Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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SOUTH, LAW, MARTIAL, KOREA
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared emergency martial law on Tuesday night, accusing the opposition of plotting “insurgency” and “trying to overthrow the free democracy.”
It was the first martial law declaration in more than four decades in South
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TRUMP, FBI, PATEL, KASH
President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to name billionaire investment banker Warren A. Stephens as the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom burst the bubble of New York Jets fans on Monday.
Trump made the announcement in a post on Truth Social. The Senate
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TRUMP, COURT, DONALD, COUNTY
Trump picks staunch Israel supporters for key roles worrying Arab Americans President-elect Donald Trump flipped the blue city of Dearborn, Mich., with a promise to end the wars in the Middle East. As his administration begins to take shape, some residents
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DANIEL, PENNY, JURORS, JORDAN
As the jury in the Daniel Penny case began their deliberations Tuesday in the second-degree manslaughter trial of the 26-year-old former Marine, a Saturday radio appearance by NYC's Democrat Mayor Eric Adams is getting plenty of notice—because Hizzoner appeared
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WITHDRAWS, DEA, TRUMP, CHRONISTER
Chad Chronister announced Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration to run the Drug Enforcement Agency, three days after President-elect Donald Trump made announced he had selected the Hillsborough County, Florida, sheriff for the position.
Although
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HIT, TEXANS, AZEEZ, LAWRENCE
Houston Texans General Manager Nick Caserio ripped the NFL for what he calls the “unfair treatment” of linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair after the league handed down a three-game suspension of the player following his brutal hit on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence
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TRUMP, HELL, HOSTAGES, PAY
Trump appears to threaten Hamas with 'all hell to pay' over hostages
Reuters Trump has positioned himself as a supporter of Israel's campaign in Gaza, but has urged it to wrap up its operation
US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an apparent warning
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CHAIR, PARTY, DNC, DEMOCRATS
Ken Martin, chair of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party and contender for the Democratic National Committee chair, has urged Democrats to overhaul their agenda to rebuild trust among American voters following last month's electoral setbacks, The
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HEZBOLLAH, ISRAEL, WARNS, LEBANON
Israel issued a direct warning to Lebanon on Tuesday and said it will no longer distinguish between Hezbollah and the country should the tenuous cease-fire with the terrorist group collapse.
"There will no longer be an exemption for the state of Lebanon,"
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CHIEF, NATO, UKRAINE, WEAPONS
NATO’s new top diplomat suggested on Tuesday that Ukraine should put off any peace talks with Russia until Western allies can send enough military aid to help Kyiv push ahead on the battlefield and garner a stronger negotiating position.
Mark Rutte, the NATO
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HOME, JANET, YELLEN, SECRETARY
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act after visiting the site of a new paperless processing initiative in McLean, Virginia, on August 2, 2023.
Multiple shots were fired early Tuesday morning near the Washington, D.C.,
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MCCONNELL, FEDERAL, JUDGES, RETIREMENT
The Senate GOP leader on Monday slammed decisions by two federal judges to reverse their announced retirements after Republican former President Trump won re-election in November.
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized the pair of "partisan Democrat
Continued at Fox News...
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TRUMP, ADAMS, MAYOR, WORK
New York City Mayor Eric Adams revealed on Tuesday that he is open to meeting with incoming Trump border czar Tom Homan to develop solutions to take on illegal immigrant criminals — and dismissed criticism from the left, telling critics to "cancel me."
Adams
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ANGOLA, BIDEN, HISTORY, SLAVERY
When American presidents visit another country, they typically like to highlight the positive history they share. But as the first leader of the United States to visit Angola, President Biden opted instead to focus on the most bitter chapter that connects the
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SUPREME, COURT, HEAR, CASE
A little more than four years ago, the Supreme Court delivered a surprise victory to L.G.B.T.Q. communities. Rejecting the position of the Trump administration, the court ruled by a lopsided margin that a federal civil rights law protected transgender people
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What now for Musk and Tesla?
Elon Musk has been on a winning streak since the election. But a Delaware judge just dealt the Tesla C.E.O. a blow, refusing to reinstate his huge pay package despite investors approving the compensation by a wide margin in June.
Tesla
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TURNOUT, HARRIS, HELPED, HIGHER
The narrative that a higher Democrat voter turnout would have enabled Vice President Kamala Harris to defeat President-elect Donald Trump in the November election is wrong, The New York Times reported.
A drop-off in Democrat-vote tallies, especially in large
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DOGE, DEMOCRAT, LAWMAKER, CAUCUS
Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., announced on Tuesday that he would be joining the House of Representatives' DOGE Caucus, becoming the first Democrat in the now-biparisan group.
He advocated for removing the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) from the purview of the
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MILLION, UKRAINE, 725, MUNITIONS
The Biden administration might be in its final days but that doesn’t mean the flow of lethal U.S. weaponry to Ukraine shows any sign of slowing. Far from it.
That was confirmed Monday when an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone
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CALIFORNIA, NORTH, KOREA, WEAPONS
The Justice Department alleges that an illegal immigrant from China shipped weapons to North Korea from California.
According to a new federal complaint filed in the Central District of California, Shenghua Wen, as well as other unnamed co-conspirators, "successfully
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BLOOMBERG, JR, RFK, MIKE
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a democratic presidential candidate, attends the U.S Conference of Mayors 88th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C, January 22, 2020.
Billionaire and public health advocate Mike Bloomberg on Tuesday excoriated Robert
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PUTIN, UKRAINIAN, ADOPTION, PLANES
Putin's planes took Ukrainian kids into 'coerced' Russian adoption, a Yale report says
toggle caption Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik via Reuters
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia's president and senior Kremlin officials have financed and facilitated the transport of at least
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CHICAGO, MAYOR, RESIDENTS, TRUMP
During a city council meeting this week, residents in the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, urged President-elect Donald Trump and his border czar, Thomas Homan, to arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson should he try to stop their plan to deport illegal aliens.
Soon
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