Emerging Topics in U.S. News
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25th 2026
Updated 04:12 ET
174 articles
TRUMP, UNION, STATE, ADDRESS
President Donald Trump hosted the USA Men’s Olympic Hockey Team at the White House on Tuesday after their overtime win for the ages against Canada in the gold medal game on Sunday.
Trump greeted members of the team next to the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office,
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GUTHRIE, NANCY, REWARD, OFFERS
Savannah Guthrie offers $1 million reward for information about missing mother Nancy In an emotional video plea, Savannah Guthrie announced a $1 million family reward for her mother, Nancy's, recovery.
National Savannah Guthrie offers $1 million reward for
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SNOW, RECORD, BLIZZARD, MAMDANI
BALTIMORE (AP) — A pair of otters slid into their week with an early morning romp in the snow at Baltimore’s National Aquarium.
Security cameras captured the fun around 7 a.m. at the aquarium, which described the otters as “rolling, sliding and romping through
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TARIFF, RULING, SUPREME, COURT
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, appearing Friday before the Economic Club of Dallas, explains why the American public won’t see any refunds of the tariffs the Supreme Court declared invalid last week.
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RUSSIA, WAR, UKRAINE, YEAR
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fourth year since Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer referred to the ongoing conflict as "the most critical issue of our age," according to a press release announcing additional
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NYPD, MAMDANI, OFFICERS, SNOWBALL
We reported earlier on the ridiculous and insulting answer New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani gave when asked about a Monday incident where agitators pelted members of the NYPD with snowballs on city streets in what NYC Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described
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NEWSOM, GAVIN, TRUMP, NEW
In a 2004 home opener, the San Francisco Giants invited Gavin Newsom, then the city’s newly minted mayor, to throw out the first pitch, though it grounded and hit a photographer.
As he took the mound, the announcer stated that Newsom had “played first base
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MISSOURI, SUSPECT, DEPUTIES, FATALLY
The suspect, Richard Bird, 45, was also fatally shot, officials said.
A suspect allegedly opened fire on Monday on law enforcement officers during a traffic stop in Missouri, killing one before escaping, the Stone County Sheriff’s Office said.
The suspect,
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KIRK, CHARLIE, JUDGE, CASE
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah judge is expected to decide Tuesday whether to keep prosecutors on the murder case against Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus.
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty
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AMERICANS, MENCHO, EL, MEXICO
The State Department has received hundreds of calls on its 24/7 crisis hotline as Americans in Mexico scramble to find ways home amid escalating chaos following the killing of a top cartel leader.
The calls have been mostly pertaining to flight cancellations
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ACCESS, FRANCE, AMBASSADOR, TRUMP
French authorities have banned US Ambassador Charles Kushner — the father of Jared Kushner and father-in-law of Ivanka Trump — from meeting with government officials as tensions rise between Paris and Washington.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barro claimed
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ICE, ORDER, NEW, SANCTUARY
In the end, the conflict between federal immigration authorities and protesters in Minneapolis boiled down to one fundamental policy question: Should sanctuary cities be allowed to exist? Should cities, and counties, and states be allowed to prohibit their
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MENCHO, EL, CLARK, MARLOW
Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle confirmed that he and Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow attended a pre-State of the Union luncheon with network journalists on Tuesday.
During an interview on Steve Bannon’s War Room, Bannon asked
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MIC, HOT, CUNY, PROFESSOR
A free speech group has demanded the City of University of New York drop its probe into a professor caught up in a “blatantly racist” hot-mic ordeal — as furious parents insist she should be fired.
Allyson Friedman, an associate professor at Hunter College,
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ILLEGAL, ICE, DEMOCRATS, ALIENS
Several Democratic lawmakers are hosting State of the Union guests who have come under scrutiny from the Department of Homeland Security, including suspected illegal immigrants, DREAMers and citizens arrested for allegedly obstructing federal immigration
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STATE, WASHINGTON, DEAD, SUSPECT
The suspect was shot by a responding deputy, authorities said.
4 killed in stabbing outside residence in Washington state, suspect also dead: Authorities
Authorities investigate the scene after reports that a man fatally stabbed multiple people, Feb. 24,
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EPSTEIN, TRUMP, DOJ, WITHHELD
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here.
Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration isn’t being honest about the
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TAX, RICH, MAMDANI, HOCHUL
They want to tax the rich – but there’s a hitch.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on raising taxes on people raking in $1 million a year – but his pals in the Democratic Socialists of America are scheming to also squeeze New York married couples making half
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MOSCOW, POLICE, EXPLOSIVE, OFFICER
An unidentified assailant detonated an explosive device next to a patrol vehicle in Moscow on Tuesday, killing himself and a police officer in an apparent suicide bombing, according to The Associated Press.
The outlet noted that, according to officials,
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CHIEF, BASS, LAFD, KAREN
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has been in the news lately, but for all the wrong reasons. A little over a year after the disastrous wildfires that wiped out entire neighborhoods, the questions about her leadership — or lack thereof — keep getting louder and
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GONZALES, REP, TONY, RESIGN
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) told reporters Tuesday that he was “not going to resign” after the emergence of “sexual” text messages with a congressional aide who fatally lit herself on fire in September 2025.
The Texas Republican’s primary campaign has been
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TRUMP, MASS, 35M, ILLEGAL
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the allocation of $35 million in state funding to support illegal immigrants as the Trump administration carries out its massive deportation agenda.
Newsom's office is releasing the money that the legislature set aside
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PLATE, LONG, ISLAND, LICENSE
He feels like No. 1.
Gov. Kathy Hochul spared a Long Island granddad’s pee-themed license plate from getting flushed down the toilet after the DMV had revoked the tags.
Motorist Seth Bykofsky, 69, had asked the Democratic governor to step in to pardon his
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MAIL, SUPREME, COURT, SERVICE
The U.S. Postal Service cannot be sued for damages for intentionally failing to deliver mail, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision released Tuesday.
The majority opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, ruled the government's sovereign immunity
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