Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11th 2026
Updated 19:12 ET
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GUTHRIE, NANCY, FBI, CASE
Person briefly detained in connection with Nancy Guthrie's disappearance A person was briefly detained in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. The news came hours after the FBI released surveillance footage of a masked person outside Guthrie's
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TRUMP, IRAN, EPSTEIN, POLICE
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office to discuss issues related to Iran and the Gaza peace process.
Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis
Netanyahu
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BAD, BUNNY, SHOW, HALFTIME
As the NFL sent out a final marketing blitz for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, the official Democratic Party X account shared a picture of Bad Bunny in front of the American and Puerto Rican flags under the text “All-American halftime with
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ICE, DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION, DEM
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver, who is currently facing charges related to interfering with ICE officers at a detention facility, is facing strong pushback online over her line of questioning to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons in a heated hearing Tuesday.
"How
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PASO, EL, AIRSPACE, CARTEL
Two U.S. government officials and a member of Congress pushed back on Wednesday on Trump administration claims about the reasons for the sudden closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas.
After the Federal Aviation Administration quickly rescinded an order to
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HOUSE, TRUMP, WHITE, VOTE
Wednesday afternoon, the SAVE Act cleared a final procedural hurdle and is now on its way to the House floor for the full vote.
The SAVE America Act would require documentation that shows proof of citizenship, like a passport or a birth certificate, to register
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AMERICAN, SILVER, SKIING, TEAM
Team USA racked up a bronze medal in the alpine skiing women’s team combined event at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday – and it wasn’t the skiers fans were expecting.
The team of Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan were the Americans on the podium in the
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BONDI, HEARING, EPSTEIN, AG
US Attorney General Pam Bondi takes her seat before testifying before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight of the Department of Justice" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Feb. 11, 2026.
Attorney General Pam Bondi at a House Judiciary Committee
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JAMES, BEEK, DER, VAN
Van Der Beek's death was announced on social media on Wednesday.
From 'Dawson's Creek' to 'Varsity Blues': James Van Der Beek's most beloved roles
The cast of "Dawson's Creek." From left to right: Katie Holmes (Joey Potter), James Van Der Beek (Dawson Leery),
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LUTNICK, EPSTEIN, TRUMP, BONDI
Breitbart News hosts Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for a policy discussion on Wednesday, February 11.
The event, conducted in partnership with CGCN and the ALFA Institute, will focus on the economic plans of President Donald Trump as he enters
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EPSTEIN, LUTNICK, FILES, FORMER
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“I have nothing to hide. Absolutely nothing,” Commerce Secretary
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NEW, MAMDANI, LEAVING, NYC
The feather merchants are at it again; a new business model is coming to the streets of New York City, and it's one that probably has the new socialist communist Mayor Zohran Mamdani shuddering with glee. Of course, like most loony left ideas, it won't work,
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MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, CITY, HIKE
The largest sanctuary city that defies federal immigration laws is the Big Apple in New York. Its newly elected socialist Indian-Ugandan mayor, Zohran Mamdani, just issued his 13th Executive Order, which forbids city agencies from sharing information with federal
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SCHOOL, DEAD, SHOOTING, BRITISH
Nine people were killed and 25 people injured in two connected shootings in the Tumbler Ridge municipality of British Columbia in Canada. Police say the suspect, who they have named as 18-year-old Jesse van Rootselaar, was found dead at the school.
People
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TRUMP, OBAMA, FINDING, ENDANGERMENT
In yet another return to sanity, the Trump administration is now planning to roll back a key Obama administration climate "finding" that was used to regulate the daylights out of energy production in the United States. That Obama-era regulation identified six
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NEWSOM, PARENTHOOD, PLANNED, GAVIN
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will appear at the Munich Security Conference to talk about trade and jobs
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Gov. Gavin Newsom is heading to a conference of world leaders in
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VOTER, ID, ACT, MURKOWSKI
I'm not particularly enamored of the term "RINO," an acronym meaning "Republican In Name Only." It's too often used to describe "any Republican who disagrees with me on any single issue." A political party is going to have some spectrum of opinion on any given
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SHUTDOWN, SCHUMER, DHS, SENATE
The top two congressional Democrats have, for now, rejected President Donald Trump and Republicans’ offer to avert a shutdown as the deadline rapidly approaches.
For several hours Monday night, both Republicans and Democrats were near-radio silent about
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DEAD, FOUND, FLORIDA, INSIDE
An Ohio father of two was found dead inside a CVS trash compactor after his wife tracked his cell phone to the store when he failed to return home from work, according to reports.
Andrew "Andy" Strand, 34, of Brunswick, Ohio, was working as a contractor
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POST, WASHINGTON, LUTNICK, NOLTE
If you want to know why the corporate media has lost all touch with common sense and reality, take a good look at the assholes hired by the Washington Post.
A national newspaper actually hired (and then fired) people who literally believe they are entitled
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MARLOW, TRUMP, EPSTEIN, USA
Tuesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) discussed shipbuilding.
McCormick said, “What we did over the last 20 years, Republicans and Democrats, was disgraceful. We lost our shipbuilding capacity. We have less than 1% of global shipbuilding
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SANDERS, DEMOCRATIC, PRIMARY, CONGRESS
Malinowski concedes to Mejia in Democratic House special primary in New Jersey
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Former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded Tuesday to challenger Analilia Mejia in the closely watched Democratic special election U.S. House
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AGENCY, EPSTEIN, CHAPPELL, ROAN
United States women’s national soccer team legend Abby Wambach announced she is leaving the Wasserman Agency due to its founder being in the Epstein files.
Casey Wasserman, the founder and CEO of Wasserman Agency, exchanged flirtatious emails in 2003 with
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JURY, GRAND, INDICT, DEMOCRATIC
A federal grand jury refused to hand up an indictment Tuesday against six Democratic lawmakers accused by President Trump of “seditious behavior” this past fall.
DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro led the failed effort to indict Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Maggie
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