Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1st 2026
Updated 23:12 ET
32 articles
EPSTEIN, JEFFREY, FILES, DOJ
Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, during a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, said the Department of Justice's latest release of records related to its investigation
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TRUMP, CENTER, KENNEDY, RENOVATIONS
President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, appear to have rounded a corner.
The president brushed off their previous conflicts in July 2025 that stemmed from their rivalry in the 2024 election, and the two have since publicly appeared
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DON, LEMON, ARREST, CHURCH
Lemon was released on his own recognizance, without bail, on Jan. 30.
Former CNN journalist Don Lemon attended the 2026 Grammy Awards, just days after being released following his arrest in connection with his coverage of an incident in which anti-ICE protesters
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MELANIA, DOCUMENTARY, TRUMP, OPENING
United States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, speaking Thursday at the red-carpet world premiere of the new Melania documentary, recounted a personal anecdote about his time with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, while also touching
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ICE, FEDERAL, IMMIGRATION, AGENTS
Anti-ICE protesters call for national action against federal immigration tactics
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Protesters across the U.S. on Saturday demonstrated against the federal government's immigration enforcement tactics in Minneapolis. The group
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GOP, TEXAS, DEMOCRAT, ELECTION
WASHINGTON — Democrats notched a shocking upset victory Saturday when they flipped a Fort Worth-area Texas state Senate seat blue for the first time since 1992, defeating a President Trump-backed candidate.
Dem Taylor Rehmet dispatched Republican Leigh Wambsganss
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SHUTDOWN, GOVERNMENT, END, JOHNSON
The majority of the federal government will shut down at midnight after the Senate insisted on amending a House-passed spending bil painstakingly negotiated over months with Democrats.
The spending bill, which passed the Senate on a 71-29 vote, funds around
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ICE, MINNESOTA, ANTI, AGENTS
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, like most other Democrat governors, has been doing all he can to impede U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement and prevent them from upholding immigration laws that were enacted by Congress. Although it was his predecessor, Jerry
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TRUMP, CITIES, KRISTI, NOEM
Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller — President Trump’s top two lieutenants on immigration policy — arrived at a major MAGA Mar-a-Lago wedding together Sunday in an apparent show of unity after spending the week blaming each other over the fallout from the ICE crackdown
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YEAR, DETENTION, RELEASE, ICE
Judge orders release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his dad from ICE detention
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SAN ANTONIO — A judge on Saturday ordered the U.S. government to release by Tuesday a 5-year-old boy and his father from a Texas detention center where
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TALKS, UKRAINE, RUSSIA, PEACE
A Russian drone strike hit a bus carrying miners in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region on Sunday, killing at least 12 people.
Ukrainian emergency services later reported the death toll had risen to 15 in one of the deadliest single attacks on energy workers
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VIOLENT, PROTESTS, OFFICERS, ANGELES
Los Angeles police arrested at least dozen protesters as rowdy anti-ICE rallies raged across the city over the weekend – as videos emerged of the chaos and one of the state’s top prosecutors called the agitators “anarchists.”
Most of the arrests occurred in
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TRUMP, FED, WARSH, KEVIN
No institution has more influence over what Americans can afford than the Federal Reserve , one most people rarely follow but feel every month in their finances.
That influence isn’t always obvious. The Fed doesn’t decide what groceries or cars cost, but
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NFL, COACH, REACHES, HEAD
The NFL coaching carousel came to an end on Sunday, as the Arizona Cardinals’ hire marked the last team to fill its vacancy.
The Cardinals announced the hiring of Mike LaFleur, the Los Angeles Rams' offensive coordinator, on a five-year deal.
After it was
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JUDGE, SURGE, FEDERAL, MINNESOTA
A Federal judge on Saturday rejected a request from state officials to immediately halt the federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota.
The court said the plaintiffs — the State of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul — failed to
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SINKS, MASSACHUSETTS, COAST, BOAT
The TV star fisherman who vanished with his crew off the coast of Massachusetts after their boat sank reportedly had a concerning call with his pal – hours before the tragedy on Friday.
Gus Sanfilippo, skipper of the Lily Jean, and six others are presumed
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SCHOOL, PREP, YEAR, GIRLS
A Louisiana educator has been arrested and charged with having sex with a student, just months after being named as the school’s teacher of the year.
Christie Oster, 38, of Lafayette, was selected as the 2025-26 Teacher of the Year last September at Broussard
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SINGLE, DEPORT, ILLEGAL, ALIEN
Dear Patriot,
Our ask is simple: Help us stand with ICE.
The men and women of ICE who are arresting and deporting dangerous illegals across the country need our support now more than ever before.
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With the left-wing media and Democratic politicians
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SHOW, KIRK, PRODUCER, CHARLIE
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” “Charlie Kirk Show” Producer Andrew Kolvet talked about Kirk’s assassination.
Kolvet said, “You just kind of keep reminding yourself of your faith and that we don’t grieve the way the world does and that you believe God is doing
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GAZA, CEASEFIRE, STRIKES, CROSSING
Israeli strikes kill 23 Palestinians as Gaza ceasefire inches forward
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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October
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SHOOTING, PARADE, GRAS, MARDI
Three people are in custody and police are searching for a vehicle after a shooting left numerous people wounded Saturday at a Mardi Gras parade in Clinton, Louisiana.
WBRZ reported that one of the wounded individuals is a six-year-old girl.
The gunfire erupted
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GARBAGE, MAMDANI, STINK, TRASH
Eight-foot piles of rat-infested trash are choking the streets around Gracie Mansion — which has gotten kid-glove shoveling treatment as Mayor Zohran Mamdani crows he can’t “imagine how it could get better’’ in the city.
While Hizzoner’s Upper East Side neighbors
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EMAILS, OLYMPICS, CASEY, MAXWELL
In one exchange, Wasserman wrote to Maxwell: "I think of you all the time... So what do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?"
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79, SANFORD, SON, WILSON
'Sanford and Son' co-star Demond Wilson dies at 79
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Demond Wilson, the actor best known for playing Lamont Sanford, the son in the popular 1970s NBC primetime comedy series Sanford and Son, has died.
The
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