Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21st 2025
Updated 23:59 ET
37 articles
TRUMP, UKRAINE, WAR, ZELENSKYY
Trump threatened 'all hell' if Hamas didn't free all its hostages. What happened?
President Donald Trump during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House on Feb. 13, 2025 in Washington, DC.
President Donald Trump during a joint press conference
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TRUMP, WHITE, HOUSE, EXECUTIVE
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle proudly declared that “Andrew Breitbart was CPAC” at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday.
Speaking
with White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair
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TRUMP, MAINE, GOVERNOR, TRANS
Federal judge hears arguments to decide the future of Trump's federal funding freeze
toggle caption Ben Curtis/AP
A federal judge in Rhode Island heard arguments on Friday about whether to further block the Trump administration from freezing trillions of
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NATIONS, TRUMP, CANADA, HOCKEY
Wayne Gretzky was introduced as the honorary captain of Team Canada on Thursday night ahead of the matchup against the U.S. in the 4 Nations Face-Off final.
Gretzky, arguably the greatest hockey player of all time, received some cheers as he stepped out onto
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HAMAS, BODY, ISRAEL, HOSTAGE
Hamas on Friday said it had turned over to the Red Cross the body of a woman that Hamas officials believe belonged to Shiri Bibas, the Israeli mother whose capture with her two young sons during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack became a symbol of the country’s anguish.
Ms.
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PATEL, KASH, FBI, DIRECTOR
FBI Director Kash Patel followed up a fiery introductory speech on Friday (Kash Patel Brings the Fire As He's Sworn in As FBI Director— 'There WILL Be Accountability' – RedState) with equally fiery action. He ordered 1,500 staff and agents to be transferred
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TRUMP, JOINT, CHIEFS, CHAIRMAN
President Trump tonight began a purge of the senior ranks of the United States armed forces in an apparent effort to intimidate the military and create an officer corps personally loyal to him. The president fired General C.Q. Brown, the Chairman of the Joint
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ADAMS, JUDGE, ERIC, CASE
The Issue: Gov. Hochul’s move to implement new oversight measures to monitor Mayor Adams.
The only dictator in this sordid mess surrounding Mayor Adams is Gov. Hochul (“Stringing Eric along,” Feb. 21).
During her televised speech — disguised as a review of
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TRUMP, SUPREME, COURT, FIRE
The Supreme Court on Friday turned down President Trump’s appeal seeking to fire an agency official.
Instead, the justices said they would weigh in on the matter only after a judge rules next week on whether the firing was legal.
The decision is a small but
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FIRE, CHIEF, MAYOR, LOS
Six weeks after devastating wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city's fire chief amid a public rift over preparations for the fires and finger-pointing between the chief and City Hall.
Bass said in a statement she is removing Chief Kristin
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ARRESTED, TARRIO, CAPITOL, LEADER
Ex-Proud Boys leader arrested outside US Capitol
The former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group was arrested on Friday outside the US Capitol, police said.
Enrique Tarrio, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the 6 January 2021
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RUSHDIE, MURDER, SALMAN, ATTEMPTED
A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022.
Jurors, who deliberated for less than two hours, also found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of assault for wounding a man
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TRUMP, TEMPORARY, ADMIN, DEPORTATION
Trump ends deportation protection for 500,000 Haitians
US President Donald Trump has moved to overhaul parts of the US immigration system since returning to office and promised "mass deportations" and arrests.
TPS is granted to nationals of designated countries
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YANKEES, POLICY, HAIR, FACIAL
The New York Yankees announced Friday that their players no longer must be clean-shaven.
Owner Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement that players would be able to keep "well-groomed" beards after discussing the matter with current and former players over "several"
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MANGIONE, LUIGI, ARREST, LAWYER
Shackled Luigi Mangione in packed court over healthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing
1 hour ago Madeline Halpert and Nada Tawfik Reporting from court
Watch: Luigi Mangione arrives at court surrounded by security
A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, accused of killing
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POPE, WEEK, THREATENING, MARKS
Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Nuns pray for Pope Francis
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BROTHERS, MENENDEZ, NEW, DA
he Los Angeles district attorney said Friday he opposes a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez in the 1989 killing of their parents but hasn't made up his mind on whether to support a resentencing bid that could lead to their freedom after nearly 30 years in
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GUANTANAMO, TRUMP, BAY, MIGRANTS
The Trump administration has touted using GITMO as a tool to house migrants.
Venezuelan migrants flown from Guantanamo Bay via Honduras, walk after arriving on a deportation flight at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, La Guaira State, Venezuela,
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SHOOTING, OFFICE, DRIVER, OUTSIDE
The male victim died at the scene. Two females died at the hospital.
3 shot dead outside driver's licensing office in Louisville, suspect at large
Driver's Licensing branch on Willismore Drive in Louisville, Ky.
Driver's Licensing branch on Willismore Drive
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GEORGE, CLOONEY, BIDEN, TRUMP
Actor and Democrat activist George Clooney recently lamented that “no rules count anymore” under President Trump.
Speaking with the New York Times’ Maureen Dowd, Clooney said that Americans have fallen for made up narratives divorced from facts.
“You take
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SETTLES, LAWSUIT, COLLECTOR, UTERUS
MSNBC parent company, NBCUniversal, has settled its "uterus collector" lawsuit that saw Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace, and Chris Hayes’ programs make "verifiably false" statements that a Georgia gynecologist Dr. Mahendra Amin performed unnecessary hysterectomies
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ILLEGAL, ICE, IMMIGRANTS, CHARGE
When considering all that has to be done to fix our illegal immigration problems, one thing that must be done is to eliminate the incentives that lead people to try to come into the country. There are many such incentives, but one of the biggest is employment.
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TRUMP, DEAL, REPUBLICANS, REORDER
At a Senate hearing soon after President Trump’s first election eight years ago, Marco Rubio had a simple question for the next U.S. secretary of state: “Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal?”
Mr. Rubio, then a Florida senator, posed the question to the Texas
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BUDGET, SENATE, RESOLUTION, BIG
Senate adopts budget resolution after marathon vote-a-rama. Now what?
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The Senate passed its budget resolution early on Friday, which acts as a framework to implement President Trump's legislative agenda. It would
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