Emerging Topics in U.S. News
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15th 2026
Updated 23:59 ET
10 articles
GUTHRIE, NANCY, DNA, FBI
The FBI has collected DNA from a glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s house, which may have come from the armed suspect seen at the 84-year-old’s door the night she disappeared.
The bombshell revelation means that investigators could finally have DNA evidence
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BONDI, EPSTEIN, FILES, RELEASED
"She hasn’t got any sort of accountability there at the DOJ," he said.
Rep. Massie says he doesn't have confidence in Bondi as attorney general
Rep. Thomas Massie questions Attorney General Pam Bondi before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Oversight
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OBAMA, TRUMP, VIDEO, RESPONDS
Actor and former White House aide Kal Penn claimed that "by a 2025 lens," former President Barack Obama was "not a progressive."
Penn, who worked for the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011, defended his former boss on the "Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know"
Continued at Fox News...
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HILLARY, CLINTON, MUNICH, CONFERENCE
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was at the Munich Security Conference.
I'm not exactly sure why she's there or what she was hoping to achieve, but she participated in a panel titled, "The West-West Divide: What Remains of Common Values." What she
Continued at Red State...
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OLYMPIC, CURLING, CONTROVERSY, CANADIAN
Canada’s Olympic men’s curling team has been hit with a second cheating accusation as the 2026 Games in Milan, Italy, continue this weekend.
The specter of cheating rose against Canada’s men’s team for a second time on Saturday as the Canadians competed against
Continued at Breitbart...
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EPSTEIN, KHANNA, MEN, CONNECTION
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) read the names of several men who were mentioned in files relating to deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, although four of the men have no ties to Epstein.
While speaking from the House floor on Tuesday, Khanna revealed the
Continued at Breitbart...
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EXCLUSIVE, LUTNICK, COUNTRY, HUMANOID
Saturday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick talked about energy.
If you think about all these communities, they had paper mills, they had steel factories, they had all this power that no one’s now using. And what you’re going to see
Continued at Breitbart...
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TRUMP, GAZA, PEACE, BOARD
On Sunday, President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to sing the praises of the Board of Peace, which was constituted to bring an end to the fighting in Gaza; the president notes that the Board may be able to influence events far beyond that little,
Continued at Red State...
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SPEEDSKATING, TITLE, LEERDAM, 500
Gold medalists Britain's Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale react on the podium after winning the mixed team snowboard cross finals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Livigno, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Gold medalists Britain's
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SCHUMER, VOTER, ROLE, COLOR
Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the “MAGA right” did not want people of color or poor people to vote.
Schumer said, “They show no evidence of voter of voter fraud. They show there’s so little in the country.
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YEAR, DNA, 30, CASE
The cold case of the rape and murder of a 19-year-old Indianapolis woman more than three decades ago was closed Friday as a 53-year-old man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the crime.
Dana Shepherd was sentenced after signing a plea deal last month
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OLYMPIAN, GU, EILEEN, COMPETING
Eileen Gu, the California-born Olympian who has chosen to ski for Communist China instead of the United States, is feeling let down.
She voiced her concerns Saturday claiming it is “really unfair” Milan Cortina Olympics organizers are not making sufficient
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BUS, WOMAN, SCHOOL, PARKING
Authorities in Georgia are searching for a woman accused of stealing a full-size school bus from an elementary school and driving it nearly 40 miles before abandoning it in another county, officials said.
The bus was taken from Arbor Springs Elementary School
Continued at Fox News...
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VALENTINE, EXES, POLICE, DAY
Police departments nationwide offered a unique suggestion for a Valentine’s Day gift and urged people to turn in exes with outstanding warrants.
The Uxbridge Police Department in Massachusetts posted a tongue-in-cheek poem urging residents to get revenge
Continued at Fox News...
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SKIERS, AVALANCHE, BORDER, KILLS
Two skiers were killed and another injured Sunday when an off-trail avalanche tore through a popular freeride route on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc massif near the French-Swiss border, officials said.
Three skiers were swept up in the Sunday morning
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ICE, TEACHER, POST, JOB
FIRST ON FOX: A Chicago area teacher who was forced to resign from his position over his Facebook post saying "Go ICE" is speaking out about the emotional and financial toll he has suffered as a result.
"This process has been professionally and personally
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ICE, LEFT, AGENT, YOUNG
A radical group with a twisted mission to help high school students take on federal immigration officers has already scheduled its next anti-ICE “mass meeting” — as the White House on Sunday slammed “far-left organizations” that target law enforcement.
“Dare
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WAR, SANCTIONED, VESSEL, DEPARTMENT
The Department of War (DOW) said Sunday that U.S. forces interdicted a vessel in the Indo-Pacific after it attempted to evade a quarantine order issued by the Trump administration.
In a statement on X, the DOW said the Veronica III was boarded without incident
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MURDER, BRUTAL, DEADPOOL, DOUBLE
Wade Wilson confessed to the savage murders of two women, yet even that brutality failed to repel admirers. The so-called "Deadpool Killer" instead became the focus of a twisted, cult-like following, luring hundreds of women into pledging their loyalty to
Continued at Fox News...
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SERVICES, TPUSA, PROTECTIVE, CHILD
A student group affiliated with Turning Point USA is facing criticism for hosting an event at a Maryland high school in December, with one woman saying that Child Protective Services had been notified.
A local community member, who was identified as Nancy,
Continued at Fox News...