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Top News/Talk Media Stories for Week of June 19 – 23

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Former president Donald Trump’s legal battles were the most-talked-about story in news/talk media during the week, landing atop the Talkers TenTM. At #2 this week was the plea deal for unpaid taxes by Hunter Biden, followed by the cast of characters in the 2024 presidential race at #3. The Talkers TenTM is a weekly chart of the top stories and people discussed in news/talk media and is the result of ongoing research from TALKERS magazine. It is published every Friday at Talkers.com. See this week’s complete chart here.

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Yesterday’s (6/20) Top News/Talk Media Stories

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Hunter Biden agrees to a plea deal to failure to pay taxes charges; Donald Trump’s legal battles, the 2024 presidential race; the search for the missing Titanic submersible; U.S.-China relations; the Russia-Ukraine war, and the extreme heat hitting the Southwest were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

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Yesterday’s (6/19) Top News/Talk Media Stories

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Former President Donald Trump’s legal battles; the Juneteenth holiday; the 2024 presidential race; the search for the missing Titanic submersible; China’s Cuba ambitions and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s meetings with Xi Jinping; the Rusian-Ukraine war; and the heatwave hitting Texas and Louisiana were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories Over the Weekend

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Donald Trump’s legal battles; the 2024 presidential race; Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to China to attempt to smooth U.S.-China relations; today’s Juneteenth Holiday; the uneasy truce between House hardliners and Speaker Kevin McCarthy over spending cuts; the heatwave hitting the U.S. South; and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media over the weekend, according to ongoing research fromTALKERS magazine.

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Yesterday’s (6/6) Top News/Talk Media Stories

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Mike Pence and Chris Christie officially enter the GOP primary race for president in 2024; the legal battles facing former President Donald Trump; the GOP lawmakers turning against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over the debt ceiling deal; the transportation of migrants from Florida to Sacramento and California Governor Gavin Newsom’s threats against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis; the investigation into the Biden family’s finances and the removal of IRS whistleblowers from the case; the ongoing pushback against LGBTQ activism; the devastating flood resulting from Russia’s alleged destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhova dam; and the air quality over much of the Eastern U.S. due to wildfires in Quebec were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

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Yesterday’s (5/3) Top News/Talk Media Stories

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Inflation and the Fed’s decision to raise interest rates another quarter point; PacWest bank’s falling stock and concerns about the state of the U.S. banking system; the U.S. debt ceiling and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s determination to get spending cuts in exchange for raising it; Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine after claiming Ukraine attempted a drone strike on the Kremlin to kill Vladimir Putin; the capture of the hospital shooter in Atlanta and the capture of the man suspected of shooting five to death near Houston; a whistleblower’s claim of possession of a document tying Joe Biden to a bribery scheme with a foreign national; former President Donald Trump’s legal battles; immigration and President Joe Biden’s decision to send 1,500 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border; NYC subway chokehold death; and New York bans fossil fuels in new construction were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

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Yesterday’s (4/24) Top News/Talk Media Stories

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FOX News Channel’s Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon exit their roles with their respective media organizations; the 2024 presidential race and Joe Biden’s official announcement he’s running for reelection; former President Donald Trump’s legal battles; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ battle against Disney; North Dakota passes law banning almost all abortions; the violence in Sudan and the exit of diplomatic personnel; and the trial of Proud Boys leaders for seditious conspiracy relative to January 6 were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media this week, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

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The Weekend’s Top News/Talk Media Stories

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The debt ceiling plan from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy; the 2024 presidential campaign; Donald Trump legal battles; the Supreme Court decision on the abortion drug mifepristone; the exodus of diplomatic staff from Sudan as the violence rages; the Russia-Ukraine war and China’s stance on the sovereignty of former Soviet states; the PR exec responsible for the Bud Light controversy takes a leave of absence; and Bed, Bath & Beyond to go out of business were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media over the weekend, according to ongoing research fromTALKERS magazine.

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Yesterday’s (3/29) Top News/Talk Media Stories

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The aftermath of the Nashville school shooting that took the lives of six; the various legal battles facing former President Donald Trump; the battle for control of Bakhmut in the Russia-Ukraine war; bank regulators are grilled during a House Financial Services Committee hearing; the fire at a migrant facility in Mexico that left 38 dead; the warning from tech leaders to halt the creation of AI systems due to “profound risks to society and humanity”; Arkansas sues social media companies claiming their products are harmful to users; and protests over Israel’s plan to reboot its judicial system were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

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Top News/Talk Media Stories Over the Weekend

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The deadly tornadoes that hit Mississippi and the severe storms predicted for other part of the Southeast today; the protests in Israel over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judicial system; former President Donald Trump’s legal battles and his Saturday political rally in Waco, Texas; Russia’s Vladimir Putin reveals plans to station nuclear weapons in Belarus; and the NCAA Men’s and Women’s basketball tournaments were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media over the weekend, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.