Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31st 2024
Updated 23:59 ET
13 articles
CARTER, JIMMY, PRESIDENT, LEGACY
The impact of his single-term foreign policy is still felt around the globe.
A generous description of former President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy track record during his four tumultuous years in the White House would be one defined by peaks and valleys.
There
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YEAR, NEW, EVE, SQUARE
Nearly everyone is familiar with the "ball drop" in Times Square in Manhattan each year on New Year's Eve — the event draws thousands of people to New York City, while millions more across the country watch the spectacle on TV channels and streaming platforms.
But
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PUERTO, RICO, YEAR, EVE
Power outage hits nearly all of Puerto Rico on New Year's Eve
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year's, leaving more than 1.3
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SUBWAY, POLICE, WOMAN, NYC
New York Police announced Tuesday they've identified the woman who died on Dec. 22 after being set on fire while inside a New York subway train as a 61-year-old from New Jersey.
The woman, Debrina Kawam, had a Toms River, New Jersey, address, according to
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REACH, JOLIE, PITT, DIVORCE
Angelina Jolie and her ex-husband Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, her lawyer said late Monday, resolving a key part of a separation saga that has stretched for eight years and drawn relentless media coverage.
The lawyer, James Simon, said in a
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11, PLEA, DEALS, PENTAGON
The rejection of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s revocation of 9/11 plea deals represents a “devastating betrayal” of grieving families, according to renowned 9/11 attorney Michael Barasch, a leading advocate for victims of the tragic September 11 attacks,
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CHINA, XI, TAIWAN, TRUMP
Communist China has been staring with a narrowed gaze across the strait at Taiwan since, well, 1949. The Communist government considers Taiwan, or Formosa as was, to be Chinese territory. Now we see that Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his annual New Year's
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PLANE, SOUTH, CRASH, KOREA
On the morning that the ill-fated Jeju Air flight was headed to its destination in southwestern South Korea, Lee Geun-young was near the airport, getting ready to open a restaurant serving mud-flat octopus, a local delicacy.
Mr. Lee’s restaurant, along a road
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1B, VISAS, AMERICANS, TESLA
In the wake of Elon Musk’s fiery defense of H-1B visas, it has come to light that Tesla has replaced U.S. employees laid off earlier this year with foreign workers holding the very H-1B visas that Musk lashed out at conservatives for not supporting.
Electrek
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BIDEN, TRUMP, HOPEFUL, TRASHES
Conservative President Santiago Peña of Paraguay expressed hope on Sunday that the relationship between his country and the United States would “significantly improve” once President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.
Peña criticized the outgoing
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RESEARCHERS, GATES, FLYING, SYRINGES
In a groundbreaking yet controversial development, researchers backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have unveiled a novel method of malaria vaccination: genetically modified mosquitoes acting as "flying syringes," Breitbart reported.
Scientists
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ARREST, SOUTH, IMPEACHED, WARRANT
A South Korean court issued an arrest and search warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday over his short-lived imposition of martial law, ABC News confirmed.
A joint investigation team announced on Monday they sought the warrant on insurrection and abuse
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JOHNSON, SPEAKER, REP, VOTES
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said in an interview Tuesday that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., does not have the support to keep his job.
Roy said he is undecided on who he supports for speaker.
"I remain undecided, as do a number of my colleagues, because
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CONGESTION, NYC, PRICING, HOCHUL
Gov. Kathy Hochul has gone full rabbit hole on her congestion pricing tolls.
After a New Jersey federal judge issued a ruling Monday that she and the MTA say leaves them free for a Jan. 5 go-ahead to start the gouging, the gov smirked: “This is a massive win
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HEART, HATRED, TRUMPISM, SELFISHNESS
Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude, Jr. claimed on Monday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that greed, selfishness, and hatred motivate the voters for President-elect Donald Trump.
Glaude said, “Its an important point that requires I think a bit truth-telling
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AGENT, BORDER, DE, MURDER
Mexican authorities arrested three migrants for their alleged role in the murder of a decorated immigration agent. Two of the migrants are believed to be members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, while the third migrant is described as a Colombian national.
The
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ELON, MUSK, PROFILE, HANDLE
Tech billionaire Elon Musk created a stir on his social media platform X on Tuesday when he changed his profile’s display name to “Kekius Maximus” and swapped his profile picture for an image of the famous meme character Pepe the Frog.
In Musk’s new profile
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GAME, LIONS, 49ERS, PLAY
The Detroit Lions technically didn’t need to win Monday night’s matchup with the San Francisco 49ers, begging the question of whether head coach Dan Campbell would pull his starters at some point in this game.
But, as Campbell has shown us too many times in
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DEAD, SHOT, MEXICO, REPORTS
They were in an SUV with an Illinois license plate when they were attacked.
Four family members, including three Americans, were shot in an attack in Durango, Mexico, that left three of the four relatives dead, officials said.
The three adults were all killed:
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HAMAS, TRUMP, IRAN, DESTROY
A Palestinian Authority (PA) official reportedly predicted that President-elect Donald Trump will "destroy Iran" and that Tehran's weakening will effectively break down the remaining Hamas terror cells.
Mohammad Hamdan, secretary-general of the PA’s ruling
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SOUTH, CAROLINA, SHANE, BEAMER
Opposing head coaches needed to be separated from one another after a taunt following an injury to a player during Tuesday's Citrus Bowl.
Illinois defensive back Jaheim Clarke was injured on a play and tended to by trainers and his head coach, Bret Bielema.
Bielema,
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BORDER, GANG, NEW, JOE
The notorious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, is aware that come January 20, the United States border enforcement policies are going to change. In response, that gang is trying to storm the border crossings to get as many members into the United States as
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JENNINGS, SCOTT, CNN, DEALINGS
The left is continuing to flip out at Elon Musk because they believe that he's helped contribute to President Donald Trump's coalition, and they want to break that up to weaken Trump.
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Some of the media parroted this "President Musk" thing the
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TRUMP, REPORTERS, RIGOROUSLY, POLITICAL
Progressive outlet The Atlantic has snagged some of The Washington Post’s top political journalists ahead of the new year.
According to a new report from The New York Times, the outlet is looking to boost its political coverage for the second Trump presidency.
The
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