Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
37 articles
TRUMP, NOTRE, DAME, BIDEN
Back in January of 2017, my wife Leela June and I were driving from Washington, D.C., to the Snowshoe ski resort in West Virginia. Just two months earlier, then New York City businessman Donald J. Trump had shocked the nation and the world with his well-deserved
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SYRIA, DAMASCUS, ASSAD, CIVIL
For decades, Iran has expended much blood and money in support of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, helping him survive a civil war that threatened his dynastic rule. Iran operated military bases, weapons warehouses and missile factories in Syria, which it
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CEO, UNITEDHEALTHCARE, ASSASSINATION, KILLER
The online sleuthing community is declining to aid authorities in their quest to apprehend the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, NBC News reported.
Thompson was shot and killed just prior to 7 a.m. local time on Wednesday outside
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SOUTH, IMPEACHMENT, PRESIDENT, KOREAN
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 07: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol attends a press conference on state affairs at the presidential office on Nov. 7, 2024.
Beleaguered South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday survived an impeachment motion triggered
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HEGSETH, TRUMP, PETE, TRUST
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance launched a full-throated defense of their embattled Defense Secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth (Pete Hegseth Nominated to be Secretary of Defense (Updated) – RedState and OPINION: Why Pete Hegseth
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STATE, MOUNTAIN, BOISE, WEST
Boise State star running back and Heisman Trophy hopeful Ashton Jeanty helped the Broncos punch their ticket to the College Football Playoffs with another incredible showing in the Mountain West championship game on Friday night.
But his first thought wasn’t
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DANIEL, PENNY, PATENTLY, STRONG
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is trying to "strong-arm" the jury in the Daniel Penny case into deciding on a verdict by dismissing manslaughter charges when they appeared deadlocked, former U.S. assistant attorney Andy McCarthy says.
"Bragg added
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HARRIS, TRUMP, BIDEN, RAISED
Vice President Kamala Harris was an objectively bad presidential candidate, as evidenced by her electoral defeat last month, in which she won millions fewer votes than President Biden four years earlier. Harris lost to Donald Trump by more than 2.5 million
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SLIPPERS, OZ, RUBY, WIZARD
Dorothy's ruby slippers to be auctioned off
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A pair of ruby red slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz is set to be auctioned off Saturday. The iconic sequinned pumps were once stolen from a Minnesota museum.
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JONATHAN, DEM, JACKSON, REP
On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “National Report,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) criticized busing migrants to Chicago and stated that “the rich do not feel the impact of this level of immigration.” And “These same facilities, schools that were closed
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JR, FOOD, RFK, NEWS
The question of removing synthetic color additives such as Red 40 from the food supply has been making the rounds in the news as the Senate confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Health and Human Services secretary,
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PLANE, MENSCH, STUDIOS, TYLER
The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida's Gulf Coast.
The studio confirmed on Saturday that Steve Mensch, its 62-year-old president and general manager, had died.
"We are
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CLIMATE, FANNIE, FACE, FREDDIE
As fires and floods become a reality for many Americans with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages, homes in areas subject to natural disasters are seeing a drastic loss in value, the New York Times reports.
A report from February of 2023 estimated that homes
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GIFT, MIND, LAVISH, IDEAS
It's the perfect time right now in early December to get some holiday shopping done.
Gifts for loved ones, of course, can include those of the culinary kind. These gifts will be enjoyed and appreciated by the lucky recipients.
Why not consider these eight
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ALZHEIMER, DYNASTY, DUCK, PATRIARCH
Duck Dynasty star Jase Robertson revealed that his father, Phil Robertson, had been diagnosed with the “early stages” of Alzheimer’s disease.
During an episode of Unashamed with the Robertson Family podcast, Jase revealed that the family had been “trying to
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CARSON, BECK, SEC, GEORGIA
No Carson Beck? No problem.
The Georgia Bulldogs earned a first-round bye in the College Football Playoff by winning the SEC championship game over Texas, 22-19, in an overtime classic.
Texas was held to a field goal on its first overtime possession, and
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WINS, FIGURE, BEATING, JAPAN
America's 14-year drought of women's figure skating Grand Prix champions ended Saturday when Amber Glenn overcame elite Japanese opponents to take first place.
Glenn won the first women's singles final gold medal for the U.S. since 2010.
She held off Japan's
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988M, UKRAINE, AID, ANNOUNCES
The United States is readying a $988 million package of new additional arms and equipment to Ukraine for its ongoing fight against Russia's invasion, according to a document seen by Reuters.
It nearly halves the available $2.21 billion remaining in Ukraine
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WORLD, OLDEST, BIRD, WILD
Parenting can be tough, even for the young and energetic, but one elderly albatross is about to go through it all again at the ripe old (and apparently record-setting) age of 74.
Wisdom, a Laysan Albatross, is one of millions of the huge seabirds that return
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ARRESTED, RING, UNIVERSITY, DRUG
Seven people were arrested and charged for their involvement with an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's office in New Jersey.
On Thursday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said the
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JOHNSON, JACK, CHILDREN, EXCLUSIVE
The legislation that has made it to the Supreme Court in the case over a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers for minors was originally prompted by reports about a clinic dedicated to performing transgender surgeries on children, according to Tennessee State
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LT, JON, GOV, HUSTED
Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (R) is confident that the common sense bathroom law that Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed into law will withstand legal scrutiny, explaining during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday that transgender issues were largely “aired out in the
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HEGSETH, LIST, BIG, CONSERVATIVE
As Pete Hegseth continues to rally support for his nomination to lead the Department of Defense, a conservative research group has compiled a list of "woke" senior officers they want him to sack should he be confirmed to lead the Pentagon.
In a letter obtained
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