Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2nd 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
77 articles
HARRIS, TRUMP, KAMALA, BIDEN
Former President Trump wanted to talk to Black journalists about whether Kamala Harris is really Black.
Donald Trump wants this conversation to be about who is weirder. He wants us debating the merit of adults without children. And I’m sure he is delighted
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SECRET, SERVICE, TRUMP, DIRECTOR
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Thursday revealed a Secret Service whistleblower alleged Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe made cuts to personnel who could have helped prevent an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and that there
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SWAP, PRISONER, RUSSIA, FREED
Americans released in Russian prisoner swap have arrived in the U.S.
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan landed in the U.S. late Thursday, after being included in a historic
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GENDER, OLYMPIC, BOXER, TEST
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting won a Paris Olympics fight against Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova on Friday handily, 3-0
The judges scored each round for Lin in the dominating performance. Lin’s height and reach proved to be the biggest difference in the match
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11, PLEA, DEAL, REVOKES
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Friday overruled the overseer of the war court at Guantánamo Bay and revoked a plea agreement reached earlier this week with the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two alleged accomplices.
The Pentagon
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TRUMP, CASE, COURT, ELECTION
The 2020 election interference trial involving former President Donald Trump is expected to resume in Washington, D.C.
The case sat dormant for months while the Supreme Court mulled presidential immunity.
On July 1, the high court ruled for the first time
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JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT, RECESSION, JULY
The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%.
A weaker-than-expected jobs report on Friday fueled concern about a potential economic recession and calls for an interest rate cut.
Employers hired 114,000 workers last month, falling
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HARRIS, KAMALA, COLLEGE, NATION
On Thursday evening, Kamala Harris made the released Russian hostages wait on the plane without their families so that she could take pictures with them one by one. She then spit out a word salad about diplomacy that would give anyone a migraine. It was so
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BIDEN, ISRAEL, LEADER, HAMAS
Yet again, President Biden took precisely the wrong position when he bashed Israel for taking out Hamas’ leader, Ismail Haniyeh.
Asked if asked if Haniyeh’s assassination ruined the chances for a cease-fire agreement in Gaza, the prez said, “It doesn’t help.”
Is
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TIKTOK, SUES, DATA, COLLECTING
DOJ sues TikTok for unlawful data collection from kids The Justice Department has sued TikTok over violating children's privacy. It’s the latest legal trouble for the Chinese-owned video app.
Technology DOJ sues TikTok for unlawful data collection from kids
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JUSTIN, TIMBERLAKE, GUILTY, PLEADS
Justin Timberlake licence suspended in drink-driving case
Timberlake's lawyer has denied he was intoxicated
Justin Timberlake had his driving licence suspended in the state of New York, as he pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated.
The
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HARRIS, KAMALA, RUNNING, MATE
Kamala Harris is expected to pick her running mate in the next few days What’s it feel like waiting to hear if you’re chosen to be the vice presidential nominee? NPR's A Martinez talks to Sen.Tim Kaine of Virginia who knows what's it is like.
Politics Kamala
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EAST, MIDDLE, REGIONAL, JETS
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday that military forces will adjust postures in the Middle East after a strike in Iran which killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
In the release, the Pentagon announced they will move a fighter jet squadron
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HARRIS, VANCE, JD, KAMALA
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who is a top contender to be Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate in the 2024 election, dodged several questions about recent policy reversals by the Democratic presidential nominee.
When the senator was confronted with several
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TRUMP, BACKED, GOOD, FREEDOM
The race was tight—really tight; Virginia state senator John McGuire beat Representative Bob Good in the June 18 GOP House primary by only 374 votes out of the nearly 63,000 cast. It was so close that Good demanded a recount, but the end result remained the
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MEN, SOCCER, MOROCCO, OLYMPIC
Bounced out: The U.S. men's soccer team loses Olympic quarterfinal game to Morocco
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NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates.
PARIS — First the
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LOVE, SIMONE, BILES, BLACK
Simone Biles of Team USA reacts after competing on the vault during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification on day two of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena in Paris on July 28, 2024. Jamie Squire | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images
American gymnast
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ATHLETES, OLYMPIC, LGBTQ, BACKLASH
Athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics are sleeping on cardboard bed frames for the second summer games in a row.
First introduced at Tokyo 2020, the cardboard beds have made a comeback as an environmentally friendly solution in the Olympic Village, according
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TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, CHEVRON, HQ
The Chevron Corporation announced Friday that it will be moving its corporate headquarters out of California and into Texas over the Golden State's hostility.
"The company's headquarters will move from San Ramon, California, to Houston, Texas," the gas company
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COURT, SCHEME, DEMOCRATS, SAVE
It's difficult to make substantive arguments against the Democrats' Supreme Court "reform" proposal, since everyone knows it's just a cynical ploy to delegitimize both the court and the Constitution.
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Ask yourself this: Would any Democrat support
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FIRST, MCCONNELL, AMERICA, FOREIGN
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said on Friday that the foreign policy vision that former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), Trump’s running mate, espouse is “nonsense.”
McConnell has long tried to eliminate the “isolationist” wing’s
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OLYMPIC, SPRINTER, RACE, OPPONENT
An Olympic sprinter fell during a race. The first person to help was her opponent
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Lucia Moris of South Sudan toppled to the ground in agony during a preliminary heat of the women's 100-meter race at the Paris Olympics on
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SHAPIRO, PALESTINIAN, OP, TERRORISTS
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has come under scrutiny for an opinion piece he wrote 30 years ago, now that the Democrat is a top contender to be Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday.
As a 20-year-old student
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SWIMMER, COLLAPSES, HEAT, OLYMPIC
A terrifying scene unfolded on the pool deck of Paris La Defense Arena on Friday morning when a Slovakian swimmer collapsed after a qualifying heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley.
Tamara Potocka, who is making her Olympic debut in Paris, received
Continued at Fox News...