Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27th 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
15 articles
BIDEN, CNN, JOE, PHOTOS
Joe Biden may still hold the office of President of the United States, but the media are treating him like he's anything but a newsmaker. For much of Biden's presidency, reporters were much more energized to cover the apparent menace of Donald Trump than agitate
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TRUMP, TIKTOK, SUPREME, COURT
Two top Canadian ministers headed to President-elect Trump's home in Florida on Thursday to talk about border security and trade as the incoming president's inauguration day nears.
New Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will
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HOMELESSNESS, RECORD, 18, HOUSING
Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country
US homelessness up
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SOUTH, KOREA, ACTING, PRESIDENT
South Korea's parliament impeached acting President Han Duck-soo on Friday, less than two weeks after suspending President Yoon Suk Yeol's powers over his short-lived declaration of martial law, plunging the country deeper into political chaos.
The impeachment
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CRASH, PLANE, AZERBAIJAN, AIRLINES
At first, there was a strange banging noise outside the plane as it approached Grozny, Russia. Then, while one flight attendant was standing in the cabin, something hit his arm, cutting it. The passengers, sensing something was terribly wrong, began panicking.
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GUMBEL, GREG, 78, DIES
Legendary CBS sportscaster and play-by-play analyst Greg Gumbel has died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement from the family released by CBS Sports on Friday.
Gumbel was 78 years old.
Gumbel’s instantly recognizable voice was synonymous with
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POLL, JOHNSON, MIKE, MAJORITY
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Friday doubled down and said he still plans to vote for someone other than Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in the House Speakership vote on January 3.
“I will vote for someone other than Mike Johnson. I’m not persuaded by the ‘Hurry
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NFL, CHRISTMAS, NETFLIX, VIEWERSHIP
Greetings from the sports desk located somewhere below decks of the Good Pirate Ship RedState. Sammy the Shark and Karl the Kraken are hard at work crunching numbers …
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Okay, they’re numbering the number of fish crackers they can chow down per
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SUBWAY, WOMAN, MURDER, BURNING
Man charged with murder, arson in NYC subway killing
Sebastian Zapeta has been held in prison since his arrest
The suspect has been held without bail since his arrest shortly after the incident.
Mr Zapeta, 33, is accused of setting fire to the woman, who
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ISRAEL, YEMEN, MISSILE, HOUTHI
After dealing devastating blows to militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, Israel is now directing its military prowess at another key force backed by Iran: the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
On Friday, Israel said it had attacked Yemen’s international airport in the
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NEW, YORK, OIL, GAS
Today New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Climate Change Superfund Act, which will charge oil and gas firms an estimated $75 billion over the next 25 years. The controversial measure, sponsored by Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Jeffrey
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INMATE, SHOWS, FOOTAGE, DEATH
Graphic body camera footage released Friday sheds new light into the death of an inmate at a New York prison facility earlier this month, with corrections officers apparently unaware the footage was being recorded.
The state suspended 13 corrections department
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FOX, NEWS, ENGAGED, OVERJOYED
Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt became engaged at their church over Christmas.
The couple said their children “couldn’t be happier” about the news, adding, “We are overjoyed and so thankful to our families for all of their love and support
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MAGA, TRUMP, IMMIGRATION, VISAS
Trump world warriors Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have ignited an intra-MAGA battle with their proposals to increase immigration visas for high-skill workers.
Musk and Ramaswamy, who have been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead his Department
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BALTIC, SEA, CABLE, UNDERSEA
Finland detains Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic
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HOLIDAY, MARKET, FIRE, NYC
Fire erupted at the iconic Bryant Park holiday market in Manhattan on Friday morning, burning multiple booths and sending plumes of smoke above the city skyline.
The fire broke out at roughly 9:20 a.m. ET and was under control by 10, fire officials told multiple
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FBI, FORMER, CIA, GABBARD
The Reagan-era director of the FBI, and later the CIA, is urging the Senate to reject two of President-elect Donald Trump's selections for top law enforcement and intelligence posts.
In a letter to senators on Thursday reported by Politico, former FBI and
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IRAN, ITALIAN, JOURNALIST, DETAINED
Cecilia Sala, a 29-year-old Italian war correspondent, has been arrested in Tehran while reporting on the shifting political landscape in Iran, Italy's foreign ministry confirmed. Sala, who works for the Italian newspaper Il Foglio and the podcast company Chora
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HOUSE, 9TH, FIRM, CHINESE
A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official
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SATISFIED, BIDEN, GALLUP, JOE
Americans are not satisfied with President Joe Biden or with how things are going in the United States, according to a new Gallup Poll.
The poll, conducted between Dec. 2-18 and released this week, shows 2024 is coming to a close with just 19% of Americans
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1B, VISA, WORKERS, AMERICAN
The majority of likely American voters says the United States does not need any more foreign H-1B visa workers to fill white-collar jobs, a new poll finds.
A Rasmussen Reports survey reveals that 6-in-10 Americans say the U.S. “already has enough talented
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BIDEN, EMPLOYERS, MANDATE, VICTORY
"Christmas came early" for the Little Sisters of the Poor earlier this week when the Biden administration dropped its controversial contraceptive healthcare mandate, ostensibly ending the nuns' 14-year battle over religious liberty with the federal government,
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SLATER, MIKE, BIG, RHETORICAL
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” “Breitbart News Daily” host Mike Slater discussed the incoming Trump administration’s plans for deportations.
Slater said, “Will we have the cojones…will everyone involved, will the American people have the cojones to really
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COURT, APPEALS, SMALL, INJUNCTION
Consider it a Christmas miracle: the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its decision on lifting an injunction against compliance on the Corporate Transparency Act Beneficial Ownership Information (CTA BOI) law for 32 million small businesses. The court
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