Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd 2026
Updated 18:12 ET
30 articles
GUTHRIE, SAVANNAH, MOM, MISSING
Famed NBC personality Savannah Guthrie was spending time with her family before jetting off to Italy to work a Winter Olympic Games gig when she got the heartbreaking call that her mother was missing, according to a report.
The “Today” co-host was set to fly
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EPSTEIN, JEFFREY, FILES, LATEST
If you didn’t know who Peter Attia was last week, here’s how you’ll remember him going forward: Attia is the guy who once emailed Jeffrey Epstein to confirm that “pussy is, indeed, low carb. Still awaiting results on gluten content, though.”
Until recently,
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SHUTDOWN, GOVERNMENT, HOUSE, TRUMP
President Donald Trump has signed legislation ending the partial government shutdown that started Friday at midnight.
The legislation Trump signed funds agencies, including the Departments of State, Treasury and War and others, through the end of September
Continued at Fox News...
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TRUMP, ELECTIONS, REBUILD, NATIONALIZE
U.S. President Donald Trump sits at his desk, behind a hat that reads "America is back" at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 3, 2026.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said "the federal government should get involved" in elections in states that
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TRUMP, KENNEDY, CENTER, YEARS
Monday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” senior political commentator and former Obama adviser David Axelrod said President Donald Trump’s changes to Washington, D.C., were “sad and sort of profane.”
Axelrod said, “He has, besmirched, a national monument. It
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ICE, ANTI, MINNEAPOLIS, CREW
More than 1,500 federal troops in Alaska had been placed on alert.
Military stands down troops ordered to prep to deploy to Minneapolis
Department of Homeland Security police officers block the entrance of the Bishop Whipple Federal Building while protesters
Continued at ABC...
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CLINTONS, EPSTEIN, CONTEMPT, TESTIFY
After months of back-and-forth avoiding, wheeling, dealing, and spinning, Bill and Hillary Clinton have finally cried uncle and agreed to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer’s terms regarding their testifying in front of Congress. The committee wants
Continued at Red State...
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SHOW, NFL, BOWL, HALFTIME
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said he expects "a great performance" from Bad Bunny during the half-time show at Super Bowl 60.
The Puerto Rican pop star is this year's headliner for the set, with the championship game in Santa Clara, California, this
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DAY, GROUNDHOG, PHIL, PUNXSUTAWNEY
Groundhog Day puts Punxsutawney Phil's forecast about winter's length in the spotlight
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PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — It's already been a long, cold winter across much of the United States, and on Monday, Punxsutawney Phil's handlers will
Continued at NPR...
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BILLIE, LAND, EILISH, STOLEN
Woke pop star Billie Eilish is taking heat after piously proclaiming that the United States was built on “stolen land,” even as she has taken a man to court and sought a restraining order after he trespassed at one of her homes.
Eilish was applauded by woke
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DON, LEMON, ARREST, CHURCH
Don Lemon, left, and host Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night talk show Monday. The former CNN journalist spoke in depth about his arrest last week.
Making his first major post-arrest television interview Monday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Don Lemon detailed the moments
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JUDGE, TRUMP, FEDERAL, BLOCKS
It's a decision that was rendered in December, but just became public over the weekend: A judicial misconduct complaint filed against U.D. District Court for the District of Columbia Chief Judge James Boasberg was dismissed by 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief
Continued at Red State...
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GRAMMY, 2026, DALAI, WINNERS
The Dalai Lama’s Grammy win for an audiobook, narration and storytelling has been described by Beijing as “a tool for anti-China political manipulation.”
Rufus Wainwright, right, accepts the award for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording
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NEWS, FOX, MASSIVE, COMPETE
As we closed out January, the longest news month experienced for some time, there was - as usual - no shortage of news for the media industry to contort. Amid all of the furor and evolving policies in Minnesota, there was also the supposed dramatic attack on
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IRAN, TRUMP, TALKS, REGIME
Iran's president said he had instructed his foreign minister to pursue talks.
Iran to seek 'fair and equitable' talks with US, president says
In this handout picture provided by Iranian presidency, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses cabinet members,
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WIFE, HUSBAND, EX, JILL
Jill Biden’s ex-husband was arrested Monday on charges he murdered his wife in their Delaware home in December, according to a report.
William Stevenson – who was previously married to the former first lady – has been hit with first-degree murder charges for
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ID, VOTER, MINAJ, NICKI
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stood in the way of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE) this week, claiming that it represents "Jim Crow" segregation laws, leading many on social media to bring up his identical claim about a Georgia voting
Continued at Fox News...
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WINTER, OLYMPICS, 2026, USA
Team USA revealed that speedskater Erin Jackson and bobsledder Frank Del Duca were selected as the flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
Jackson was the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal at a Winter Olympics
Continued at Fox News...
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SENATE, DEM, JASMINE, CANDIDATE
It's getting heated down in Texas, y'all. Not the weather, of course, but the infighting between Democrats vying for various public offices. The grievance Olympics are well underway in the Lone Star state, and it's a race to the bottom.
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JOSH, NAMES, DISNEY, D'AMARO
Disney names Josh D'Amaro as its new CEO
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The Walt Disney Company is getting a new CEO. Tuesday morning, the company's board of directors announced that Josh D'Amaro will replace Bob Iger, who's been
Continued at NPR...
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ELECTION, GABBARD, GEORGIA, TRUMP
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is onto something. And the right people are terrified.
As my colleague Bob Hoge reported, after Gabbard appeared on the scene at the operation to secure the multi-year crime scene that is the Fulton County, Georgia,
Continued at Red State...
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IRANIAN, DRONE, SHOOTS, APPROACHING
The U.S. military shot down an unmanned Iranian drone Tuesday after it "aggressively approached a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier with unclear intent," a U.S. Central Command spokesman told Fox News.
"USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was transiting the Arabian Sea
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INDIA, TRUMP, DEAL, TRADE
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States and India have reached a trade agreement and that India has committed to stop buying Russian oil.
Trump revealed the developments in a Truth Social post on Monday and called Indian Prime Minister
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EPSTEIN, TRUMP, SUE, NOAH
Donald Trump threatened Monday to begin legal action against “loser” Trevor Noah after the comedian said the president visited convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island and needs it again to “hang out” with Bill Clinton.
The South African provided no
Continued at Breitbart...