fuss

fuss: [ fuhs ]
[ noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb ]

MEANING :
1. (n.) an excessive display of anxious attention or needless activity
2. (n.) a noisy dispute
3. (n.) a frivolous complaint or protest
4. (tr. v.) to be excessively careful or to fret or worry over trifles
3. (intr. v.) to disturb or bother with trifles

USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The old dame would fuss over her pet dog as if it were a baby.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The fuss is, and will continue to be, about the funding of British politics and not the precise tax status of members of the House of Lords.