Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said she fears "repeated tacit threats" could weaken the inspector general's independence.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 07.02.2026.
It displays 154 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
07.02.2026 ⇢ The Day of the Guthrie Ransom Acceptance
⌨Morning editorial priorities focused on the deepening fallout of President Trump’s refusal to apologize for a racist post targeting the Obamas, with mainstream outlets highlighting internal GOP friction. Simultaneously, conservative media prioritized reporting on a federal court victory upholding long-term migrant detention and allegations of institutional resistance to ICE.
By afternoon, the narrative shifted to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, where coverage was split between athletic achievements and political demonstrations, including reports of Vice President Vance being booed. Editorial attention also tracked a sudden pivot in U.S. foreign policy as the administration entered direct nuclear talks with Iran and explored economic deals with Russia.
The evening was dominated by two major domestic shocks: the sudden resignation of Washington Post CEO Will Lewis following mass job cuts, and a high-stakes development in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case. The day concluded with the Guthrie family releasing a video confirming they had received a message from the abductors and stating, "We will pay."
By afternoon, the narrative shifted to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, where coverage was split between athletic achievements and political demonstrations, including reports of Vice President Vance being booed. Editorial attention also tracked a sudden pivot in U.S. foreign policy as the administration entered direct nuclear talks with Iran and explored economic deals with Russia.
The evening was dominated by two major domestic shocks: the sudden resignation of Washington Post CEO Will Lewis following mass job cuts, and a high-stakes development in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case. The day concluded with the Guthrie family releasing a video confirming they had received a message from the abductors and stating, "We will pay."
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The Boston Globe
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New York Post
The medals may be gold — but these sultry athletes are pure fire.
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The no-bid deal for arms internationally banned for high civilian death tolls is the biggest purchase from Israel in available government records.
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Washington Free Beacon
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The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
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05:34⇢The President Refuses to Yield
⌨Editorial focus has pivoted from the deletion of the racist Obama video to President Trump’s defiant refusal to apologize for it (NYTimes, AP News, USA Today, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner). Liberal outlets highlight the growing rift within the GOP (HuffPost, The Hill, Vox), while conservative media increasingly emphasizes the Guthrie kidnapping investigation and the Pentagon's arms dealings with Israel (Fox News, NY Post, The Intercept).
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Some offices are so decimated that the department has sent in military lawyers. Officials have also asked for volunteers who could quickly deploy elsewhere.
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“They issued a polling sheet this morning to see who would attend and, at least from my crew, there were no takers.”
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The hundreds of billions of dollars being spent by tech companies on AI projects are diverting resources from other parts of the economy.
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The president’s polling numbers have declined across various metrics this week.
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"Just because it seems impossible to you doesn't mean it's not possible," Vonn says.
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Six states already have new maps, with more redraws moving through legislatures and courts as both parties test mid-decade changes.
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The New York Times
President Trump has escalated his language as his administration has taken steps to involve itself more in election matters.
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Democrats say threatening former President Bill Clinton with contempt created a precedent to question Trump when they regain control of the House.
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The Washington Post
The hundreds of billions of dollars being spent by tech companies on AI projects are diverting resources from other parts of the economy.
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07:48⇢Unapologetic Defiance Toward the Obamas
⌨The US media continues to fixate on President Trump’s refusal to apologize for a racist video targeting the Obamas, with liberal and centrist outlets focusing on the resulting GOP internal friction (MSNBC, AP News, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, Vox, HuffPost). Simultaneously, a new editorial thread examines the logistics of political messaging as shipyard workers were reportedly paid overtime to attend a speech by Pete Hegseth (The Intercept).
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The Washington Post
The hundreds of billions of dollars being spent by tech companies on AI projects are diverting resources from other parts of the economy.
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Freestyle skiers for Team USA at the Winter Olympics spoke out against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), saying they were “heartbroken” over what was happening. While speaking at a press conference, Chris Lillis and Hunter Hess attempted to distance
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The US Senate candidate from Texas on why she believes voters — and nonvoters — are hungry for politicians like her.
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
The crowd made it clear that the vice president was not welcome.
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The Washington Post
California’s failure to honor ICE deportation “detainer” requests has led to 4,561 migrants with criminal records being released back into communities since President Trump took office, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday as it begged the state to cooperate in turning people over.
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The FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department are "actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity."
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The U.S. State Department warned: "U.S. citizens should expect continued internet outages, plan alternative means of communication, and, if safe to do so, consider departing Iran by land to Armenia or Türkiye."
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Associated Press
The Jeffrey Epstein files have rocked Europe’s elite, revealing ties to a prince, an ambassador, and top politicians. The U.S.
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Reports of ICE thugs providing security for J. D. Vance at Milan’s Winter Olympics have sparked outrage in Italy. In Europe, too, multibillion-euro border agency Frontex is taking on increasingly troubling powers.
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The White House took 12 hours to remove a video depicting the former president and his wife as apes.
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President Donald Trump’s lawyers scored big on Friday when a Texas-based appeals court allowed officials to hold arrested migrants in detention so their migration cases can be quickly decided.
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The Daily Beast
Trump’s former chief of staff warned that the vile video likely torched the GOP’s already slim chances of success come midterms.
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While forecasters can't yet say for sure, a warmer stretch of weather appears likely for much of the nation. Here's when to expect a warm-up.
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11:06⇢The Obama Video's Racial Fissure
⌨The American media is divided between the fallout of President Trump’s racist post targeting the Obamas and escalating tensions over immigration and border security. While liberal and centrist outlets emphasize the internal GOP fracture and White House delays in addressing the video (CNN, The Daily Beast, MSNBC, The Atlantic), conservative media focuses on judicial victories for detention policies and allegations of institutional resistance to ICE (Breitbart, The Daily Wire, Washington Times). Meanwhile, the Texas Senate primary emerges as a critical bellwether for Democratic strategy (Vox, Slate, The Blaze).
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Zelenskyy said Washington wants the war ended by early summer and is prepared to increase pressure on both Kyiv and Moscow if talks stall.
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The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
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The Daily Beast
The vice president almost prevented an American from performing her scheduled skate.
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Cuba has been living in the shadow of US threats and blackmail ever since the revolution of 1959. But Donald Trump’s nakedly imperialist power grab in the Americas represents one of the most serious dangers its people have faced in all that time.
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Immigrant advocates point to the billions of dollars in funding to beef up ICE detention and put thousands more agents on the street.
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New York Post
The medals may be gold — but these sultry athletes are pure fire.
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One America News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the United States has given Ukraine and Russia another deadline to reach a peace agreement, proposing that the war should end by June, as Russia carries out air strikes on energy infrastructure, causing power outages in Ukraine.
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Los Angeles Times
Jim Newell
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New York Post
The medals may be gold — but these sultry athletes are pure fire.
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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is a leading voice for the Save Act to codify election integrity measures: "We are closer than ever to voting on the SAVE Act in the Senate. We are closer than ever to forcing Democrats to filibuster 24/7 on the Senate floor, telling the American people why they don't deserve secure elections, until they drop. We are closer than ever to victory."
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Nobody today denies that capitalism exploits nature. The disagreement is over why. Political theorist Alyssa Battistoni spoke to Jacobin about capitalism’s complex relationship to what economists once called nature’s “free gifts.”
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The Washington Post
A federal appeals court delivered a major boost to President Trump on Friday, ruling in favor of his administration’s new interpretation of immigration law that would allow him to hold long-time illegal immigrants in detention while they fight their deportations.
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Immigrant advocates point to the billions of dollars in funding to beef up ICE detention and put thousands more agents on the street.
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The Daily Beast
The vice president almost prevented an American from performing her scheduled skate.
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A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
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Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated Alpine skier of all time, wrote down a full Nelson Mandela quote to read to reporters.
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13:26⇢The Heavy Iron Door Closes
⌨The American media is currently focused on President Trump’s executive and judicial momentum regarding immigration, with federal courts upholding long-term migrant detention policies (Washington Times, Common Dreams, Breitbart). This aligns with intense coverage of anti-ICE protests and boycotts targeting 'Big Tech' (NPR, Mother Jones, The Daily Wire). Simultaneously, editorial attention has shifted to the White House's removal of a racist video targeting the Obamas following bipartisan backlash (CBS, CNN, The Atlantic).
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The Washington Post
The $700 billion spending spree has few precedents. Good luck finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone.
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One America News
The U.S. State Department has issued a warning urging American citizens to leave Iran immediately due to worsening security conditions, citing a list of open border crossings.
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Miracle on Ice hero Mike Eruzione rebuked a member of Team USA at the Olympics Games in protest-roiled Italy: "Hunter Hess US snowboarder saying he doesn't represent his country but his family and friends. Then don't put on the USA uniform maybe just put for family and friends some athletes just don't get it."
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Former comedian Jimmy Kimmel used the publicly owned airwaves to spread a dual hoax that the box office and audience score for Melania have been rigged by Republicans.
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Paychecks have increased but rising prices mean the typical worker now earns 2.6 percent less in real terms than four years ago.
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The New York Times
Several career federal prosecutors in Minnesota balked at a new approach, which they viewed as legally dubious. Many left the office in protest.
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Associated Press
President Donald Trump is facing rare criticism from his Republican Party over a racist video. Trump’s White House removed a video that contained a racist image of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama after a bipartisan blowback from lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
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The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
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Former Obama adviser Sam Kass says RFK Jr's policies connecting food to chronic illness have found resonance among wide swaths of the American public.
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Miracle on Ice hero Mike Eruzione rebuked a member of Team USA at the Winter Olympic Games in protest-roiled Italy: "Hunter Hess US snowboarder saying he doesn't represent his country but his family and friends. Then don't put on the USA uniform maybe just put for family and friends some athletes just don't get it."
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The Washington Post
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The mother of "TODAY" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie was reported missing Sunday after she did not show up at church.
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One America News
A federal grand jury has indicted an Ohio man for threatening to kill Vice President JD Vance, but added charges of possessing child pornography, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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The 84-year-old vanished in the early morning hours of Feb. 1 after eating dinner with her family.
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16:18⇢The Slur That Shook the Capitol
⌨The American media is split between the intensifying search for Nancy Guthrie and the fallout from President Trump's racist post targeting the Obamas. While mainstream and liberal outlets emphasize the bipartisan backlash and White House delay in removing the video (AP News, CBS, CNN, HuffPost, MSNBC), conservative sources are pivoting toward Guthrie’s disappearance (NBC News, The Epoch Times, NY Post, ABC News) and internal Democratic party frictions (USA Today, Fox News, Slate, Vox).
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The Daily Wire
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Skier Chris Lillis said he was "heartbroken about what's happened in the United States," while skater Amber Glenn said she "will not just be quiet."
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New York Post
A group of hooded protesters reportedly clashed with police Saturday, lobbing fireworks during a demonstration in Milan hours after the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic.
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The Atlantic
The theory that Epstein was blackmailing his rich contacts was always based on speculation.
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Breitbart News
The establishment media claimed Vice President JD Vance was booed during the opening ceremonies of the 2026 Olympics in Milan, Italy, but video clips appear to have destroyed that narrative.
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The Washington Post
Lawmakers will be able to review the Justice Department’s unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files on Monday morning following criticism regarding the heavy black ink used to cover large swaths of the released documents.
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One America News
United States and Iranian representatives met in Muscat, the capital of Oman, for negotiations regarding the future of Tehran’s nuclear program after a U.S.-mediated ceasefire ended a 12-day conflict last summer, marking the first face-to-face summit since the war.
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The power couple has rarely responded to Trump’s provocations. Supporters said it's an example of "when they go low, we go high."
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Breitbart News
The establishment media claimed Vice President JD Vance was booed during the opening ceremonies of the 2026 Olympics in Milan, Italy, but video clips appear to have destroyed that narrative.
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The newspaper announced Jeff D'Onofrio will take over as acting publisher and CEO.
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard forcefully return fire from leftists Saturday: "Senator Mark Warner and his friends in the Propaganda Media have repeatedly lied to the American people that I or the ODNI 'hid' a whistleblower complaint in a safe for eight months. This is a blatant lie."
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Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.
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The Washington Post
The Ukrainian president said he had intelligence indicating that the U.S. and Russia were discussing $12 trillion in economic agreements, some involving Ukrainian interests.
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The Daily Beast
The Post’s top executive is gone after deep cuts and newsroom turmoil leave the paper in crisis.
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The newspaper announced Jeff D'Onofrio will take over as acting publisher and CEO.
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Olympic hockey great Mike Eruzione slammed US skier Hunter Hess for dissing the Stars and Stripes while on the press podium in Milan.
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18:48⇢The Empty Desk at the Post
⌨The American media focuses on the internal crisis at The Washington Post following the sudden resignation of CEO Will Lewis (NBC News, NPR, The Daily Beast). Simultaneously, editorial attention tracks shifting diplomatic efforts as the Trump administration enters direct nuclear negotiations with Iran (NYTimes, One America News Network) and reportedly explores massive economic agreements with Russia involving Ukrainian interests (Washington Post).
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"We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her," the "TODAY" co-anchor said in the video.
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"Today" show host Savannah Guthrie and her siblings released a new video as the search continues for their missing mom, Nancy Guthrie.
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Savannah Guthrie released a new video on Saturday, saying her family is willing to pay for the safe return of their mother.
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Savannah Guthrie posted an Instagram video saying “we will pay” in response to ransom letter for missing mother Nancy.
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The 84-year-old vanished after eating dinner with her family on Jan. 31.
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Savannah Guthrie, along with her siblings, posted a video saying “we will pay” in response to a ransom letter for their mother.
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The Daily Beast
Will Lewis has long sought power and success. In 2024, The Beast traced the many compromises he has made in pursuit of his goal.
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The New York Times
Iran is skilled at prolonging negotiations over its nuclear program, and seems to be hoping President Trump seeks a quick win, rather than a long regional war.
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The Daily Beast
A new report alleges Tulsi Gabbard was informed of a call between a person associated with foreign intelligence and someone close to Donald Trump.
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One of the men who gave America its greatest Olympic moment has taken strong exception with American skier Hunter Hess for saying it’s “hard” to represent the U.S. right now.
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With the midterm elections nearing, President Trump has found himself in the uncomfortable position of backtracking, even if only by degrees, at key moments.
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One of the men who gave America its greatest Olympic moment has taken strong exception with American skier Hunter Hess for saying it’s “hard” to represent the U.S. right now.
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21:32⇢The Guthrie Family's Ransom Promise
⌨US media is currently saturated with the Guthrie family’s coordinated video plea, 'We will pay,' directed at potential kidnappers of Nancy Guthrie (NBC News, CNN, Newsweek, CBS, The Epoch Times, HuffPost, ABC News). This unified coverage follows reports of an earlier ransom demand. Simultaneously, a secondary editorial focus tracks the political fallout from President Trump’s racist social media posts, highlighting rare friction within the Republican party (NYTimes, Common Dreams, MSNBC, AP News).
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Police clashed with protestors near an Olympic hockey venue in Milan, the Associated Press and security company Global Guardian reported.
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Police clashed with protestors near an Olympic hockey venue in Milan, the Associated Press and security company Global Guardian reported.
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New York Post
Olympic hockey great Mike Eruzione slammed US skier Hunter Hess for dissing the Stars and Stripes while on the press podium in Milan.
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Breitbart News
Freestyle skiers for Team USA at the Winter Olympics were slammed for criticizing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and for saying they don’t represent ICE operations while wearing the flag. Several people took to social media to criticize Hunter
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The circumstances of the suspected kidnapping of Savannah Guthrie's mom, Nancy, are rare – and pose unique challenges, ex-FBI agents say.
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The Daily Beast
Within hours of Renee Good being fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, an order came down to stop what should have been a routine civil rights investigation.
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The Washington Post
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