Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, MAY 14th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
91 articles
TRUMP, COHEN, TRIAL, MICHAEL
Former President Donald Trump’s defense lawyer wasted no time in questioning Michael Cohen about his TikTok page on Tuesday, where he has frequently held live streams that he fundraises from while talking about the case and disparaging Trump.
As soon as the
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BIDEN, TARIFFS, TRUMP, CHINESE
America’s young voters are fired up about the war in Gaza—aren’t they? Campus protests and the controversies around them have dominated media attention for weeks. So has the possibility that youth anger about the war will cost President Joe Biden the election.
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GOP, PRIMARY, SENATE, WINS
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice sailed to victory in the state’s Senate Republican primary on Tuesday evening, boosting the GOP’s already-high hopes of flipping the critical seat.
Justice had been the favorite to win ever since he entered the race last year.
He
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BLINKEN, UKRAINE, KYIV, RUSSIA
Blinken visits Ukraine to tout U.S. support for Kyiv's fight against Russia
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KYIV, Ukraine — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic
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ISRAEL, BIDEN, HOUSE, BILL
The House will vote Wednesday on whether to condemn President Joe Biden for pausing arms transfers to Israel.
The legislation, drafted by the House Republican leadership, calls on the Biden administration to allow previously approved arms transfers to proceed
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BRIDGE, SHIP, BALTIMORE, PORT
Investigators recounted the crew’s desperate efforts to restore electrical power and halt the ship’s drift toward the bridge. They described how one of eight maintenance workers still on the bridge that night managed to sprint to safety moments before the bridge
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BUS, FLORIDA, CARRYING, DEAD
OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A bus carrying farmworkers in central Florida overturned on Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring about 40 other passengers, authorities said.
The bus was transporting 53 farmworkers at about 6:40 a.m. when it collided with a truck
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DEFENSE, RUSSIA, PUTIN, MINISTRY
Russian authorities have arrested another senior Defense Ministry official on the charges of bribery, a move that comes after President Vladimir Putin replaced the defense minister in a Cabinet shake-up and amid expectations of further purges at the mi...
Russian
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FOREIGN, PARLIAMENT, INFLUENCE, LAW
Georgian demonstrators protesting the controversial "foreign influence" bill stand in front of law enforcement officers blocking an area near the parliament building in Tbilisi on May 14, 2024.
Georgian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a highly controversial "Kremlin-style"
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YEARS, ACTIVIST, LIFE, BLOCKADE
Lauren Handy, a 30-year-old pro-life activist, was sentenced to four years and nine months in a federal prison for her role in forming a blockade at an abortion clinic in Washington, D.C., in 2020. She, along with several others, had been convicted of federal
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HARVARD, END, AGREES, PROTESTERS
Harvard University and student protesters announced early Tuesday that they had negotiated an end to a pro-Palestinian encampment in Harvard Yard, agreeing to discuss student questions about divestment related to the war in Gaza and to quickly process petitions
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ALICE, NOBEL, MUNRO, 92
Canadian author Alice Munro, a 2013 Nobel Prize winner for literature, has died at the age of 92.
Munro wrote short stories for more than 60 years, often focusing on life in rural Canada.
She died at her care home in Port Hope, Ontario on Monday night, her
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BOEING, MAX, PROSECUTION, CRASHES
The US Justice Department on Tuesday said Boeing can be prosecuted for two subsequent 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people approximately five years ago.
Boeing breached obligations under an agreement that had shielded it against legal proceedings for the
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TIKTOK, SUE, CREATORS, BAN
TikTok creators gather before a press conference to voice their opposition to the "Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act," pending crackdown legislation on TikTok in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington,
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FED, INFLATION, POWELL, RATE
Powell Promises to Stay High
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently took the stage in Amsterdam Tuesday with a message that seemed at once resolute and uneasy: the Fed is no longer anticipating several rate cuts this year but is instead committed to
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PUTIN, VISIT, CHINA, WEEK
BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, in the latest show of unity between the two authoritarian allies against the U.S.-led Western liberal global order.
Putin
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AMBUSH, PRISON, KILLED, FRANCE
Breitbart News reported that four gunmen in two cars ambushed a convoy of government vehicles transporting a convicted criminal from court back to prison in France on Tuesday morning.
The gunmen, who attacked commando-style, killed two officers, wounded three
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USA, MISS, TEEN, RESIGNATIONS
The mothers of Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava, who just resigned their positions after winning their crowns last September, claim their daughters’ dream jobs "turned out to be a nightmare."
Both Voight and Srivastava are bound
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BIDEN, PSAKI, WATCH, CHECKING
Jen Psaki is big on truth.
On her first day as President Biden’s White House press secretary, she declared from the podium: “When the president asked me to serve in this role, we talked about the importance of bringing truth and transparency back to the briefing
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EXCELLENT, SWIMMERS, ADAMS, MAYOR
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday called for migrants to be allowed to work as lifeguards as the city faces a shortage for the role -- arguing that many are "excellent swimmers."
Adams was asked at a press conference about a lifeguard shortage in the
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WOMAN, PLEADS, GUILTY, ATTACK
A Maryland woman accused of plotting to carry out attacks on multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal conspiracy and firearms charges, court records show.
Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, was charged last
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BANS, PILLS, ABORTION, TELEHEALTH
Though their states severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth, about 8,000 women per month late last year were getting abortion pills by mail from states with legal protections for prescribers, a new survey finds.
Tuesday's
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LOBSTER, RED, CLOSES, LOCATIONS
In a significant move reflecting the financial challenges faced by the seafood restaurant industry, Red Lobster announced Tuesday it’s closing several of its locations across the country.
Red Lobster revealed that it will auction off more than 50 of its restaurants.
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TRUMP, AIRPORT, PLANE, PALM
The plane of former US president Donald Trump takes off from Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 3, 2023.
The wing of the Boeing jet owned by former President Donald Trump struck a parked plane at a Florida airport after
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