Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, AUGUST 26th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
106 articles
HARRIS, TRUMP, BIDEN, AFGHANISTAN
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Livingston County Sheriff's Office in Howell, Michigan, U.S., August 20, 2024.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is waffling on whether he will debate
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JUDGE, SPOUSES, BIDEN, LEGAL
A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked a Biden-Harris administration plan to grant legal status to non-citizens who are married to U.S. citizens, pausing the program for at least the next two weeks while the legal challenge moved through the courts.
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TELEGRAM, ARREST, CEO, FRANCE
French President Emmanuel Macron says the arrest in France of the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, wasn’t a political move but part of an independent investigation
France's Macron says arrest of the head of the Telegram messaging app
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, STRIKES, MISSILE
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage throughout Ukraine on Monday, targeting energy infrastructure. At least three people were reported killed, and power cuts were reported across the country.
The barrage began around midnight
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WALZ, TIM, FAIR, STATE
Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz has become a new messenger for reproductive rights Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has been speaking openly about how he and his wife struggled to conceive using fertility treatments.
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ELECTION, SUE, RESULTS, NIGHT
Pennsylvania election officials – in a bid to avoid controversy in November – are telling voters ahead of time not to expect the results of the high-stakes presidential race to be ready by Election Night.
The battleground state is of such significant importance
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KOREA, SOLDIER, NORTH, DESERTION
The U.S. Army Private who ran across the border from South Korea to North Korea is set to plead guilty to desertion and assault and three other charges as part of a deal with Army prosecutors, his attorney says. Travis King was charged with 14 fourteen offenses
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ASSASSINATION, TASK, FORCE, TRUMP
Members of the newly formed House task force on the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump took one of their first investigative steps on Monday, traveling to the site of the shooting in Butler, Pa., to scrutinize the scene.
Lawmakers
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LANDSLIDE, ALASKA, KETCHIKAN, EVACUATION
A violent landslide has raced down a forested hillside in Ketchikan, Alaska, killing one person and injuring three.
“In my 65 years in Ketchikan, I have never seen a slide of this magnitude,” Dave Kiffer, the town’s mayor, said in a statement. “There is clearly
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ELECTRIC, 100, CANADA, VEHICLES
Canada hits China-made electric cars with 100% tariff
Getty Images The US and European Union have announced similar duties on Chinese imports
Canada says it will impose a 100% import tariff on imports of China-made electric vehicles (EV) after similar announcements
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ALABAMA, HIGH, SCHOOL, INJURY
A high school football quarterback in Alabama died Saturday after suffering a brain injury on the field Friday, authorities say.
Morgan Academy junior quarterback Caden Tellier suffered the injury during a tackle during the third quarter of his team’s home
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STEIN, JILL, CANDIDATE, BALLOT
One big thing Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein had in common with (now-former) independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was being the subject of intense focus by the Democrat Party's legal teams and related allies at the state and
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ARRESTED, AIRMAN, DEPUTY, FATALLY
Former cop arrested for fatally shooting US airman
If he is convicted, the felony charge against the former police officer carries a penalty of up to 30 years in prison.
The incident last May occurred when Mr Duran attempted to enter Fortson's home while
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TRUMP, LAW, FIRM, SNIPER
The parents of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the man who shot former President Donald Trump, have reportedly lawyered up in light of an investigation regarding the failed assassination attempt.
The Crookses have apparently hired a team of attorneys as officials with
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150K, CALIFORNIA, ILLEGAL, IMMIGRANTS
California Democrats are proposing to give $150,000 in home loans to first-time home buyers who are illegal aliens.
AB 1840, proposed by Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno), expands an existing program for first-time home buyers such that applicants”shall
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RUMORS, SPRINGSTEEN, TOUR, BRUCE
Bruce Springsteen has shut down rumors of his retirement after more than five decades on the music scene.
The music icon and the E Street Band are currently on tour, having played across the U.S. and Europe despite various setbacks that have sparked speculation
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TESTER, TIM, MONTANA, SHEEHY
Montana U.S. Senate Republican candidate Tim Sheehy slammed “two-faced” Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) on Breitbart News Daily for voting with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Kamala Harris “100 percent of the time” but presenting himself as a “Bible-thumping Republican”
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VIDEO, HILLARY, PELOSI, AOC
The DNC was basically an effort to recast someone who has historically been unpopular in her position, Kamala Harris. Unpopular -- right up until the narrative needed to make her into something else to help Democrats hold onto power. So the disturbing cackle
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SUDAN, DAM, EASTERN, RAINFALL
Sudan’s health ministry says a dam has collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the eastern Red Sea state, sending water flooding over nearby homes
CAIRO -- A dam collapsed in Sudan's eastern Red Sea state, sending water flooding over nearby homes, the country's
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TRANSMISSION, PLAN, LAUNCHES, MPOX
The U.N. health agency has launched a six-month plan to help stanch outbreaks of mpox transmission
WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped
GENEVA -- The U.N. health agency on Monday launched a six-month plan to help
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CHIEF, DEFENSE, JOINT, MEETS
In a Monday meeting with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned "Iran’s aggression has reached an all-time high" as the U.S. scrambles to broker a cease-fire deal with Hamas after nearly
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VICIOUS, SID, 63, LEGEND
Sid Eudy, a professional wrestler known as Sid Justice, Sid Vicious and Sycho Sid, who rose to fame in the 1990s and won multiple championships, died on Monday. He was 63.
The cause was cancer, his son Gunnar Eudy wrote on Facebook.
Mr. Eudy was one of his
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MLB, FORMER, MISSING, PITCHER
The daughter of former MLB pitcher Greg Swindell was reported missing in Texas on Monday and has not been seen since Aug. 22.
Swindell posted about his daughter, Brenna’s, disappearance on his Facebook page.
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PAKISTAN, RESTIVE, ATTACKS, SEPARATE
Gunmen kill at least 31 people in 2 separate attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan
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QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks on Monday and security forces killed 12
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