Emerging Topics in U.S. News
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
26 articles
GUTHRIE, NANCY, FBI, CASE
How the FBI might have gotten inaccessible camera footage from Nancy Guthrie's house
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As the investigation into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance continues, law enforcement has been able to get its hands on doorbell footage it
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HOMAN, MINNESOTA, TRUMP, IMMIGRATION
President Donald Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan made one thing unmistakably clear about the ICE drawdown in Minneapolis, Minnesota: this is not the end — and federal agents can return at scale if necessary.
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Yes, ICE is ending its surge posture
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BONDI, EPSTEIN, DOJ, SEARCHES
Attorney General Pam Bondi for the first time acknowledged the existence of a secret list of domestic terrorist organizations during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.
“I know Antifa is part of that,” Bondi said under questioning about the list
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DHS, BILL, SHUTDOWN, DEAL
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blocked Senate Republicans’ attempt to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the rest of the year, teeing up a likely shutdown.
The upper chamber tried and failed to pass the original DHS funding
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EPA, ACTION, DEREGULATORY, HISTORY
The Trump administration’s repeal of the Obama-era “endangerment finding” will lower car costs by an average of $2,400 per vehicle, the White House and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) touted Thursday.
Here’s why.
The action announced by President Trump
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KELLY, JUDGE, PENTAGON, VIDEO
Hegseth sought to demote Kelly and reduce his retirement pay over the video.
Judge blocks Pentagon from penalizing Sen. Mark Kelly over video on refusing illegal orders
Sen. Mark Kelly speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Feb. 11, 2026.
Sen.
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AG, HAWLEY, MINNESOTA, FRAUD
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling for the indictment of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) over accusations that he accepted campaign contributions from Somali fraudsters for helping them evade investigation by state and federal officials.
During
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HELMET, UKRAINIAN, OLYMPIAN, DISQUALIFIED
Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over images of war dead on his helmet
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MILAN - The International Olympic Committee has disqualified Ukrainian sled racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Milan Cortina Games. Heraskevych insisted
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DEPORTED, ORDERS, BRING, BACK
Federal judge orders return of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under Alien Enemies Act
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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return to the U.S. of a group
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JAMES, BEEK, DER, VAN
Adolescence, as life phases go, is not especially easy to idealize. Dawson’s Creek, though, found a way. The ’90s-era soap opera, disguised as a gauzy coming-of-age drama, gave us the fictional Capeside, Massachusetts, a telegenically rustic hamlet populated
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HOUSE, ID, CITIZENSHIP, VOTER
House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters
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WASHINGTON — House Republicans rushed to approve legislation on Wednesday that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm
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KIM, CHLOE, HALFPIPE, OLYMPIC
Seventeen-year-old Choi Ga-on denied American great Chloe Kim snowboarding history as she brushed off an early fall to win Winter Olympic halfpipe gold.
Kim had been hoping to become the first snowboarder - male or female - to win three consecutive Olympic
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NAVY, COLLIDE, CARIBBEAN, SHIPS
Two U.S. Navy sailors were injured on Wednesday after a U.S. Navy destroyer and a supply ship collided in the Caribbean, military officials said.
"Yesterday afternoon, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG103) and the Supply-class
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MARLOW, DETERMINES, JEFF, DISASTER
Wednesday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) talked about wind energy.
Van Drew said, “One, they’re mostly foreign companies. … Two, hurts the fishermen. … Three, hurts tourism. … Next, the cost that it would be to the ratepayer would be
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EL, PASO, MAYOR, AIRSPACE
El Paso mayor on airspace closure NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with El Paso Mayor Renard Johnson about the FAA's temporary closure of airspace over the city, and how it was communicated to city leaders.
National El Paso mayor on airspace closure EL PASO MAYOR
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CONCERT, ICE, CARDI, ISSUES
Cardi B spoke out against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a California concert on Wednesday night, and she did not mince words.
The 33-year-old singer (born Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar) kicked off her Little Miss Drama Tour at the Acrisure
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KIM, JONG, DAUGHTER, LEADER
South Korea's espionage agency, the National Intelligence Service, informed lawmakers Thursday that it thinks North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter is near to being set apart as the regime's future leader, The Associated Press reported.
Kim
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BIDEN, NONPROFIT, RULES, IG
All of the shenanigans and outright corruption of the late, unlamented Biden administration are still coming to light, and likely will be for years to come. It was one of the most deeply and fundamentally corrupt administrations in American history; the Biden
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TRUMP, DEAL, IRAN, TRAUMATIC
President Donald Trump warned Thursday that the Iranian regime faces a “very traumatic” outcome if a “good and fair” deal with the United States is not reached “over the next month,” signaling that failure would trigger a punishing “phase two.”
Speaking at
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DOT, TRUCKING, COMMERCIAL, TRUMP
The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Wednesday that it has officially closed a major loophole that allowed unqualified drivers, including illegal immigrants, to operate commercial trucks, following several fatal crashes last year involving non-domiciled
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EPSTEIN, SACHS, TOP, GOLDMAN
FILE PHOTO: White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler listens as President Barack Obama speaks at an installation ceremony for FBI Director James Comey at FBI Headquarters in Washington, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013.
Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler said Thursday
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TRUMP, CLIMATE, BEARING, CHANGE
President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin arrive for an event to announce a rollback of the 2009 endangerment finding at the White House on February 12, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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GABBARD, YEAR, AIMED, GATHERING
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced she was ending the work of a task force that sought to reform the U.S. intelligence community, including rooting out what she described as the politicization of intelligence gathering, after less than
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GRIFFIN, TRUMP, AHEAD, PHOTO
Comedian Kathy Griffin declared herself "uncanceled" in an interview with NPR affiliate WUSF on Thursday — standing by a photo she posted, years prior, of a bloodied, severed head resembling President Donald Trump.
In the interview with WUSF, Griffin reflected
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