Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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PRESS, SECRETARY, WHITE, HOUSE
After a year and a half at the podium, White House press secretary Jen Psaki is planning to leave the White House on May 13, and her current deputy, Karine Jean-Pierre, will be her replacement, President Joe Biden announced Thursday.
In a historic pick, Jean-Pierre
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CHAPPELLE, DAVE, FELONY, ATTACK
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Thursday on "Fox & Friends" a recall election for liberal District Attorney George Gascon is on pace to happen.
"It looks like it's gonna happen. I think that's a historical moment for this experiment with
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MUSK, TWITTER, ELON, INVESTORS
Elon Musk has brought in more than a dozen new investors to help fund his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, including the billionaire Larry Ellison and the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, according to securities documents filed Thursday morning.
The
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BIDEN, TRUMP, MAGA, DONALD
If there’s a 2024 rematch between Donald Trump and Slow Joe Biden, Biden will find himself slaughtered by a 14 point margin, according to polling from Rasmussen Reports.
“If the next U.S. presidential election were held today, and President Joe Biden were
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MARIUPOL, UKRAINE, STEEL, RUSSIAN
How a massive steel plant became the center of Ukraine's resistance in Mariupol
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The final stand for the Ukrainian city of Mariupol began this week
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HEARD, DEPP, AMBER, JOHNNY
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Johnny Depp surrounded himself with an entourage of enablers to shield him from the consequences of his drug and alcohol use, his ex-wife Amber Heard testified Thursday.
Heard was back on the witness stand to defend herself against
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FDA, VACCINE, COVID, CLOT
The Food and Drug Administration strictly limited use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine on Thursday.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine was tied to 60 cases of a rare blood clotting disease called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome. Nine people have
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BIDEN, 42, TITLE, POLL
President Biden is quietly ramping up expulsions of migrants at the southern border under Title 42 just weeks before the Trump-era health policy is set to expire — and despite the administration’s public support of unwinding it.
Officials confirmed to the
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COVID, 19, TOLL, DEATH
(CNN) About 14.9 million people around the world died as a direct or indirect result of Covid-19 in the period between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2021, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization -- nearly three times more deaths than
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RUSSIAN, UKRAINE, GENERALS, HELPED
The Pentagon has denied a sourced report claiming United States intelligence officials helped the Ukrainian armed forces target, or even kill Russian generals in the Russia-Ukraine war.
"The United States provides battlefield intelligence to help Ukraine defend
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WHITE, ALABAMA, INMATE, CASEY
Authorities say the corrections officer and inmate who vanished together last week from a northern Alabama jail had a "special relationship" stemming back at least two years that included prison visits and phone calls.
Assistant Director for Corrections Vicky
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NEW, MEXICO, DISASTER, BIDEN
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — Firefighters slowed the advance of the largest wildfire in the U.S. as heavy winds relented Wednesday, while President Joe Biden approved a disaster declaration that brings new financial resources to remote stretches of New Mexico devastated
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ATTACK, KILLED, AVIV, STABBING
At least three people were wounded and three others killed in a suspected ax attack in the Israeli town of El'ad on Thursday night, according to reports.
At least one suspect was involved and fled before police arrived. El'ad is located some 15 miles east
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OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, TORNADOES, DAMAGE
The city of Seminole, Oklahoma, was hit especially hard.
Severe weather caused "significant damage" and wide-spread power outages in Oklahoma Wednesday, officials said.
Seminole got hit especially hard after a reported tornado touched down in the city, located
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BOARD, DHS, DISINFORMATION, MAYORKAS
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign for creating a government disinformation board as the migrant crisis at the southern border continues to worsen under the Biden administration's
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POPE, WHEELCHAIR, KNEE, PAIN
Pope Francis has arrived at an audience in a wheelchair as his knee pain continues to limit his mobility
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has arrived at an audience in a wheelchair as his knee pain continues to limit his mobility.
Francis was wheeled into the
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When Donald Trump decided to endorse long-time liberal and TV talking head Dr. Mehmet Oz in the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania, I wasn’t shy about voicing my displeasure. Neither were a lot of other conservatives, including many who are very pro-Trump.
Exactly.
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RAPE, BARNETTE, SENATE, KATHY
Kathy Barnette, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, released a powerful video Tuesday in which she discussed being conceived in rape when her mother was just age 11.
Spurred by the intense reactions over the Supreme Court leak signaling
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UKRAINIAN, REFUGEES, JILL, BIDEN
Jill Biden, the first lady, is leaving late Thursday for Eastern Europe, where she will visit with Ukrainian refugees, displaced by the Russian invasion, and tour the Slovakian border with Ukraine, according to her office.
The first scheduled stop is on Friday
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ALABAMA, CARE, NEW, TEST
Alabama’s law criminalizing the use of gender-affirming medications to treat transgender youth now faces a federal test
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday on a challenge to Alabama’s plan to outlaw the use of gender-affirming
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RAND, DISINFORMATION, PAUL, MAYORKAS
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., challenged Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his department's newly-announced Disinformation Governance Board, asserting that the American people do not need the federal government to tell them what the truth is.
Paul
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