Emerging Topics in U.S. News
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
24 articles
TRUMP, OBAMAS, RACIST, WHITE
Donald Trump supercharged his political career by claiming that Barack Obama wasn’t American. Yesterday, 16 minutes before midnight, the president’s account on Truth Social posted a video that suggests Obama isn’t even human. It briefly shows the head of the
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GUTHRIE, NANCY, RANSOM, SAVANNAH
Investigators say the alleged ransom note received by a media outlet contains a specific reference to missing Nancy Guthrie's floodlights, one of which is broken.
Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her Tucson, Arizona home at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday,
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NEW, RUSSIA, MAMDANI, NUCLEAR
A market surge propelled the Dow to a new record high.
Dow crosses 50,000 for the first time ever
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, Feb. 6, 2026.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in
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BOWL, SUPER, PATRIOTS, LX
'It’s a thrill': These two friends have attended every Super Bowl Don Crisman and Gregory Eaton have never missed a Super Bowl. On Sunday, they'll attend their 60th game.
StoryCorps Sharing And Preserving The Stories Of Our Lives 'It's a thrill': These two
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HALFTIME, SHOW, BAD, BUNNY
A majority of Florida Republicans say they will not be watching woke rapper Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, according to a recent poll. Democrats, however, are planning to tune in.
The survey, published on Friday, found that 68 percent of Florida registered
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TALKS, IRAN, NUCLEAR, TEHRAN
Special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s six-hour indirect talks with Iranian officials in Oman ended in frustration Friday, with Iranian officials refusing to budge on major nuclear issues — or address President Trump’s concerns about Tehran’s
Continued at New York Post...
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BENGHAZI, SUSPECT, ARREST, EXTRADITED
Friday morning, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel had a press conference to announce the capture and extradition of Zubayr Al-Bakoush, a suspect in the deadly 2012 Benghazi terror attack on the U.S. compound.
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HOCHUL, HICKS, NEW, ARCHBISHOP
White House holds up funding for $16B transportation project in New York A $16 billion transportation project in New York is in jeopardy unless the Trump administration relents. The Gateway project is building a new commuter rail tunnel between New York and
Continued at NPR...
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OLYMPIC, OPENING, CEREMONY, OFFICIALS
The head of the International Olympic Committee has warned spectators to be on their best behavior when American athletes and dignitaries are introduced at Friday’s opening ceremony.
“I hope that the opening ceremony is seen by everyone as an opportunity
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FRAUD, BILLION, CALIFORNIA, BUSINESS
The Small Business Administration (SBA) announced Friday it had suspended more than 100,000 California borrowers amid suspected fraud, with the alleged abuse totaling nearly $9 billion.
SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said the agency suspended 111,620 California
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MANGIONE, LUIGI, DATE, TRIAL
Judge Carro said the federal government had "reneged" on an agreement for the state trial to go first, but he argued that should still be the case, and that it shouldn't take long because some of the state charges - terrorism counts - against Mangione had been
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ACL, VONN, LINDSEY, OLYMPIC
American skier Lindsey Vonn successfully completed her mandatory downhill training run at the Winter Olympics just one week after rupturing her left anterior cruciate ligament.
The 41-year-old announced on Tuesday that she had suffered the knee injury in a
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MELANIA, TRUMP, EXCLUSIVE, MOVIE
The film "Melania," a documentary about First Lady Melania Trump, made nearly $8 million on its opening weekend, making it the highest-grossing documentary in a decade. It’s a huge win for the first lady and a crushing defeat for those rooting against her.
The
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BUSFIELD, TIMOTHY, CHILD, INDICTED
One of the boys alleged that Busfield touched his private areas, according to court documents. The boy told authorities that the alleged inappropriate touching started when he was seven years old and he was scared to speak out because he "feared" that Busfield
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WINTER, OLYMPICS, OPENING, HIGHLIGHTS
Mariah Carey, coffee makers and other highlights from the Olympic opening ceremony
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MILAN — Fireworks. Mariah Carey. A dancing stovetop espresso maker.
The Winter Olympics kicked off in Italy on Friday with all that
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ELECTION, JAPAN, POLLS, TAKAICHI
Sanae Takaichi, Japan's prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), speaks at an LDP election rally in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. Traders are bracing for increased volatility as the Feb. 8 lower house
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EPSTEIN, NAMES, FILES, PROMINENT
Latest release of Epstein files puts spotlight on prominent names The Justice Department's latest release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein files has led to new scrutiny of powerful people in convicted sex offender's orbit.
National Latest release of Epstein
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ADMITS, KHELIF, BOXER, CHROMOSOMES
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has admitted to having XY chromosomes and has been undergoing hormone treatments to lower testosterone levels for the 2024 Olympics.
Khelif shared the biological news with the French sports publication L’Equipe and denied being
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TRUMP, EXCLUSIVE, FIRE, MOVIE
On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow responded to Keith Olbermann.
Marlow said, “Well, Melania is absolutely a movie star, and she’s triggering people, too, in the process. $1 million in box office for a documentary
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GREEN, EAGLE, BALD, ENERGY
The University of Minnesota is facing a proposed penalty of over $14,000 after it was discovered that a green energy initiative funded by a grant from the Obama administration was responsible for the gruesome death of an American bald eagle.
The incident occurred
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COMER, ILHAN, OMAR, JAMES
House Oversight Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., announced Friday that he's investigating companies linked to Ilhan Omar's, D-Minn., husband, citing a dramatic increase in value in a short time and raising questions about whether their success could be tied to
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PRIMARY, BACKED, DEM, SPECIAL
New Jersey's special Democratic primary too early to call
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TRENTON, N.J. — The race in New Jersey between a onetime political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders and a former congressman was too early to call Thursday, in a special
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EPSTEIN, COMER, CLINTON, PUBLIC
Former president Bill Clinton said on X that he has shared what he knows about the crimes of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein in a sworn statement shared with the House Oversight Committee, which both Bill and Hillary Clinton have agreed to testify in
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TRUMP, CONGRESS, BILL, FOREIGN
Congress passes $50 billion foreign aid bill, despite the Trump's cuts in 2025
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Foreign aid spending is back in the U.S. government's budget, after a year in which the Trump administration cut billions
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