Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, APRIL 16th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
68 articles
TRUMP, TRIAL, HUSH, MONEY
In January 2018, when she first saw reports that her husband had paid off a porn star, Melania Trump was furious. She jetted off to Palm Beach, leaving the president to languish in Washington. She eventually returned, only to take a separate car to Donald J.
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JOHNSON, AID, SPEAKER, FOREIGN
A defiant House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) declared Tuesday at a press conference he would not resign after being urged to do so by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who is now cosponsoring Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) motion to oust him from the speakership.
Johnson
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ISRAEL, IRAN, ATTACK, SANCTIONS
As Iran attacked Israel, old and faked videos and images got millions of views on X
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After Iran sent more than 300 drones and ballistic missiles toward Israel
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COURT, JAN, SUPREME, OBSTRUCTION
On Tuesday morning, arguments are underway in the Supreme Court's hearing of Fischer v. U.S., which has wide-reaching implications for numerous prosecutions linked to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and a federal criminal case involving former President Donald
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CAITLIN, CLARK, WNBA, DRAFT
Caitlin Clark, a college basketball phenom and the top pick at Monday’s WNBA draft, will make a staggeringly low salary in her rookie year compared to her NBA counterpart.
Despite her record-breaking performance in the NCAA and the energy that she’s generated
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BIDEN, TRUMP, POLL, VOTERS
A Georgia news reporter observed that while voting for former President Trump may be out of the question for some Black voters, the Republican nominee may nonetheless benefit from them losing enthusiasm for President Biden and his ailing economy.
Casey Quinlan,
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MAYORKAS, TRIAL, IMPEACHMENT, SENATE
Historic impeachment articles against Alejandro Mayorkas sent to Senate, but will there be a full trial?
Articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, over his handling of the border, were officially transmitted to the Senate
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NPR, EDITOR, SUSPENDS, CEO
NPR Chief Executive Officer Katherine Maher is under fire for resurfaced social media posts she made that targeted former President Donald Trump and for speaking out for liberal causes years before she was brought in for the organization's top spot in January.
Senior
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COURIC, KATIE, TRUMP, VOTERS
Veteran journalist and TV show host Katie Couric is taking flak for her generalization of Donald Trump voters as an "anti-intellectualism" movement.
Couric made the comments on Bill Maher's "Club Random" podcast.
"The socio-economic disparities are a lot,
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FIRE, STOCK, COPENHAGEN, EXCHANGE
The old stock exchange building in downtown Copenhagen — one of the city’s oldest structures, known for its elaborate spire of intertwined dragon tails — partly collapsed in a large fire early Tuesday.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, but
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HERZOG, MANAGER, WHITEY, 92
NEW YORK (AP) — Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as “Whiteyball,” has died. He was 92.
Cardinals
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SPORTS, COURT, BAN, WEST
A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a West Virginia law that prohibited transgender girls from competing against biological girls in sports.
The 2-1 ruling came from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling found the law violated Title IX
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ATTACK, AUSTRALIA, POLICE, RELIGIOUS
Australian police are now saying that the stabbing of a church bishop and priest during a livestreamed mass outside of Sydney is a "terrorist incident."
A 16-year-old male suspect, who has not been publicly identified, remains in custody Tuesday following
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TEACHER, CAUGHT, STUDENT, SEX
A teacher accused of having sex with a 17-year-old male student in Nebraska is married to a government official in the Department of Defense.
Forty-five-year-old Erin Ward is facing a single count of felony sexual abuse by a school staffer, the Daily Mail
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PRO, TRUMP, LIFE, FRANK
A pro-abortion activist was sentenced to 7.5 years in federal prison last week for firebombing a Wisconsin pro-life organization after the leak of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.
“We recommended the defendant
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CITY, HALL, AFRICAN, IMMIGRANTS
Roughly 1,300 African migrants gathered outside New York City Hall on Tuesday over what some believed were promises of a green card or work visa if they appeared.
“Only 250 people were allowed inside for the 10 a.m. hearing, while the hundreds of others who
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KANSAS, BODIES, WOMEN, DISCOVERED
The four suspects charged with killing Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley after they vanished in Oklahoma in late March belonged to an anti-government group called the "God’s Misfits," an affidavit alleges, as more details are emerging surrounding the two women’s
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CITY, CHICAGO, MAYOR, MILLION
A Democratic alderman in Chicago warned city leaders that they are neglecting their own citizens by voting to pass Mayor Brandon Johnson's request for an additional $70 million to help care for migrants who have arrived in the city.
The budget committee voted
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FENTANYL, REPORT, CRISIS, HOUSE
The Chinese Communist Party is helping to fund the U.S. fentanyl crisis through tax rebates and other financial incentives that subsidize companies that make and export materials used to make the drug, according to a House panel report released Tuesday.
“Through
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POWELL, RATE, CUTS, FED
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer rates
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell
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DUST, SILICA, NEW, BLACK
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal miners will be better protected from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment commonly known as black lung disease, the Labor Department said Tuesday as
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USC, CONCERNS, SPEECH, CANCELS
Amid widespread scrutiny of higher education from federal lawmakers, the University of Southern California (USC) canceled its pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s commencement speech, citing safety concerns.
Reports of discrimination at colleges and universities
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MARATHON, BOSTON, RUNNER, HALF
Visually impaired Boston Marathon runner and his guide give an update on race Nafij Ahmed and Josh Bard ran the Boston Marathon on Monday. Nafij is visually impaired and Josh was his guide for the run. We ran a story about the lead up to the run. This is what
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LOAN, STUDENT, BAILOUTS, COSTARS
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