Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
40 articles
TRUMP, BIDEN, TRUDEAU, GUILFOYLE
As President-elect Donald J. Trump promises to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, Democratic governors are bracing themselves to be on the front lines of an emotional and politically explosive battle against his administration.
Yet unlike eight years
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CEO, MANGIONE, LUIGI, MURDER
Luigi Mangione, the man charged with the murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, is pictured for the first time wearing an orange jumpsuit in a mugshot obtained by Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania,
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TRUMP, NEW, YORK, AG
Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, at a Manhattan courthouse, in New York City, U.S., October 3, 2023. Shannon
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PENNY, DANIEL, ACQUITTAL, TRUMP
Considering his trial took place in New York City, I have to admit I didn't think Daniel Penny would be acquitted on charges related to the May 2023 Jordan Neely subway incident, where Penny put Neely, a mentally ill homeless man with a lengthy criminal history,
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ISRAEL, SYRIA, MILITARY, ASSAD
While Syrians celebrated the toppling of the Assad regime following a swift operation by rebel forces on Sunday, Israel moved in. The Israeli military launched half a dozen airstrikes on Syrian targets and parked tanks inside Syria’s borders, in violation of
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NEW, DRONES, JERSEY, CONGRESS
Members of Congress are talking about “unknown drones" that have been seen flying around the New York and New Jersey skies over the last few weeks.
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergam wrote on X about a conversation he had with House Speaker
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ASSAD, SYRIA, TICE, AL
The fall of Syria's Assad has renewed hope for the release of U.S. journalist Austin Tice
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After the stunning fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. officials say they are working with sources on the ground
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HEGSETH, CONFIRMATION, TRUMP, SUPPORT
If Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, gets through, “they all get through,” Breitbart News’s Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle predicted during an appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast Triggered, describing Hegseth
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MCCONNELL, FALLS, MITCH, FINE
His office said he sustained a "minor cut" on his face and a sprained wrist.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fell during the Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday.
It was initially unclear if McConnell, 82, was injured or what the severity of the fall
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MALIBU, EVACUATIONS, WILDFIRE, FIRE
An evacuation order is in place near the city of Malibu in the US state of California after a wildfire broke out with a "rapid rate of spread".
The blaze has been dubbed the Franklin Fire by authorities, who say it has burned more than 300 acres in Malibu
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JAMIE, FOXX, STROKE, BRAIN
Jamie Foxx is back and better than ever.
After he suffered from a mystery illness last year which left him hospitalized in a weekslong coma, Foxx, 55, set the record straight on his health crisis.
During his Netflix comedy special, "Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened
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PATEL, KASH, DIRECTOR, FBI
How Kash Patel has used children's books and podcasts to promote conspiracy theories
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"Once upon a time, in the Land of the Free, there lived a wizard called Kash the Distinguished Discoverer," reads the opening
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LULA, SURGERY, BRAZIL, EMERGENCY
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil underwent emergency surgery to ease bleeding in his skull that doctors believe is connected to a fall he suffered at home in October, the hospital treating him said in a statement on Tuesday.
The surgery — to drain
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CAITLIN, CLARK, YEAR, GAME
Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark, who captivated basketball fans long before her arrival in the WNBA, was named Time’s Athlete of the Year on Tuesday following her historic rookie season.
Clark, 22, capped off a phenomenal rookie season packed with record-breaking
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TRUMP, FERGUSON, ANDREW, CHAIR
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will appoint Andrew Ferguson to be the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission.
Ferguson is a sitting member of the FTC under outgoing chair Lina Khan.
“Andrew has a proven record of standing up to
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TAIWAN, CHINESE, MILITARY, REPORTS
Taiwan said on Tuesday that China was conducting its largest maritime operations in nearly three decades, sending nearly 90 naval and coast guard vessels into waters stretching from the southern Japanese islands to the South China Sea.
Taiwanese defense officials
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SOUTH, LAW, KOREA, MARTIAL
Shortly after his political nemesis, President Yoon Suk Yeol, declared martial law last Tuesday, Lee Jae-myung began livestreaming from his cellphone. While driving to the National Assembly, the leader of South Korea’s main opposition party appealed to Koreans
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TRUMP, SECRET, SERVICE, TASK
Secret Service urged to reduce number of protectees
A House investigation found a 'litany' of mistakes it says contributed to the 13 July Butler shooting.
A separate Senate report released in September found that security failures and poor communication "directly
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GIOVANNI, NIKKI, 81, BLACK
NEW YORK (AP) — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who rose from borrowing money to release her first book to decades as a literary celebrity sharing her blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel
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ENVIRONMENTAL, SUPREME, COURT, REVIEWS
Supreme Court justices heard arguments in an environmental case involving a proposed railroad line in Utah that would ship crude oil to refineries on the Gulf Coast.
The Supreme Court may be about to sharply limit the reach of so-called environmental impact
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TRUMP, WATCHDOG, REPORTERS, STAFFERS
Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Tuesday found that the Justice Department in 2017 secretly surveilled lawmakers, congressional staffers, and reporters.
CNN reported that the Justice Department, in 2017, during Trump’s first
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TRUMP, MIGRANT, ANNOUNCES, DROP
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Tuesday the shutting down of dozens more migrant shelters, as the "sanctuary" city continues to see a drop in arrivals and as Adams continues to take a hawkish stance on illegal immigration.
Adams announced that
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RAPE, JAY, BEYONC, MUFASA
Rape allegations levied against Jay-Z by an unnamed accuser prompted the music mogul to make a public declaration that he would not be silenced.
Jay-Z, born Shawn Corey Carter, was named in a Sean "Diddy" Combs' sexual assault case on Sunday and filed to dismiss
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GAETZ, REPORT, JOINING, GOP
“‘You must be wary of those seeking to use their influence and their expertise to wrongful ends.”
Those words were spoken at the George Washington Law School commencement ceremony two years ago by the recently defeated Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.).
This week,
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