Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
22 articles
BIDEN, SOUTH, CAROLINA, PRIMARY
South Carolina Democrats hold their primary today. Here's why it matters
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Democrats in South Carolina are voting Saturday in what is the party's first official primary contest for 2024.
President
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ISRAEL, JOHNSON, AID, SPEAKER
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is putting legislation on the House floor next week to give Israel $17.6 billion in emergency funding.
The timing is notable given that Senate and White House negotiators are expected to release legislative text this weekend for
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CARL, WEATHERS, LATE, TRIBUTE
As RedState wrote on Friday, actor Carl Weathers, one of the greats both on the gridiron and in the entertainment world, left us way too soon. He passed away Thursday at his home. My colleague Jennifer Oliver O'Connell wrote:
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YEMEN, HOUTHI, TARGETS, UK
The U.S. shot down at least 11 Houthi drones late Friday, including several that were getting ready to launch over the Red Sea and others that were already in the air.
U.S. forces conducted strikes against four Houthi “unmanned aerial vehicles” that were “prepared
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BORDER, CRISIS, MUSK, ELON
A coalition of 15 Republican governors, led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, is set to converge on the southern border this weekend alongside a conservative convoy known as "God's Army."
The events aim to highlight the escalating illegal immigration crisis and draw
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TEXAS, BORDER, BIDEN, CITIES
Mexican authorities found 14 drowned migrants in the border area between Coahuila and Texas in January. Unlike the case from earlier this year, where Texas became a political target over the drowning of three migrants, the other nine drownings have been largely
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TRUMP, CREDIT, PRE, CARDS
If you look at the policies of New York City when it comes to illegal aliens, you would have to think they were insane.
Mayor Eric Adams has been screaming about how many illegal aliens are overwhelming the city and depleting resources, although he hasn't
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NORTHERN, IRELAND, IRISH, NATIONALIST
As Michelle O’Neill walked down the marble staircase in Northern Ireland’s Parliament building on the outskirts of Belfast on Saturday, she appeared confident and calm. She smiled as applause erupted from supporters in the balcony. Only the seriousness of her
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PARIS, INJURED, ATTACK, DE
Paris police say an assailant has injured three people in a stabbing attack at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris, the Olympic Games host city this year
PARIS -- An assailant injured three people Saturday in a stabbing attack at the major Gare de Lyon
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YEAR, BOWL, BIDEN, SUPER
President Biden has declined doing a pre-game Super Bowl interview with CBS, making the second year in a row he has dodged the traditional big game news sit-down.
Biden’s decision to skip what is typically the highest rated television broadcast of the year
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EARTHQUAKE, MAGNITUDE, OKLAHOMA, SOUTHERN
An earthquake that was estimated to be a magnitude 5.1 shook communities across at least five states on Friday evening.
According to data from the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred around 11:30 p.m. local time and was centered near the
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BRING, CALIFORNIA, FLOODS, STORM
Atmospheric river expected to bring life-threatening floods to Southern California
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California is bracing for the arrival of a second atmospheric river
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TRUMP, MIKE, OFFICIAL, FORMER
Former Trump official Mike Gill, who was shot by a carjacker Monday in Washington D.C., died from his wounds on Saturday, Fox 5 DC reported.
“It is with profound sadness that I wish to inform the community of the passing of my husband, Mike Gill,” his wife,
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GUARD, NATIONAL, BORDER, SOUTHERN
The Alaska National Guard is sending a small force - approximately 20 personnel and two helicopters - to the southern border on what is, for now, a routine support mission. The mission is reportedly not related to the ongoing confrontation between Texas Governor
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GARAGE, WAR, COLD, ERA
Police say an inert Cold War-era rocket of the type used to carry a nuclear warhead has been found in the garage of a home of a deceased resident in Washington state
This image provided by Bellevue, Wash. Police Department shows a an inert rocket in the garage
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TRUMP, FATE, CONFUSED, CAUCUSES
In early 2021, when former President Donald J. Trump was unhappily exiting the White House, he suggested in a private conversation with Ronna McDaniel, the head of the Republican National Committee, the possibility of running for the White House again in 2024,
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PALESTINIAN, HOST, HARVARD, HAMAS
Harvard University will host a radical Hamas-loving professor who defended the terror group’s Oct 7 massacre in Israel.
“The Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves, the right to live with dignity and freedom. I am shocked that the world is
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OFFENSIVE, COORDINATOR, TOP, REPORT
The Las Vegas Raiders were expected to add Kliff Kingsbury to their coaching staff.
Earlier this week, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Kingsbury had been selected to fill the Raiders' vacant offensive coordinator position. But on Saturday, a new report
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COVID, 340M, DIVERTED, FEDERAL
A new report is highlighting how federal COVID funds were used in Washington state to give $1,000 checks to illegal immigrants who were ineligible to receive federal economic impact payments during the pandemic due to their immigration status.
The report,
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FBI, JUDICIAL, BABBITT, WATCH
As I reported on January 6 of this year, Aaron Babbitt, the husband of deceased Jan. 6 protester Ashli Babbitt, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the federal government. Attorneys with the conservative legal group Judicial Watch filed the suit — which
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, AHEAD, MOM
The WAGs of the Kansas City Chiefs are sticking together.
Taylor Swift has been on all of our televisions and social media feeds way more often than usual over the last few months, thanks to her relationship with Travis Kelce.
The pop sensation and All-Pro
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TOM, PATRICK, MAHOMES, BRADY
Patrick Mahomes was drafted in the first round in 2017 and has been the Chiefs' primary starting quarterback for the last six seasons. He is a two-time NFL MVP and has won a pair of Vince Lombardi Trophies.
Mahomes has also thrown for more than 4,000 yards
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BORDER, MAHER, BIDEN, SLAMS
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that President Joe Biden is pretending that he needs a new law to fix the border and “the President can fix this. He already has the existing laws.”
Maher began by saying, “Republicans act
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WOKE, SCHOOL, FRANCISCO, SAN
Students at a San Francisco Bay-area elementary school — where officials hired a for-profit company called "Woke Kindergarten" to train teachers — are continuing to struggle with some of the lowest math and reading scores in the state, according to a report.
The
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