Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
37 articles
BIDEN, HUNTER, CONVICTION, WHITE
The nation's most self-impressed journalists, the ones who strangely self-identify as "mainstream," could not bring themselves to treat the Hunter Biden trial as comparable in any way to Donald Trump's trial in Manhattan. Treating Hunter as a significant "news"
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TRUMP, BIDEN, POLL, VOTERS
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GARLAND, CONTEMPT, HOUSE, VOTE
The House voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, referring the top Department of Justice (DOJ) official for criminal charges.
GOP lawmakers aimed to hold Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over audio
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NEVADA, PRIMARY, WINS, SENATE
Nevada's nonpartisan voters could play a major role in deciding key U.S. senate race Nevada's U.S. Senate race will be closely watched this year. One voting group critical in the outcome is nonpartisan voters, who make up more than 30 percent of the state's
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ALITO, SUPREME, COURT, ETHICS
In some combination of ignorance and cynicism, lefty circles are abuzz about the supposed “Christian Nationalist” threat to the republic, and now the hysteria has joined with the drive to delegitimize the Supreme Court, or at least the justices least inclined
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FED, INFLATION, RATE, CUT
President Joe Biden on Wednesday took a victory lap on the latest inflation report, which found that consumer prices did not rise in May over their April levels, marking the first time since 2022 that U.S. month over month inflation has remained flat.
"Prices
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WEST, JERRY, NBA, 86
Jerry West, who was selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in a storied career as a player and executive and whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, died Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Clippers announced.
He was 86.
West,
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ISRAEL, HEZBOLLAH, ROCKET, COMMANDER
The Israel-Hamas war has thrust Israel and Palestinians back on the front-burner of U.S. policy, and abruptly injected some long-standing divisive issues into the 2024 presidential race.
Both President Biden and former President Trump express baseline support
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JOEY, HOT, CHESTNUT, DOG
Major League Eating (MLE) president Richard Shea insisted on Wednesday the show would go on with or without Joey Chestnut in attendance for the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest on the Fourth of July.
Chestnut, the 16-time champion in the Coney Island spectacle,
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SOUTHERN, BAPTISTS, BAN, PASTORS
Southern Baptists rejected a move on Wednesday to crack down on congregations with women in pastoral leadership. The vote dealt an unexpected rebuke to a hard-right faction that has been jockeying for influence in the country’s largest Protestant denomination.
The
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BIDEN, BORDER, ASYLUM, SUES
President Joe Biden’s executive order aimed at mitigating the border crisis was met with mockery and derision from folks on the right who have long criticized him for his inaction on illegal immigration.
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HAMAS, CEASEFIRE, PROPOSAL, BLINKEN
Gaza ceasefire plan in balance as US says Hamas proposed 'changes'
4 hours ago By Tom Bateman , BBC state department correspondent • David Gritten , BBC News Share
Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke after discussing Hamas's response with Qatar's
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BORDER, ISIS, ARRESTS, BIDEN
Fears are growing that the migrant crisis at the southern border is compromising America's national security after the arrests of eight suspected terrorists with ties to ISIS.
"The fact that these eight ISIS suspects got through the southern border really
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CUBA, RUSSIAN, WARSHIPS, PUTIN
U.S. Navy ships shadowed the Russian ships as they headed to Havana.
The Pentagon is downplaying Wednesday's arrival of four Russian Navy ships in Cuba as U.S. officials acknowledge that U.S. Navy ships "actively monitored" the Russian ships as they made their
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BUS, ATLANTA, DEER, HIJACKER
Georgia gunman hijacks commuter bus, leaves one dead
Atlanta police chase hijacked bus carrying passengers
A Georgia man hijacked a commuter bus, held the driver and 17 riders at gunpoint and led a trail of police cars on a miles-long chase through Atlanta
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LIA, THOMAS, TRANSGENDER, AQUATICS
International sport, one would think, should be an endeavor based on fairness above all. That's the central tenet of sportsmanship, isn't it? Making sure that all such competitions are fair, based on easily understood rules based on consistent principles, and
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ELON, MUSK, SUE, LAWSUIT
Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X/Twitter and CEO of Tesla, has voluntarily dismissed his breach of contract claims against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman.
The Financial Times reports that the lawsuit, filed three months ago in a San Francisco
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TULSA, COURT, MASSACRE, RACE
Oklahoma court rejects Tulsa Massacre survivors suit
2 hours ago By Sam Cabral , BBC News, Washington Share
Getty Images Only two known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre remain - Lessie Benningfield Randle, 109 (left) and Viola Fletcher, 110 (centre);
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DEI, REPUBLICANS, BAN, GOVERNMENT
Congressional Republicans introduced legislation to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in the federal government.
The Dismantle DEI Act was introduced Wednesday by Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, and would eliminate all federal DEI programs and end
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SHIP, EXPLORER, DISCOVERED, COAST
Explorer Shackleton's last ship found on ocean floor
38 minutes ago By Jonathan Amos , @BBCAmos, Science correspondent Share
RCGS A sonar image of the sunken vessel. It went down on 5 May 1962
Wreck hunters have found the ship on which the famous polar explorer
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MACRON, FRANCE, SNAP, PARLIAMENT
Declaring himself a “incorrigible optimist,” President Emmanuel Macron of France appealed on Wednesday to all French people “who reject the extremes” to vote for centrist parties in snap elections and so save the Republic from the bigotry of the far right and
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BALTIMORE, BRIDGE, FULLY, REOPENS
Authorities say commercial shipping traffic through the Port of Baltimore will soon return to normal levels since the waterway fully reopened earlier this week for the first time since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
Officials estimate the salvage operations
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PARKLAND, BUILDING, YEARS, SCHOOL
The three-story building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School looms over campus behind a screened fence, a horrific and constant reminder to students, teachers, the victims' families and passersby.
But
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HOOK, SANDY, HIGH, SCHOOL
Sandy Hook survivors to graduate with mixed emotions without 20 of their classmates
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NEWTOWN, Conn. — Like graduating seniors everywhere, members of Newtown High School's class of 2024 expect bittersweet feelings at their commencement
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