Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
119 articles
TRUMP, JR, RFK, HEARING
The Department of Justice could change its positions on critical high-profile Supreme Court cases now that President Donald Trump has returned to office.
In fact, the Trump administration has begun moving to stop several pending cases that have not yet been
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FREEZE, TRUMP, WHITE, HOUSE
Former OMB official reacts to Trump's attempt to freeze federal loans and grants NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former associate director at the Office of Management and Budget, James Capretta, what it means that the Trump administration tried to pause federal loans
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MENENDEZ, BOB, SENTENCED, YEARS
Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his proven corruption, after being found guilty of 16 federal charges in July 2024.
Menendez, who prosecutors said accepted bribes of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, gold
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FED, TRUMP, RATES, INTEREST
Trump said last week he would "demand" lower interest rates.
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, just days after President Donald Trump called on the central bank to lower them.
The announcement put the central bank on a potential
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DEEPSEEK, AI, DATA, OPENAI
FIRST ON FOX: This week the U.S. tech sector was routed by the Chinese launch of DeepSeek, and Sen. Josh Hawley is putting forth legislation to prevent that from happening again.
Hawley’s bill, the Decoupling America’s Artifical Intelligence Capabilities from
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MILLEY, SECURITY, DETAIL, HEGSETH
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told Gen. Mark A. Milley, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that he is removing his security detail, revoking his security clearance, and ordering an inspector general inquiry into his record, the Pentagon
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CHIEFS, BOWL, SUPER, LIX
Bill Belichick is no longer in the NFL (at least for a year, anyway), but that doesn’t mean he’s short on suggestions for the league.
During his weekly appearance on the Let’s Go podcast, Belichick stressed how essential it is to have great players, regardless
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NEW, YEAR, YORK, SCHOOLS
Pathetic: Gov. Kathy Hochul wants the state to spend $13.5 million to help schools implement a cellphone ban.
More pathetic: City schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos calls that help “inadequate” — even though about half Gotham’s public schools already
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GANG, ICE, MEMBER, NYC
As we’ve been reporting, President Donald Trump, new Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan have unleashed the forces of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, and agents have been busy rounding up illegal aliens—including
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NEW, READING, REPORT, CARD
American students’ reading skills have continued to decline since the COVID-19 pandemic, while their math skills have barely improved, according to a report from the Department of Education released Tuesday.
Often called the "Nation’s Report Card," the 2024
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COMMERCE, LUTNICK, TRUMP, PICK
Howard Lutnick, a wealthy donor to President Trump who has been picked to lead the Commerce Department, defended Mr. Trump’s plans to impose broad tariffs and said he would take a tough stance on technology sales to China during his Senate confirmation hearing
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AIRPORT, REAGAN, NATIONAL, PLANE
American Airlines plane, Blackhawk helicopter collide midair near D.C.-area airport
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A commercial airplane collided in midair with a Blackhawk helicopter as the jet was approaching a runway at Ronald Reagan Washington
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FEDERAL, TRUMP, WORKERS, BUYOUT
is a senior politics correspondent at Vox, covering the White House, elections, and political scandals and investigations. He’s worked at Vox since the site’s launch in 2014, and before that, he worked as a research assistant at the New Yorker’s Washington,
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MAYOR, MEETING, BRAWL, BOYFRIEND
A board of trustees meeting in Thornton Township, Illinois took a turn after activist Jedidiah Brown referred to Tiffany Henyard, the mayor of Dolton, Illinois using an expletive.
Kamal Woods, the mayor's boyfriend, shouted at Brown and the exchange of punches
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TRUMP, EXTENSION, PROTECTED, NOEM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday that she had rescinded a last-minute order by former DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas extending Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelan "refugees" until October 2026. The cancellation of TPS affects
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WEINSTEIN, HARVEY, COURT, RETRIAL
Harvey Weinstein begs for earlier retrial for sex crimes
"I can't hold on anymore. I'm holding on because I want justice for myself and I want this to be over with," he said.
Wearing a navy blue suit and in a wheelchair, Weinstein told the judge he might
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PATEL, KASH, FBI, SHATTERED
Senate Democrats are pressing for access to special counsel Jack Smith's report on the classified documents investigation at Mar-a-Lago, arguing it contains key information on Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's choice to lead the FBI, The Hill reported.
Democrats
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IMMIGRATION, BILL, DESANTIS, VETO
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday he will veto an illegal immigration bill passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
"We must have the strongest law in the nation on immigration enforcement. We cannot be weak," he wrote on X. "That's what
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USDA, TRUMP, OFFICE, ORDER
Phyllis Fong, who served as Inspector General of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) since 2002, told colleagues last week she planned to resist President Trump's order firing multiple IGs across different federal agencies.
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PURE, HELL, LOSING, TIM
It's sometimes hard to believe that this rube was one wayward coconut to the dome of Kamala Harris away from being the leader of the free world. But alas, here we are.
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Former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz (D) emerged from the shadows
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BOWL, SUPER, NEW, AHEAD
Homeless encampments near stadium in New Orleans removed ahead of Super Bowl As New Orleans prepares to host the Super Bowl, state authorities have moved people from homeless encampments near the stadium to a temporary shelter. Advocates aren't happy with how
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TRUMP, ENVOY, VISITS, GAZA
Trump's Mideast envoy visits Gaza before meeting with Netanyahu
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TEL AVIV, Israel — President Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, who helped broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, visited Gaza
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TRUMP, UK, AMBASSADOR, INCOMING
Lord Peter Mandelson has gone on a charm offensive attempting to smooth over his past derogatory remarks about President Donald Trump as the Labour peer seeks to save his potential appointment as British ambassador to the United States.
Last month, British
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HOUSE, BUDGET, PLAN, CONSERVATIVE
At a Republican House retreat in Florida, committee chairs outlined their plan for fiscal savings as plans for a budget begin to take shape.
The Education and Workforce Committee, for instance, is eyeing $60 billion in savings, while the Agriculture Committee
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