people
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PREGNANT, TEEN, BOYFRIEND, TEXAS
A nine-months-pregnant Texas teen was reported missing over the weekend when she failed to show up at the hospital for her scheduled induction — and her boyfriend is also allegedly off the grid.
Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, was last seen at her apartment complex
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JESUS, PALESTINIAN, CHRISTMAS, AOC
We're suddenly seeing a lot of hot takes about Jesus for Christmas, with many of those takes seemingly trying to make him "Palestinian." This seems in reaction to the Israel-Hamas war and mostly coming from the left to try to culturally appropriate Jesus to
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MUSEUM, HOLOCAUST, STORMING, EVENT
In one of the grossest escalations of the pro-Hamas movement within the United States yet, protesters are planning to storm the Washington, D.C.-based Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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The announcement was made on Christmas Day by the Muslim political
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TRUMP, STUPID, REASON, DONALD
As The New Republic’s Matt Ford wrote last week, most of the critics of the ruling have “skipped past whether the decision was legally sound and went straight to whether it was a good idea politically,” offering little more than flimsy reasoning along the way.
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NAVY, SHIP, SEA, RED
A US Navy destroyer and several F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters shot down a total of 17 Houthi drones and missiles during a tense 10-hour engagement over the southern Red Sea.
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Details of the engagement are sparse, but the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis
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IRAN, URANIUM, PRODUCTION, GRADE
Iran has boosted its production of highly enriched uranium after a slowdown earlier this year, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said in a report on Tuesday, according to Reuters and the Associated Press.
Iran is currently enriching uranium up to 60%, which is reaching
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NAVIDAD, COLORADO, GOV, FELIZ
Colorado Governor Jared Polis is drawing harsh criticism for his “Feliz Navidad” holiday message as the state struggles for resources while battling a significant immigration crisis, just days after Denver received 16 busloads of migrants.
Polis, 48, was seen
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TRUMP, INVESTIGATING, COLORADO, POLICE
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. Police said Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their
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CHAOS, ASTEROID, NASA, MISSION
Fresh off its historic mission to collect samples from an asteroid in deep space, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has its newest assignment: studying another asteroid during its close encounter with Earth.
OSIRIS-REx ended its seven-year, 4 billion-mile round-trip
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