Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, APRIL 19th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
45 articles
TRUMP, TRIAL, FIRE, HUSH
Donald Trump is not known for restraint when it comes to social media, particularly regarding people he doesn’t like. And when one of his lawyers tried to deny it during his hush-money trial Thursday, the judge called him out.
Prosecutors warned Judge Juan
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IRAN, ISRAEL, STRIKE, ATTACK
Israel carried out a drone and missile strike inside Iran Thursday night in retaliation for the massive strike on Israel Sunday. Israel targeted facilities around Isfahan in central Iran, where Iranian nuclear facilities are located.
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AID, JOHNSON, FOREIGN, HOUSE
The House on Friday cleared a key procedural hurdle in passing foreign aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, despite dozens of Republican defections, with Democrats helping Speaker Mike Johnson avoid a defeat.
The chamber voted 316-94 to advance the bills, setting
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COLUMBIA, ANTI, ISRAEL, PROTESTERS
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has claimed that the Thursday arrest of fellow "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political payback for the congresswoman’s probing of the institution’s leadership the day
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SWIFT, TAYLOR, TORTURED, POETS
When Taylor Swift announced the title of her next album during an acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards in February, she spurred a reaction from a typically quiet bunch: the poets.
The album, slated to come out this week, she said, is called “The Tortured
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IX, TITLE, BIDEN, RULES
Joe Biden’s Department of Education has revamped Federal Title IX rules to eliminate much of Donald Trump’s additions and strengthen protections for LGBTQ students, but took a pass on including new language to address the issue of states banning transgender
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BIDEN, WHITE, JOE, UNCLE
President Joe Biden has brought in his old boss, former President Barack Obama, to help raise money from small-dollar donors, Axios reported.
Although Biden is far outpacing Trump when it comes to fundraising, Biden has seen his poll numbers slip from key
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47, MANDISA, IDOL, AMERICAN
Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, has died at 47
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on "American Idol" and won a Grammy for her
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UKRAINE, STRATEGIC, BOMBER, RUSSIAN
Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber. Moscow says the plane crashed
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine’s air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due
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APPLE, WHATSAPP, BEIJING, APP
On Friday, Apple removed Meta’s WhatsApp messaging app and its Threads social media app from the App Store in China to comply with orders from Chinese authorities. Chinese officials cited unspecified national security concerns.
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COMPETE, ATHLETE, GIRLS, REFUSE
Several girls staged a "step out" protest and refused to compete Thursday in Bridgeport, West Virginia, at a middle school girl's track and field event due to the participation of a transgender athlete.
The protest at Bridgeport Middle School came just days
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TRUMP, ELECTION, INTEGRITY, RNC
Donald Trump's campaign is going all out to protect the vote in the 2024 presidential election.
The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced they will deploy 100,000 volunteers and attorneys is battleground states to ensure transparency
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FBI, INFRASTRUCTURE, DIRECTOR, CHINESE
Hackers linked to China have been snooping around critical U.S. infrastructure to put themselves in place to attack "at the right moment," according to FBI Director Christopher Wray.
"The PRC [People’s Republic of China] has made it clear that it considers
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TENNESSEE, VOLKSWAGEN, SOUTH, VOTING
Volkswagen workers in Tennessee could change the trajectory of unions in the South In what could be a historic election, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., conclude three days of voting on whether to unionize with the United Auto Workers.
National Volkswagen
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BIDEN, KENNEDY, ENDORSEMENT, SOUTH
It's a pretty wild thing that members of the Kennedy family are supporting Joe Biden rather than Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I think it's pretty gross that they have gone so public about it and made it into a family drama. They seem to be more concerned about their
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NPR, HUMAN, ELON, MAHER
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger took aim at his successor, Katherine Maher, whose past comments about free speech have resurfaced since taking over the now scandal-plagued NPR as its CEO and president.
City Journal's Christopher Rufo has been unearthing
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AMERICAN, ISSUES, FOREIGN, CHILLING
Yet again, Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments are being used by Kremlin propagandists on Russian state TV. State TV host and State Duma member Evgeny Popov is interpreting her statements to mean that she wants Americans to help Putin win in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/nYLntOYdtb
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TRUMP, DEVIN, MEDIA, CEO
Trump Media has warned the Nasdaq market of 'potential market manipulation' of the company's stock by "naked" short selling of shares.
The warning came as Trump Media has offered shareholders detailed instructions on how to avoid someone loaning out their
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NPR, DEFUND, DEEP, INTRODUCES
Former National Public Radio (NPR) Editor Uri Berliner made waves recently when he published a piece that basically confirmed what roughly half of the American talk radio listening public already thought; that NPR had a definite left-leaning bent. He exposed
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TESLA, RECALLS, FAULTY, PEDAL
Tesla is recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks because of the possibility that a pedal can get stuck and cause the vehicle to accelerate unintentionally, increasing the risk of a crash
Tesla recalling more than 3,000 of its 2024 Cybertrucks due
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GAUGE, MIDEAST, CUT, HIGH
Wall Street's "fear gauge" hit its highest in more than five months on Friday due to a sharp pullback in interest U.S. rate cut expectations and escalating geopolitical tensions.
The CBOE Volatility index, an options-based measure of investor expectations
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TEEN, SCHOOL, 129, PAGE
A Maryland teenager was arrested after law enforcement officials uncovered a plot to commit school shootings, officials said Friday.
Andrea Ye, 18, of Rockville, who goes by Alex, allegedly wrote a 129-page manifesto detailing the strategy to commit a mass
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CHESS, MARATHON, BREAK, RECORD
He is set to play until at least 20:00 New York time on Friday, which will see him clock 58 hours and surpass the world record, recognised by Guinness World records, of 56 hours, nine minutes, and 37 seconds, which was set by Norwegian duo Hallvard Haug Flatebø
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SUSPECTS, ATTACK, ALEXEI, POLAND
Two Polish citizens have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Russian activist Leonid Volkov, an ally of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in Lithuania, officials said on Friday.
Volkov was attacked on March 12 outside his home in the
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