Topic Intelligence: affair

Last updated: 2026-01-15 16:47:08 ET

Overall Topic Sentiment (Range Avg): Strong Bearish -80.1

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vs prior 24h: -50.0%

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8 day range (Jan 8 - Jan 15)

Sentiment (Avg / Median)

-80.1 / -100.0

Based on 7 articles in range

Sentiment Mix (Range)

0% 14% 86%

Coverage Z-Score

+0.99

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Latest Articles on "affair" (Range)

CBS News • 2h ago

Au pair who had affair with married man testifies at his double murder trial

Testimony continues in the trial of Brendan Banfield, who is accused of plotting a double murder with his family's au pair - a woman he was secretly having an affair with. On Wednesday, the au pair, who is the prosecution's key witness, faced hours o...

Strong Bearish -100.0

CBS News • 3h ago

Trump says Iran killings are stopping as news emerges of Erfan Soltani execution being postponed

President Trump alluded to killings stopping in Iran and executions not occurring, but did not say who provided the U.S. with that information. Global affairs analyst Jonathan Wachtel joins CBS News with more insight.

Strong Bearish -100.0

CBS News • 1d ago

Trial begins for husband accused of killing wife and a stranger after affair with au pair

A trial is underway in northern Virginia for a man accused of plotting his wife's murder with help from his affair partner - the family's au pair. The former au pair was the first witness called to testify against Brendan Banfield. Jericka Duncan rep...

Strong Bearish -100.0

Fox News US • 1d ago

Virginia nanny testifies affair, alibi plan ended in bloodshed after love triangle tore apart affluent family

Brendan Banfield allegedly used fetish website to lure victim for elaborate murder plot that killed his wife and stranger in their Virginia home.

Bearish -77.3

CBS News • 1d ago

Man plotted murder to "get rid of" his wife after affair, au pair testifies

Brendan Banfield is charged with murder in the 2023 killings of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan at the Banfields' home in northern Virginia.

Strong Bearish -83.3

Foreign Policy • 1d ago

U.S. Congress to Provide Billions More in Foreign Aid Than Sought by Trump

The spending bill is a mix of rebuttal and acceptance of Trump’s efforts to overhaul the foreign affairs bureaucracy.

Neutral 0.0

Fox News US • 2d ago

Affluent Virginia suburb rocked as trial begins for ex-federal agent husband in nanny love-triangle murders

Former IRS agent accused of orchestrating double murder with Brazilian au pair to hide affair. Trial begins in shocking Virginia criminal case.

Strong Bearish -100.0

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Latest Articles on "affair" (Range)

Au pair who had affair with married man testifies at his double murder trial

Trump says Iran killings are stopping as news emerges of Erfan Soltani execution being postponed

Trial begins for husband accused of killing wife and a stranger after affair with au pair

Virginia nanny testifies affair, alibi plan ended in bloodshed after love triangle tore apart affluent family

Man plotted murder to "get rid of" his wife after affair, au pair testifies

U.S. Congress to Provide Billions More in Foreign Aid Than Sought by Trump

Affluent Virginia suburb rocked as trial begins for ex-federal agent husband in nanny love-triangle murders

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