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The month's top story

Trump Ramps Up Deportation Effort After Slow Start

Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez says the Sunshine State is working closely with President Trump to stop illegal immigration.

FOX · 5 sources

Also covering this ABCDeSantis signs sweeping immigration bills after a feud with Florida Republicans CBSICE releases some migrant detainees as facilities surpass capacity WSJTrump Ramps Up Deportation Effort After Slow Start
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What dominated February

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Top Stories

    Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  2. Top Stories

    Ex-MLB commissioner Fay Vincent dies at 86 after battling cancer

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Top Stories

    How Migrant Groups Are Thwarting ICE

    5 of 30 days · 5 articles

Top Stories 423 stories

  1. One Scene of Devastation, Evoking Another

    WSJ · 5 outlets

    A month after wildfire took their homes and community, Pacific Palisades residents want an assessment of how mistakes in fire preparedness and evacuation planning can be avoided next time.

  2. Police Express Outrage Over Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Why Trump wants to impose reciprocal tariffs

    FOX · 4 outlets

  4. Small Plane Crash in Philadelphia Erupts Into Fireball

    ABC · 5 outlets

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  1. Strong Storm Floods Fire-Weary Los Angeles

    CBS · 4 outlets

  2. Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102

    NYT · 5 outlets

  3. Ex-MLB commissioner Fay Vincent dies at 86 after battling cancer

    NYT · 5 outlets

  4. Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state

    FOX · 4 outlets

  5. Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 2, 2025

    CBS · 1 outlets

  6. How Migrant Groups Are Thwarting ICE

    FOX · 5 outlets

  7. What are the ramifications of Trump's Gaza plan?

    CBS · 4 outlets

  8. How Trump is Using Language to Target Transgender Rights

    FOX · 4 outlets

Business 229 stories

  1. Trump Orders Federal Agencies to Study Reciprocal Tariffs

    CNBC · 3 outlets

    Over $600 billion in European goods were imported by the U.S. last year. New tariffs from President Trump will likely hit these popular categories the hardest.

  2. Do you have too much of your money invested in the stock market?

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. Silicon Valley venture capital pioneer Dick Kramlich, an early investor in Apple, dies at 89

    CNBC · 4 outlets

  4. Gold Edges Higher, Supported by Prospects of More U.S. Tariffs

    MKTW · 2 outlets

Show 10 more

  1. ESG Roundup: Market Talk

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  2. New ETFs Bet Investors Are Way Too Careful—Even When Buying Bitcoin

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  3. The Drug Industry Is Having Its Own DeepSeek Moment

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  4. TikTok returns to Apple, Google app stores

    MKTW · 3 outlets

  5. The Day DeepSeek Turned Tech and Wall Street Upside Down

    CNBC · 3 outlets

  6. The New Survival Guide for Private Equity: Go Big or Get Back to Basics

    WSJ · 2 outlets

  7. Prime Visa vs. Wells Fargo Attune: Which cash-back credit card is right for you?

    CNBC · 1 outlets

  8. Ford beats earnings expectations but forecasts tougher year ahead

    CNBC · 2 outlets

  9. Oil Steady; Outlook Appears Bearish

    WSJ · 1 outlets

  10. U.S. Natural-Gas Futures Extend Rally

    WSJ · 1 outlets

Sports 131 stories

  1. Scheyer's 'honest' talk fuels Flagg in Duke win

    FOX · 3 outlets

  2. Transfer rumors, news: Arsenal, Man United scouting Retegui

    ESPN · 1 outlets

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  1. Former Dolphins WR Howard Twilley dies at 81

    PFT · 4 outlets

  2. NBA trade deadline reactions: Answering the biggest questions

    ESPN · 3 outlets

  3. Chiefs go three-and-out after interception

    CBS · 4 outlets

  4. AP poll reaction: What you need to know about each Top 25 team

    CBS · 3 outlets

  5. How it happened: Milan fall to Feyenoord; Bayern top Celtic

    FOX · 3 outlets

  6. Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey, the daughter of George Halas, dies at 102

    CBS · 4 outlets

Technology 193 stories

  1. Quordle hints and answers for Sunday, February 16 (game #1119)

    TechRadar · 1 outlets

    Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

  2. When will Apple release iOS 18.3?

    9to5 · 3 outlets

  3. British engineering firm IMI discloses breach, shares no details

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

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  1. Apple appears to have found a way to offload unsold Vision Pro headsets

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  2. Google says hackers abuse Gemini AI to empower their attacks

    TechRadar · 2 outlets

  3. Security Bite: A dangerous place to be an iPhone

    TechRadar · 3 outlets

  4. 9to5Mac Daily: February 13, 2025 – Apple TV app comes to Android, more

    9to5 · 1 outlets

  5. Severance season 2 episode 3 recap: The baby goats return!

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  6. Potential new iPhone 17 Pro camera design shown in 3D renders

    9to5 · 2 outlets

  7. Hackers exploit authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

    Bleeping · 2 outlets

  8. Hacker pleads guilty to SIM swap attack on US SEC X account

    Bleeping · 3 outlets

  9. iOS 18.3.1 coming soon for iPhone users

    9to5 · 1 outlets

Entertainment 355 stories

  1. Taylor Swift Had 'No Creative Involvement' in 'It Ends With Us': Sources

    USMag · 2 outlets

  2. Can You Guess The Celebs By Their Pixelated Faces?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. One Body Language Expert Spotted Something Very Telling When Donald Trump "Held His Own Hand" At His Recent Press Conference

    BuzzFeed · 1 outlets

  2. Which Lana Del Rey Song Describes You?

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  3. Influencer's Family Speaks Out After Her Sudden Death at Age 30

    USMag · 2 outlets

  4. "That's My Boy": Michael B. Jordan Defended Jonathan Majors

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

  5. Pete Davidson Says He Hopes Ex Ariana Grande Wins an Oscar for 'Wicked'

    USMag · 3 outlets

  6. How Kim Kardashian Spent Her Grammys Night Amid Kanye West Controversy

    BuzzFeed · 2 outlets

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