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KEY POINTS A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers sought to calm tensions in Denmark and Greenland after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on countries that oppose a US bid to take control of the strategic Arctic island. The congressional delegation emphasized alliance and diplomacy, contrasting sharply with Trump’s rhetoric. The Arctic island of Greenland, rich … Read more
KEY POINTS Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado brought her Nobel Peace Prize to the White House this week in a highly symbolic bid to secure US backing for her role in a post Maduro future. But the Machado Nobel Prize Trump meeting ended without a clear shift in Washington’s position, underscoring lingering uncertainty over … Read more
KEY POINTS MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy US troops in response to escalating protests in Minneapolis. Where demonstrations against a sweeping federal immigration crackdown have led to repeated clashes between residents and federal officers, multiple shootings and a widening standoff between state and federal authorities. … Read more
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
