Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
56 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, TRIAL, HUSH
Former Attorney General Bill Barr slammed New York prosecutors for the "obviously political" Trump hush money case, calling it an "abomination" as jury selection continues in the landmark trial.
Barr, who led the Department of Justice under former President
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MAYORKAS, IMPEACHMENT, TRIAL, SENATE
The Senate on Wednesday dismissed the first of two articles of impeachment against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, voting along party lines before his trial got underway to sweep aside the charge accusing him of failing to enforce immigration
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AID, JOHNSON, UKRAINE, FOREIGN
Rep. Mike Gallagher’s (R-WI) betrayal of his constituents will continue at least one day longer.
The maybe-soon-to-be-ex-Congressman announced March 22 – after a leak forced his hand – he would resign from his Congressional seat on Friday, April 19.
But after
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ISRAEL, IRAN, ATTACK, BIDEN
This week, the Islamic Republic of Iran -- a radical Shariah theocracy hell-bent on the destruction of Israel and Saudi Arabia, among others -- fired some 300 drones and missiles at the State of Israel. This is, definitionally, an act of war. Iran claimed that
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COLUMBIA, PRESIDENT, ANTISEMITISM, UNIVERSITY
Four months after a contentious congressional hearing led to the resignations of two Ivy League presidents, Columbia University's president appeared before the committee Wednesday to denounce antisemitism on her campus — and was met with strong pushback from
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NPR, RESIGNS, EDITOR, BIAS
Uri Berliner, the veteran NPR journalist who publicly accused his employer of liberal bias, has resigned from the network.
Berliner posted a message Wednesday on the social media platform X with his resignation letter to the public broadcaster’s chief executive
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FLORIDA, GRAHAM, FORMER, BOB
Bob Graham, former U.S. senator and Florida governor, has died at 87
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence
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ABORTION, ARIZONA, BAN, REPEAL
"The last thing we should be doing today is rushing," a GOP leader said.
Arizona Republicans on Wednesday again blocked a Democratic-led effort to repeal a controversial 19th-century ban on almost all abortions in the state, which the Arizona Supreme Court
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BAN, SPORTS, NCAA, WOMEN
A group of 17 House Republicans are calling for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to ban transgender athletes who were born male from women’s sports.
The effort to call for a nationwide ban on trans “women” in college sports was led by New
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CIRCUS, ELEPHANT, MONTANA, TRAFFIC
A circus elephant shocked drivers in Butte, Montana when it escaped and stomped into traffic.
Viola, the elephant, was being washed near the road when she was startled by the sound of a car, and took off.
CCTV footage shows the elephant walking past several
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OFFICER, POLICE, ARRESTED, SHOT
A York City Police officer has been arrested for sexually abusing a toddler. Steven Cugini, 28, was arrested on Tuesday after the authorities were alerted to the child’s injuries.
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According to the local ABC affiliate, online court documents
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TESLA, PAY, MUSK, ELON
Tesla will ask shareholders to reinstate the compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that was rejected by a judge in Delaware this year and to move the electric carmaker’s corporate home from Delaware to Texas
AUSTIN, Texas -- Tesla will ask shareholders to
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CAITLIN, CLARK, WNBA, BIDEN
President Biden joined in the left’s outrage Tuesday over Caitlin Clark’s reported rookie-year salary, once again displaying his stunning ignorance about, or indifference to, the laws of economics.
Clark, the women’s pro basketball superstar who’s broken records
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PORTER, NBA, JONTAY, BANS
Jontay Porter has been banned for life from the NBA after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games.
Porter, who was a two-way player for the Toronto Raptors, is the second person to be banned from the league
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RUSSIAN, CITY, MISSILES, UKRAINIAN
At least 17 people were killed and scores more injured when three Russian missiles struck a busy downtown district of Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, just before noon on Wednesday, Ukrainian officials said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the death toll, reported
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BILL, BELICHICK, PART, BIG
After ESPN published a report about Bill Belichick's failed job search this offseason, one of the network's top personalities, Pat McAfee, took issue with the story.
The report said the Atlanta Falcons didn't have Belichick in their top three of head coaching
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GOLD, MILLION, HEIST, 14
Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago.
Peel Regional Police said Wednesday that 6,600 gold bars worth more than 20 million
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TRIAL, MENENDEZ, WIFE, BOB
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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is expected to blame his wife during his
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ALIEN, ILLEGAL, SUSPENDED, STUDENT
Using the term "illegal alien" is reportedly an infraction worthy of suspension in a North Carolina high school.
In an email to the Carolina Journal, Leah McGhee described an incident in Central Davidson High School in Lexington where her 16-year-old son was
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ILLEGAL, KILLING, IMMIGRANT, ADVISER
An 18-year-old Honduran man who was arrested in connection to a two-vehicle crash that killed an adviser to Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., earlier this month was in the country illegally, having been detained at the border in 2021 and then
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NASSAR, VICTIMS, FBI, LARRY
The Justice Department has reached a deal to pay approximately $100 million to 100 women and girls who were sexually assaulted by former national women's gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.
The FBI did not appropriately handle the reports it received of his
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SUPREME, COURT, JOB, TRANSFERS
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that a female police officer in St. Louis may sue for employment discrimination over a forced lateral transfer to another position in the police department.
The ruling will open the courthouse doors to more
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USA, BASKETBALL, MEN, OLYMPICS
LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history.
And they’re just part of a star-studded roster the Americans have assembled
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SCOOTERS, GUN, KILLING, CUSTODY
Authorities in New York City said shooters riding on scooters gunned down four people on Tuesday evening, leaving one dead and three others injured.
New York City Police Department Assistant Police Chief Benjamin Gurley said the shooting happened on a street
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