Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
13 articles
BIDEN, DEATH, TRUMP, SENTENCES
"He’s an addled, demented old man," Senator Tom Cotton declared about President Joe Biden on my program Monday, Christmas Eve eve.
The senator is right. It is not harsh or cruel to make such a statement, especially because its predicate was the announcement
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CHRISTMAS, WHITE, FORECAST, SNOW
Fair weather should greet most holiday travelers across the United States, and Christmas is likely to be a transition to unseasonably mild temperatures nationwide.
Here is a day-by-day look at what to expect.
Monday
The coldest air of the season will hug
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BILL, BIDEN, VETO, DISAPPOINTED
President Joe Biden this week signed the multibillion dollar defense spending bill that included a controversial provision that restricts care for transgender minors under the military’s healthcare program.
Biden on Monday evening signed the National Defense
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WOMAN, SUBWAY, NYC, MURDER
The illegal alien accused of setting a woman on fire and then fanning the flames to kill her in New York City’s subway has now been charged with first and second-degree murder.
Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, was arrested
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AMERICAN, AIRLINES, FLIGHTS, TECHNICAL
It's Christmas Eve, one of the heaviest travel days of the year. Flight prices are up four percent compared to this time last year and up 14 percent since the 2020 pandemic. The past year with the airlines has seen a new level of ridiculously woke policies,
Continued at Red State...
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BLAKE, LIVELY, JUSTIN, BALDONI
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni: What you need to know
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From the moment Justin Baldoni announced in 2019 that he was adapting the best-selling book It Ends With Us into a film, there was a widespread frenzy. There are few books in recent years
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TRUMP, GREENLAND, PANAMA, CANAL
Trump again suggests US should own and control Greenland
President-elect Donald Trump is again floating his interest in U.S. ownership of Greenland, prompting the leader of the island territory to clarify that it is not for sale.
Trump on Sunday, in announcing
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ISRAEL, LEADERS, GROUP, TERROR
Israel said it had intercepted a ballistic missile fired at it by Houthi militants in Yemen on Tuesday, hours after Israel’s defense minister suggested the Israeli government would seek to kill the Houthi leadership.
Sirens wailed in Tel Aviv and other parts
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OFFICER, SUSPECT, CHARGED, MURDER
A suspect has been arrested and charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Greensboro, North Carolina, police officer Michael Horan.
Horan responded to a call about a man with a gun at a Food Lion grocery store late Monday morning. Horan confronted
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BIDEN, BIRD, EAGLE, BALD
The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country's national bird.
President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that
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ESPIONAGE, RUSSIA, CITIZEN, 15
A Russian-born U.S. citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage, Russian news agencies reported
American imprisoned in Russia sentenced to new 15-year jail term for espionage
MOSCOW
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OLYMPIC, HEDIGER, AVALANCHE, SNOWBOARDER
Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team, who competed in the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, died on Monday in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, the country’s ski federation said. She was 26.
Hediger was a regular competitor
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LAW, ARKANSAS, JUDGE, LIBRARIANS
A federal judge ruled that sections of an Arkansas law that could result in librarians being charged for distributing obscene material were unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks of the Western District of Arkansas struck down two of the five
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STARBUCKS, STORES, STRIKE, CHRISTMAS
Starbucks baristas' 'strike before Christmas' has reached hundreds of U.S. stores
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Starbucks workers are walking off the job at hundreds of stores across dozens of cities on Tuesday, their union says, on
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TRUMP, ANNOUNCES, AUTO, REPUBLICANS
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced nominations to be the U.S. ambassadors to Portugal and Malta.
In a Truth Social post, Trump nominated John Arrigo to be ambassador to Portugal. Arrigo, a longtime Trump business associate, is vice president
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TREE, CHRISTMAS, PROTEST, BURNING
Hundreds of Christians marched through the streets of Damascus on Tuesday to protest the burning of a Christmas tree in a village in central Syria.
Christians have been highly skeptical of promises to protect all religious minorities made by the Islamist rebel
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TOM, WILLIAMS, POPE, POLITICS
On Tuesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Rome Bureau Chief Dr. Tom Williams discussed President Joe Biden’s commutation of most federal death sentences earlier in the week.
Williams said, “[T]his is what the pope wanted. … I am virtually certain that Joe
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EJECTED, 76ERS, REF, GAME
A wild scene played out during a game between the Philadelphia 76ers and the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night, involving NBA stars Joel Embiid and Victor Wembanyama.
Embiid was ejected with 2:59 left in the second quarter after he argued an offensive foul
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TRUMP, SPENDING, CHANGE, PATH
When Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the businessmen that President-elect Donald J. Trump tapped to lead his new Department of Government Efficiency, met with lawmakers in early December, they laid out their plans for cutting federal spending and eliminating
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SCARAMUCCI, ELON, THREAT, MOB
Elon Musk buying Twitter likely played a big role in the ability of people to share more freely and Donald Trump winning the election. He put a tremendous amount on the line and likely lost money in the deal by overpaying to fight for free speech.
Advertisement
That
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2026, CHAIR, MIDTERMS, TRUMP
As President-elect Trump begins his second term in the White House, his days as a candidate are numbered.
But even though he's term limited and his name will no longer be on the ballot, Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley says Trump will play
Continued at Fox News...
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SONS, ADOPTED, COUPLE, HORRORS
Two Georgia men were sentenced to serve 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole for sexually abusing their two special needs adopted sons, according to the Walton County District Attorney’s Office.
In a post on Facebook, the Walton County District
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MICHIGAN, STUDENT, PALESTINIAN, PRO
The student assembly at the University of Michigan has impeached and removed from office two pro-Palestinian student leaders who vowed to block campus group financing unless the university divested from companies they said profited from the war between Israel
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DISCHARGED, CLINTON, HOSPITAL, TREATMENT
Former President Bill Clinton was discharged from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital on Tuesday after being treated for the flu, the deputy chief of staff for the former president said.
“He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided
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