Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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FORMULA, BABY, SHORTAGE, FDA
Dr. Dyan Hes, a pediatrician in New York City, joined “Fox and Friends Weekend” on Saturday to discuss today’s baby formula shortage — and to share ways for parents to get through this shortage.
Her office, she said, participates in telemedicine — and she
Continued at New York Post...
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NATO, SWEDEN, FINLAND, RUSSIA
Ukraine can win the war against Russia, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday.
During the security alliance's meeting in Berlin, Stoltenberg said the war "is not going as Moscow had planned."
"They failed to take Kyiv. They are pulling back
Continued at Newsmax...
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HEARD, AMBER, DEPP, JOHNNY
I realize that nitpicking a victim’s story to justify disbelieving them indeed fills up several chapters of the patriarchal playbook, and one could easily explain away one or even several of the holes in Heard’s case as an example of an imperfect victim acting
Continued at New Republic...
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TRUMP, FAUCI, TWITTER, DONALD
(CNN) White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said he would not continue to serve in his role if Donald Trump was elected to a second term as president.
"Well, no," Fauci said with a chuckle when asked by CNN's Jim Acosta on Sunday if he would
Continued at CNN...
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MCDONALD, RUSSIA, SELL, BUSINESS
The Associated Press reports:
The company, which has 850 restaurants in Russia that employ 62,000 people, pointed to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war, saying holding on to its business in Russia “is no longer tenable, nor is it consistent with McDonald’s
Continued at Breitbart...
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SUPREME, COURT, CRUZ, TED
The Supreme Court has ruled for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Monday struck down the legal limit on how much candidates can collect from big donors after an election is over.
Siding with Cruz, the court’s conservative majority said the $250,000 limit on post-election
Continued at LA Times...
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PENNSYLVANIA, SENATE, BARNETTE, GOP
Pennsylvania Senate candidate Kathy Barnette's campaign said she was at the Jan. 6, 2021 protest in Washington, D.C., to "demand election accountability," but didn't break the law, after photos of her from that day surfaced on the eve of the state's primary
Continued at Fox News...
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TROOPS, BIDEN, SOMALIA, TRUMP
President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order to deploy U.S. troops to Somalia amid heightened concerns about the country’s Islamic extremist rebels, known as al-Shabab
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order to deploy U.S. troops to Somalia
Continued at ABC...
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LEAK, PROTESTS, DRAFT, KETANJI
One of the things that has sustained the Supreme Court amid all the politics outside that might swirl around their decisions is a fundamental agreement as to how they should proceed, upholding norms and the integrity of the Court, even if they often disagree
Continued at Red State...
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NEW, YORK, MAP, CONGRESSIONAL
Democrats were furious, not least because of the new maps’ impact on this year’s fight for control of the House of Representatives.
Party leaders in Albany and Washington had been relying on New York to use this year’s redistricting process to make significant
Continued at New York Times...
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, WAR, KHARKIV
Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 16)
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As Monday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:
Some Ukrainian fighters
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CHICAGO, TEEN, SHOOTING, BEAN
A teenager in Chicago was charged with murder Sunday following a deadly shooting in Millennium Park the day before, police said.
Authorities said a 17-year-old boy was charged with second-degree murder as he is believed to have fatally shot Seandell Holliday,
Continued at Fox News...
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NORTH, KOREA, COVID, KIM
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un criticized the country's officials over slow delivery times for medicine, and instructed military personnel to aid in pandemic response as the coronavirus has infected 1.2 million people with fever and killed 50 in just days.
More
Continued at Fox News...
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JOURNALIST, INDEPENDENT, AKLEH, PROBE
An independent probe points to Israeli gunfire in the death of a journalist
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JERUSALEM — As Israel and the Palestinians wrangle over the investigation into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen
Continued at NPR...
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PIERRE, JEAN, KARINE, HOUSE
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre made history on Monday by taking the lectern as the first Black, openly gay immigrant to hold the prominent position.
Jean-Pierre said she “stands on the shoulders” of barrier-breaking people regarding her historic
Continued at Huffington Post...
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CALIFORNIA, JUDGE, LAW, BOARDS
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California’s landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional.
Superior Court Judge Maureen Duffy-Lewis said the law that would have required boards have up to three female directors by this year violated
Continued at Newsmax...
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BERNANKE, EXPERIENCE, STAGFLATION, WARNS
Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke told The New York Times on Monday that the U.S. could be heading for "stagflation," and "a slowing economy" over the next year or two.
Bernanke told the Times that he hopes the current Federal Reserve chair, Jay Powell,
Continued at Newsmax...
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TWITTER, MUSK, 44B, HINTS
Elon Musk, the potential future owner of Twitter and self-described free speech absolutist, recently criticized the platform’s algorithm, labeling it manipulative.
The Twitter algorithm determines the order in which posts are displayed on a user’s news feed.
Continued at Breitbart...