Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
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TRUMP, EDUCATION, MCMAHON, LINDA
President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday tapped Linda McMahon, a former professional wrestling executive who ran the Small Business Administration for much of his first term, to lead the Education Department, an agency he has routinely singled out for elimination
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GAETZ, REPORT, ETHICS, MATT
Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) says he will soon attempt to trigger a vote before all House members on whether or not to release the Ethics Committee’s report into President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).
After the House
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TRANS, HOUSE, JOHNSON, BATHROOM
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) speaks to reporters as she heads to a House Republican Caucus meeting
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LAKEN, RILEY, MURDER, GUILTY
Following the guilty verdict rendered by the judge in the trial of Jose Ibarra for the murder of Laken Riley, her family delivered Victim's Impact Statements to the court ahead of sentencing.
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Ibarra, an illegal immigrant, was charged with Riley's
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UKRAINE, BIDEN, RUSSIA, MINES
President Biden approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine late Tuesday, a reversal of policy and yet another escalation in the conflict with Russia ahead of President-elect Trump's inauguration.
Ukrainian officials have reportedly promised to only deploy
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AIR, ATTACK, KYIV, EMBASSY
The United States shut its embassy in Kyiv on Wednesday due to "specific information of a potential significant air attack" and told its citizens in Ukraine to be ready to swiftly seek shelter.
The Italian and Greek embassies said they had also closed their
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OZ, DR, TRUMP, MEDICAID
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Donald Trump appears to experience the world through the glow
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SMITH, SUSAN, PAROLE, YEARS
Susan Smith to appear in front of parole board 30 years after killing her 2 sons
A South Carolina woman who admitted to drowning her two children 30 years ago is set to appear before a parole board for the first time on Wednesday to make a case for her freedom.
On
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TRUMP, DEPORTATION, TEXAS, OFFERS
Texas offers Trump land for migrant 'deportation facilities'
Getty Images The land is in Texas' Starr County in the Rio Grande Valley, on the border with the Mexican state of Tamaulipas
Texas authorities say they are prepared to offer President-elect Donald
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RUST, BALDWIN, ALEC, PREMIERE
'Rust' premieres three years after a fatal on-set shooting
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Until now, the only footage released from the indie Western movie Rust has been shown in court. In clips, lead actor and co-producer Alec Baldwin can be seen rehearsing
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BIDEN, BRAZIL, POLLSTER, QUESTIONS
President Joe Biden on Wednesday extended his record of being the oldest sitting U.S. president in history.
Born in 1942, Biden turned 82 on Wednesday, November 20. While he already held the record as the oldest sitting president, this ups his record. Former
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SPACEX, TRUMP, LAUNCH, STARSHIP
President-elect Donald Trump joined Elon Musk in Brownsville, Texas to watch the sixth test launch of a SpaceX Starship spacecraft.
SpaceX was reattempting an operation where the rocket booster is caught in a landing dock on its return to Earth, which was
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ISRAEL, SANDERS, REJECTS, BLOCK
As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens and with just weeks remaining before President-elect Donald Trump takes power, progressive senators are urging Democrats to finally take action. During the lame-duck period, they are pushing to halt $20 billion in
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RESOLUTION, GAZA, SECURITY, COUNCIL
The United States on Wednesday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where fighting has raged for more than 13 months and a humanitarian crisis is
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FLORIDA, ALLEGED, BOMB, NYSE
FBI charges man with alleged plot to bomb New York Stock Exchange
Federal officials began investigating him in February after receiving a tip that he was keeping bomb-making supplies inside an unlocked storage unit.
According to the FBI, he allegedly recorded
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STATE, WASHINGTON, BOMB, CYCLONE
Strong winds downed trees and rattled windows in Washington State as a storm system with hurricane-force winds hit the region overnight, forcing some train cancellations and leaving nearly 550,000 customers without power as of Wednesday morning. The authorities
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NEWSLETTER, TRUMP, FOX, BOUT
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- A doctor in Michigan reveals his wellness routine for a longer and healthier life
- As RFK Jr. sets out to improve
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COMCAST, MSNBC, CABLE, NETWORK
When NBC launched MSNBC in 1996, the network was marketed with the slogan “It’s Time to Get Connected,” a line that acknowledged the emergence of the internet as a game-changing force in the media. Microsoft, then a minority partner in the channel, made web
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BILLIONAIRE, BRIBERY, SCHEME, CHARGES
Chairperson of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, Gautam Adani addresses a gathering during the inaugural session of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 in Gandhinagar on January 10, 2024.
Gautam Adani, the chair of India's Adani Group conglometerate and one
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IRAN, NUCLEAR, TRUMP, INCREASED
Three key European nations and the United States have moved to censure Iran over its secretive nuclear program, hoping to shore up the credibility of the world’s nuclear watchdog before Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House.
The United States and the
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DEFENSE, WOMEN, DIVERSITY, SECRETARY
Women and racial diversity are crucial for the strength of the U.S. armed forces, outgoing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
"I have spent 41 years in uniform, three long tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan, and everywhere I went on a battlefield, there were
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SOCCER, TRUMP, PULISIC, CHRISTIAN
U.S. soccer star Christian Pulisic says he was not making a political statement when he performed the “Trump dance” after making a goal on Monday.
During the USMNT’s 4-2 win against Jamaica on Monday night, Pulisic became the latest professional athlete to
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CONFERENCE, SJSU, TRANSGENDER, PLAYER
A heated national controversy over a transgender athlete on the San Jose State women's volleyball team could be the catalyst for a conference title in the upcoming Mountain West Conference tournament.
The tournament is scheduled to begin Nov. 27, and San Jose
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SANCTUARY, TRUMP, CITY, CZAR
'Sanctuary city' ordinance would protect undocumented immigrants living in L.A. Los Angeles on Tuesday approved a so-called "sanctuary city" ordinance aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants from potential deportation.
National 'Sanctuary city' ordinance
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