Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1st 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
36 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, HALEY, POLL
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the debt ceiling from the State Dining Room of the White House on October 4, 2021 in Washington, DC.
A coalition made up of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign, the Democratic National Committee, the president's
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BIDEN, JAMES, JOHNSON, DOJ
There's a long-running meme on the internet that shows a mother turning around in a car, shouting at her kid, "Why can't you just be normal." He responds by shrieking uncontrollably. That's Joe Biden. Why can't this dude just be normal?
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NEW, TRUMP, YORK, CITY
Allen H. Weisselberg, a longtime lieutenant to Donald J. Trump, is negotiating a deal with Manhattan prosecutors that would require him to plead guilty to perjury, people with knowledge of the matter said.
As part of the potential agreement with the Manhattan
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TRUMP, BLACK, HISTORY, BIDEN
Former President Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden with just over 50% support in Georgia, a state Biden won by less than 1 point in 2020.
That’s according to a Fox News survey of Georgia registered voters released Thursday.
Just over half of Peach State
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UKRAINE, AID, BILLION, HUNGARY
European Union approves $54 billion aid for Ukraine as Hungary drops opposition
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PARIS — The European Union has reached a deal to include 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in
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TEXAS, BORDER, FLORIDA, SOUTHERN
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that he will send members of the Florida National Guard and the Florida State Guard to assist Texas in its efforts at the southern border.
Florida will offer a battalion of National Guard members to be deployed
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AUSTIN, DEFENSE, SECRETARY, HOSPITALIZATION
He is holding a news conference at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Defense Secretary Austin to face questions for 1st time since keeping hospitalization secret
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will appear at the Pentagon podium for a press conference on Thursday.
The
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BANK, WEST, BIDEN, ISRAELI
President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, according to four people familiar with the matter.
A senior administration official, who
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SCHOOL, DISTRICT, BOARD, GUIDE
Five candidates are running for the District 3 seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education — two-term incumbent Scott Schmerelson and four challengers who are hoping to replace him.
The seven-member school board sets policy for the nation’s second-largest school
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CHIEFS, KANSAS, CITY, FOUND
Cocaine and other illegal drugs were reportedly found in toxicology reports from the three Kansas City Chiefs fans who were found frozen to death outside a home last month, according to NewsNation.
Family members of David Harrington, Clayton McGeeney and Ricky
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TIKTOK, MUSIC, SWIFT, TAYLOR
Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and Olivia Rodrigo are amongst a host of stars who have had their music catalogs removed from TikTok after negotiations to renew licensing agreements broke down.
The reason came down to money – and how it was shared.
A licensing
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WALGREENS, PRESSLEY, AYANNA, RACISM
The recent closure of a Boston-area Walgreens is tied to racism, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) claimed earlier this week.
The member of the far-left “Squad” of congressional Democrats accused the Illinois-based company of engaging in a “life-threatening act
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COLLAPSE, HANGAR, AIRPORT, INJURED
An under-construction hangar at the Boise Airport in Idaho collapsed, killed three and injured nine. Five of the nine people injured remain in critical condition. Authorities are yet to determine the cause of the collapse.
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CAPITOL, SEX, TAPE, SCANDAL
US Capitol Police said Thursday they would not press charges against two men who filmed themselves having gay sex in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room last year.
“After consulting with federal and local prosecutors, as well as doing a comprehensive
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TAX, HOUSE, CREDIT, BILL
A new expanded child tax credit would include families who need it most The new tax bill passed expands the Child Tax Credit but doesn't include monthly payments. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks about the changes with Kris Cox of the Center on Budget and Policy
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HOUTHI, YEMEN, IRANIAN, DRONES
American forces carried out strikes in Yemen against 10 attack drones and a ground control station belonging to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
A U.S. warship also shot down an anti-ship missile fired by the Houthis and later
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CRUMBLEY, JENNIFER, SON, SHOOTING
The mother of Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley was having an affair with a married firefighter, whom she texted regularly in the days before and after her son’s mass murder — even as she allegedly remained on the run from police, a Michigan court heard
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HUSBAND, CORI, BUSH, REP
I don't think it's advisable to give an interview to media during an allegedly active investigation by the DOJ, even if you think it's to someone who will go easy on you.
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As we reported, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) admitted she was under investigation
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SCHUMER, DEAL, WEEK, VOTE
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday text on a controversial border security bill, which also includes aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, will be released this weekend, with a vote expected to be taken next week.
"I want members to
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TIKTOK, CEO, COMMUNIST, MARSHA
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told China’s TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during a senate hearing on Wednesday that Tennessee is not going to be rolling out “the welcome mat” for a proposed company HQ in Memphis.
“I know some of you had to be subpoenaed to get here,”
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COPS, FINGERS, NYPD, MIGRANT
My colleague Bob Hoge reported on a mob of illegal aliens who beat two police officers in New York City, continuing to kick them in the head and attack them as they struggled with a suspect on the ground.
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TRUMP, FLORIDA, ENTERS, TARGETS
Carroll accused Trump in her 2019 memoir of raping her in the Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman department store in the mid-1990s. He repeatedly claimed that she only accused him in order to garner publicity for her book. Her first lawsuit against him was for the
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FANI, WILLIS, CASE, ELECTION
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has no plans to recuse herself from the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for alleged election interference in Georgia over accusations of an improper affair with lead prosecutor Nathan Wade, sources told
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IRANIAN, KILLING, SOLDIERS, HIT
A U.S. official confirmed to Fox News Digital the drone that killed three American soldiers and injured more than 40 others at Tower 22 in Northeast Jordan on Sunday was manufactured by Iran.
While the attack was launched by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq,
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