Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th 2026
Updated 01:12 ET
175 articles
TRUMP, UNION, STATE, ADDRESS
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) held military drills on Tuesday, reportedly including tests for new weapons, even as top military official Ali Larijani was preparing to deliver Iran’s latest response in negotiations with the United States, and
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SNOW, MAMDANI, ORDER, NEW
The storm is expected to move into the Northeast around midnight on Wednesday.
Brief snowstorm could dump another inch of snow in the Northeast
People walk along snow covered streets as snow falls during a blizzard on February 23, 2026 in New York City.
People
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GUTHRIE, NANCY, REWARD, OFFERS
We are into day 24 of the Nancy Guthrie missing persons case, and while there have been scattered reports of new developments, the 84-year-old Arizona grandmother, who has known medical issues that require daily prescription medication, has still not been located
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TARIFF, RULING, SUPREME, COURT
These small business owners are owed tariff refunds. Will they ever get them?
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Ask anyone selling anything in the U.S. right now and they'll probably say they want their tariff money back.
"How do we get a refund?" said Alfred
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NYPD, MAMDANI, OFFICERS, SNOWBALL
For better and worse, the tenure of any new major public official is often defined by events in the first 100 days of the term.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is certainly no exception, with his awful beginning at City Hall confirmed again Tuesday. His latest
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RUSSIA, WAR, UKRAINE, YEAR
Four years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war is grinding into a fifth year with no clear end in sight, despite renewed diplomatic efforts and a fresh push for a negotiated settlement.
Peace talks have accelerated since President
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, TRUMP, NEW
California Gov. Gavin Newsom promoted his crude, anti-Trump campaign merchandise store Tuesday during a New York City book event, which required even virtual attendees to buy his memoir for entry.
“Forgive me, because I know our time is limited, but, you know,
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MISSOURI, SUSPECT, DEPUTIES, FATALLY
Two Christian County, Missouri, deputies were killed — one on Monday and one on Tuesday — in separate exchanges of gunfire with 45-year-old Richard Dean Bird.
40/29 News reported that the first deputy was killed while carrying out a traffic stop of Bird Monday
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EPSTEIN, TRUMP, WITHHELD, FILES
In a 1997 photo, Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
The Department of Justice "appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews" with a survivor of sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, who had also
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ACCESS, FRANCE, AMBASSADOR, TRUMP
U.S. and French officials signaled Tuesday they are working to steady relations after a diplomatic flare-up that led France to restrict U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner’s access to senior government officials.
The U.S. Embassy in France told Fox News Digital
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AMERICANS, MENCHO, EL, MEXICO
The U.S. Department of the Treasury had previously identified and sanctioned the exclusive resort cabins in Jalisco where the terrorist leader Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes had been hiding. The revelation highlights the impunity with which the
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TRUMP, MASS, 35M, ILLEGAL
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced his state is reportedly allocating $35 million in taxpayer dollars to support illegal immigrants during President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
Newsom’s office announced in a Friday press release that funds
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MOSCOW, POLICE, EXPLOSIVE, RELEASE
Video of a suspect in the shooting death of a millionaire philanthropist in an upscale Washington, DC, suburb has been released as police seek the public’s help in identifying the individual.
Robert Fuller Jr., 87, was found dead inside his apartment at the
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STATE, WASHINGTON, DEAD, SUSPECT
The suspect was shot by a responding deputy, authorities said.
4 killed in stabbing outside residence in Washington state, suspect also dead: Authorities
Authorities investigate the scene after reports that a man fatally stabbed multiple people, Feb. 24,
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TAX, RICH, MAMDANI, HOCHUL
Actor Mark Ruffalo, who has an estimated net worth of $35 million, is demanding that New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) “tax the rich,” claiming that a majority of “New Yorkers like me” agree with him.
“New York rent is crushing people. Childcare now costs
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TRUMP, PLAN, RETIREMENT, NEW
President Trump said in his State of the Union address that Americans without access to a workplace retirement plan would be able to invest through a federal-style option similar to the Thrift Savings Plan used by federal workers, and that the government would
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KIRK, CHARLIE, JUDGE, CASE
A Utah judge on Tuesday denied a request from the attorneys of accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson that the prosecutors be disqualified from his upcoming murder trial. The defense’s Hail Mary attempt to get the entire Utah prosecutorial team tossed
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CHIEF, BASS, LAFD, KAREN
Former Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley has filed a lawsuit against Mayor Karen Bass, criticizing her and the city for mishandling the Palisades Fire of 2025.
Crowley was fired six weeks after the crippling wildfires last year, after
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GONZALES, REP, TONY, RESIGN
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) told reporters Tuesday that he was “not going to resign” after the emergence of “sexual” text messages with a congressional aide who fatally lit herself on fire in September 2025.
The Texas Republican’s primary campaign has been
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MIC, HOT, CUNY, PROFESSOR
A free speech group has demanded the City of University of New York drop its probe into a professor caught up in a “blatantly racist” hot-mic ordeal — as furious parents insist she should be fired.
Allyson Friedman, an associate professor at Hunter College,
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SLUR, RACIAL, TOURETTE, SHOW
The audience member with Tourette syndrome who shouted a racial slur during a broadcast of the 79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) issued a statement expressing mortification about the incident on Monday.
John Davidson, who has severe Tourette syndrome
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DIRECTOR, LOUVRE, MUSEUM, HEIST
The director of Paris' Louvre Museum has resigned in the wake of a major jewel heist
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PARIS — The director of the Louvre Museum who had been under fire since the stunning and embarrassing heist of the French Crown jewels in
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PLUMMETS, BOX, STOCK, SUPPORT
Jack in the Box — the fast food chain known for its Sourdough Jack burger and deep-fried tacos — is facing significant business challenges, with a tanking stock and waning customer base.
Shares of the company have halved over the past year and sales declined
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WOMAN, AMBULANCE, DHS, BUILDING
An Idaho woman was arrested Monday after investigators said she stole an ambulance and drove it into a building housing Department of Homeland Security offices in an alleged attempt to set it on fire.
Sarah Elizabeth George, 43, of Boise, is accused of stealing
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