Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20th 2026
Updated 00:12 ET
33 articles
ICE, CHURCH, ANTI, MINNESOTA
Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top administration officials said that the Justice Department is investigating an apparent disruption that occurred at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday as a potential violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic
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TRUMP, GREENLAND, PEACE, JOIN
The Trump administration extended invitations to Russia and Belarus to join a proposed Gaza "Board of Peace," officials in both countries said Monday.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow that Russian President Vladimir Putin is reviewing
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NATIONAL, INDIANA, TRUMP, MIAMI
President Trump was cheered by sports fans Monday as he attended the College Football Playoff National Championship in Miami.
Trump waved to the crowd from a suite at Hard Rock Stadium during the singing of the national anthem ahead of the game between the
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NEW, YORK, DALLAS, TRUMP
Shortly after Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election, I received a text from a new number. It was the mayor-elect.
I felt compelled to speak with him out of my respect for him becoming the new mayor. Our intense and productive conversation
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KING, JR, DAY, MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. would be inspired by today's activism, author says Heather McGhee, author of 2021's The Sum of Us, discusses the economic cost of racism, the importance of community organizing and the "zero-sum lie" that progress for some means loss
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SHAPIRO, HARRIS, AGENT, VETTING
Democrat Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has alleged that staffers for former Vice President Kamala Harris questioned whether he was a double agent of Israel when vetting him as a potential 2024 running mate.
Writing in his new memoir, Where We Keep the Light,
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SEAN, BILLS, MCDERMOTT, HEAD
The surprising firing of Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott has led many to speculate who will take the job in Western New York.
One former Bills leader on the sidelines knows who he thinks should get the job. In fact, it’s the only hire in his eyes
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WALZ, ICE, NOEM, ILLEGAL
Now this is a piece of news that one can write home about, and that's for sure and for certain. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security announced the removal of 10,000 illegal aliens from the city of Minneapolis - including 3,000 just in the last six
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MINNESOTA, TRUMP, TROOPS, STANDBY
Morning news brief Hundreds of active-duty troops on are standby to deploy to Minnesota, Trump escalates tensions across Europe with new threats over Greenland, Israel raises objections over Trump's Board of Peace.
News Morning news brief Morning news brief
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ELON, MUSK, SENATE, KENTUCKY
WASHINGTON — Tech mogul Elon Musk is throwing his weight behind Senate Republican challenger Nate Morris with a $10 million donation in the hotly contested race to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), The Post has learned.
The decamillion-dollar
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SPAIN, TRAIN, 39, DEAD
At least 39 dead in Spain train collision
At least 39 people were killed in a high-speed train collision in southern Spain Sunday, police said. Efforts to recover the bodies are continuing, and the death toll is likely to rise.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
A train
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AGENT, ICE, OFFENDER, SEX
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent told people disrupting their mission in St. Paul, Minnesota, that officers were there to arrest an individual for heinous crimes.
The clip shows an ICE agent, driving a black truck, pull up with his window
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DESIGNER, 93, VALENTINO, FASHION
Italian fashion designer Valentino dies at 93
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Italian fashion designer Valentino died Monday at his Roman residence. He was 93.
His foundation announced
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INVISIBLE, COUP, SCHWEIZER, UNMASKED
Mexico’s consulates across the United States are running a shadow campaign to bend American elections in favor of Mexican interests, #1 New York Times bestselling investigative journalist and Breitbart News Senior Contributor Peter Schweizer writes in his new
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TRAIN, NYC, STRANGER, COPS
A stranger slashed a 17-year-old boy in the face with a boxcutter over an accidental bump aboard a Bronx train, according to cops and law enforcement sources.
The teen was getting on the No. 3 train at the Third Avenue-149th Street Subway station in Mott Haven
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NAMED, CHURCH, ARSON, MLK
Destroyed by arson, church named for MLK focuses on its rebirth on namesake's holiday Five years ago, a predominantly Black church named after Martin Luther King Jr. was burned down in a suspected hate crime. Monday, they'll mark their first MLK holiday since
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AZEEZ, AL, MESSAGE, SHAAIR
The Muslim group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is ripping the NFL for fining Houston Texans player Azeez Al-Shaair for wearing anti-Israel eye black, and they are suggesting that the league should sanction Jewish New England Patriots Owner
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LAW, CHIEF, INTERNATIONAL, BLASTS
US believes its power matters more than international law, UN chief tells BBC
3 hours ago Share Save Anna Foster Presenter, Today programme Share Save
UN Photo / Alba García Ruiz Antonio Guterres told the BBC some believe "the power of law should be replaced
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TRUMP, FIRE, SUPREME, COURT
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the Hoover Institution's George P. Shultz Memorial Lecture Series in Stanford, California, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell plans to attend oral arguments on Wednesday
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GREEN, BOWL, SUPER, NFL
The National Football League is adding yet another far-left, anti-Trump musical act to its Super Bowl event with the announcement that leftist band Green Day has been tapped to play during the big game’s opening ceremony.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong
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SEARCH, HIKER, DEATH, PLUNGES
A hiker was found dead in the remote mountains of Southern California over the weekend after searching for friends who had gotten lost on a trail, according to authorities.
Deputies responded just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday to a call about a missing hiker
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BERNIE, SANDERS, MUSEUM, HOLOCAUST
Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders likes to lecture others and is known for taking on a holier-than-thou tone while pushing his socialist agenda, but I’m very curious how he’s going to explain this one. You see, he’s been on the board of the U.S. Holocaust
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TRUMP, JAILED, SOMALIA, OMAR
WASHINGTON — President Trump erupted on far-left “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar over the weekend — saying she should either be thrown in jail or deported back to Somalia.
“Fake ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan [sic] Omar, a constant complainer who hates the USA, should be
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WIFE, SHOT, JUDGE, INDIANA
A judge and his wife were shot and wounded at their suburban Indiana home on Sunday — sparking a massive multi-agency investigation as the suspect remains at large, according to authorities.
Tippecanoe Superior Court 2 Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly,
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