Emerging Topics in U.S. News
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd 2026
Updated 07:12 ET
23 articles
EPSTEIN, JEFFREY, FILES, EMAILS
Sarah Ferguson is in the hot seat once again over her ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
An email where Ferguson made a crude comment about her then-19-year-old daughter surfaced in the latest batch of documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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TRUMP, PRESIDENT, EPSTEIN, BILL
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President Trump said Monday that the federal government should “nationalize” elections, repeating — without evidence — his long-running claim that U.S. elections are beset
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GUTHRIE, SAVANNAH, MOM, MOTHER
Blood was found in the home of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie’s missing 84-year-old mom, according to a report Tuesday — with the local sheriff confirming they fear “a possible kidnapping or abduction.”
Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times
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TRUMP, KENNEDY, CENTER, CLOSE
Trump says Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovation President Trump announced he plans to close the Kennedy Center for two years for remodeling, following massive backlash after his name was added to the building.
National Trump says Kennedy Center
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DAY, GROUNDHOG, PHIL, PUNXSUTAWNEY
A dawn ceremony Monday will see celebrity groundhog Punxsutawney Phil emerge from hiding and deliver his annual long-term weather forecast.
The choice is clear as always: if the fearless four-legged sage emerges from his burrow and sees his shadow Winter will
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DON, LEMON, ARREST, MINNESOTA
More arrests have been made in the January ambush by leftist agitators on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, with Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing Monday morning that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had taken Ian Davis Austin and Jerome Deangelo
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ICE, ANTI, CREW, STATE
Its the same dark money, with new signs.
Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be “grassroots” campaigns organized by concerned citizens, but they’re really funded with megadonor money — some coming from China.
A so-called “ICE Out” march attracted
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CONTEMPT, CLINTONS, HOUSE, EPSTEIN
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee has rejected an 11th-hour offer from Bill and Hillary Clinton’s attorneys to testify before the panel, as a House vote is expected to hold the 42nd president and former first lady in contempt of
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SHUTDOWN, GOP, HOUSE, GOVERNMENT
Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican from Florida, during the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024.
Because Democrats are not helping Johnson and the GOP fast-track the measure, the speaker will
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SHOW, HALFTIME, NFL, BAD
A new survey of NFL players finds that only a slight majority approves of the league’s choice of rapper Bad Bunny to be its Super Bowl Halftime Show star.
Only a slight majority approved of the choice, according to The Athletic’s anonymous survey of players,
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BILLIE, GRAMMYS, LAND, EILISH
Pop star Billie Eilish made her Song of the Year acceptance speech purely about politics Sunday night at the Grammys, barely thanking anyone while saying “No one is illegal on stolen land.”
Donning an anti-ICE “ICE Out” pin and standing next to her brother
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NOEM, KRISTI, HOUSE, TESTIFY
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said DHS will immediately deploy body cameras to every federal officer in the field in Minneapolis, with plans to expand the program nationwide as funding allows.
The move comes amid renewed scrutiny
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2026, GRAMMY, DALAI, WINNERS
The 2026 Grammy Awards took place amid immigration protests across the country.
Bad Bunny accepts the award for Best Musica Urbana Album during the 68th Annual Grammy Awards, in Los Angeles, February 1, 2026.
Bad Bunny accepts the award for Best Musica Urbana
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DEAL, INDIA, TRADE, TRUMP
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States and India have reached a trade agreement and that India has committed to stop buying Russian oil.
Trump revealed the developments in a Truth Social post on Monday and called Indian Prime Minister
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WINTER, OLYMPICS, CORTINA, USA
U.S. sledder Katie Uhlaender appeal denied, won't race at Milan Cortina Olympics
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MILAN — An international sports tribunal on Monday ruled it lacks jurisdiction to intervene in the case of Katie Uhlaender, an American skeleton
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TRUMP, 75, IMMIGRANTS, COUNTRIES
Several groups, some that have financial ties to George Soros and Alex Soros’s Open Society Foundations network, are suing to prevent President Donald Trump from halting legal immigration from 75 countries that produce waves of welfare-dependent migrants to
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BRENDAN, BANFIELD, PLOT, MURDER
Ex-IRS special agent Brendan Banfield Friday was found guilty of murdering his wife and a sex-seeking stranger whom prosecutors allege he lured to the couple’s suburban Washington, DC, mansion as part of an elaborate plot he hatched with his Brazilian nanny-turned-mistress.
The
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BORDER, RAFAH, CROSSING, GAZA
Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopens for limited traffic
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CAIRO — Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step as the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire moves ahead, according
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TEACHERS, OFFICIALS, SIGNAL, UNION
The head of the Minneapolis teachers union said in a recent interview that elected officials are involved in anti-ICE agitation in the city.
"The notion that people that are actively engaged in ICE watch, in being vigilant in protecting our neighbors, in
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ATTACK, UNPROVOKED, SHOT, GEORGIA
A Georgia man shot a pair of police officers who were questioning him at a hotel after he invited them into his room on Sunday, killing one and seriously wounding the other, according to officials.
The shooting suspect, identified as 35-year-old Kevin Andrews
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RUSSIAN, MADURO, ECHOING, SANCTIONED
On Sunday night, a sanctioned Russian Il-76 cargo plane landed in Cuba, marking an interesting comparison to events in Venezuela just before the American raid that resulted in Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro staring out from an American hoosegow.
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12, TRUMP, BILLION, MINERAL
Rare earth minerals have been much in the topics of discussion lately. They are vital in almost everything that makes our comfortable, technological lifestyle possible - and we are getting too many of them from China and Russia. The Trump administration has
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EPSTEIN, TRUMP, SUE, THREATENS
President Trump may have had the misfortune of being one of the few people taking in the Grammy Awards last night, and frankly, he didn't like what he saw. He posted his thoughts in a late-night screed on Truth Social.
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CASES, TEXAS, MEASLES, IMMIGRATION
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Two illegal aliens detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, tested positive for measles. The contractor-run ICE facility, designed to hold more than 2,000 family unit detainees, is on quarantine as the outbreak
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