Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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CARTER, FUNERAL, JIMMY, BIDEN
A picture of U.S. President Jimmy Carter is seen as members of the public sign a condolence book in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 8, 2025 in Washington, DC.
American politicians, foreign dignitaries and family members honored former President Jimmy
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TRUMP, CARTER, FUNERAL, JIMMY
President-elect Donald Trump’s current favorability rating is higher than the Walt Disney Grooming Company.
An exclusive Rasmussen Reports poll for Breitbart News shows that the Disney Grooming Syndicate’s favorable rating is only 49 percent with 43 percent
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HOLLYWOOD, FIRE, SUNSET, HILLS
More fires erupt in Southern California and spread to the Hollywood Hills
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Nearly 30,000 acres remained burning early Thursday across Los Angeles County as firefighters struggled to control a patchwork of deadly blazes that has
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WILDFIRES, LOS, ANGELES, LA
The Hollywood Hills blazed uncontrollably Thursday morning as the worst wildfires in the history of Los Angeles raged across the city and deep into the storied heartland of the American film industry.
A crescent of flame squeezed Los Angeles in a huge pincer
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ANGELES, LOS, FIRE, WILDFIRES
With dry and windy conditions anticipated, a critical fire risk has been issued.
Another round of Santa Ana winds is forecast to sweep into Los Angeles on Thursday night into Friday morning, putting most of the region under a critical fire risk, as emergency
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KAREN, BASS, MAYOR, WILDFIRES
If, on the off chance, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) was looking for competition for the worst mayor in America, he maybe would find it with Karen Bass (D).
Bass, a former Congresswoman, is in her first term as Mayor of Los Angeles. Her city, as we all
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BIDEN, TITLE, JUDGE, IX
A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday struck down President Biden’s effort to expand protections for transgender students and make other changes to the rules governing sex discrimination in schools, ruling that the Education Department had overstepped and
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GREENLAND, TRUMP, RUSSIA, STAY
Danes struggle with response to Trump Greenland threat
Getty Images Denmark's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has been tasked with providing the national response to Trump's threat
Copenhagen's gloomy January weather matches the mood among Denmark's politicians
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NEWSOM, TRUMP, FIRE, ANGELES
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) stated that local authorities are trying to figure out the situation with water and that President-Elect Donald Trump “wanted to politicize” the disaster,
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11, PLEA, MASTERMIND, DEAL
9/11 guilty pleas delayed after US government objects
Reuters
The accused mastermind of the 9/11 terror attacks on the US will no longer plead guilty on Friday, after the US government moved to block plea deals reached last year from going ahead. Khaled Sheikh
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OPPOSITION, LEADER, VENEZUELAN, MADURO
Aides to Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she was detained Thursday, followed moments later by official denials, in a confusing episode that capped a day of protests seeking to block President Nicolás Maduro from clinging to power.
It's
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TIKTOK, SUPREME, COURT, BAN
MAGA Republicans are offering an outpouring of support for TikTok ahead of a ban looming over the social media platform that is set to take effect later this month.
"Trump won the election because he listened to first-time voters like myself and joined TikTok
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PANAMA, CANAL, TRUMP, CONTROL
The Issue: President-elect Donald Trump’s talk of acquiring Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal.
President-elect Donald Trump’s consideration of controlling the Panama Canal has profound strategic and significance implications (“How the West was Don,” Jan.
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BORDER, BIDEN, ICE, RALLYING
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) is reintroducing legislation compellingly wielded by Republicans in the 2024 election cycle to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s border security failures.
The Border Safety and Security Act of 2025 is a refreshed version of legislation
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NETANYAHU, ARREST, HOUSE, SANCTION
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court to protest its issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over Israel's campaign in Gaza.
The vote was 243
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ACT, LAKEN, RILEY, SENATE
The opening of the new Congress ushers in the start of the Republicans regaining the majority in the U.S. Senate. Now, the first vote to take place has just happened on Thursday afternoon on the Laken Riley Act...and it's gotten off with a massive bang in an
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Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., set to be President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser, announced a sweeping personnel overhaul of the National Security Council, pledging that all Biden administration-era appointments will vacate their posts by 12:01 p.m.
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MICHELLE, SARAH, GELLAR, FIRE
Faced with the loss of their homes, Hollywood celebrities began to turn on Los Angeles' Democrat officials, blasting them on social media for the city's response to the massive wildfires ravaging the Pacific Palisades and neighboring areas.
Actor Sarah Michelle
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FREE, SPEECH, META, CHECKING
In 2022, Elon Musk acquired Twitter and made a series of changes to the platform, including changing its name to X and introducing Community Notes, which is a feature that allows users to add context or fact-check potentially misleading posts.
This approach
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STORM, WINTER, SNOW, SOUTHERN
A major winter storm will bring snow to the South. Here are tips from winter experts
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Much of the southern U.S. is bracing for significant snowfall and frigid temperatures this week. Weather warnings
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EDUCATION, LINDA, SECRETARY, MCMAHON
A top parental rights group has endorsed President-elect Donald Trump’s selection for Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon.
Parents Defending Education Action, (PDE Action), which describes itself as “a nonpartisan policy and advocacy organization that helps
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WINTER, AMAZON, SALE, 10
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LEVI, ZACHARY, PLAY, MISMANAGEMENT
Actor and longtime Los Angeles resident Zachary Levi expressed strong criticism as California battles devastating wildfires, urging state leaders to be held accountable and describing the situation as "very personal" to him.
"This is the most devastating fire
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