Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd 2026
Updated 14:12 ET
30 articles
TRUMP, KENNEDY, CENTER, SHUTDOWN
Former Washington Post critic on Trump's plan to temporarily close the Kennedy Center NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Washington Post critic Anne Midgette about President Trump's post proposing the temporary closure of the Kennedy Center.
National Former
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GUTHRIE, SAVANNAH, MOM, MOTHER
Authorities said the 84-year-old mother of an NBC host was reported missing outside Tucson, Arizona, around noon Sunday by her family after she was last seen on Saturday evening at her residence. They are now investigating her disappearance as a criminal case.
The
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EPSTEIN, JEFFREY, FILES, LATEST
It comes after victims' lawyers asked that the website itself be taken offline.
Epstein files: DOJ says it's taken down 'several thousand documents' that mistakenly identified victims
Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release
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TRUMP, NATIONALIZE, REPUBLICANS, ELECTIONS
President Donald Trump said Monday that he is seeking $1 billion in damages from Harvard University.
Harvard has been a main target of the Trump administration’s attempt to leverage federal funding in order to crack down on antisemitism and "woke" ideology.
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CLINTONS, EPSTEIN, CONTEMPT, TESTIFY
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee has rejected an 11th-hour offer from Bill and Hillary Clinton’s attorneys to testify before the panel, as a House vote is expected to hold the 42nd president and former first lady in contempt of
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BILLIE, EILISH, ICE, LAND
We're seeing a lot of action from the anti-ICE crew in Minnesota.
As we reported, some of them were setting up "checkpoints" at intersections to screen for ICE to prevent ICE from getting into the neighborhood. If that wasn't bad enough, then they also allegedly
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DON, LEMON, ARREST, CHURCH
Don Lemon, left, and host Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night talk show Monday. The former CNN journalist spoke in depth about his arrest last week.
Making his first major post-arrest television interview Monday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Don Lemon detailed the moments
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DAY, GROUNDHOG, PHIL, PUNXSUTAWNEY
Every 2 February since the late 1880s, people have gathered in the Pennsylvanian town of Punxsutawney to watch a groundhog be pulled out of his burrow and presented to the crowd. Legend has it that if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow there will be six more
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ICE, ANTI, MINNEAPOLIS, OFFICIALS
Its the same dark money, with new signs.
Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be “grassroots” campaigns organized by concerned citizens, but they’re really funded with megadonor money — some coming from China.
A so-called “ICE Out” march attracted
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SHOW, NFL, HALFTIME, BAD
The NFL congratulated woke rapper Bad Bunny after his Grammy win and after he delivered an anti-ICE acceptance speech on stage on Sunday.
The National Football League seems to be insisting on going down with the Bad Bunny ship by constantly coming to the support
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NEWS, FOX, COMPETE, REFUSING
As we closed out January, the longest news month experienced for some time, there was - as usual - no shortage of news for the media industry to contort. Amid all of the furor and evolving policies in Minnesota, there was also the supposed dramatic attack on
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OLYMPICS, UHLAENDER, KATIE, CORTINA
It’s up to you, New York, New York!
The Big Apple is sending just one born-and-bred native to try to take home gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics — fulfilling a dream the Manhattanite had since she was a tot.
This year’s Games are the first for Kamryn Lute,
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TRUMP, JUDGE, TEMPORARY, ADMINISTRATION
Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing
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INDIA, TRUMP, DEAL, TRADE
The oil tanker "Grinch" (R), suspected of belonging to the Russian's shadow fleet, is seen outside the coast of Martigues near the port of Marseille-Fos on January 25, 2026, as it's surveilled by the French Navy.
President Donald Trump announced a U.S. trade
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2026, GRAMMY, DALAI, WINNERS
The 2026 Grammy Awards had many performances, speeches, and awards handed out, but what were the must-see moments?
The show ended with a bang, as Bad Bunny became the first Spanish-speaking artist to win Album of the Year. Earlier in the show he addressed
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EPSTEIN, TRUMP, SUE, NOAH
Donald Trump has threatened to sue Grammy Awards host Trevor Noah after the comedian claimed the president visited convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious pedophile Caribbean island.
Trump said he will be suing Noah, whom he described as “poor and
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ELECTION, GABBARD, GEORGIA, TRUMP
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard detailed her ongoing election security assessment in a letter to congressional lawmakers Monday, saying President Trump “specifically directed” her to be present for the execution of a search warrant in Fulton
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PETER, ATTIA, EPSTEIN, NEWS
If you didn’t know who Peter Attia was last week, here’s how you’ll remember him going forward: Attia is the guy who once emailed Jeffrey Epstein to confirm that “pussy is, indeed, low carb. Still awaiting results on gluten content, though.”
Until recently,
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JOSH, NAMES, DISNEY, D'AMARO
The board of Walt Disney Co. appears to be on the verge of picking Disney parks chief Josh D’Amaro as its next chief executive officer. D’Amaro is the man responsible for pushing woke ideals into the company’s parks.
D’Amaro, 54, would succeed Bob Iger, who
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BOWL, LX, SUPER, AHEAD
The NFL ended weeks of speculation on Tuesday about potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations taking place at the Super Bowl in California this weekend.
The NFL’s chief of security, Cathy Lanier, spoke at a news conference ahead
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MINNEAPOLIS, BODY, CAMERAS, DHS
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has come out in favor of at least one reform that Democrats are demanding of her department — in one of the most turbulent cities where the Trump administration has been engaging in immigration enforcement.
Noem posted
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IRANIAN, DRONE, APPROACHING, SHOOTS
A U.S. fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone as it approached the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the North Arabian Sea on Tuesday, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command. Earlier in the day, a Navy destroyer came to the assistance of a
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WINTER, USA, OLYMPICS, TEAM
Speedskater Erin Jackson and bobsledder Frank Del Duca have been chosen as the U.S. flagbearers for the Milan Cortina Olympics opening ceremony on Friday
FILE - Erin Jackson of the United States hoists an American flag after winning the gold medal in the speedskating
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SENATE, DEM, CANDIDATE, DEMOCRATIC
It's getting heated down in Texas, y'all. Not the weather, of course, but the infighting between Democrats vying for various public offices. The grievance Olympics are well underway in the Lone Star state, and it's a race to the bottom.
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