Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, JANUARY 11th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
18 articles
ICE, GOOD, SHOOTING, RENEE
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) said the Trump administration was “attempting to cover up what happened” in the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis.
Smith said, “I think what
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IRAN, PROTESTS, TRUMP, TOLL
This frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets of Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 9, 2026.
This frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing
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TRUMP, CUBA, LATE, DEAL
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday crowed about cutting off Venezuelan money and oil to Cuba and encouraged Havana to “make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.”
“Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. In return, Cuba provided
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HAUL, CROWD, LOS, ANGELES
California gubernatorial candidates — former Rep. Katy Porter, center left, and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, center right, laugh during a labor forum Saturday in Los Angeles as former Controller Betty Yee, left, and former federal health chief
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CHAIR, POWELL, FED, INVESTIGATION
Federal prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and the central bank’s $2.5 billion renovation of its Washington headquarters, escalating a year-long confrontation between the Trump administration and the nation’s
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BEARS, PACKERS, WIN, PLAYOFF
The Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers in a playoff game for the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president.
Chicago overcame a late 18-point deficit to stun their rival in the Wild Card playoff game at Soldier Field on Saturday. It marked
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SYNAGOGUE, MISSISSIPPI, ARRESTED, ARSON
Arson engulfs Mississippi synagogue, a congregation once bombed by Ku Klux Klan
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Authorities have charged one person with arson in a fire that badly damaged Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Miss.,
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HUSBAND, OHIO, DENTIST, EX
The grieving family of the Ohio mother and her dentist husband, who were gunned down in their home in late December, said they “all expected” her ex-husband’s arrest, but were mum throughout the probe so they wouldn’t “compromise the investigation,” according
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GREENLAND, TRUMP, DONALD, LORD
Trump won't take Greenland by force, Mandelson says
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Getty Images Denmark has warned any military intervention on Greenland would destroy the Nato alliance (file photo)
US President Donald Trump would not "land
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ICE, FEDERAL, NOEM, MINNEAPOLIS
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem isn't having it from Democrat lawmakers who wish to further inflame rising tensions in the wake of the shooting death of far-left agitator Renee Nicole Good last Wednesday in Minneapolis. A day after
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TRUMP, MOTORCADE, SECRET, SUSPICIOUS
A suspicious object discovered during a security sweep at Palm Beach International Airport ahead of President Donald Trump’s departure from Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Sunday prompted the US Secret Service to adjust the presidential motorcade route, the White
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WEAVER, CEA, MAMDANI, HOUSING
Black New York homeowners are stunned by Mayor Mamdani’s radical-left tenant advocate, Cea Weaver, who claimed property ownership is a weapon of “white supremacy” and should be abolished — insisting it’s an “essential” element of black wealth and her comments
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KRISTI, NOEM, MINNEAPOLIS, DON
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) said anybody who watched the video of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shooting Renee Good can see she was “not a domestic terrorist.”
Host Jake Tapper said, “Mayor
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SKATER, PARENTS, DC, PLANE
Last week was pretty heavy news-wise with the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, the protests in Iran, and the shooting of leftist agitator Renee Good in Minneapolis, so let's the start the new week off with some heartwarming news. American figure
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ICE, FREY, DELICATE, TRUMP
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) said the Trump administration was using Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unconstitutionally.
Host Kristen Welker said, “Let me ask you, because the bigger picture, before this week,
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RAPISTS, KILLERS, ICE, MINNESOTA
In an apparent attempt to dampen anger over federal immigration surges in Minnesota and elsewhere, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials released a sobering list of killers and child rapists from all over the world arrested during operations in
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STRIKE, LARGEST, NEW, HOURS
More than 15,000 NYC nurses are threatening to walk off the job on Monday.
A nurse holds a sign during a strike at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, January 9, 2023. More than 16,000 nurses are threatening to walk off the job again if they don't negotiate
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MAYOR, RUN, RAPAPORT, EYES
Michael Rapaport is setting his sights on a new career path.
The 55-year-old actor announced on the Monday, Jan. 5 episode of his “I Am Rapaport” podcast that he plans on running for mayor of New York City in 2029, stating, “My name is Michael Rapaport, a.k.a.
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CAROLINA, SOUTH, SUSPECT, WOUNDED
The sheriff described the shooting as an “ambush-style attack.”
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- A South Carolina police officer was shot and wounded while sitting in his patrol car Sunday in what one official called an “ambush-style attack,” and local sheriff's deputies
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EAGLES, 49ERS, REPORTS, KITTLE
The San Francisco 49ers got the job done on the road, upsetting the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, 23-19, in the Wild Card Round to move on in the playoffs.
The 49ers will go on to face their NFC West-rival Seattle Seahawks, who got a
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HOUSING, VIOLATIONS, MAMDANI, 200
A Bronx apartment building Mayor Mamdani showcased to highlight the talents of his new housing commissioner, Dina Levy, has racked up nearly 200 unresolved violations, The Post has learned.
The 102-unit building at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in Morris Heights as of
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NEWS, CBS, RUN, LETTERMAN
Comedian and former "Late Show" host David Letterman unloaded on "idiots" at CBS News during a podcast on Friday, calling the network a "wreck."
"What about those idiots at CBS?" Letterman said during "The Barbara Gaines Show," a podcast hosted by his former
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DEATH, PENALTY, RAMPAGE, MISSISSIPPI
A 24-year-old Mississippi man accused of a murderous rampage that led to the homicides of six people – including his father, brother, 7-year-old cousin, a church pastor and the preacher’s brother – will be eligible under state law for the death penalty.
Arrested
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PLANE, NEZ, HOURS, SINGER
Yeison Jiménez, a 34-year-old Colombian singer-songwriter, died in a plane crash just hours before he was set to perform.
On Saturday, a plane crashed "in the sector between Paipa and Duitama," in Colombia, the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics
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