Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
23 articles
GUTHRIE, NANCY, DETAINED, CASE
Newly released surveillance footage released by the FBI amid the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie is offering investigators a "treasure trove" of information regarding the potential subject seen approaching the 84-year-old woman’s Arizona home in the moments
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PASO, EL, AIRSPACE, CARTEL
In this file photo, a sign marks the Federal Aviation Administration's Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, where air traffic controllers continue to work during the U.S. government shutdown, in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., Oct. 9, 2025.
In this file photo,
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BONDI, HEARING, EPSTEIN, HOUSE
Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. What followed was total chaos.
Numerous exchanges devolved into shouting matches, with insults flying and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the committee's chairman, unable to regain control. At the center
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HOUSE, TRUMP, WHITE, REPUBLICANS
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore talks about being excluded from White House governors' event NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Maryland's Democratic Gov. Wes Moore about being disinvited from a White House event and his support for redistricting in his state.
Politics
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JAMES, BEEK, DER, VAN
Actor James Van Der Beek, famous for his iconic roles in the TV series Dawson’s Creek and the film Varsity Blues, has passed just three months after announcing a colorectal cancer diagnosis. He was 48.
“Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully
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AMERICAN, OLYMPIC, GAMES, SILVER
United States figure skating pair Madison Chock and Evan Bates secured the silver medal at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, finishing with a total score of 224.39 after notching a 134.67 score in their free dance on Wednesday night.
Chock and Bates, the married
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BAD, BUNNY, HALFTIME, SHOW
The Issue: Controversy surrounding Bad Bunny’s performance for the Super Bowl LX halftime show.
The halftime show for the Super Bowl was well done . . . if you speak Spanish, come from South America or are promoting tourism to Puerto Rico (“Bunny left a Bad
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TRUMP, IRAN, NETANYAHU, MEETING
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discussed whether President Donald Trump may need to pull another "Operation Midnight Hammer" against Iran as its leadership refuses to negotiate over its nuclear program.
Joining "America Reports" on Wednesday, Bessent discussed
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JOBS, JANUARY, TRUMP, AMERICA
The U.S. economy added 130,000 jobs in January, more than twice as many as expected, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
Economists had expected 55,000 jobs, although the range of forecasts was particularly wide,
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NEW, NYC, QUICK, YORKERS
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, BRITISH, COLUMBIA, SHOOTING
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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STAFFERS, POST, WASHINGTON, NOLTE
On Monday, far-left CBS News released anti-ICE/pro-Democrat Party talking points that prove that, despite her promises, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss has no intention of reforming the disgraced CBS News.
In fact, Bari Weiss is lying about reforming CBS
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HOUSE, SAVE, ACT, ID
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The House will vote Wednesday afternoon on an election bill backed by President Donald Trump that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and require photo identification at the ballot box. The SAVE America Act, introduced by Rep.
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, PARENTHOOD, REPORTERS
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Wednesday to provide $90 million to Planned Parenthood, a move intended to help offset the losses from recent federal cuts targeting abortion
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EPSTEIN, FORMER, FILES, LINGERIE
Joe Rogan blasted a former podcast guest who tried to connect him with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — nearly a decade after the disgraced financier’s conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
The mega-popular podcaster ripped Canadian theoretical
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EXCLUSIVE, TRUMP, JEFF, VAN
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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SUPREME, COURT, OVERTURN, STATE
AI brings Supreme Court decisions to life
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Artificial intelligence, meet the U.S. Supreme Court.
It's an institution steeped in tradition and resistant to any quick changes in the way it does things. But like it or not, the justices
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DEMOCRATIC, JURY, GRAND, LAWMAKERS
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro delivers remarks with Donald Trump during a press conference at the White House on August 11, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay
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TRUMP, COAL, BEAUTIFUL, EVENT
President Donald Trump delivers an address at the “Champion of Coal” event at the White House on Wednesday, February 11.
The event will highlight the president’s backing of “clean, beautiful coal” for meeting America’s energy needs.
With Trump are scheduled
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HIKE, MAMDANI, ZOHRAN, TAX
He’s the Zo’ who cried wolf.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani “miraculously” found billions of dollars in under two weeks since he declared a doomsday budget scenario — leaving city insiders blasting the reckless math being used to justify the democratic socialist’s push
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REPARATIONS, CITY, ILLINOIS, PROGRAM
There are dumb ideas, like wearing your hair in a mullet. Then there are catastrophically dumb ideas, like marching on Moscow. Then there are the gobsmackingly, face-palmingly dumb ideas, like the various "reparations" schemes. Whether the reparations be for
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RUSSIAN, KILLS, FATHER, MOTHER
A Russian drone has struck a home in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, killing a father and his three small children
By The Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine -- A Russian drone smashed into a home in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region overnight, killing a father
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VANCE, POLITICS, ADVICE, POP
We’ve seen how some American athletes have taken the opportunity at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics to sound off on their political views. Figure skater Amber Glenn, skiers Hunter Hess, Chris Lillis, and Mikaela Shiffrin, and others have all made statements
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DEATH, PENALTY, LEE, DARRON
Former NFL linebacker Darron Lee will remain behind bars as he faces a first-degree murder charge in Tennessee.
Lee was taken into custody last week. In addition to the murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, Lee faces a charge of tampering with or
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