Emerging Topics in U.S. News
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GAS, TAX, HOLIDAY, BIDEN
With steep gasoline prices still stinging Californians at the pump, Democratic Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on Monday announced a legislative inquiry to determine if oil companies are “ripping off” drivers.
Combined with the highest inflation rate in four
Continued at LA Times...
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TRANSGENDER, FINA, SWIMMING, SPORTS
British Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Sharron Davies is calling for other sports to emulate the example set by swimming’s governing body by banning transgender female athletes from competing as women.
Swimming’s governing body, Fina ruled last weekend that transgender
Continued at Breitbart...
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TRUMP, DESANTIS, DONALD, 2024
via Associated Press
Donald Trump knew he lost the 2020 vote to Joe Biden before he decided to attack it out of the blue as a rigged election, a top aide said Sunday.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House aide, told CNN that she heard Trump privately
Continued at Huffington Post...
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TEXAS, GOP, PLATFORM, BIDEN
Texas Republicans want the state's citizens to vote on seceding from the United States.
The Lone Star State's GOP members, at last week's convention in Houston, adopted a party-platform measure demanding a vote on secession in 2023.
"Pursuant to Article 1,
Continued at Newsmax...
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JAN, TRUMP, GEORGIA, HEARING
(CNN) Donald Trump isn't happy with how the January 6 committee's public hearings have been going.
He sent out a 12-page, uh, statement last week and dedicated a big chunk of his 90-minute speech over the weekend at a Faith and Freedom Coalition conference
Continued at CNN...
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NEW, YORK, BODY, ARMOR
New York Post columnist Michael Goodwin told "The Brian Kilmeade Show" Monday that Republican Lee Zeldin could win the governor's race in New York this year. Goodwin said the Biden administration's unpopularity, combined with a New York judge throwing out
Continued at Fox News...
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SENATE, RINO, HUNTING, AD
Eric Greitens, a Republican candidate for the United States Senate in Missouri, released a violent new political advertisement on Monday showing himself racking a shotgun and accompanying a team of men armed with assault rifles as they stormed — SWAT team-style
Continued at New York Times...
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FRENCH, MACRON, GAINS, PEN
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Monday that her party’s extraordinary surge in the country's parliamentary election is a “historic victory” in French politics
PARIS -- Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Monday that her party’s extraordinary
Continued at ABC...
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COLOMBIA, WINS, PETRO, LEFTIST
Latin America has taken another leftward turn, this as Gustavo Petro was elected president of Colombia, Sunday, making history as the country’s first leftist elected to be president. The shift left, analysts claim, could be yet another foreign policy headache
Continued at Fox News...
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HEAT, DAY, SUMMER, BRING
The summer solstice is hours away, and the official start of astronomical summer promises to sweep in searing heat across much of the USA.
"Uncomfortable" heat rolled in Monday around the Great Lakes through the Mississippi River Valley and into the Plains
Continued at USA Today...
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SCHOOL, RIFLES, UVALDE, OFFICERS
Heavily armed Uvalde, Texas, cops were inside Robb Elementary School nine minutes after a gunman began his killing spree, but waited 58 minutes to enter the classroom where the carnage took place, newly released footage reportedly shows.
Numerous officers
Continued at NY Daily News...
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BIDEN, BIKE, JOE, FEELING
The media continues to refuse to critically analyze the physical and governing competence of President Biden, Jesse Watters said Monday on "The Five," after the president fell off his bike while at a full stop in front of a small crowd over the weekend.
Biden
Continued at Fox News...
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POLL, BIDEN, UNDERWATER, JOE
The Civiqs poll just hit the lowest poll number for Joe Biden’s job approval so far — 32 percent, with 57 percent disapproval. Among independents, that drops to only 20 percent approval, with 67 percent disapproval.
NEW: @Civiqs | 06/19 Biden Job Approval
Approve
Continued at Red State...
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UKRAINE, RUSSIA, WAR, EU
Approximately 20 million tons of grain sit in storage in Ukraine, with few ways out of the country. It is a slow-moving crisis that is choking Ukraine off from the global economy, and cutting the rest of the world off from Ukraine’s critical supply of grains.
Ukraine
Continued at Vox...
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CHURCH, TEXAS, CROSS, DESTROYS
A lone cross was left standing after a Texas church burned to the ground
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The charred cross left standing among the smoldering rubble of her small North Texas church was a devastating
Continued at NPR...
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GUN, DETROIT, BABY, VIDEO
A Detroit man has been arrested after he was caught on video waving a gun and pointing it at a man carrying a baby inside a gas station.
The incident occurred Sunday evening at a Valero gas station when a man wearing a bucket hat, white shirt and tan shorts
Continued at NY Daily News...
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DIES, HIKER, RESCUE, MOUNTAIN
A hiker who was suffering from severe hypothermia on a New Hampshire trail near Mt. Washington died at a hospital hours after rescuers faced driving rain, blowing snow, and winds gusting to over 80 mph to reach him, conservation officers said.
The hiker
Continued at Fox News...
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COLBERT, SHOW, STAFFERS, OFFICE
You can’t be in a House or Senate office building or anywhere in the U.S. Capitol without a minder.
Even if you’re Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.
U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) arrested seven production staffers from "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert — eight
Continued at Fox News...