Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
32 articles
TRUMP, INAUGURATION, WASHINGTON, WEEK
President-elect Donald Trump will likely visit the Los Angeles area next week to view the wildfire damage, he said on Saturday. The trip is expected to be his first outside the nation’s capital after being inaugurated Monday.
“I will be, probably, at the end
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TIKTOK, BAN, TRUMP, APP
The White House called a threat by TikTok to shut down in the United States on Sunday without a new statement from the Biden administration to assure Google, Apple and other companies a "stunt."
"We have seen the most recent statement from TikTok. It is a
Continued at Newsmax...
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BIDEN, TRUMP, JOE, NYT
MSNBC host Symone Sanders said on Friday, on “Deadline,” that President-elect Donald Trump will turn the United States into something unrecognizable.
Sanders said, “I think there were a lot of people who believed that maybe President Biden did not understand,
Continued at Breitbart...
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GAME, CHIEFS, SWIFT, TAYLOR
Patrick Mahomes will take the field for the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday for the first time as a father of three children.
Mahomes and his wife Brittany welcomed their newest daughter, Golden Raye, on Jan. 12. The quarterback was fortunate enough to have
Continued at Fox News...
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ISRAEL, SUNDAY, HELD, FIRE
The Israeli authorities are making preparations to welcome home dozens of hostages held incommunicado by Hamas for over a year in Gaza, without knowing whether they will return starved, traumatized or dead.
Thirty-three hostages are supposed to be freed in
Continued at New York Times...
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RAIDS, TRUMP, WEEK, CZAR
Trump's border czar says immigration raids will begin next week, including in Chicago
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Incoming "border czar" Tom Homan said large-scale raids as part of President-elect Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration
Continued at NPR...
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YOON, PRESIDENT, SOUTH, KOREAN
Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's impeached president, plans to attend a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on accusations of insurrection, his lawyer said.
Yoon on Wednesday became the country's first sitting
Continued at Newsmax...
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LOS, ANGELES, CHIEF, SECURITY
Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley, the first woman and openly gay person to serve in the position, is facing calls to resign as the destructive wildfires rage on in Southern California.
Crowley has found herself in an awkward situation
Continued at Breitbart...
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TRUMP, DOGG, INAUGURATION, CRYPTO
Rappers Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross appeared at the pre-inauguration “Crypto Ball” on Friday — signaling a change of heart for both rappers after they fantasized about killing President-elect Donald Trump in their music, with Snoop even pretending to point a gun
Continued at Breitbart...
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PIERRE, MOMENTS, JEAN, JOE
Now that power is about to be peacefully transferred, Americans can all expect to hear from a president who actually speaks for himself. A novel concept, for sure.
The public rarely heard from President Joe Biden unaided by a teleprompter. Press conferences
Continued at Fox News...
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GAME, RAT, STAR, CHARLES
Whether you love him or hate him or find yourself somewhere in between, Charles Barkley is nothing if not entertaining. The 11-time NBA All-Star and broadcast legend seemingly has no filter, something so rare in sports coverage, and is at this point probably
Continued at Red State...
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REPAIR, DEERE, STATES, FTC
The FTC, along with the states of Illinois and Minnesota, has filed a lawsuit against agricultural equipment giant John Deere, alleging that the company has illegally restricted farmers and independent technicians from repairing Deere equipment.
404Media reports
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EAGLES, FAN, WOMAN, CURSED
A Green Bay Packers fan who, in a viral video, was subjected to a vile tirade by a Philadelphia Eagles fan is now being accused of setting up the Eagles fan to earn a big social media score.
Last weekend, a video went viral that showed an Eagles fan, later
Continued at Breitbart...
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GARLAND, OUTGOING, ROUGH, MEDIA
How outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland fared in prosecuting war crimes We look at what the Department of Justice has and hasn't done on war crimes under outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland.
National How outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland
Continued at NPR...
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IRAN, DEAD, SUPREME, COURT
An unidentified gunman killed two high-profile judges outside Iran’s Supreme Court on Saturday in what the authorities are calling a terrorist attack, according to state-run media.
The attacker opened fire on a square near the Supreme Court headquarters in
Continued at New York Times...
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INDEX, AIR, QUALITY
Burned trees from the Palisades Fire and dust blown by winds are seen from Will Rogers State Park in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on January 15, 2025. Apu Gomes/Getty Images
The Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles have destroyed over 10,000 structures
Continued at Vox...
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RUSSIAN, KYIV, KILLS, CAPITAL
Russian attack kills 4 people in Kyiv
toggle caption Efrem Lukatsky/AP
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with a barrage of drones and missiles Saturday, leaving at least four people dead, while industrial sites in Russia were set ablaze
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TRUMP, DEPUTY, EDUCATION, SECRETARY
President-elect Trump announced on Saturday he has picked Penny Schwinn, the former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education, as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
While in Tennessee, Schwinn oversaw the department's response
Continued at Fox News...
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POLL, TRUMP, ELECTION, ADMINISTRATION
Just 10 percent of Americans oppose President Donald Trump’s promise to deport illegal migrants with criminal records, according to an Ipsos poll for the New York Times.
In contrast, 87 percent support the deportations strongly or “somewhat,” so providing
Continued at Breitbart...