Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
58 articles
TRUMP, GREENLAND, COURT, SUPREME
Attorney General Merrick Garland will release Special Counsel Jack Smith's report on the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Trump, according to a court filing.
The Department of Justice told the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Wednesday
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FIRE, CALIFORNIA, ANGELES, LOS
Tens of thousands of California residents have been forced to flee their homes.
California fires: How to help the victims
Strong Santa Ana winds are fueling multiple wildfires burning across Southern California, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee
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TRUMP, BIDEN, ADMINISTRATION, PRESIDENCY
President Biden has long maintained the delusion that history will see him as a great leader, and he’s clinging to it to the bitter end.
In an “exit” interview with Susan Page, USA Today’s Washington Bureau chief, Biden reviewed the last four years with nonstop
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META, FACT, ZUCKERBERG, MARK
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, appears at the computer graphics and interactives conference SIGGRAPH 2024 in Denver. He announced major changes to Meta’s content moderation on Tuesday.
The announcement by Mark Zuckerberg that Meta, the parent company
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BIDEN, PARDONS, JOE, TRUMP
The words "leadership" and "Democrat" usually do not fit together and that has certainly been the case as the California wildfires have raged out of control and with seemingly no end in sight despite the best efforts of firefighters in the Golden State.
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WILDFIRES, ANGELES, LOS, GAME
Morning news brief Industry watchers see Meta's end of fact-checking as move to appease Trump, annual winter respiratory virus season returns with a vengeance, and Los Angeles wildfires force thousands of evacuations.
National Morning news brief Morning news
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TRUMP, MEXICO, APP, PANIC
Mexico is aiming to unveil a cellphone app to allow citizens living in the United States fearing detention and deportation to set off a "panic button" to alert diplomats and relatives of their situation, reported the Los Angeles Times.
The report came days
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TRUMP, CAPITOL, ARREST, MACHETE
Former US President Jimmy Carter lies in state at the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, U.S., Jan. 7, 2025.
Police arrested a man trying to enter the U.S. Capitol with a machete and three knives Wednesday as former President Jimmy Carter lay in state there.
The
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LAKEN, RILEY, ACT, SEN
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., who was sworn into office last week, said he supports the Laken Riley Act.
The bill, which would require ICE to take custody of illegal migrants who commit theft-related crime and was named after the Georgia nursing student who
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TRUMP, WILDFIRES, NEWSOM, BLAME
President-elect Donald Trump continued to weigh in on criticism for California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom for mismanagement leading to the ongoing deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires saying the "ultimate price is being paid" for an "incompetent governor."
"Governor
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ALEX, MARLOW, ZUCKERBERG, BIG
On Tuesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed Meta moving moderators to Texas from California.
Marlow stated, “I do regard it as a stunt, the moving to Texas. Because if he goes to Austin, it’s going to be very similar
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NEWSLETTER, WILDFIRES, FOX, CALIFORNIA
Fox News' Health newsletter brings you stories on the latest developments in health care, wellness, diseases, mental health and more.
TOP 3:
- US surgeon general releases advisory linking alcohol to cancer
- Neurosurgeon warns of alcohol's negative health
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BILL, BELICHICK, TOM, MAYO
When Bill Belichick became the head coach at the University of North Carolina, he adamantly said he did not go there "to leave."
However, one of his former players, Rob Gronkowski, disagrees.
Belichick, after being off an NFL sideline for the first time in
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SANTOS, SENTENCING, GEORGE, JUDGE
Disgraced former congressman George Santos has asked a New York judge to delay his sentencing on federal fraud charges until the summer so he can pay off more than half a million dollars in fines by making more episodes of his recently launched podcast “Pants
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DEPOT, UKRAINE, RUSSIAN, OIL
Ukraine attacked an oil depot near a critical military airfield in southern Russia on Wednesday, the Ukrainian military said, the latest strike in a campaign to inflict pain deep inside the country even as Kyiv’s forces are losing ground at home on the battlefield.
The
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SOUTH, KOREA, PRESIDENT, REMAINS
South Korea Crisis Draws Comparisons to U.S. : State of the World from NPR Authorities in South Korea are continuing to try to arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, following his failed declaration of martial law over a month ago. As the country
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STRIKE, DEAL, REACH, AVERTED
The union representing 45,000 dock workers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts and their employers on Wednesday said they reached a tentative deal on a new six-year contract, averting further strikes that could have snarled supply chains and taken a toll on the
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MEDICAL, CREDIT, DEBT, REPORTS
The Biden Administration has issued a new rule that bans all medical bills from consumer credit reports, marking the culmination of years of policy efforts. While the rule stands to benefit some consumers, policymakers should be attentive to responses by lenders
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FED, RATE, CUT, DECISION
Federal Reserve officials cut interest rates as expected last month. But minutes from their December meeting suggest that the decision was a close call — and that there is no guarantee policymakers will lower rates again anytime soon.
The minutes of the central
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JAMES, WOODS, WILDFIRES, BLAMES
Actor James Woods, displaced by California wildfires and facing attacks from "liberal idiots," fired back at his social media critics Wednesday morning.
"This fire is not from 'climate change,' you ignorant a**hole," Woods wrote on X, blasting a climate change
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TRUMP, RECORD, OBAMACARE, 24
A record 24 million people now get Obamacare health plans. Will it last under Trump?
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Nearly 24 million Americans are buying their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act — and there's still a week to go
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STATE, SHOW, POLICIES, CALIF
The historic home of movie cowboy legend Will Rogers and buildings at Topanga State Park were decimated by the raging wildfires in Los Angeles, according to a news release from California State Parks.
At Will Rogers State Historic Park (WRSHP), where Hollywood’s
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STUDY, STOCK, CONGRESSIONAL, TRADERS
Establishment Republican Dan Crenshaw (TX) again ranked among the best at trading stocks in Congress, a study by Unusual Whales found Tuesday.
Crenshaw sat in 2024 on the House Intelligence and Energy and Commerce Committee, prime slots to gain key bits of
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IRAN, JOURNALIST, SALA, CECILIA
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, who was detained in Iran for three weeks, was released on Wednesday, Italian officials said.
Italian commentators speculated that Iran arrested Sala as a bargaining chip to ensure the release of Mohammad Abedini, who was arrested
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