Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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UKRAINE, PEACE, TRUMP, RUSSIA
President Trump issued a stark warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, saying Kyiv’s leader was in a “dire” situation and “can have Peace or, he can fight for another three years before losing the whole Country.”
Trump, 78, was responding
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Federal judge blasts Trump DOJ for stonewalling in high-profile deportation case
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WASHINGTON – The standoff between the federal courts and the Trump administration appears closer to a breaking point. U.S. District Judge
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WEINSTEIN, HARVEY, NEW, RETRIAL
Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on rape and sexual assault charges is set to proceed Wednesday with opening statements before a Manhattan jury, a year after New York’s highest state appeals court overturned the disgraced movie mogul’s conviction.
Weinstein, 73,
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BESSENT, IMF, CHINA, BANK
Scott Bessent, US treasury secretary, at the IIF Global Outlook Forum during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said that "there
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DURBIN, DICK, CONGRESS, DEMOCRAT
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) — the second ranking Democrat in the Senate — announced on Wednesday he will not seek reelection.
The Senate Democrat whip, who has served in the Senate since 1996, made the announcement in a video message posted to social media Wednesday.
“The
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POPE, FRANCIS, STATE, DEATH
The Issue: The passing of Pope Francis on Monday at age 88 after a battle with pneumonia.
As a Muslim, I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis (“Holy Father ‘returns to the Lord,’ ” April 22).
Growing up, I attended a Catholic
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It's funny, isn't it, how often President Trump is being proven right when it comes to illegal immigration?
Case in point: The FBI has released the unclassified portion of an assessment that the violent Tren de Aragua gang members may have been sent to the
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European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules
FILE - The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Thibault
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HEGSETH, COLLEGE, OFFICIAL, PENTAGON
Former Pentagon official on Hegseth turmoil: 'It looks like they actually broke the law'
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Chaos is mounting at the Pentagon as the Trump administration has fired top military and civilian personnel, deepening concern and
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WILDFIRE, JERSEY, NEW, FLEE
A wildfire saw residents flee their homes as the flames spread in Ocean County, New Jersey.
About 3,000 people were placed under mandatory evacuation on Tuesday evening, with 1,300 structures threatened, fire officials said.
Several major highways in the
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DEMS, YOUNG, RATING, POLL
Democrats have been in disarray, sniping at each other and trying to figure out how to dig out from under how badly the American people rejected them in November and their low approval ratings.
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Historically, they've always been able to count
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ILLEGAL, CRASH, DRUNK, DRIVING
An illegal immigrant convicted of killing a young California couple in a horrific, drunken car crash could be back on the streets this summer after serving a mere fraction of his sentence, leaving the victims’ kin livid.
“It’s disgusting,” Anatoly Varfolomeev,
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JASMINE, CROCKETT, TRUMP, KIMMEL
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said she was “always really good at math and science,” but now her goal is to make people “woke."
During the representative's appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the host asked Crockett about her background and whether she always
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SHARPE, SHANNON, RAPE, ACCUSER
Podcaster Shannon Sharpe sued for sexual assault
Mr Sharpe has denied the allegations and said he is the target of a "shakedown".
The accuser, who was 19 at the time she met Mr Sharpe in 2023, says in a legal filing that the pair had a nearly two-year relationship,
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CRASH, CAR, SENIORS, SPRING
The boyfriends of two Massachusetts teens killed in a horrifying spring break car wreck posted heartfelt tributes to their high school sweethearts following the crash that left three dead.
“There are so many things I love about you and so many things I’m going
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ADAMS, ADRIENNE, MAYOR, CUOMO
State Attorney General Letitia James endorsed City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams in her bid for mayor – giving a boost to a fellow rival of frontrunner Andrew Cuomo.
Adams also received the backing of DC 37 — the city’s largest municipal workers’ union —
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DETENTION, KHALIL, VISIT, MAHMOUD
Democrat lawmakers paid a visit to Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk — the two university students who face deportation as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown against antisemitism on college campuses.
Mahmoud Khalil is a noncitizen in the United States
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NEW, GIG, KARINE, FORMER
She can finally have some pride in her job!
Former President Joe Biden’s press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has landed a new gig out of the White House as a grand marshal of NYC Pride parade.
Jean-Pierre, who became the first openly gay spokesperson to hold
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COYOTES, HUNTERS, FIGURE, DEAL
The ranching industry is trying to figure out how to deal with coyotes Human activity like cutting down forests and pushing out predators have allowed coyotes to thrive across the Great Plains. Agriculture sectors worry about losing livestock to coyotes.
National
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HALF, AIR, AMERICANS, HEALTH
Air quality in the United States has been generally improving since the Clean Air Act was enacted in 1970, with levels of key pollutants dropping by nearly 80 percent. But millions of Americans still breathe polluted air every day, leading to both acute and
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TRUMP, POLICIES, IMF, ECONOMIST
Economist Jason Furman discusses the global impacts of Trump's economic policies The IMF has soured on the global economy in a new forecast due to President Trump's tariffs. NPR talks with Jason Furman, an economist and Harvard professor, about Trump's management
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