Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
25 articles
TRUMP, ABC, NEWS, SETTLEMENT
Mr. Walker’s relationship with Mr. Trump stretches back to the early 1980s, when the football star joined the New Jersey Generals, a United States Football League team then owned by Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump wrote in his book “The Art of the Deal” that he would
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SPENDING, TRUMP, MUSK, BILL
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the DOGE bros, have had a chance to take a close look at the 1,500-page continuing resolution (CR) released Tuesday by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), and they are not one bit impressed. In fact, Musk is so incensed
Continued at Red State...
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FED, CUTS, INTEREST, RATE
The Fed cut interest rates a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday.
The stock market plunged on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve scaled back its expectations for interest rate cuts next year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 1,100 points,
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TRUMP, BILL, BIDEN, JOHNSON
Apparently believing that the more you repeat a lie the truer it becomes, President Biden recently quoted a Time article claiming that "President Trump is receiving the strongest economy in modern history."
The Time article was little more than a setup designed
Continued at Fox News...
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SUPREME, COURT, TIKTOK, BAN
With a January ban looming, TikTok's future in the U.S. is more uncertain than ever A new law gives TikTok a Jan. 19 deadline to sell to a non-Chinese company or face a nationwide ban. Law professor Alan Rozenshtein explains what this means and how President-elect
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BIDEN, FAVORABILITY, RATING, POLL
The results are in for the 2024 cable news ratings, and I am thrilled to report that far-left CNN hit some well-deserved all-time lows.
And when I say “all-time” lows, I mean the lowest lows in the fake news outlet’s 44-year history.
Better still, as you
Continued at Breitbart...
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GAETZ, ETHICS, REPORT, HOUSE
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks with a staffer before the start of the House Armed Services Committee hearing on "An Update on Afghanistan in Washington on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.
The House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release a report on its investigation
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BIRD, FLU, EMERGENCY, CALIFORNIA
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 infection in Louisiana, marking the first known instance of a severe human illness linked to the bird flu virus in the United
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MANGIONE, LUIGI, MURDER, CEO
According to coverage in The Wall Street Journal in the case against Luigi Mangione, suspected of murdering the CEO of UnitedHealthcare outside a Manhattan hotel, potential arguments in his defense will be his "mental state at the time of the killing."
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"Two
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BILL, SPENDING, JOHNSON, SPEAKER
The 1,547-page, pork-packed continuing resolution (CR) spending bill negotiated by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and unveiled days before its Friday deadline is an “embarrassment,” Sen. Josh Hawley said during an appearance on “The Alex Marlow
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DEFENSE, BILL, SENATE, PASSES
President Joe Biden is poised to sign a bipartisan bill this week that would restrict gender-affirming care for transgender children of military service members. In an 85-14 vote on Wednesday, the Democratic-controlled Senate approved the annual defense spending
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BAN, EPA, GAS, CALIFORNIA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday signed off on two major California clean air rules designed to reduce pollution from cars and trucks, including a ban on selling new gasoline-powered cars statewide by 2035.
Under the Clean Air Act, California
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TRUMP, FLORIDA, ASSASSIN, CHARGES
Florida officials filed charges on Wednesday against the man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald J. Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course in September, defying federal prosecutors who had asked the state to suspend its investigation while
Continued at New York Times...
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AARON, RODGERS, ESPN, VAX
Aaron Rodgers is not speaking highly of some of his famous ex-girlfriends.
During the second episode of his Netflix docuseries, "Aaron Rodgers: Enigma," the football legend explained that he "hated" the fame that came with his successful football career.
"I
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CONGRESS, SPENDING, RAISE, DEAL
A 1,547-page spending deal was released Tuesday night will give members of Congress a raise.
The lame-duck continuing resolution (CR) unveiled just three days before a potential government shutdown strips a provision included in spending bills since 2009 to
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JERSEY, NEW, FBI, DRONE
In this issue of "Dronegate"...
As the mystery about drone sightings over New Jersey continues to intensify, leading to panic among some residents, anger among others, and, of course, conspiracy theories among some, the FBI field office in Newark, New Jersey,
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GAS, TRUMP, EXPORTS, ENERGY
When the tanker ships come toward the tiny town of Cameron, Louisiana, Travis Dardar, a shrimp fisherman, can hear their wake coming before he sees it, he told me earlier this year. They’re there to pick up natural gas that’s been supercooled to a liquid state
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TRUMP, CANADA, STATE, IMMIGRATION
President-elect Trump continued with his trolling of Canada early Wednesday, slamming U.S. subsidies to its northern neighbor and again claiming that Canadians supposedly want to become the 51st U.S. state.
In a post on his social media platform, Trump wrote:
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MURDER, OFFICIALS, ERADICATED, HORNET
'Murder hornets' eradicated in the US, officials say
US eradicates nest of 1,500 'murder hornets'
They target honeybees, which pollinate crops, and can destroy an entire bee colony in just a matter of hours.
The invasive insects, which are native to Asia,
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SHOOTING, SCHOOL, CHRISTIAN, ABUNDANT
A teacher and student were killed in the shooting, police said.
What we know about the victims of the Abundant Life Christian School shooting
A student and teacher were killed in the shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.
They
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STORYLINE, TRANSGENDER, DISNEY, SHOW
In an astonishing turn of events, Disney has announced that it will be cutting a transgender storyline from the upcoming animated Pixar children's show "Win or Lose."
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The eight-episode show follows a co-ed middle school softball team called
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SHOT, BEAR, TREE, FALLS
A Virginia man was killed when a bear shot out of a tree by one of his hunting partners fell on him, according to state wildlife officials.
The incident happened on Dec. 9 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, according to a statement from Virginia's Department of
Continued at Fox News...
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BOMB, DEPUTY, MAYOR, HOME
Brian Williams was the "likely" source of a threat against City Hall, LAPD said.
FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor this week over a bomb threat he allegedly made against Los Angeles City Hall earlier this year, the mayor's office said.
The
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SYRIA, PLAY, ROLE, ASSAD
Israel rejected Turkish accusations on Tuesday following Ankara’s condemnation of Israeli military actions in Syria, as Turkey escalates its own operations in the war-torn country. The rising tensions have deepened the rift between the two nations and sparked
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