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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 17.02.2026.
It displays 224 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
17.02.2026 ⇢ The Day of Jesse Jackson’s Death
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Morning coverage was dominated by the death of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson at age 84, with editors across the political spectrum transitioning from breaking news to reflections on his 'Rainbow Coalition' legacy. Simultaneously, mainstream outlets tracked high-stakes nuclear negotiations between the Trump administration and Iran in Geneva, while conservative media prioritized the identity of the Pawtucket ice rink shooter, specifically highlighting the suspect’s transgender status and social media history. By afternoon, editorial attention shifted toward domestic policy friction as Senate Democrats issued a counteroffer to resolve the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Reports also surfaced regarding President Trump’s aesthetic overhaul of the Air Force One fleet and a controversial CDC/DHS 'warehouse' detention system for immigrants. The evening concluded with forensic updates in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case; the Pima County Sheriff announced that DNA from a recovered glove did not yield a match in federal databases, returning the investigation to a state of uncertainty.
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The Daily Beast
The president praised the opponent of the woman who gave him her Nobel Peace Prize.
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Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said that Dorgan, 56, also uses the alias Roberta Esposito.
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The New York Times
In the aftermath of another wave of anti-government unrest, the country has been gripped by a mood of collective grief and uncertainty about the future.
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As costs increase, primary care practices are joining forces in Independent Physician Associations. The goal is to leverage better insurance contracts, while ensuring doctors still call the shots.
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The New York Times
President Trump has called on Iran to reach an immediate accord or else face the threat of a possible U.S. attack.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
The night before the suspect stormed the hockey tournament with a gun, he ominously replied, “keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK” in response to an anti-trans X post.
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The night before the suspect stormed the hockey tournament with a gun, he ominously replied, “keep bashing us. but do not wonder why we Go BERSERK” in response to an anti-trans X post.
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The United States and Iran are holding talks tomorrow in Geneva as tensions continue to rise between the two nations.
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Associated Press
The United States and Canada will face off for Olympic gold for a seventh time since women’s hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Games in a border rivalry that never gets old.
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The U.S. and Iran are expected to hold a second round of talks in Geneva about Iran’s nuclear program as tensions rise in the region.
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04:03⇢The Geneva Nuclear Brinkmanship
⌨The American media cycle is split between the impending nuclear negotiations with Iran in Geneva and the fallout from a fatal shooting at a Rhode Island ice rink. While mainstream and international outlets highlight President Trump’s 'indirect' involvement and escalating regional pressure (NYTimes, AP News, Newsweek, The Epoch Times, CNN, Washington Post), conservative media is focusing on the suspect’s gender identity and previous social media posts (NY Post, Breitbart, The Daily Wire).
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The Pima County Sheriff's Department and the FBI have fielded around 40,000 to 50,000 leads so far.
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Supreme Court watchers are trying to read the tea leaves for a possible retirement annoucement by Justice Samuel Alito.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.
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“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said.
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NBC News
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In a decades-long effort, Jesse Jackson stood alongside MLK, pushed for voting rights, shamed corporations and negotiated with world leaders.
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The Daily Beast
The president lashed out at those who dared to criticize him “on foreign soil.”
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Follow Newsweek’s live blog for the latest updates as tributes roll in for Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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New York Post
Jesse Jackson died Tuesday surrounded by his loved ones.
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The Washington Post
As a civil rights activist, he joined the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama, and Memphis. He later launched two historic presidential campaigns.
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Associated Press
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has died. He was 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King was assassinated in 1968.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.
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The Washington Post
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"Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world," the Jackson family said.
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05:58⇢The Rainbow Coalition's Final Sunset
⌨The American media cycle is currently defined by the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson at age 84, with outlets across the political spectrum characterizing him as a monumental civil rights icon (NY Post, NPR, AP News, NBC News, Fox News, Washington Post). Concurrently, editorial attention remains fixed on President Trump's aggressive stance toward Iran, specifically his ultimatum for an immediate nuclear accord (NYTimes, CNN, The Epoch Times).
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The Daily Beast
“That’s the toughest question,” the president said.
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The Washington Post
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who grew up in Jim Crow South Carolina and went on to become a civil rights icon and the first Black male candidate for president of the United States, died Tuesday. He was 84.
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The Washington Post
No visitor to the United Kingdom can fail to notice the pride the nation lavishes on its military.
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White House border czar Homan is leaving open the possibility of ICE deployments in other sanctuary cities even as the Trump administration winds down its massive enforcement surge in Minnesota, telling "Face the Nation" that whether agents are sent elsewhere “depends on the situation.”
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The New York Times
President Trump has called on Iran to reach an immediate accord or else face the threat of a possible U.S. attack.
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The Epoch Times
Without changes in some states’ water laws and public-private investment, downstream users, such as Walker Lake, face existential challenges.
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The New York Times
A fiery orator who twice ran for president, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people.
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Jackson was hospitalized on Nov. 12 following a lengthy battle with the progressive neuromuscular disease progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition similar to Parkinson's disease.
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In a decades-long effort, Jesse Jackson stood alongside MLK, pushed for voting rights, shamed corporations and negotiated with world leaders.
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The Atlantic
Americans under 30 swung to the right in 2024, but they’re not getting what they voted for.
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07:38⇢The Rainbow Orator's Final Silence
⌨The American media landscape is almost entirely focused on the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson at age 84, with editors emphasizing his legacy as a civil rights icon and a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. (NYTimes, AP News, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, ABC News, CBS). While mainstream outlets celebrate his 'Rainbow Coalition,' conservative sources remain focused on ICE enforcement and friction between the Trump cabinet and Congress (Newsmax, Washington Times, Breitbart).
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.
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Breitbart News
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Police Chief Tina Goncalves made clear the man who allegedly shot family members at an ice rink went by the name “Roberta,” according to WPRI.
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The talking filibuster has been a tool in the Senate’s arsenal for 200 years. Returning to it could unlock the majesty of the institution.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
The night before the bloodshed, the 56-year-old — who underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2020 — made an ominous post on X as he hit back at Kevin Sorbo who had called openly-trans Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride a man.
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Report: The FBI Bent Its Own Rules To Spy on 1,100 'Sensitive' Targets
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The Washington Post
President Trump is urging countries on two sides of the globe — Iran and Cuba — to make deals with the U.S. or suffer grave consequences.
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The Daily Beast
The MAGA president has made a positively wild claim about the late Reverend’s relationship with the former Democratic leader.
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Breitbart News
Rep. Randy Fine posts on social media: “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”
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The Daily Beast
The MAGA president is making claims about the late Rev. Jesse Jackson that he is no longer around to dispute.
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New York Post
Dramatic footage shows brave spectators fighting back against a transgender dad who opened fire at a Rhode Island high school hockey game, killing two family members and wounding three others before taking his own life. The grainy video…
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New York Post
Dramatic footage shows brave spectators fighting back against a transgender dad who opened fire at a Rhode Island high school hockey game, killing two family members and wounding three others before taking his own life. The grainy video…
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09:32⇢The Rainbow Prophet Rests
⌨The death of Reverend Jesse Jackson at 84 remains the defining editorial priority across the American media spectrum, with outlets now shifting from initial obituaries to analyzing his political legacy and the 'Rainbow Coalition' (NYTimes, AP News, CNN, NPR, ABC News, CBS, MSNBC). Simultaneously, right-leaning media outlets are focusing on the identity of the Rhode Island school shooting suspect, emphasizing the perpetrator's transgender status (Fox News, NY Post, The Blaze, Daily Wire).
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The defining feature of the last decade was that everything, from food to music, was politicized. All the while, our capacity to act collectively only grew weaker. Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics sets out to explain why.
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Los Angeles Times
Dan Kois
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The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in.
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“Everyone knew we didn’t need them.” Air Force maintainers have been on a decadelong knife-ordering spree.
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The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades, died Tuesday. The protege of the Rev.
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The ex-wife of the crazed transgender dad who gunned down relatives at a high school hockey game in Rhode Island had divorced him years early because of his “narcissistic + personality disorder traits,” court documents reveal.
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The Epoch Times
Delegations from Washington and Tehran are with officials in the Omani Embassy in the Swiss city for negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
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Perspective: From early New York bonds to sharp opposition, relationship reflects America’s growing political divide.
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The Washington Post
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The Labor Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) has determined that just under $1 billion in COVID-era unemployment benefits has not been used and could be subject to fraud.
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The Washington Post
A former aide to Martin Luther King Jr., he launched two historic presidential campaigns while spreading a message of hope and resilience: “I am — somebody.”
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The Boston Globe
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The Daily Beast
Many of the president’s suggested cuts to the federal budget required congressional approval.
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The Daily Beast
One of the Trump administration’s most vocal defenders will leave DHS next week.
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MEANWHILE: Parent Co. Paramount Storms Back In Warner Bros War...
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11:47⇢The Rainbow Orator's Final Rest
⌨American media is centered on the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson, with mainstream outlets focusing on his civil rights legacy and 'Rainbow Coalition' (NYTimes, AP News, CNN, USA Today, ABC News, CBS, Washington Post, NPR, Newsweek). Simultaneously, conservative and right-leaning sources are prioritizing the identity of the Rhode Island mass shooter, emphasizing his transgender status and divorce history (NY Post, The Blaze, The Daily Wire).
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Jesse Jackson was a tireless activist, skilled diplomat and influential politician who made two transformative presidential runs in the 1980s.
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The Washington Post
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s combative congressional testimony last week followed a pattern of increasingly nasty exchanges between Congress and members of President Trump’s Cabinet.
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The Boston Globe
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The Washington Post
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Associated Press
Jackson was a protege of MLK and led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King’s assassination.
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Democratic congressional leaders sent Republicans and the White House a counteroffer on immigration enforcement provisions they want in exchange for their votes to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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Delegations from Washington and Tehran are with officials in the Omani Embassy in the Swiss city for negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
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Breitbart News
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle in Athens on Tuesday, February 17.
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Cocaine has made a roaring comeback, and it's having some big negative effects in the U.S. and around the world.
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Breitbart News
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle in Athens on Tuesday, February 17.
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New York Post
The transgender Rhode Island maniac who murdered his ex-wife and one of their sons at a high-school hockey game had vile neo-Nazi tattoos on his bicep.
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Breitbart News
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle in Athens on Tuesday, February 17.
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The Daily Beast
One of the Trump administration’s most vocal defenders will leave DHS next week.
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of a senior Army public affairs official who previously served under former Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, according to multiple reports.
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13:47⇢The Sunset of the Rainbow Orator
⌨The American media focus has shifted toward a domestic legislative crisis as Senate Democrats issue a counteroffer to resolve the Department of Homeland Security shutdown (The Hill, Washington Times). Simultaneously, reports of a breakthrough in Swiss nuclear talks with Iran provide a diplomatic counterpoint (NYTimes, The Epoch Times), while right-leaning outlets amplify the criminal history and identity of the Rhode Island shooter (NY Post, Daily Caller, The Blaze).
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Jackson was a protege of MLK and led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King’s assassination.
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Tom Homan Defends Masked ICE Agents by Claiming Threats Are Up 'Over 8,000 Percent'
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Results from the mystery DNA found on a glove near Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home have been revealed, authorities said Tuesday.
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The Daily Beast
If approved, the trademark would permit the president to profit from “a range of branded merchandise,” such as clothing, luggage, watches, and tie clips.
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In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.
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The Daily Beast
Even some of the president’s closest advisers think his pardons are out of control.
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Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades was 84.
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Results from the mystery DNA found on a glove near Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home have been revealed, authorities said Tuesday.
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With the search for Nancy Guthrie in its third week, law enforcement is analyzing DNA evidence and looking at her pacemaker for clues.
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The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
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Nearly a year after President Donald Trump unveiled a budget blueprint calling for some of the steepest spending reductions in modern history, Congress declined to adopt many of the proposed cuts...
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The Washington Post
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ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure stopped one project in its tracks.
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Up First Winter Games brings you the latest news and culture from the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
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And young Republicans are particularly enraged.
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The Washington Post
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15:42⇢The President's Unbound Pen
⌨The American media focus has bifurcated into domestic political friction and forensic updates. Outlets are scrutinizing President Trump's pardons and his aesthetic changes to the VIP aircraft fleet (The Daily Beast, CBS, Common Dreams, Newsmax). Simultaneously, a secondary editorial priority centers on the Nancy Guthrie case, with the release of DNA results from a glove found near her residence (NY Post, USA Today).
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The Daily Beast
The president touted the power of his endorsement, but forgot he already backed a candidate.
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Details of Dorgan’s trans identity have been deemed unpublishable by corporate media outlets which refuse to call him a man.
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Associated Press
New laws in some Democratic-led states are forcing local sheriffs to stop cooperating with President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts.
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Los Angeles Times
Dahlia Lithwick
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The Daily Beast
The vulgar email was written during Pope Francis’ visit to the United States.
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The Daily Caller
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Tony Clark resigned as executive director of the MLB Players Association after an internal investigation discovered the 53-year-old had an inappropriate relationship with his sister-in-law.
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Breitbart News
A federal judge has ruled that Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot re-detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia because a 90-day detention period has expired and the government has no viable plan for deporting him Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be
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The New York Times
Indirect talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in Switzerland ended with an agreement on a “set of guiding principles,” according to Iran’s foreign minister.
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For all its provocations, the film has more in common with a Nicholas Sparks book.
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Top computer models don't agree about the forecast, but some are suggesting it could be another major snowstorm in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
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The Washington Post
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17:14⇢The Shadow of the Warehouse Cells
⌨The American media focus has shifted toward the fallout of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and the Trump administration's immigration enforcement. While right-leaning and mainstream outlets analyze the legal battles over immigrant detention (Fox News, Breitbart, Slate, The Intercept), a parallel emphasis has emerged on the Geneva nuclear talks with Iran, with conflicting reports of progress versus unmet 'red lines' (NYTimes, Newsmax, The Epoch Times).
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
Col. David Butler, who had been selected by senior Army leaders for promotion to brigadier general, will instead retire, officials said.
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The Daily Beast
The president is ditching the Kennedy clan’s historic color palette.
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States are preventing teachers and school administrators from encouraging anti-ICE walkouts amid rising violence by uninformed kids.
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The Washington Post
Jeffrey Epstein was registered as a high-risk sex offender, but it did not matter to the fundraisers working for Democratic leaders Sen. Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who sent VIP dinner invites and sought private meetings with the billionaire for their quest to control Congress.
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The Washington Post
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Investments totaling $36 billion will fund critical mineral, energy, and oil projects in Georgia, Ohio, and Texas, respectively.
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Prosecutors Admit the DHS Account of an ICE Shooting Was Based on Lies
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The president has a long history of naming things for himself.
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Alysa Liu finished the night in third place, Isabeau Levito finished in eighth and Amber Glenn is in 13th place after a popped jump. That puts extra pressure on all of them for Thursday's medal event.
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19:40⇢The President's Blue Heritage Erased
⌨Media focus has shifted to President Trump's aesthetic and diplomatic overhaul, specifically the redesign of Air Force One (The Daily Beast, CBS) and his reliance on personal envoys like Jared Kushner over traditional State Department channels (NYTimes). Meanwhile, intensifying friction over immigration persists as Republican-led states block student walkouts while labor unions organize a massive rent strike against ICE-driven evictions (Breitbart, Common Dreams).
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Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating claims that immigration officers shattered a Mexican man’s skull while taking him into custody last month.
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The New York Times
President Trump’s most trusted envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are at the center of negotiations, not the State Department or the National Security Council.
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Breitbart News
Amber Glenn, the Team USA skater who decried the plight of America’s LGBT community under the Trump administration and described herself as a “woke bitch,” finished a disappointing 13th in the singles competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
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The New York Times
Iran’s foreign minister said both sides had agreed to “guiding principles.” President Trump had called on Iran to make a deal or face a possible U.S. attack.
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The New York Times
President Trump’s most trusted envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are at the center of negotiations, not the State Department or the National Security Council.
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The avalanche struck around 11:30 a.m. in Castle Peak near Truckee.
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Several skiers are missing after an avalanche near Truckee as a major winter storm brings heavy snow, high winds and dangerous travel to Tahoe.
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
The vice president told a Fox News host that her network had the “worst polling.”
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US Air Force is rolling out a new color palette across its executive airlift fleet, including the next-generation Air Force One aircraft.
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The avalanche happened near Truckee, close to Lake Tahoe. Rescue crews were headed toward six skiers who were located, authorities said.
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US Air Force is rolling out a new color palette across its executive airlift fleet, including the next-generation Air Force One aircraft.
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Tricia McLaughlin has become the public face defending the Trump administration's mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year.
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22:19⇢The Crimson Stripe of Air Force One
⌨Media focus has intensified on the Trump administration's immigration enforcement, with reports of an FBI investigation into an ICE arrest involving skull fractures and the departure of a key deportation spokesperson (AP News, NPR, The Daily Wire). Simultaneously, editors are highlighting the president's unconventional diplomacy through personal envoys (NYTimes) and his aesthetic overhaul of the Air Force One fleet (USA Today, CBS).
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An immigration judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student and Columbia protest leader.
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The Daily Beast
The president’s MAGA allies are poised to slap his name on yet another piece of public infrastructure.
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The Epoch Times
The secretary of state’s speech made many European leaders uneasy, but he still received a standing ovation.
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U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro said 2-month-old Juan Nicolás had suffered respiratory issues.
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Associated Press
The Justice Department has issued new subpoenas in an investigation into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump and the U.S. government’s response to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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