Emerging Topics in U.S. News
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
17 articles
UKRAINE, BIDEN, TRUMP, MISSILE
Acceding to Ukraine’s longstanding pleas for permission to fire American missiles into Russian territory may be the last thing President Biden can do for the Ukrainians — or on any other foreign front, for that matter — before leaving office. That makes for
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TRUMP, CABINET, PICKS, FCC
MSNBC's "Morning Joe" co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, two of Donald Trump's fiercest critics in the media, revealed Monday they had a face-to-face meeting last week with the president-elect, saying it was an important opportunity for those who
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TRUMP, JOE, MORNING, MIKA
MSNBC’s Morning Joe cohosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski announced on Monday they opened a line of communication with President-elect Donald Trump.
The meeting undermines their previous claims that Trump is a threat to democracy, a fascist, and “going
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TRUMP, MILITARY, DEPORTATIONS, MASS
As we’ve reported extensively here on RedState, one of failed President Joe Biden’s most lasting and damaging legacies is his allowing—some would say welcoming—an untold number of illegal aliens into this country with his disastrous border policy.
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PENNSYLVANIA, COURT, BALLOTS, SUPREME
A Pennsylvania court says again misdated mail ballots don't count this year
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In a new ruling on Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court directed all of the state's county election officials not to count mail-in ballots
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TRUMP, DANCE, STAR, RAIDERS
When Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers broke into the “Donald Trump shuffle” as an end-zone celebration, he was obviously enjoying a bit of lighthearted fun.
But the response was a sign that Trump Derangement Syndrome is still 100% with us — even in
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GAETZ, ETHICS, HOUSE, REPORT
The House Ethics Committee will meet Wednesday to discuss its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next attorney general, NBC News reported Monday.
Several key Republican senators want the report on
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TRUMP, PICK, BORDER, DEM
Dem Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Monday she is willing to work with President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration on border security issues like stopping fentanyl trafficking, but not in areas that she said could harm Arizona families such as mass deportation.
Hobbs
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TRUMP, EDUCATION, PICKS, REPORT
One little-known constitutional provision is now in the spotlight.
Could Trump bypass Congress if Senate Republicans don’t push through his Cabinet picks?
One of President-elect Donald Trump's first moves after winning another four years in the White House
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TRUMP, TRANSPORTATION, SEAN, SECRETARY
Trump picks Fox Business host to lead transportation
"Sean has been a tremendous and well-liked public servant," Trump wrote in an announcement on Truth Social, adding Duffy was "admired across the aisle".
If confirmed, he will take charge of aviation, automotive,
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CONGRESS, DISASTER, BIDEN, RELIEF
Biden asks Congress for about $100 million in disaster relief funding
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President Biden asked Congress on Monday for more than $98 billion in emergency funding to help cover the costs of recent natural disasters, including
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SPIRIT, BANKRUPTCY, AIRLINES, FILES
Spirit Airlines, whose approach to selling cheap tickets without amenities earned it fans and detractors, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after a string of setbacks, most recently a failure to renegotiate its looming debt.
The airline, whose last
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ANN, SELZER, TRUMP, POLLSTER
J. Ann Selzer has announced her exit from election polling weeks after her outlier survey showed President-elect Donald Trump trailing Kamala Harris by three points in Iowa — a state he won by 13 points.
Leading up to Election Day, the Des Moines Register
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DEAD, STABBING, CITY, SPREE
On Monday, in New York City, a homeless man went on an insane stabbing spree that left two men dead and one woman critically injured.
A homeless man, Ramon Rivera, is in custody as the "person of interest." Rivera has at least 8 previous arrests - and yet
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RUBIO, DESANTIS, SUCCESSOR, STRONG
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he is likely to make a decision on who will fill Sen. Marco Rubio’s U.S. Senate seat by early January, emphasizing that the governor's office has already begun vetting several possible candidates
President-elect Donald Trump
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RACE, CONCEDES, SENATE, HOVDE
Republican businessman Eric Hovde finally conceded defeat on Monday in a razor-thin race for a U.S. Senate seat in Wisconsin, claiming that a Democrat-recruited third-party candidate siphoned off the votes that would have secured him the victory.
Hovde, a
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NETANYAHU, PROGRAM, ISRAEL, CONFIRMS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the retaliatory attack Jerusalem launched on Iran in late October degraded part of Tehran’s nuclear program.
"It’s not a secret," Netanyahu said in a Knesset speech reported by the Times of Israel. "There is a
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MIKE, NETFLIX, FIGHT, JAKE
Former NFL star Shawne Merriman was among the supposed 60 million viewers who tuned into Netflix to watch Jake Paul’s unanimous decision victory over Mike Tyson.
Merriman was also among those who were left perplexed by the production’s quality. With an overload
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SENATE, WEEKENDS, DEMS, EYE
Senate Democrats are committed to working late nights and weekends — even the upcoming holidays — to get as many of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees confirmed, The Hill reported Monday.
Working through the Christmas recess is also an option, according
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DNC, DEMOCRAT, UNION, PARTY
As the last of Kamala Harris' campaign cackles fade over Washington, D.C., the toll of the financial destruction she and her campaign brought to the Democrat Party is just beginning to be made known.
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We've previously reported on the fallout
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JOHN, OLIVER, ROWLING, TRANS
Author J.K. Rowling publicly called out HBO host John Oliver for arguing that transgenders participating in women’s sports pose no threat to women and that the Democratic Party should continue advocating in its favor.
In the wake of President-elect Donald
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HAMAS, HQ, QATAR, TURKEY
Hamas leaders, reportedly expelled from Qatar, are said to have relocated to Turkey amid conflicting reports and denials from Turkish officials about the terror group's presence, Breitbart reported.
The move, if confirmed, marks a shift for the jihadist organization,
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TRUMP, RACISM, HOSTIN, MISOGYNY
ABC News legal analyst Sunny Hostin said Monday on ABC’s “The View” that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory shows racism and misogyny were “alive and well.”
Hostin said, “I know that as a country, it’s very difficult for people to believe that racism and
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WILLIAM, SHATNER, BILL, MAHER
Actor William Shatner admitted to "Real Time" host Bill Maher that he didn't understand why Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, as the pair discussed what went wrong for the Democratic Party on Maher's "Club Random" podcast on Sunday.
Maher
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