Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
43 articles
BIDEN, BOBULINSKI, HEARING, HUNTER
Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban, who voted for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the 2024 GOP primary and is now supporting President Joe Biden, attended the president's second fundraiser in Dallas, Texas, tonight, according to a source familiar
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TEXAS, LAW, IMMIGRATION, COURT
An appeals court in Montenegro on Wednesday confirmed that a South Korean mogul known as "the cryptocurrency king" will be handed over to his native country.
Both South Korea and the U.S. had requested Do Kwon’s extradition from Montenegro. A Montenegrin court
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TRUMP, MORENO, OHIO, BERNIE
Colombian-born businessman Bernie Moreno is the GOP nominee for Ohio's Senate seat Ohio GOP Senate candidate Bernie Moreno immigrated to the U.S. from Colombia and went on to own car dealerships. He's now running as a political outsider with the backing of
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TRUMP, APPEAL, WILLIS, JUDGE
A Georgia judge on Wednesday said former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants in the state's criminal election interference case could appeal a ruling that allowed the lead prosecutor, Fani Willis, to remain on the case.
The ruling clears
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BIDEN, CARS, GAS, ADMINISTRATION
The Biden administration earlier today issued a major new rule intended to spur the country’s electric-vehicle industry and slash future sales of new gas-powered cars. The rule is not a ban on gas cars, nor does it mandate electric-vehicle sales. It is a new
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MEN, BLACK, MISSISSIPPI, SENTENCED
Two former Mississippi sheriff’s deputies who were part of a rogue group called “The Good Squad” were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the racially motivated torture and sexual abuse of two black men. The sentencing, which took place in Jackson, is a step
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VARADKAR, LEO, IRISH, PM
When Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday that he was resigning as Ireland’s prime minister, the surprise announcement ended a chapter in the career of a politician who has twice led the country, but whose party faces a struggle in elections next year.
As Mr. Varadkar
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DODGERS, OHTANI, SHOHEI, INTERPRETER
Greetings from the sports desk located somewhere below decks of the Good Pirate Ship RedState. As you can tell, Sammy the Shark and Karl the Kraken are working far too hard tonight to help write anything, so it’s lil’ ol’ me again.
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FED, INTEREST, RATES, YEAR
The Federal Reserve officials signaled they still expect to cut rates three times this year but continued to say that they will wait to start cutting until they have more convincing evidence of progress on inflation.
“The Committee does not expect it will
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TRUMP, DANIELS, DONALD, HUSH
“I mean, people have been suspiciously killed for political reasons. It was really about two things: trying to keep the story from coming out so that it would not hurt my husband and my daughter, and I wouldn’t lose my life, and that there would be a paper
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OPRAH, OZEMPIC, WEIGHT, DRUG
“The No. 1 thing I hope people come away with is knowing that [obesity] is a disease, and it’s in the brain,” Oprah Winfrey said in her Monday prime-time TV documentary “Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution.”
The same could be said of the TV legend’s
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LAWSUIT, NEW, STOP, MIGRANTS
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"F*** you Mayor Adams!"
Those are the defiant words of conservative artist and
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HAITI, CAPITAL, AMERICAN, PEACEFUL
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The State Department said Wednesday it is organizing American evacuation flights
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ALABAMA, DEI, DIVISIVE, SIGNS
Alabama's ban on DEI funding would restrict 'divisive concepts': What to know
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Alabama lawmakers voted to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs
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INMATE, SHOOTING, HOSPITAL, IDAHO
Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break a prison inmate out of a Boise hospital overnight
BOISE, Idaho -- An accomplice staged a brazen attack to break a prison inmate out of a Boise hospital overnight, shooting
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INTEL, BILLION, STATES, GRANTS
Biden is giving Intel $8.5 billion for big semiconductor projects in 4 states
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PHOENIX — President Biden is set to announce a deal with Intel that will give the
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KATE, MEDICAL, RECORDS, PRINCESS
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Hospital staff attempted to access Kate Middleton's medical records, according
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HYPERSONIC, NORTH, AIR, WEAPON
North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming a progress in efforts to develop a more powerful, agile missile designed to strike faraway U.S. targets in the
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WORLD, HAPPINESS, REPORT, SINKS
Protests in Cuba; Results of the World Happiness Report
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In Cuba, protests over the weekend revealed frustrations over shortages of food and electricity as the country confronts a serious
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DEATH, TRIAL, SUBWAY, CHOKEHOLD
Penny has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Daniel Penny to stand trial in October for NYC subway chokehold death
Daniel Penny, the man who choked a homeless man to death last May on a New York City subway car, will stand trial beginning Oct. 8, a judge
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DESANTIS, MARTHA, FLORIDA, GOV
The Florida Republican governor, who suspended his presidential campaign on January 21, told NewsNation political reporter Libby Dean that he does not anticipate joining Donald Trump on the campaign trail in Florida this year - because it won't be needed.
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YEAR, GEORGIA, DAUGHTER, PURSE
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A Georgia mother has been arrested for allegedly encouraging her daughter to snatch
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TRUMP, ABORTION, 15, BAN
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Former President Trump suggested Tuesday that he would support a ban on abortions
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KONG, HONG, NEW, FIGURES
In 2019, Hong Kong erupted into the most stunning expression of public anger with Beijing in decades. Protesters broke into the legislature and vandalized it. They bought full-page advertisements in international newspapers, criticizing the government. Lawmakers
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