Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, JUNE 20th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
59 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, POLL, NEW
Former President Donald J. Trump out-raised President Biden for the second consecutive month in May, outpacing his successor by roughly $81 million in donations over the last two months as he rode a surge of financial support after his felony conviction.
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TRUMP, BIDEN, MEDIA, CHEAP
Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington, D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail.
What's happening…
- VP Harris gets a big promotion in ‘Queer Eye’ blooper
- Speaker Johnson urged to crack down on DEI
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TAX, SUPREME, COURT, TRUMP
is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.
It’s difficult
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GIRL, YEAR, ILLEGAL, TEXAS
Earlier on Thursday, we shared the story of the illegal alien from Ecuador, Christian Geovanny Inga-Landi, and his vicious and heartless assault on two New York teens. He is now under arrest in New York, charged with rape, predatory sexual assault, kidnapping
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COMMANDMENTS, TEN, LOUISIANA, LAW
Louisiana public schools and colleges will be required to post an image of the Ten Commandments next year after a controversial bill was signed into law Wednesday.
Under H.B. 71 public classrooms starting from kindergarten to the collegiate level must have
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KOREA, RUSSIA, NORTH, PUTIN
Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Thursday introduced a bill to declare Russia a state sponsor of terror two days after Russia and North Korea rattled the region and beyond by signing a pact to come to each other's defense in
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DONALD, SUTHERLAND, 88, STAR
Donald Sutherland, a subtle and sardonic star, has died at 88
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Donald Sutherland, who starred in more than 200 movies and TV shows, died Thursday in Miami, Fla., after
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MORIN, RACHEL, MOM, ILLEGAL
The Angel Family of Rachel Morin says they are “deeply touched” after former President Donald Trump called them to offer his condolences. Morin was raped and murdered, allegedly by an illegal alien linked to the MS-13 gang who crossed the United States-Mexico
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MAYS, WILLIE, MLB, RICKWOOD
The Issue: The passing of legendary San Francisco Giants’ center fielder Willie Mays.
Sadly, Willie Mays’ family and the San Francisco Giants have confirmed Mays’ death (“Say goodbye to the Kid,” June 18).
He died right before Juneteenth, at the age of 93.
Mays
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ISRAEL, HAMAS, NETANYAHU, MILITARY
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) accused the Biden administration Thursday of slow-walking arms and ammunition deliveries to Israel since January, when a group of left-wing Democrats hostile to Israel urged the White House to cut off its support.
As Breitbart News reported
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ARRESTED, TRAVIS, SCOTT, TRESPASSING
Rapper Travis Scott arrested in Miami
Travis Scott was detained under his real name, Jacques Bermon Webster
Travis Scott has been arrested in Miami on suspicion of disorderly intoxication and trespassing.
The rapper was booked into custody at 04:35 local
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DEBATE, CNN, JR, QUALIFY
The presidential campaign for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a statement Thursday asserting that every CNN staffer involved in next week’s debate is violating campaign finance laws and subject to “serious jail time.”
The statement was
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MAYOR, OAKLAND, THAO, RAIDS
Oakland Democratic Mayor Sheng Thao will now face a recall on November’s ballot, after community organizers garnered nearly double the requisite number of signatures needed to force the proviso, according to multiple reports.
Oakland United to Recall Sheng
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HEAT, WAVE, SWELTERING, UNDER
When the nursing home in southern Mexico began to bake in the country’s ongoing heat wave, staff cycled their elderly residents through the few cooling options they had.
First, some would sit in front of fans buzzing in the sweltering heat of Veracruz. Then
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, BOMBS, AIRSTRIPS
Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, officials said Thursday.
With no major changes reported along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, where
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HEZBOLLAH, ISRAEL, LEADER, WARNS
The leader of Hezbollah has vowed a fight with "no rules and with no red lines" if full-out war erupts between the Lebanese militant group and Israel, warning Cyprus against getting mired in the conflict.
Lebanon and Israel have regularly traded cross-border
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TEXAS, STORM, ALBERTO, MEXICO
Heat and snowfall, rain and wildfires. It’s a week of extreme weather in the U.S
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The U.S. is experiencing a number of extreme and varied weather events at once, from the prolonged heat wave scorching
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CHARGES, COLUMBIA, UNIVERSITY, MANHATTAN
Charges dropped against Gaza protesters at Columbia
New York prosecutors have dropped all criminal against most students and activists arrested for occupying a Columbia university building to protest at the Gaza war.
Of the 46 people arrested in April in
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BOWMAN, HAMAS, SQUAD, DESPERATE
We're less than one week away from primary day in New York, and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) is not acting like a man who is confident he's on his way to securing a primary win.
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The Hamas Caucus member's Democratic opponent, Westchester County
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MORTGAGE, FALLS, RATE, AVERAGE
Home loan borrowing costs eased again this week as the average rate on a 30-year mortgage declined to its lowest level since early April
Average long-term US mortgage rate falls again; at lowest level since early April
LOS ANGELES -- Home loan borrowing costs
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ANGEL, REESE, TRUST, WORDS
Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese appeared to be more guarded with some of her answers on Tuesday when she spoke to the media following the team’s loss to the Indiana Fever.
Reese notched a double-double in the close contest, which drew a ton of eyeballs and
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GOOD, VIRGINIA, MCGUIRE, CLOSE
The closely watched Virginia GOP primary race pitting House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good against state Sen. John McGuire, the candidate backed by former President Donald Trump and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, remains too close to call, with watchers
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YEAR, SOLSTICE, SUMMER, ARRIVES
Summer officially arrives with the earliest solstice in more than 2 centuries
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Summer officially arrives in the Northern Hemisphere on Thursday, the earliest start to the season in over two centuries.
The
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POLICE, OAKLAND, JUNETEENTH, SHOOTING
Fifteen people were shot during a Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, California, police said Thursday.
The violence broke out Wednesday night during an event at Lake Merritt that was largely peaceful, with as many as 5,000 in attendance, until a sideshow involving
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