Politics

KEY POINTS  WASHINGTON — A top Danish official said Wednesday that a “fundamental disagreement” remains between Denmark and former President Donald Trump over Greenland. Following a series of meetings in Washington with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Despite the differences. Both sides agreed to establish a working group aimed at … Read more

KEY POINTS  The US Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to issue a decision on legal challenges to former President Donald Trump’s April 2024 tariffs. Leaving businesses and international trade partners uncertain about the fate of his signature economic policy.  Observers now expect a ruling next week, possibly Tuesday or Wednesday, when the justices return to … Read more

KEY POINTS  DEARBORN, Michigan — President Donald Trump appeared to give a Trump middle finger to an individual who shouted at him during a visit to Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge plant on Tuesday.  The gesture, captured in a short video, occurred as Trump toured the facility ahead of a speech at the Detroit Economic … Read more

KEY POINTS  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the United States will begin targeting drug cartels by land and suggested the operations could take place in Mexico.  Marking the clearest public signal yet of a potential expansion of US military and law enforcement actions beyond maritime interdictions.  His comments, made in a Jan. eight interview … Read more

KEY POINTS  MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Macklin Good, a 37 year old mother of three and recent resident of Minneapolis, was shot and killed Wednesday morning by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, officials and witnesses said.  Good, who graduated from Old Dominion University in 2020 with a degree in English, was known as a poet, … Read more

KEY POINTS  Washington — January 8, 2026, A small but significant bloc of Senate Republicans joined Democrats on Thursday to advance a resolution that would restrict President Donald Trump from engaging in future military operations in Venezuela without congressional approval. Delivering a rare bipartisan rebuke in the wake of the administration’s high profile operation to … Read more

WASHINGTON — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the nonprofit responsible for allocating federal support to public media.  Voted Jan. 5 to dissolve its operations following major federal funding cuts, raising concerns for local PBS and NPR stations across the United States. KEY POINTS  The CPB, established by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, has historically … Read more

A fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, in which a federal immigration agent shot and killed a thirty seven year old woman during an enforcement operation.  Has ignited a sharp political clash over President Donald Trump’s deportation strategy and the expanding role of federal agents in Democratic led cities, according to federal and state … Read more

DAVOS, Switzerland — US President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday aimed at limiting the ability of large corporations and institutional investors to purchase single family homes, prompting immediate market reactions.  Shares of Blackstone Inc., a major player in residential real estate investment, fell sharply in early trading before partially recovering. Trump stated that he wants … Read more