Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, MAY 16th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
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BIDEN, TRUMP, DEBATE, EXECUTIVE
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First the good news: The Commission
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TRUMP, COHEN, MICHAEL, TRIAL
People are heckling Boebert, yelling Beetlejuice at her pic.twitter.com/SQxsPq4bKk — Acyn (@Acyn) May 16, 2024
The MAGA politicians had other plans for their New York trip. Perhaps they wanted to get out of their actual legislative work, to tease a second
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HARRISON, BUTKER, CHIEFS, COMMENCEMENT
Left-wing journalist Jemele Hill took aim at Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker in the wake of his commencement address touting Christian values at a Catholic college.
Last Saturday, Butker was invited to give the commencement address at Benedictine
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RUSSIA, PUTIN, UKRAINE, XI
With his army making advances in Ukraine and his political grip tightened at home after securing an unprecedented fifth term as president, Vladimir V. Putin of Russia arrived in Beijing on Thursday in search of another win: more support from his “dear friend,”
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CONSUMER, BUREAU, SUPREME, COURT
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The justices ruled 7-2 that the way the agency is funded does not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court. The CFPB
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SLOVAKIA, PRIME, SHOOTING, MINISTER
Robert Fico was leaving a building in Handlova when he was shot Wednesday.
Slovakia prime minster’s condition stabilized after shooting, but still serious, deputy says
LONDON -- Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition has been stabilized overnight,
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ANTI, ISRAEL, IRVINE, UC
Irvine Mayor Farrah N. Khan wants it to be known that she does not approve of the quick work the joint task force of Orange County Police Officers performed in quelling Wednesday's pro-Hamas unrest at the University of California Irvine campus. The protestors
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MENENDEZ, WIFE, CANCER, BREAST
US Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, arrive at the US District Court, Southern District of New York, in New York City on September 27, 2023.
Nadine Menendez, the wife and co-defendant of Sen. Robert Menendez, has
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TEXAS, PROTESTER, PARDONS, BLM
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has pardoned a man convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020.
Daniel Perry, a US Army sergeant, was moonlighting as an Uber driver in Austin when he turned on to a street where demonstrators were marching.
Garrett
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VOTE, ISRAEL, HOUSE, GOP
Is it just me or did President Biden throw Israel under the bus, presumably because the Muslim vote for his re-election is pretty shaky? Biden threatened Israel that the U.S. would withhold further weapons should Israel invade Rafah, the last stronghold of
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TRUMP, TRIAL, ATTEND, CRUCIAL
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Israel has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, more than half of them women and children, since October 7, by way of mass bombings, forced displacement, famine, and the obstruction of humanitarian aid—“none of which would be possible without American
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ISRAEL, GAZA, RAFAH, DEFENSE
Israel has no plan for Gaza after Hamas rule, the Israeli defense chief says
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Amid growing frustration in Israel over where the war is headed eight months in,
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PIER, GAZA, AID, PROJECT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas
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COURT, SOUTH, MEDICAL, RAFAH
A South Korean court upheld the government's plan to increase medical school admissions, which has caused friction with protesting doctors.
Over 10,000 doctors have been on strike since February against the plan.
The court denied a request from striking doctors
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MARIJUANA, DANGEROUS, DRUG, DOJ
The Department of Justice on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug in a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy.
A proposed rule sent to the federal register recognizes the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledges
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ANTISEMITISM, HARVARD, UNIVERSITY, HOUSE
Jewish students, parents and professors from Ithaca, New York -based Cornell University voiced their disgust after President Martha E. Pollack shared her "gratitude" for anti-Israel agitators, thanking them for "remaining peaceful and nonviolent."
The students,
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USA, PREVIOUS, MISS, CROWNED
Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii has been crowned Miss USA 2023, more than a week after the previous titleholder resigned citing her mental health
By The Associated Press
Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii was crowned Miss USA 2023 on Wednesday, more than a week
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OIL, BARGE, GALVESTON, COLLISION
The spill's extent is still being determined, according to the Coast Guard.
Source of oil leak into Galveston Bay following barge collision has been contained, say officials
Officials are monitoring an oil spill in Texas waterways after the partial collapse
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CONFIDENCE, FACULTY, COLUMBIA, PRESIDENT
Faculty at Columbia University passed a resolution of no confidence Thursday against President Minouche Shafik, in a motion brought by members of Columbia's chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
The resolution stated Shafik has
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ILLEGAL, WHEELS, ARRESTED, RAPE
A reported illegal immigrant accused of sexually assaulting two women along Highway 39 in southern California has been taken into custody as police are seeking more victims.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says Eduardo Sarabia, 40, is now facing
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JR, MILLION, ACCESS, NICOLE
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential campaign reported that it secured funding to fulfill ballot access in all 50 U.S. states following an $8 million donation from the candidate's running mate, Nicole Shanahan.
Shanahan has poured nearly $15 million
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DETROIT, POPULATION, DECLINE, ESTIMATES
DETROIT (AP) — America’s Northeast and Midwest cities are rebounding slightly from years of population drops — especially Detroit, which grew for the first time in decades — though the South still dominates the nation’s growth, according to U.S. Census Bureau
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UNACCEPTABLE, FOREIGN, INFLUENCE, GEORGIA
President Salome Zourabichvili labeled Georgia's parliament's passing of a contentious media bill as "unacceptable" and vowed to veto it.
The bill mandates media and nongovernmental organizations to register if they receive over 20% of their funding from abroad.
The
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DOW, 000, TIME, 40
NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped the 40,000 level for the first time Thursday, as U.S. stocks drifted higher to add to their records set a day before.
The Dow was up 106 points, or 0.3%, at 40,014, in midday trading. It made its last
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