Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, JANUARY 29th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
93 articles
BIDEN, SWIFT, TAYLOR, BORDER
A former Internal Revenue Service contractor accused of leaking the tax documents of Donald J. Trump and other wealthy Americans was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison.
The former contractor, Charles Littlejohn, known as Chaz, worked for the tax agency
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TRUMP, BIDEN, JEAN, IRAN
Former President Donald Trump is calling for the United Auto Workers union to give President Shawn Fain the boot for having endorsed President Joe Biden.
"Get rid of this dope & vote for DJT," Trump wrote in a scathing rebuke Sunday night, referring to his
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JORDAN, DRONE, STRIKE, TROOPS
The three reservists were part of an engineering unit based out of Georgia.
Pentagon identifies Army reservists killed in drone attack on US base in Jordan
The Pentagon on Monday announced the names of the three Army reservists killed in the drone attack
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ALEX, MURDAUGH, TRIAL, NEW
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HOSPITAL, KATE, SURGERY, CHARLES
Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, is all smiles as she visits the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust and meets with some of the young people that the charity supports in Bath, England, May 16, 2023. (Kin Cheung/AP)
LONDON — The Princess of Wales has returned home to
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POLICE, FLORIDA, YEAR, 11
A Florida K-9 helped find a missing and endangered 11-year-old girl on Friday after locating the child in a park bathroom, according to law enforcement officials.
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy Sarah Ernstes and K-9 Mary Lu responded to the 16000 block
Continued at New York Post...
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TRUMP, PRO, EXPLOSIVE, BIZARRE
Trump sat in the courtroom for every day of the trial except one, when he attended his mother-in-law’s funeral. He also testified on Thursday, a marked shift from the first trial when he declined to show up at all. He was on the stand for just three minutes,
Continued at New Republic...
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IRANIAN, PLOT, MURDER, CANADIANS
U.S. charges 3 for alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill Iranian defector in Maryland
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The U.S. Justice Department announced charges Monday against an Iranian
Continued at NPR...
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YEAR, GIRL, POLICE, DEATH
A 14-year-old has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two Wichita teens.
The unidentified suspect has been charged with two counts of felony murder and one count of being a juvenile in possession of a firearm.
Police are investigating
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DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ARRESTED, PEOPLE
5 people have been arrested in California desert killings, sheriff's department says
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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Five men have been arrested in the investigation surrounding six bodies found last week
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EVERGRANDE, CHINA, BILLION, 300
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the gigantic China Evergrande Group to liquidate, a long-feared but perhaps inevitable step that brings China’s troubled property market one step closer to a dangerous crisis.
Hong Kong Justice Linda Chan noted in her ruling
Continued at Breitbart...
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VALIEVA, KAMILA, DOPING, RUSSIAN
Sports tribunal bans Russian Kamila Valieva from figure skating through 2025
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Nearly two years after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, an international sports tribunal in Switzerland issued
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SLIPPERS, DYING, RUBY, THIEF
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COURT, ABORTION, MEDICAID, SUPREME
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court said Monday that a lower court must hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a decades-old state law that limits the use of Medicaid funds to cover the cost of abortions.
The 3-2 decision overturns a lower court decision to
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FANI, WILLIS, PROSECUTOR, HOUSE
We've been seeing more and more trouble start to pile up for Fulton County DA Fani Willis.
First, there was the revelation of an alleged romantic relationship with the man she had appointed to be a special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, in the election case against
Continued at Red State...
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UKRAINE, LEADERS, HUNGARY, BILLION
Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, arrives on day one of the European Union (EU) leaders summit at the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, May 30, 2022.
Hungary accused the European Union of blackmail after a leaked document reportedly
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HOUSE, INVESTIGATING, DEM, FUNDS
The Department of Justice issued a subpoena to the House of Representatives on Monday, requesting documents for an investigation into a chamber Democrat's alleged misuse of funds, multiple news outlets reported.
The Democrat was not named. The DOJ is investigating
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IRS, FILE, SEASON, SOFTWARE
The IRS is piloting new software that could let you file your taxes for free
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The Internal Revenue Service is piloting a new program this year that aims to help Americans file
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BIDEN, WARRANTS, JUDGE, HUNTER
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BENEFITS, ARMY, WOMAN, 100M
A con artist who is accused of defrauding the US Army out of $100 million has been given the green light to retire with full benefits.
Janet Yamanaka Mello, 57, who is currently under criminal investigation, brazenly claims she “earned” her civil servant retirement
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PIERRE, JEAN, ADMINISTRATION, FIGHTING
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre triggered outrage Monday after saying three US troops killed by a weekend drone strike in Jordan had died “fighting on behalf of the administration” rather than America.
“Our deepest, obviously our deepest condolences
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ELECTION, POLL, PRESIDENTIAL, SWIFT
Few have doubted that pop music megastar Taylor Swift rose to cultural icon status in the past year.
Her Eras Tour was the first concert tour to pass the billion-dollar mark. She was named Time magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year, and her romance with Kansas
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BORDER, DEAL, LANKFORD, RUMORS
During an appearance on this week’s “Fox News Sunday broadcast,” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) pushed back against critics of his efforts to secure a deal on a border security package.
The Oklahoma Senator said the language of the bill had not been finalized
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CRIMES, SCHOOLS, HATE, DOUBLED
The number of reported hate crimes in schools and colleges nearly doubled between 2018 and 2022, according to data released Monday by the F.B.I.
About 1,300 hate crimes were reported in elementary schools, secondary schools and colleges in 2022, up from 700
Continued at New York Times...