Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
48 articles
TRUMP, WOMEN, SPORTS, ORDER
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Tom Cotton was instrumental in pushing Tulsi Gabbard's controversial nomination to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI) past its first hurdle in the upper chamber this week, and it took a full court press
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TRUMP, USAID, AGENCY, PLANE
Project 2025, the conservative governing playbook produced by veterans of the first Trump administration, has an entire chapter on how to overhaul USAID. Its authors urged the next president to “scale back USAID’s global footprint,” “deradicalize” its programs,
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GAZA, TRUMP, PLAN, TAKEOVER
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Israel would turn the Gaza Strip over to the United States after the fighting ends and that no U.S. soldiers would be needed there.
"The Gaza Strip would be turned over to the United States by Israel at the conclusion
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SENATE, TRUMP, DEMOCRATS, VOUGHT
The Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to confirm Russell T. Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place one of the most powerful architects of President Trump’s agenda to upend the federal bureaucracy and slash spending that
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BOWL, SUPER, TRUMP, NEW
Here's who will perform at the Super Bowl on Sunday
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This Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the
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TRUMP, BUYOUT, JUDGE, FEDERAL
The ruling came just hours before the deadline for employees to take the offer.
In this Oct. 9, 2024, file photo, Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Riverfront Sports in Scranton, Pa.
In this Oct.
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SANCTUARY, CHICAGO, LAWS, SUES
Newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi took swift action on Thursday, suing Illinois and Chicago to enforce immigration law.
Bondi’s suit, one of her first actions in her post, contends the state’s and city’s sanctuary city policies are unlawful and seeks
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MUSK, ELON, DEMOCRATS, DOGE
is a senior politics correspondent at Vox, covering the White House, elections, and political scandals and investigations. He’s worked at Vox since the site’s launch in 2014, and before that, he worked as a research assistant at the New Yorker’s Washington,
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CBS, KAMALA, TRUMP, MINUTES
We’ve been covering the “60 Minutes” fiasco in depth, the case where CBS News selectively edited an interview with then-Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris to make her look more intelligent and slightly more eloquent than she really is (which is not
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TRUMP, HOUSE, GOP, AMERICAN
President Donald Trump on Thursday again teased the idea of a third term in the White House in 2028.
His passing remarks came during one of the National Prayer Breakfast events on Thursday. He began by saying he eschewed joining the prayer breakfast by Skype
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BORDER, MEXICAN, TARIFF, TRUMP
As soon as the sun glints over miles of border fence dividing the United States and Mexico, the engines of cargo trucks packed with auto and computer parts roar to life along border bridges and bleary-eyed workers file into factories to assemble a multitude
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TRUMP, INTERNATIONAL, CRIMINAL, ORDER
Trump sanctions International Criminal Court, calls it 'illegitimate'
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Getty Images Trump previously sanctioned ICC officials during his first term in office in 2020.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive
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TRUMP, HOUSE, WHITE, SHOW
The inspectors general for at least 17 agencies were terminated in January.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a series of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, on Jan. 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
President Donald
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MUSK, CHENEY, LIZ, ELON
Disgraced former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) launched a xenophobic attack on Elon Musk Wednesday.
Cheney, who received a preemptive pardon from former President Joe Biden for whatever crimes she may have committed since 2014, reacted to a one-word xweet from Elon
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SAQUON, BARKLEY, BOWL, SUPER
Performers at the 2025 Super Bowl have been announced.
In an effort to celebrate the rich musical history found in New Orleans, where the big game is taking place this year, many of the pregame performers at this year's show have roots tied to the city.
"We’re
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TRUMP, BIG, BONDI, TECH
President Donald Trump made one of the best and most consequential decisions of his second term: tapping technology lawyer Gail Slater to lead the Antitrust Division of his Justice Department.
Chances are, you have never heard of Slater. But the lawyers,
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DOGE, ACCESS, DATA, PAYMENT
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from obtaining access to certain Treasury Department payment records.
Treasury officials "will not provide access to any payment record or payment system of records
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TRUMP, NEWSOM, WILDFIRE, FEDERAL
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s official reason for visiting Washington this week was to shore up federal disaster aid in response to the Los Angeles County wildfires.
But the Democratic governor of California also had another objective: To continue to repair his rocky
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GUANTANAMO, BAY, MIGRANTS, DE
Deported migrants are already landing at Guantanamo Bay as part of Trump's plan Venezuelan migrants sent to Guantanamo Bay are being held in a military prison that has housed al-Qaeda members.
National Deported migrants are already landing at Guantanamo Bay
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PANAMA, PASSAGE, CANAL, FREE
The president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, on Thursday morning refuted the “false” and “intolerable” claims made by the U.S. Department of State indicating that U.S. government vessels would be allowed to travel through the Panama Canal without paying fees.
“I
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DEEPSEEK, DEVICES, BAN, LAWMAKERS
A bipartisan duo in the the U.S. House is proposing legislation to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from federal devices, similar to the policy already in place for the popular social media platform TikTok.
Reps. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J.,
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ANTISEMITISM, PROBE, NEWSLETTER, TRUMP
The Trump administration's multi-agency plan to "root out" antisemitism across U.S. college campuses received praise from students and professors as fear persists among the Jewish community.
"You see in schools like UC Berkeley, Portland or Harvard, Jewish
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GUARD, COAST, FORMER, COMMANDANT
The Trump administration reportedly evicted former a Coast Guard leader from her admiral quarters on Tuesday, two weeks after she was fired by President Donald Trump.
Former United States Coast Guard Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, who was fired on the President
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DOGE, MEDIA, POSTS, SOCIAL
A staff member on the Department of Government Efficiency team led by tech billionaire Elon Musk resigned Thursday after the Wall Street Journal asked the White House about his connection to a social media account that advocated for racism and eugenics.
The
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