Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9th 2026
Updated 11:12 ET
142 articles
ICE, SHOOTING, TRUMP, MINNEAPOLIS
Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., said Thursday she had previously told an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in New York that they were "terrorizing people" after questioning why the officer was wearing a mask.
Hochul was asked on MS NOW's "Morning
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MAMDANI, NEW, NYC, CARE
Switzerland will hold a memorial service to honor the 40 people who were killed in an Alpine bar fire earlier this month during a New Year’s celebration
FILE - A child watches as an adult places a candle outside the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana,
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ICE, TRUMP, SHOOTING, RENEE
Leftist groups quickly mobilized to protest Wednesday after a woman was fatally shot during an incident involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis.
Socialist, communist, “climate change,” anti-Israel, and groups aligned
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FRAUD, MINNESOTA, VANCE, WALZ
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Justice Department is creating a new assistant attorney general role to focus on nationwide fraud impacting taxpayer funds.
“We are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide
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IRAN, PROTESTS, INTERNET, LEADER
Anti-regime protests have been raging for days now in Iran as the populace rises up against the repression and economic decline that the mullahs have wrought on the formerly free and prosperous Middle Eastern country.
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On Thursday, widespread
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HOUSE, SUBSIDIES, SENATE, OBAMACARE
House to vote on renewing ACA subsidies as a potential deal takes shape in the Senate
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Against the wishes of House Speaker Mike Johnson, the House of Representatives is set to vote Thursday on a measure that would
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ICE, SHOOTING, AGENT, MINNEAPOLIS
AI images and internet rumors spread confusion about ICE agent involved in shooting
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In the hours after a fatal shooting of Renee Good, 37, in Minneapolis, an image of the ICE agent who took
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NEWSOM, CALIFORNIA, TRUMP, STATE
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In a State of the State speech that largely ignored any talk of the big, fat budget black hole that threatens to swallow the California dream, Gov. Gavin Newsom instead
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GREENLAND, TRUMP, PLAN, TAKEOVER
Vance criticises Denmark and Europe's handling of 'critical' Greenland
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Reuters European allies have rallied to Denmark's support
US Vice-President JD Vance says Greenland is "critical" for the defence of the
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OUTSIDE, CHURCH, SHOOTING, CITY
Multiple people were shot and two were killed when gunfire rang out outside a Mormon church in Salt Lake City, Utah, while a funeral was taking place inside.
Salt Lake City police were called to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel on Redwood
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NASA, MEDICAL, SPACE, MISSION
NASA is considering an early return of its crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) due to an unspecific medical issue.
The rare move comes after the agency canceled a spacewalk initially scheduled for Thursday, according to Reuters.
"Safely conducting
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REINER, NICK, ATTORNEY, DEFENSE
The grieving children of Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer hope their “seriously ill” brother is spared from the death penalty as he stands trial for the murder of their parents, according to a new report.
Romy and Jake Reiner believe their
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HOYER, HOUSE, STENY, LONGEST
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), the longest serving House Democrat, will not seek re-election in 2026 and retire after serving more than 44 years in Congress.
Representative Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is the longest-serving House Democrat. Bloomberg via Getty Images
“I
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LEADER, ICE, POLL, MORAL
The Intercept has identified the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed an observer in a residential neighborhood of Minneapolis on Wednesday as Jonathan Ross, a deportation officer based out of the agency’s field office in St. Paul.
Ross,
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SIGN, ICE, HOTEL, HILTON
Sometimes, you have to give credit where credit is due. Since we regularly slam corporations that go wrong and buy into the destructive progressive mythology — see Target, Bud Light, and Jaguar, to name a few — it’s only fair that when they do something right,
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RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MISSILE, NEW
Russia on Thursday warned that any Western military forces deployed to Ukraine under a post-war security arrangement would be considered "legitimate combat targets," sharply criticizing a newly signed Paris declaration outlining security guarantees for Kyiv.
In
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RUBIO, MARCO, DOLPHINS, HEAD
Marco Rubio has embraced his many roles in the Trump administration, but there’s one job he won’t volunteer for — at least for now.
Rubio — who serves as secretary of state, acting national security adviser, acting national archivist, and acting administrator
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OHIO, DENTIST, SLAIN, WIFE
Eleven days before an Ohio dentist and his wife were killed, a woman living down the street called 911 around 2:30 a.m. to report someone banging on her door who wouldn't leave.
Police in Columbus, Ohio, said officers responded to the Weinland Park home
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TRUMP, CLIMATE, 66, DOZENS
Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty and dozens of other groups
Trump has already stripped many multilateral organisations he dislikes of funds and previously rejected the scientific consensus of man-made climate change as a "hoax".
The White House
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JAMES, LETITIA, FEDERAL, NY
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York John A. Sarcone III joins Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig Tremaroli for a news conference to announce the arrest of an accused online sexual predator on Monday, April 28, 2025,
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TED, BOARDMAN, BOASBERG, IMPEACHMENT
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) during a Senate hearing on Wednesday called for the impeachment of two federal judges, including Judge James Boasberg, who authorized the surveillance of Republican lawmakers during then-special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the
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TRUMP, EXCLUSIVE, DEFRAUDED, STUPID
On Tuesday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) talked about drug enforcement.
Tuberville said, “These people are stupid. Okay, let me just put it simple, bunch of morons. Now, we’re going to vote today on some kind of war powers act where you’ll
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REPUBLICANS, MINNESOTA, SCANDAL, SENATE
FIRST ON FOX: A cohort of Senate Republicans wants to ensure that both illegal immigrants and naturalized U.S. citizens who are convicted of fraud are booted from the country.
The lawmakers, led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., are pushing new legislation
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MADURO, TRUMP, QUESTIONS, INDICTMENT
Hours after U.S. forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in Caracas, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on X that Maduro would soon “face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American
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