Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
73 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, DEBATE, POLL
President Joe Biden is a “walking LYING MACHNE,” former President Donald Trump said ahead of Thursday’s presidential debate.
“Crooked Joe Biden’s ‘Handlers’ are loudly and profusely complaining that there will be no Fact Checkers during the Debate on Thursday,”
Continued at Breitbart...
21
BOWMAN, JAMAAL, NEW, DEFEAT
Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s Tuesday upset defeat by Westchester County Executive George Latimer generated many perspectives on what exactly precipitated his downfall.
The New York Times published the headline “Bowman Falls in House Primary, Overtaken by Flood of
Continued at The Intercept...
16
SUPREME, COURT, ABORTION, IDAHO
The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Wednesday with a former mayor of an Indiana city who was convicted in a case in which he was accused of taking a bribe, in a ruling that could make it harder for federal prosecutors to bring corruption cases against state and
Continued at Newsmax...
14
COURT, SUPREME, BIDEN, MEDIA
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led challenge to the Biden administration's communication with social media companies about misinformation on their sites about COVID-19 and the 2020 election, stating the plaintiffs did not have legal standing
Continued at ABC...
9
ASSANGE, AUSTRALIA, JULIAN, LANDS
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange pleaded guilty and was sentenced to time served on Wednesday as part of a deal he reached with the U.S. Justice Department to end his imprisonment.
Assange, an Australian publisher, entered the guilty plea Wednesday morning
Continued at Fox News...
8
TRIAL, RUSSIA, GERSHKOVICH, EVAN
American journalist Evan Gershkovich is on trial for espionage in Russia The espionage trial for Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent, has begun in Russia’s Ural mountain capital of Yekaterinburg. That’s the same city where he was detained 15 months
Continued at NPR...
8
BORDER, MAYORKAS, BIDEN, ASYLUM
Even by the low standards of the Biden administration, Alejandro Mayorkas is a standout jackass.
The Homeland Security secretary visited “the border” on Wednesday — a lie, he was in Tucson, 70 miles away — and absolved himself of all responsibility for the
Continued at New York Post...
7
COUP, BOLIVIA, ATTEMPT, MILITARY
Members of Bolivia’s military gathered on Wednesday outside the presidential palace, the country’s president, Luis Arce, said on the social media platform X, in what appeared to be an attempt by a general to take over the government building.
Former President
Continued at New York Times...
6
GOP, PRIMARY, UTAH, WINS
Rep. Lauren Boebert's victory in Colorado's GOP primary suggests voters still have an appetite for aggressive, pro-Trump politicians, despite the drama they sometimes bring.
Boebert claimed victory over a field of five other Republican challengers Tuesday
Continued at Fox News...
6
TRUMP, MATE, VP, RUNNING
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group closed up nearly 8% on Wednesday, adding to the stock's post-sell-off rally.
The stock initially sank more than 6% mid-morning but closed up 7.92% at $39.25 per share on Wednesday.
Trump Media, which trades under the
Continued at CNBC...
5
KENYA, DEADLY, PROTESTS, TAX
A day after demonstrators clashed with the police and stormed the national Parliament building in Kenya to protest passage of a finance bill that would increase taxes, President William Ruto announced on Wednesday that he was changing course and would not sign
Continued at New York Times...
5
NORTH, MISSILE, KOREAN, FLIGHT
North Korea has promised to send Korean People's Army engineers to support Russian forces in Occupied Donetsk. The North Korean military is the fourth largest in the world and the world's largest if one includes active, reserve, and paramilitary forces. This
Continued at Red State...
5
BIDEN, GAY, MILITARY, CONVICTED
Biden pardons veterans convicted under military ban on gay sex
US President Joe Biden has pardoned thousands of veterans who, over six decades, were convicted of crimes under an military law that banned gay sex.
The veterans were convicted under a provision
Continued at BBC...
4
AMERICA, BORDER, BIDEN, OPEN
The United Nations calls it "femicide," the wanton assault, rape and murder of girls and women. It's a cultural epidemic in Latin America.
Femicide is visible every step of the way from South America and the Northern Triangle countries to the Mexico-U.S. border.
Continued at Town Hall...
4
LAPTOP, CIA, HUNTER, BIDEN
The wheels of justice turn slowly enough that calling them rusted may be an understatement. In the case of Congressional investigations, they may rotate even less, with the realization of things culminating in anything approaching punishment a long shot, at
Continued at Red State...
4
NETWORK, 50, BIDEN, MIGRANTS
The Department of Homeland Security has identified over 400 individuals brought to the U.S. from Eastern European and Central Asian countries by an ISIS-affiliated smuggling network in the past several months, a DHS senior official confirmed to Fox News on
Continued at Fox News...
4
TAPES, SUE, HUR, GOP
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., says a motion to force a vote on having the House sergeant-at-arms forcibly bring Merrick Garland before the chamber will be filed Friday unless the attorney general provides audio of President Joe Biden's interview with special
Continued at Newsmax...
4
POPE, MURDERERS, DRUG, TRAFFICKERS
ROME -- Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced drug traffickers as "murderers" and labeled drug liberalization laws a “fantasy” as he marked the U.N.'s day against drug use and illicit trafficking
Francis devoted his entire weekly catechism lesson to a reflection
Continued at ABC...
4
JUROR, BRIBE, 120K, TRIAL
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged five people with conspiring to bribe a juror in a high-profile federal trial in Minneapolis. The charges described a brazen plot that included extensive surveillance of the juror and talking points drafted to help her
Continued at New York Times...
4
NATO, MARK, RUTTE, GENERAL
Over the course of more than a dozen years at the top of Dutch politics, Mark Rutte got to know a thing or two about finding consensus among fractious coalition partners. Now he will bring the experience of leading four Dutch multiparty governments to the international
Continued at Newsmax...
4
DEBATE, AD, BIDEN, MORIN
FIRST ON FOX: A key Republican lawmaker spearheading former President Trump's outreach to Black voters will debut a six-figure ad buy calling out what he describes as President Biden's "real record on race" during the CNN Presidential Debate Thursday.
First-term
Continued at Fox News...
4
PRESIDENT, 45, YEARS, SENTENCED
A defiant former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in New York Wednesday to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it to the United States.
Judge
Continued at Fox News...
4
NEW, YORK, JOBS, KILL
The loss of revenue due to Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul's "indefinite pause" of New York City's congestion pricing program could result in the loss of more than 100,000 jobs, according to a report released Wednesday.
Reinvent Albany said at least 101,500 jobs
Continued at Newsmax...
4
SOCCER, OLYMPIC, MORGAN, ALEX
U.S. Soccer announces women's Olympic roster, leaving out longtime star Alex Morgan
toggle caption Maja Hitij/Getty Images
Soccer star Alex Morgan, the longtime cornerstone of the U.S. women's national team, will not participate in this summer's Olympic Games
Continued at NPR...