Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22nd 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
40 articles
TRUMP, PEACE, BOARD, DAVOS
President Donald Trump unveiled his Board of Peace on Thursday, with world leaders signing on to pursue a lasting agreement for Gaza.
Trump inaugurated the board during a speech and signing ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"Once
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TRUMP, SMITH, JACK, HOUSE
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Former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his findings that President Trump “willfully broke the law” in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential
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CHURCH, MINNESOTA, ARRESTED, JUDGE
The alleged ringleader of an anti-ICE mob, reportedly including Don Lemon, who stormed a Minnesota church during Sunday service, has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday morning.
“We have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who allegedly
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TRUMP, GREENLAND, DEAL, FRAMEWORK
Trump vs. U.S. allies: How will this end?
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President Trump has backed off his threat to take Greenland by force.
Yet Trump still delivered a fresh round of highly inflammatory remarks at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that
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HOUSE, FUNDING, ICE, PACKAGE
They got it done!
The House of Representatives, on Thursday evening, passed the final funding bills for 2026, a victory for Republican Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) and a handful of sand tossed in the eyes of some radical leftists, in and out of Washington.
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ICE, HOMICIDE, AGENTS, MEMO
A man faces federal agents as a person is detained, while immigration enforcement continues after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on January 7 during an immigration raid, in Minneapolis, Jan. 21, 2026.
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ICE, MEDIA, MINNESOTA, CHILD
ICE officers protected a single young child after the illegal-migrant father was arrested but establishment media outlets are claiming the sheltered child was “detained.”
“ICE detains 5-year-old Minnesota boy; school leader says agents used him as ‘bait,'”
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ICE, AGENTS, STATE, SWALWELL
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes wildly suggested that residents can open fire on masked ICE agents if they feel their life is in danger under the state’s self-defense laws.
The Democrat, in a sit-down with 12 News anchor Brahm Resnik, warned that Arizona’s
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INDIANA, RUN, MENDOZA, CHAMPIONSHIP
Hoo, hoo, hoo, Hoosiers!
Seeing the Indiana University Hoosiers win the College Football Playoff National Championship Monday night was the culmination of a season filled with notable lessons. Here are a few from my perspective:
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TENNIS, REPORTER, AUSTRALIAN, AMERICAN
American tennis star Amanda Anisimova dismissed a tennis reporter’s question about how it felt to play in the U.S. with "everything that’s been happening."
Anisimova was among the American players who received a similar question at the Australian Open this
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WORLD, HEALTH, ORGANIZATION, TRUMP
America’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) is set to formally conclude on Thursday, a year after the U.S. expressed its intent to depart the United Nations agency and a year and two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive
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OFFICER, UVALDE, GONZALES, ADRIAN
Texas jury clears police officer for Uvalde school shooting response
The jury returned its not guilty verdict on Wednesday about seven hours after deliberations began.
Nearly 400 officers responded to Robb Elementary school but it took 77 minutes after the
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TRUMP, BARRON, COPS, WOMAN
Barron Trump was praised for calling the police in the United Kingdom after a woman reportedly FaceTimed him while she was allegedly being attacked by an ex-boyfriend.
President Donald Trump’s youngest son allegedly called “999 operators” and informed them
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TRUMP, JPMORGAN, JAMIE, DIMON
President Donald Trump sued JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon, on Thursday for closing his and related entities' accounts in early 2021 after decades of being customers of the bank, allegedly for political reasons.
The closures came on the heels of the
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MS, RACHEL, COMMENT, YOUTUBE
Ms. Rachel, a massively popular children’s content creator, apologized on Wednesday after she accidentally liked an antisemitic comment on her Instagram.
The incident occurred when Ms. Rachel, an outspoken Palestinian supporter, posted a message on her Instagram
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KHALIL, MAHMOUD, ANTI, DEPORTED
Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood by Mahmoud Khalil on Thursday, telling reporters that plans to deport the controversial anti-Israeli activist and Columbia University grad student is an “attack” on freedom.
“Mahmoud Khalil is a New Yorker,” the lefty mayor said
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GUILTY, GUN, SCHOOL, SUPERINTENDENT
Guyana Native Overstayed Student Visa, Registered as Democrat Voter, and Armed Himself Illegally While Leading Iowa's Largest School District
Ian Andre Roberts, the former superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, pleaded guilty in federal court
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HUSBAND, MAKE, KIRK, CROWDED
Erika Kirk, the widow of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, announced the launch of her “Make Heaven Crowded Tour” to an audience of thousands at a Riverside church on Wednesday night.
The nationwide Christian revival tour is set to visit 30 cities this
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INCHES, 16, SNOW, HIT
The Big Apple’s gonna be buried!
A fast-approaching massive storm is expected to dump as much as 16 inches of snow on New York City beginning as early as Saturday night — potentially the most in years, forecasters said Thursday.
A total of 8 to 16 inches
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OSCAR, SINNERS, NOMINATIONS, 2026
Vampire film Sinners breaks Oscar nominations record
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Warner Bros Sinners stars Miles Caton (left) and Michael B Jordan
Vampire horror film Sinners has broken the record for the most Oscar nominations
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VIOLATED, LAW, ISLAND, AMERICAN
A Long Island school district violated federal civil rights law by changing the names of its school mascot – a move it made to comply with a state ban on Native American imagery, the Trump administration said Thursday.
The decision by the US Department of
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RUSSIAN, TANKER, OIL, CRACKDOWN
The French armed forces used helicopters to board and capture a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ oil tanker transiting the Mediterranean on Thursday with the assistance of allies, including the United Kingdom.
President Emmanuel Macron declared “we will not tolerate
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REPUBLICAN, LONE, NYC, CONGRESSIONAL
A judge ruled Wednesday that the configuration of New York City’s lone congressional district represented by a Republican is unconstitutional, ordering the state to redraw the district by next month.
State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman ruled that
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ROBERT, KRAFT, GAME, 18
The National Football League has been inching closer and closer to an 18-game season, and if it were up to Robert Kraft, it would happen as soon as possible.
The New England Patriots owner sounded as if he was predicting the change could come sooner rather
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