Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
51 articles
TRUMP, TIME, YEAR, PERSON
President-elect Donald Trump has invited China's President Xi Jinping to his inauguration in January, his spokesperson said Thursday.
Incoming White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed reports about the invitation on Fox News on Thursday morning.
Asked
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BIDEN, 500, SENTENCES, COMMUTES
President Biden's act of clemency, the largest in a single day, has left some congressional Republicans unhappy, while a number of Democrats are hoping to see it expanded.
"I’m not surprised at this point anymore," Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said. "I
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BORDER, MAYOR, CZAR, TRUMP
An update from southern Arizona at the most rural section of the southern U.S. border President-elect Trump campaigned on promised to take on the border crisis. NPR traveled to the most rural section of the border with Mexico -- a section in Arizona -- to see
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DRONES, PENTAGON, NJ, MYSTERY
The Pentagon denied Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s (R-NJ) claim that an Iranian “mothership” located “off the East Coast of the United States” has been launching mysterious unidentified drones.
Sabrina Singh, a spokeswoman with the Pentagon, was asked if there was “any
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FBI, JAN, CAPITOL, FINDS
On Thursday, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his report detailing, among other things, the fact that there were "more than two dozen" FBI confidential sources among the crowd that pushed into the Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
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WRAY, FBI, CHRISTOPHER, DIRECTOR
Democrats on Capitol Hill say they're disappointed that FBI Director Christopher Wray decided to resign instead of forcing President-elect Donald Trump to oust him when he returns to the White House next month.
"I think he should have forced Trump to fire
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CEO, KILLER, MANGIONE, SUSPECT
The alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was recognized by San Francisco police four days before his arrest, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
That is reportedly because Luigi Mangione had been reported missing to San Francisco
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DEAL, HAMAS, HOSTAGE, FIRE
The White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Thursday that his goal was to be able to close a deal between Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of hostages held there “this month.”
Speaking at a news conference in
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DRONES, HOUSE, WHITE, NJ
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that they had seen "no evidence" that mysterious drone sightings over New Jersey and adjacent areas in recent weeks "pose a national security or public safety threat."
The agencies also said they had
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AMERICAN, FOUND, MISSING, SYRIA
Missing American Travis Timmerman found wandering barefoot outside Damascus
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DAMASCUS, Syria — An American man who identified himself as Travis Pete Timmerman was found in a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus
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BIDEN, PREEMPTIVE, TRUMP, PARDONS
Former Jan. 6 House committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., says he's open to accepting a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden if he offered one.
"The president, it's his prerogative," Thompson told CNN's Jim Acosta on whether he wants Biden to
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HEGSETH, POINT, WEST, PROPUBLICA
ProPublica, a nonprofit news outlet that boasts digging deep into “important issues,” nearly published a false news story about Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth but was deterred after Hegseth sent them his letter of admission.
On Wednesday morning, Hegseth
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DIDDY, MEN, NEW, SEAN
Three men accuse Diddy of rape and sexual assault in new lawsuits
His lawyers dismissed the lawsuits calling them "full of lies". He remains in custody at a Brooklyn jail.
Two of the plaintiffs allege they went to parties with Mr Combs, where he "personally
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ADVISER, BIDEN, ATTACK, HUNTER
Jason Miller, a top aide to President-elect Donald Trump, delivered a real-time fact check of Anita Dunn, a longtime adviser to President Joe Biden, who claimed Biden’s DOJ was not weaponized against his political opponent.
The FBI conducted an unprecedented
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NETANYAHU, IRAN, PEOPLE, AIR
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Iranian people in a speech Thursday in which he urged them to rise up against their government, and promised them a future of peace and prosperity when Iran is free.
The speech, Netanyahu’s third in recent
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BILL, UNC, BELICHICK, JOB
From rumors, to a finalized deal, to a press conference, the last 24 hours for the North Carolina Tar Heels have been a whirlwind as legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick will now lead a college football program for the first time in his illustrious career.
Belichick
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HOT, COMPANY, PRODUCTION, SOROS
Buzzfeed announced that it officially sold the company behind the "Hot Ones" YouTube show to a George Soros-funded affiliate.
In a press release on Thursday, Buzzfeed revealed it closed the sale of the First We Feast media company to a consortium led by an
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MUSIC, BILLBOARD, AWARDS, COUNTRY
Zach Bryan leads the pack at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards with 21 nominations, followed by Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen, signaling a country music takeover.
"I just feel like this is kind of what we need, because music is music at the end of the day,
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NASHVILLE, CHAIR, WALLEN, MORGAN
Morgan Wallen pleaded guilty after throwing a chair off a Nashville rooftop bar in April.
Wallen was charged with two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment, according to Fox 17. Judge Cynthia Chappell sentenced the country music star to seven days at
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MCCONNELL, HOME, FALL, MITCH
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 83, is working from home on Thursday because of stiffness in his leg, according to the senator’s spokesperson.
McConnell fell on Tuesday and continued a pattern that raised alarms in 2023.
The scary incident occurred after the
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DIRECTOR, FBI, PATEL, KASH
The United Federation of Police Officers, (UFPO) a law enforcement labor union, on Wednesday announced its “steadfast support” for FBI director nominee Kash Patel ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing next month.
In a letter the organization, which represents
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MARIJUANA, ELTON, JOHN, MISTAKE
Elton John has spoken out about the downside of legalizing marijuana in America and Canada.
In an interview with Time magazine, the music icon opened up about his past drug use while voicing his opinions on the legalization of marijuana.
"I maintain that
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ALEX, BRUESEWITZ, TRUMP, WINNING
On Wednesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” X Strategies CEO Alex Bruesewitz discussed the 2024 election and the Internet landscape.
Bruesewitz said, “I think it’s foolish for [lefties] to push themselves into echo chambers. And I think that they still don’t understand
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MALIBU, WILDFIRE, DYKE, ESCAPES
Thousands of people have vacated their homes in Malibu due to the Franklin Fire setting the city ablaze, including a litany of high-profile residents.
On Monday, fires spread throughout the area, exacerbated by dry land and Santa Ana winds. According to Cal
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