Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
61 articles
TRUMP, GREENLAND, YEAR, DAVOS
Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's historic resumption of his presidency, only the second president in our history to serve two non-sequential terms. Plenty of his actions in this first year have been ground-breaking as well,
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TRUMP, YEAR, TERM, ENDORSEMENT
Wall Street-backed landlords a target for both Trump and Democrats
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Back in 2020, Ashley Maxwell and her husband were looking to buy their first home, near Indianapolis.
"We looked at over 80 homes in probably a
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CHURCH, ICE, MINNESOTA, ANTI
The Minnesota church where anti-ICE agitators disrupted a Sunday service and shouted down parishioners called on leaders to protect places of worship while criticizing the behavior of those involved during the chaotic disruption.
The Cities Church in St.
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MINNESOTA, WALZ, OFFICIALS, SUBPOENAS
The Department of Justice has subpoenaed five top Democrats in Minnesota to question them on the legality of their opposition to the federal enforcement of immigration law.
The New York Times reported:
Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas on Tuesday to at
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INDIANA, NATIONAL, TITLE, MIAMI
Fernando Mendoza bulldozed his way into the end zone and Indiana bullied its way into the history books Monday night
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza celebrates after scoring against Miami during the second half of the College Football Playoff national
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HOCHUL, BUDGET, TAX, 260B
ALBANY – Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t rely on an income tax hike to balance her record-high $260 billion state budget proposal that will be unveiled Tuesday, The Post has learned.
Hochul’s budget proposal for the 2026-2027 fiscal year will blast past last year’s
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USHA, VANCE, CHILD, LADY
Second lady Usha Vance announces she is pregnant with fourth child
Vance and his wife, Usha, 40, have three young children: Ewan, Vivek and Mirabel.
"Usha and the baby are doing well," a statement posted on Tuesday to the second lady's social media account
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GUN, SUPREME, COURT, HAWAII
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Do licensed gun owners have a right to carry a loaded weapon into stores, restaurants and other private
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SUPREME, COURT, TRUMP, MASCOT
is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he focuses on the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the decline of liberal democracy in the United States. He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court.
Supporters of gun
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TRUMP, UK, DEAL, ISLANDS
UK defends Chagos deal after Trump calls it 'act of great stupidity'
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The UK government has defended a deal to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base, following criticism
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PARLIAMENT, MIKE, JOHNSON, HOUSE
President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will impose a 10 percent import tariff on eight European countries opposing U.S. control of Greenland has forced a long-ignored Arctic debate into the open. Several European governments responded
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ICE, MAMDANI, ABOLISH, VIEW
On Monday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Ana Cabrera Reports,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) responded to a question on abolishing ICE by saying that she fears “the people that have been hired into ICE and CBP now and the enormous amounts of money that we have put
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HUSBAND, DENTIST, EX, SURGEON
A surgeon accused of killing his ex-wife and her dentist husband in Ohio was extradited from Illinois and is in jail in Columbus, Ohio, according to a spokesperson for the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
Michael McKee was arrested on Jan. 10 after allegedly
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TRUMP, PEACE, BOARD, FIGURE
Plans are being put together at President Donald Trump’s direction to hold a signing ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, for the Gaza Board of Peace, Fox News confirmed on Tuesday.
Bloomberg was first to report the plans.
The Trump administration began sending
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SCHWEIZER, COUNTRY, UNITED, ISLAMISTS
On Monday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart News senior contributor and author of The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon Peter Schweizer talked about Islamism and the left.
[P]eople that are in favor of trans rights
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SHARK, AUSTRALIA, ATTACK, DAYS
A surfer had minor injuries from being bitten by a shark in the fourth attack off the coast of Australia’s most populous state in three days
A couple look out to sea at North Steyne Beach in Sydney, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, after a series of shark attacks.
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JUDGE, INDIANA, SHOT, WIFE
The Indiana judge who was shot at his home by an unknown gunman previously made headlines in the high-profile case of Natalia Grace, a Ukrainian refugee accused of masquerading as a child.
The shooter, who remains at large, allegedly knocked on the entrance
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COMER, OFFER, REJECTS, CLINTONS
Former President Bill Clinton is famous for his tendency to parse words, but when it comes to the Epstein files, he’d rather not say anything at all.
The one-time Democrat wunderkind and his entitled wife, Hillary, have been repeated no-shows at the House
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BUSFIELD, SEX, TIMOTHY, ABUSE
Days before Timothy Busfield was remanded and held without bail on multiple counts of child sex abuse , the 68-year-old actor underwent a psychosexual evaluation at the recommendation of his attorney.
According to court documents filed on Jan. 17 and obtained
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HOUSE, NEWSOM, WHITE, BROKEN
California Gov. Gavin Newsom should “stop undermining the US on the world stage” and fix his own “broken” state, the White House told The Post in an exclusive statement Tuesday.
The fiery comment came after Newsom took a stab at the president at the World
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NEW, SOUTHERN, TRANSPORT, TANKER
Southern Spear is putting a lot of seized rogue oil tankers up on whatever board they use for keeping score. On Tuesday, we were informed of yet another, the Motor Vessel Sagitta, boarded and taken on the high seas - well, in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command
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TEACH, BILL, NEBRASKA, REQUIRE
There is no longer any doubt that the American public education system is broken. Kids graduate from high school, and even college, without being able to read or write, or in some cases do math. Powerful teachers' unions determine what kids learn, and in turn,
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COLD, BRUTAL, THREATENING, NORTHEAST
How to stay safe in the cold: What to know about frostbite, hypothermia
A brutal arctic blast is bringing dangerously low temperatures to the Midwest and the Northeast.
A boy has his face bundled against temperatures in the teens on the National Mall, Dec.
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BECKHAM, BIG, HARRY, GOOD
As the Beckham family drama continues to unfold, a former hairstylist of Brooklyn Beckham’s wife, Nicola Peltz, is speaking out about her alleged mean-girl behavior behind the scenes.
Hours after Brooklyn made scathing claims about his parents, David and
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