Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9th 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
73 articles
SUPER, BOWL, LIX, TRUMP
President Trump arrived in New Orleans on Sunday, the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, with the wind in his sails.
He started the day on the course with the golf legend Tiger Woods (they’ve both been working on a merger between the PGA Tour
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DOGE, MUSK, TRUMP, JUDGE
ABC's Martha Raddatz spoke to a group of Americans that voted for President Donald Trump after his first few weeks in office, who said they're pleased and not surprised by his actions so far.
Raddatz said one voter, Alissa Baker, was hesitant to vote for the
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TRUMP, GAZA, PALESTINIANS, LEADERS
A before and after satellite view of a large tent camp in the Al Nazla neighbourhood of Gaza City
A before and after satellite view of a large tent camp in the Al Nazla neighbourhood of Gaza City
A before and after satellite view of a large tent camp in the
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BUREAU, CONSUMER, DIRECTOR, VOUGHT
Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Russ Vought has frozen all new funding to that agency. In a memo to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Vought, who was just confirmed as Office of Management and Budget Director, said, "This letter is to inform
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TRUMP, TARIFFS, STEEL, ANNOUNCE
China's tit-for-tat tariffs on US set to take effect
3 hours ago Peter Hoskins Business reporter
Getty Images China has also imposed export controls on 25 rare metals
China's tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods are set to come into effect on
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TRUMP, POLL, CBS, LAWSUIT
An all-time high percentage of Americans say they approve of the job President Donald Trump is doing less than three weeks into his second White House term, according to a new CBS News/YouGov survey.
Although Democrats have complained about several of Trump’s
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WORK, CZAR, 500K, WILDFIRE
Los Angeles “Chief Recovery Officer” Steve Soboroff said Saturday night that he would work for free, after coming under fire for earning $500,000 for three months of work, even though his salary was to have been paid privately.
Earlier in the day, as Breitbart
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GAZA, ISRAELI, CORRIDOR, NETZARIM
After the release of British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari, she and her mother, Mandy, revealed Emily was held captive in a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) center in Gaza, a location tied to Hamas operations.
During a phone call with British
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NEW, TRUMP, TREASURY, PENNIES
President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the cost of producing the one-cent coin.
"For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!"
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VIDEO, DATE, NOTE, CAUGHT
Local authorities in Florida released an unusual video of a woman throwing a brick through her ex-boyfriend's window after she initially denied the act and was arrested for her crime.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office released a video on Facebook last week that
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DEATH, SOLDIER, CHARGED, 23
Two people have been charged in connection with last year's stabbing death of a Fort Campbell soldier in Tennessee, and one of the suspects was the victim's husband, police said Saturday.
The victim, U.S. Army Private First Class Katia Dueñas Aguilar, 23,
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NOEM, FEMA, WINNERS, SHUT
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Donald Trump could shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), criticizing it as a bureaucracy that picks winners.
Host Dana Bash said, “On X this
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NAMIBIA, NUJOMA, 95, SAM
Sam Nujoma, Namibia's fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95
toggle caption Themba Hadebe/AP
WINDHOEK, Namibia — Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first
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MARINE, PHILIPPINES, PLANE, FLIGHT
A U.S. Marine from California was identified by military officials Sunday as one of four people killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines.
Sgt. Jacob M. Durham died Thursday in the crash of an aircraft
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EXCLUSIVE, ACTIVIST, BLM, CONSERVATIVE
Social media sensation Xaviaer DuRousseau, a former Black Lives Matter activist who “accidentally red-pilled” himself while watching PragerU videos, told Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alex Marlow “the biggest aha moment” he had while watching PragerU videos
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WELCOMES, DOGE, HEGSETH, DOD
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that he would welcome the Department of Government Efficiency to audit the Department of Defense.
"We know in a world where America's $37 trillion in debt, resources will not be unlimited, so every dollar
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TRUMP, AFRICA, SOUTH, COUNTRY
JOHANNESBURG — President Donald Trump’s executive order penalizing South Africa released on Friday has hit a raw nerve in the African nation. The order primarily aimed at land seizures comes as Pretoria has faced ongoing U.S. criticisms that it has operated
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TRUMP, STEEL, IMPORTS, ILLEGALLY
Vice President JD Vance attacked federal judges on Sunday for blocking several of the Trump administration’s sweeping executive actions, characterizing their recent decisions as “illegal.”
“Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,”
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TRUMP, JOHNSON, SPEAKER, BIG
The U.S. House of Representatives speaker said Sunday he would stick with a "one big bill" strategy to pass President Donald Trump's tax-cut agenda and fund border and military priorities despite a limited $340 billion budget plan unveiled on Friday by Senate
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SNOW, NEW, ENGLAND, WINTER
New Englanders stocked up on both Super Bowl snacks and staples like bread and milk this weekend ahead of a fast-moving storm that dropped up to a foot of light, fluffy snow.
The parking lot was packed and the checkout lines were long at a Market Basket grocery
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