Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12th 2026
Updated 19:12 ET
47 articles
GUTHRIE, NANCY, CASE, FBI
The FBI has released new details about the identity of the suspect who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie — and has doubled the initial cash reward for information leading to a break in the case.
“Today, the FBI is increasing its reward up to $100,000 for information
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BONDI, EPSTEIN, HEARING, DOJ
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi takes her seat before testifing before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on February 11, 2026 in Washington, DC.
The Department of Justice said Thursday that it "logs all searches" by members
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PASO, EL, AIRSPACE, CARTEL
When the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shuts down the airspace over a major American city for "special security reasons," Americans should pay attention.
On Feb. 10, the FAA grounded flights in and out of El Paso International Airport. The original
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TRUMP, HOUSE, IRAN, WHITE
Maryland's Democratic governor among those excluded from White House event
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President Trump has dispensed with another White House tradition: meeting with all the nation's governors.
The
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BEEK, DER, VAN, JAMES
Actor James Van Der Beek, famous for his iconic roles in the TV series Dawson’s Creek and the film Varsity Blues, has passed just three months after announcing a colorectal cancer diagnosis. He was 48.
“Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully
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BAD, BUNNY, HALFTIME, SHOW
Quite honestly, I don’t follow sports. In fact, I was leading a church service during the Super Bowl. We all have different tastes, but when it comes to watching sports games on TV, I’m like the bank examiner in “It’s a Wonderful Life!” who said in a different
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HOMAN, SURGE, MINNESOTA, TRUMP
White House Border Czar Tom Homan, who deployed to Minneapolis last month at President Trump's request to oversee immigration and deportation efforts in the sanctuary city, made a big announcement at his Thursday morning press conference: Operation Metro Surge
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TRUMP, EPA, CLIMATE, ACTION
President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin arrive for an event to announce a rollback of the 2009 endangerment finding at the White House on February 12, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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CHLOE, KIM, AMERICAN, GOLD
Seventeen-year-old Choi Ga-on denied American great Chloe Kim snowboarding history as she brushed off an early fall to win Winter Olympic halfpipe gold.
Kim had been hoping to become the first snowboarder - male or female - to win three consecutive Olympic
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HOUSE, ACT, SAVE, ID
House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans rushed to approve legislation on Wednesday that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm
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NEW, MAMDANI, NYC, DEATH
City Hall admitted Thursday that a 19th person died outside in the brutal cold and that seven others perished of hypothermia in their own homes — but callously dismissed questions about the tragedies.
“They did not die on city property, so we are not releasing,”
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EPSTEIN, FORMER, FILES, YALE
The unidentified woman who Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was pictured creepily crouching over was one of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking victims, a Democratic lawmaker has said.
The disturbing images of the former royal and the mystery woman were shown to the
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EXCLUSIVE, JEFF, VAN, MARLOW
Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about immigration hearings.
Marlow said, “She is asking someone who is just trying to enforce our immigration and customs laws…as if she’s the one who decides who goes
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SCHOOL, SHOOTING, BRITISH, COLUMBIA
Shootings at school and home in British Columbia, Canada, leave 10 dead
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A shooting at a school in British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian
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JOBS, JANUARY, TRUMP, AMERICA
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a Breitbart News policy event reacted to the stellar jobs numbers released on Wednesday, saying that President Donald Trump is powering the “greatest growth the United States has ever seen.”
Lutnick sat for an interview
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CHILDREN, RUSSIAN, TRUMP, MELANIA
A Russian drone has struck a home in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, killing a father and his three small children
By The Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine -- A Russian drone smashed into a home in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region overnight, killing a father
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, PARENTHOOD, REPORTERS
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Wednesday to provide $90 million to Planned Parenthood, a move intended to help offset the losses from recent federal cuts targeting abortion
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KELLY, JUDGE, PENTAGON, VIDEO
WASHINGTON — A federal judge blocked the Pentagon Thursday from docking Sen. Mark Kelly’s rank and reducing his pay as part of a move by War Secretary Pete Hegseth to censure the Arizona Democrat.
DC Senior US District Judge Richard J. Leon ordered the Department
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AMERICAN, GAMES, WINTER, GOLD
Ashley Farquharson raced to Olympic glory in luge on Tuesday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
The American luger became emotional when she checked the scoreboard and realized she earned her first Olympic medal. Her performance in the women's luge singles
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HELMET, UKRAINIAN, OLYMPIAN, HONORING
Ukrainian sled racer says he will wear helmet honoring slain soldiers despite Olympic ban
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MILAN - Ukrainian sled racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says he will attempt to race in Winter Olympic competitions wearing a helmet
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POST, WASHINGTON, STAFFERS, NOLTE
The Washington Post has become a much smaller news organization because of several rounds of layoffs and voluntary buyouts.
At an employee town hall Wednesday, one week after the paper underwent a brutal round of layoffs, Washington Post executive editor
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MAMDANI, NYC, TAX, HIKE
Mayor Zohran Mamdani justified his crusade to hike taxes on wealthy New Yorkers by saying the Big Apple is already the “most expensive” place to live in the country.
Hizzoner, testifying Wednesday to state lawmakers in Albany, was pressed to give a reason
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BIDEN, NONPROFIT, RULES, IG
All of the shenanigans and outright corruption of the late, unlamented Biden administration are still coming to light, and likely will be for years to come. It was one of the most deeply and fundamentally corrupt administrations in American history; the Biden
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JOHNSON, SPEAKER, SHUTDOWN, DEAL
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, second right, speaks alongside President Trump before the signing of a funding bill on Feb. 3, 2026. Johnson has persistently claimed that there’s something nefarious about the way California runs its elections.
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