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Politico - Europe (23 minutes ago)

The meeting is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. Thursday.

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Politico - Europe (23 minutes ago)

Mette Frederiksen stresses "we cannot negotiate about our sovereignty,” as U.S. president steps back from the brink of a trade war over Arctic island.

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Global News - Politics (23 minutes ago)

In a letter published this week, the more than 30 lawyers say they're concerned recent Alberta legislation and public attacks on the justice system are undermining democracy.

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Global News - Politics (23 minutes ago)

During a recent trip to China, Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to lower tariffs on 49,000 Chinese-made EVs annually in exchange for a softening of China's duties on agriculture.

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Global News - Politics (23 minutes ago)

The meeting took place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, which has been overshadowed by U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a takeover of Greenland.

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Global News - Politics (23 minutes ago)

The pop star sat in the front row as Trudeau spoke about Canada not interfering in other countries' domestic policy to seize oil and assert influence.

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The Washington Post - Politics (26 minutes ago)

Halligan's departure followed a pair of orders by federal judges in Virginia that sought to replace her and accused her of "masquerading” as U.S. attorney.

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The Washington Post - Politics (26 minutes ago)

Trump jabs European leaders over Greenland as Davos becomes emergency summit

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The Washington Post - Politics (26 minutes ago)

In a federal lawsuit, a group of gun owners and advocacy groups argued that state bans against firearms in public places such as schools or hospitals violate the Second Amendment.

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Raw Story - Politics (29 minutes ago)

Donald Trump's push for Greenland to be subsumed into US territory is built on a "pot of gold myth" according to political and economic analysts. The president has made it clear he wants Greenland for reasons of national security, but also outlined the raw mineral benefits of taking the country. While Trump has since ruled out military action in a...

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

Lawyers for Reza Valizadeh, a U.S. citizen arrested in 2024 by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, filed a petition Tuesday with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

The U.S. has seized seven Venezuelan-linked oil tankers since Dec. 10​, 2025.

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

As many as 25 countries have signed on to join President Trump's "Board of Peace" for Gaza, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff says.

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

President Trump has exaggerated threats to Greenland from Russia and China and downplayed the country's current defenses, according to local officials and experts on the Arctic.

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

President Trump said his plans for boosting home affordability are already helping, but stopped short of providing details.

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

The "Board of Peace" was first announced as part of the peace plan for Gaza. President Trump has recently suggested that its work could extend more broadly.

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

Greenland is 836,000 square miles of largely frozen ground northeast of Canada. So why does President Trump say it "should be part of the United States"?

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

President Trump said he will not be imposing tariffs against European countries over their objections to his efforts to acquire Greenland, revealing he and the secretary-general of NATO reached "the framework of a future deal" regarding the island. Ed O'Keefe reports and Margaret Brennan has analysis.

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

President Trump told world leaders, CEOs and policymakers at the Davos economic forum that he wouldn't use force to take control of Greenland.

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CBS News - Politics (29 minutes ago)

Trump is expected to unveil the charter of his "Board of Peace," after inviting dozens of countries to join the group he wants to oversee Gaza's reconstruction.

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Yahoo News - Politics (30 minutes ago)

New York City's only Republican-held congressional district must be redrawn, judge orders

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New York Times - Politics (34 minutes ago)

The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland's history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims.

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New York Times - Politics (34 minutes ago)

The U.S. military said it had transferred 150 Islamic State detainees from northeastern Syria to Iraq and could eventually move as many as 7,000, as the Syrian government assumes control of the region from Kurdish-led forces.

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New York Times - Politics (34 minutes ago)

After President Trump aired his disdain for Europe, its leaders will gather in Brussels Thursday to take stock of what comes next.

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New York Times - Politics (34 minutes ago)

For decades, leaders have gathered in Davos to discuss a shared economic and political future. On Wednesday, President Trump turned the forum into a bracing clash between his worldview and theirs.

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New York Times - Politics (34 minutes ago)

The initiative is the latest example of the president dismantling the post-World War II international system and building a new one, with himself at the center.

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Politico - Europe (An hour ago)

Get set for the European Council summit, more geopolitical wrestling in the Swiss Alps and a Putin-Witkoff meeting.

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Politico - Europe (An hour ago)

After President Trump’s dramatic tariff climbdown at Davos, the Prime Minister and European leaders will be breathing a sigh of relief - but has it left more questions than answers and can the UK claim any credit for the change in position? Sam and Anne reflect on a month - primarily dominated by foreign issues […]

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CBC - Politics (An hour ago)

The party confirmed Damien Kurek — who held the seat previously — would run in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding in the next election. Kurek gave up his seat last year so Poilievre could run in that electoral district.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (An hour ago)

The Nationals shoved all around them out of the way as they fled for the lifeboats.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (An hour ago)

Liberal and National MPs can no longer agree on who it is they are trying to represent. But many of them are terrified about the votes they are losing to One Nation.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Seth Meyers has observed a worrying moment in Donald Trump's Davos speech, with the president making a major error.The Late Night talk show host ripped into Trump for mixing up the names of Greenland and Iceland. Trump referred to Iceland erroneously in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, several times. But the slip-up may...

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BBC - Politics (2 hours ago)

Nuneaton and Bedworth's leader loses a vote of no confidence after calling for a delay to elections.

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BBC - Politics (2 hours ago)

It comes as the government looks into its own potential ban, with a consultation closing in the summer.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Jimmy Kimmel has given an overview of Donald Trump's "offensive" appearance in Davos, Switzerland.The president was joined by other world leaders and heads of state at the World Economic Forum where he delivered a speech ripping into his political adversaries. Some of those political leaders were in the room as Trump denounced their actions and...

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

Soccer chiefs may control Europe's real anti-coercion instrument.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 hours ago)

The second messy break-up between the National and Liberal parties is concerning regional voters across the country, even in diehard conservative heartlands.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 hours ago)

In the wake of the Coalition's divorce, there are few options for besieged Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, who must again reshuffle her cabinet and return to parliament with a diminished Opposition.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

The Liberals have no appetite to bring a leadership challenge right away just because Littleproud has attacked Ley. But MPs admit her leadership is beyond repair.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

The crisis summit in Brussels goes ahead despite U.S. president's about-face on Greenland tariff threats.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Coalition has imploded for second time since the 2025 election. Look back on our live coverage.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

Candidat à un troisième mandat dans son fief béarnais, l'ancien Premier ministre a du souci à se faire face à une gauche remontée après son passage à Matignon.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

Donald Trump nutzt seine Rede beim World Economic Forum in Davos für eine klare America-First-Botschaft. Weniger eskalierend als befürchtet, aber ohne Zugeständnisse an Europa. Die zentrale Frage: Was folgt daraus für die transatlantischen Beziehungen – und was ist Europas Antwort? Gordon Repinski mit der Einordnung von Trumps Auftritt, die...

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CBS News - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Justice Dept. is calling for resources to be sent to Minnesota as it expands its fraud investigation in the state.

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Trump's European threats could make it harder for future US leaders to repair ties

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Trump is rolling out his Board of Peace at Davos at a time when US leadership is being questioned

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

Hundreds of confused UK and Irish dual citizens in Australia have written to the ABC with questions around the new changes for entry requirements into the UK. Here's what we know.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

People who came to Australia as children from the UK as part of an organised migration scheme say they the UK's new regulations for dual citizens unfairly targets them.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

After National frontbenchers quit the shadow ministry en masse in solidarity with three colleagues dumped for crossing the floor on hate laws, leader David Littleproud says the Coalition has been forced into a "position that can no longer continue".

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

The lawyer representing the family of Renee Good, the mother in Minneapolis who was killed by an immigration agent, made some shocking claims on Wednesday about the state of the Department of Justice's investigation into Good's death. Good was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, Jonathan Ross, about two weeks ago as she was...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday was such a "fiasco" that one columnist thinks Americans will look back on it as a "bright red line in history." Trump spoke in Davos in meandering terms about how he was skeptical that NATO would come to the U.S.'s rescue if needed, even though the...

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CBC - Politics (6 hours ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based international order is over and middle powers like Canada must pivot to avoid falling prey to further "coercion" from powerful actors.

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CBS News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Federal agents this week launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Maine, the latest front of the Trump administration's widening mass deportation campaign.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A pair of media personalities clashed on Wednesday night over President Donald Trump's immigration raids. Chris Cuomo, a NewsNation host and former CNN anchor, posted a video responding to a clip of conservative analyst Scott Jennings trading barbs with a younger panelist on CNN over how people who have been detained by Immigration and Customs...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Riding high after the dramatic ouster of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration is now zeroing in on Cuba, hunting for government insiders willing to cut a deal and help dismantle the Communist regime by the end of the year.That's according to exclusive reporting in the Wall Street Journal, which said administration...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A reporter flagged a shocking irony behind Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's attempt to throw shade at a top Democrat at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. Bessent, a former hedge fund manager, said during a speech in Davos that California Gov. Gavin Newsom was attending the event with his "billionaire sugar daddy," Alex Soros. Soros...

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New York Times - Politics (7 hours ago)

A whistle-blower group said a memo apparently signed by the leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

The U.S. president's threats over Greenland have spurred national leaders to distance themselves from a figure they once praised.

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

America's traditional allies have hesitated or outright declined their invitations while a raft of new friends are joining up.

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

Donald Trump loomed large over the World Economic Forum's annual get-together in the Swiss Alps — even before he touched down for his big speech.  In this special episode from Davos, host Anne McElvoy talks to influential European and North American voices about President Trump's intention to take over Greenland and the consequences...

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Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

Stock market cuts through to Trump on Greenland in a way allies' messages failed to resonate

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Global News - Politics (7 hours ago)

In November 2024, Canada's industry ministry ordered TikTok's business to be dissolved, citing national-security risks but allowing users to continue.

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

Whether it's diplomats or professors, people following Trump's global moves are starting to lose it.

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CBS News - Politics (7 hours ago)

After a year of ongoing measles outbreaks that have sickened more than 2,400 people, the United States is poised to lose its status as a measles-free country.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

A New York Times opinion columnist delivered a dire plea to world leaders on Wednesday night as President Donald Trump announced "the ultimate long-term deal" on Greenland as he fantasizes about seizing the island.In a stunning reversal, Trump backed off his Greenland power grab at Davos, for now, but not before sending European leaders into full...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Mockery abounded on Wednesday after a former NFL sideline reporter who is running for U.S. Senate released her first campaign ad.Michele Tafoya, who reported from NFL sidelines on NBC's "Sunday Night Football" until 2022, announced this week that she is running for Senate as a Republican in Minnesota, a state that has come under increased scrutiny...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Former Uvalde, Texas school police officer Adrian Gonzales, 52, was found "not guilty" of 29 counts of child endangerment and abandonment charges stemming from his actions during the Robb Elementary school shooting in 2022. The shooting was one of the most deadly school shootings in recent history, leaving 19 students and two teachers dead. Parents...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

President Donald Trump keeps toying with the use of the Insurrection Act to essentially declare an emergency state that mobilizes military forces in American cities — something he has considered many times in the past, even to potentially seize voting machines after his election loss in 2020.But he just "blurted out" the real reason he loves the...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

A dramatic courtroom revelation unveiled how President Donald Trump's youngest son became an unlikely hero in a London assault case. Barron Trump is being credited with saving a woman's life after he witnessed her being brutally attacked by her ex-boyfriend during a FaceTime call and immediately contacted UK police, Metro reported WednesdayThe...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is undermining his own agenda with his obsession to have the U.S. acquire Greenland, MS NOW's Chris Hayes argued on Wednesday night — something that he never actually campaigned on, and that is overwhelmingly opposed by Americans.That stands in stark contrast to the extreme immigration raids, Hayes said, which, although...

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National Public Radio - Politics (7 hours ago)

The move comes after a federal judge wrote in a court document that the "charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney … must come to an end."

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CBS News - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Trump spoke in the White House briefing room for nearly two hours on Tuesday, marking the first year of his second term​ before departing for a high-pressure trip to Europe.

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CBS News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Embattled Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook's fight to stay on the job got a boost as Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of President Trump's efforts to fire her. Jan Crawford has the latest.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Trump's announcement appeared to draw the United States back from the possibility of military and economic conflict with American allies over Greenland.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

The Liberal and Nationals leaders conceal their lack of authority by deferring to the demands of their right factions.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

The federal Coalition has split for the second time in less than a year. How did it happen? And how is it different from last time?

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A memo newly revealed on Wednesday outlined how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conspired to ignore the Fourth Amendment's restrictions on unreasonable search and seizure, by asserting power to enter people's homes without a warrant.This revelation triggered outrage from legal experts and politicians on social media, with demands for...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

An organizer of the anti-immigration protest in a Minnesota church over the weekend spoke out on Wednesday evening to correct falsehoods that have spread about the event. Last week, a protest erupted in Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where one of the pastors is allegedly a leader in the local Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office....

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

New York judge rules GOP-held district is unconstitutional, ordering a new map

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

Trump's whirlwind day in Davos: From the Politics Desk

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A federal appeals court dealt a blow to immigrant rights activists Thursday when it temporarily halted a lower court's ban on immigration agents retaliating against Minnesota protesters.The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals handed a major win to the Trump administration's aggressive "Operation Metro Surge" deportation push across the state, Notus...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz drew swift criticism Wednesday for claiming that a key goal of Donald Trump's healthcare plan is to keep Americans healthy enough to work an extra year, which he argued would boost the U.S. economy by $3 trillion. Speaking on Fox Business, Oz framed healthcare as a tool to maximize productivity rather...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A major decision in the legal fight over President Donald Trump's responsibility to release the Jeffrey Epstein files may have given lawmakers a way to take down the president, according to one legal expert. Last year, Congress passed a law requiring the Department of Justice to release all Epstein files in its possession by Dec.19, 2025. The...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

After weeks of authoritarian threats to crush protests with the military, cancel elections, conquer foreign countries, and send masked agents door-to-door to round up anyone who can't prove their citizenship, Trump on Wednesday told an already uneasy room full of world leaders that "sometimes you need a dictator.”The offhanded comment came in the...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A conservative columnist is sounding the alarm that red states face devastating consequences from President Trump's increasingly unpredictable behavior on the world stage.The fiasco began with Trump's middle-of-the-night social media tirades demanding Denmark cede Greenland, a move that led European troops to flood the territory. European leaders...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's Federal Communications Commission is plotting a regulatory crackdown on politician interviews, changing the enforcement of a longtime rule to effectively prohibit broadcast talk shows from interviewing Democratic candidates without also allowing their Republican opponents to have an interview as well.At issue is the "equal...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement melted down on Wednesday after a video circulating online showed a postal worker yelling and flipping the bird at immigration agents. The video was posted by Collin Rugg, co-owner of the conservative news site Trending Politics. In it, a postal worker drives past agents who appear to be conducting a...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

The director of a top unit of the Florida State Guard has been accused of improperly using state planes on personal flying lessons and wasting millions in taxpayer money, reported the Tampa Bay Times, and top state officials looked the other way as it happened."In separate videos on Facebook and Instagram, three members said director Mark Thieme...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's immigration agents appear to think their power to arrest and detain Americans is limitless, according to a new report. The Associated Press reported on a memo from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that it received, and described the document as a "sharp reversal of longstanding guidance meant to respect constitutional...

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BBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

Behind the scenes, Sir Keir had been coming under greater pressure to change his approach to the president.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

David Littleproud says the Nationals have been put in an "untenable" position and are not willing to serve in a shadow ministry led by Sussan Ley.

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The Washington Post - Politics (10 hours ago)

The decision hands Democrats a likely victory amid a nationwide political brawl over congressional lines.

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The Washington Post - Politics (10 hours ago)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) had come to the Davos forum to rebut President Donald Trump on the world stage.

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

At an oversight hearing, Democratic lawmakers peppered the agency's acting director over the Transportation Security Administration's role in Trump's immigration crackdown.

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California accused the Trump administration of cutting off his access to the American pavilion, where he was scheduled to speak on Wednesday.

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. rallied supporters at the Pennsylvania State Capitol, where he promoted his new dietary guidelines.

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

Two leaders of a political security group talked about what they're seeing and hearing.

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

As the justices weighed the consequences of allowing President Trump to fire a Federal Reserve official, the president reprised his pressure campaign on the central bank.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (10 hours ago)

The departure of every single member of the Nationals from the frontbench is bizarrely both a failure of the Coalition agreement and a result of it functioning as intended. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (10 hours ago)

National party leader David Littleproud says the Coalition has become 'untenable' and his party will not join a shadow ministry under Liberal counterpart Sussan Ley.

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CBS News - Politics (10 hours ago)

In this landmark year for American democracy, historian Lindsay Chervinsky, Washington Post columnist George F. Will, and Atlantic staff writer Vivian Salama talk about what the second year of Trump's presidency may mean for America's future.

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The Washington Post - Politics (10 hours ago)

Such a decision, which would hold while a lawsuit challenging her removal plays out, would prevent Trump from exerting greater influence over the powerful central bank.

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Yahoo News - Politics (10 hours ago)

Judge tosses lines of NYC's only Republican House seat, as state enters redistricting wars

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Democrats may have just gotten a surprise victory in the redistricting wars — this time in New York.On Wednesday, New York County Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman ordered the state's redistricting commission to redraw the 11th Congressional District, a Republican-leaning district that encompasses Staten Island and portions of southern...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

A Virginia federal judge has blocked the government from examining electronic devices seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home, dealing a significant blow to law enforcement in an unprecedented case.U.S. Magistrate Judge William B. Porter ruled Wednesday that officials cannot access Natanson's phone, laptops, recorder, hard...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

America faces significant threats to our nation's infrastructure from hostile actors like Russia, China, and others. But a leaked security threats assessment from President Donald Trump's administration says the greatest threat America faces is within its own borders, according to a new report. Each year since 2020, the Department of Homeland...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

CNN analyst Harry Enten warned that congressional Republicans are sabotaging themselves by ceding influence to Donald Trump. While GOP voters remain energized by the president, support for Republican lawmakers has plummeted, with only 50% now "extremely motivated” to vote in the 2026 midterms compared to 66% of Democrats. Enten noted that Trump's...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Second lady Usha Vance and Vice President JD Vance announced they were expecting their fourth child this week and gamblers are predicting what they'll name the baby — placing bets that a MAGA leader could be the possible namesake. Bettors have indicated a likelihood that the Vances would potentially name their son after President Donald Trump or...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (11 hours ago)

A new report from the OECD says Australia's economy is returning to normal but remains vulnerable and lacks dynamism.

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's press secretary was scolded on Wednesday after she made a strange claim during an interview on Fox News. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt joined Fox News host John Roberts on "America Reports"' to discuss Trump's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. During the speech, Trump rebuked America's allies in Europe and...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

CNN's Harry Enten reported that President Donald Trump's Greenland takeover obsession is polling even worse than his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. While public interest in the Epstein files has waned, Trump's push to acquire the Arctic territory has spiked attention—but in a politically disastrous way. Enten noted Greenland is now "40...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

The internet mocked President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he backed down on his demands to seize Greenland. Trump reversed his plot to seize the Arctic island country and Danish territory — after major pushback from NATO allies, world leaders and a plummeting stock market — claiming that a deal was in the works following his speech at the...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

New York Times opinion columnist Carlos Lozada unleashed a defiant counterattack against the Trump administration's aggressive push to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship, publishing a searing essay that reads like a personal manifesto wrapped in constitutional fury.Lozada, himself a naturalized citizen who became American in 2014...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

New details emerged Wednesday afternoon in President Donald Trump's mysterious Greenland deal. The deal reportedly involves the United States having "small pockets of land" on the Arctic island, according to The New York Times. Trump said that he had reached a framework of an agreement with Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, following major...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

In a stunning rebuke of federal immigration enforcement, Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley and other Minneapolis‑area law enforcement leaders accused U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents of widespread civil‑rights violations — including racially profiling citizens and even stopping off‑duty police officers of color,...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

As his administration continues dragging its feet in releasing the Epstein files, President Donald Trump is pushing to keep another potentially damning set of Justice Department documents hidden from the public.On Tuesday, Trump filed a 19-page motion requesting that the US District Court of the Southern District of Florida step in to prohibit the...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

The Trump administration Wednesday announced it would stop enforcing certain criminal violations of the Clean Air Act.The move signals President Donald Trump and his administration's latest action to pull back previous environmental protections under the federal law that regulates air emissions and pollution."Today, @TheJusticeDept is exercising...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority appears ready to ditch President Donald Trump in his fight to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, according to a CNN analyst. Last year, Trump tried to fire Cook because she would not vote to lower interest rates. The president alleged that Cook's termination was "for cause" and accused her of...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

CNN anchor Jake Tapper had no patience for President Donald Trump's rambling speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos during the opening segment of his show on Wednesday. Trump traveled to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual gathering of the world's economic elite, where he gave a speech that critics derided as "raving" and "mad." The New...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Kyle Rittenhouse faced a wave of online ridicule Wednesday after suggesting he might travel to Minneapolis amid ongoing anti-ICE protests armed with a military-grade minigun capable of firing 6,000 rounds per minute. The 23-year-old, infamous for killing two men during 2020 unrest in Kenosha involving Black Lives Matter protests, posted a photo of...

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CBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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Politico - Europe (11 hours ago)

Transatlantic tensions remain after the U.S. president's apparent change of course over the Arctic territory.

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Trump pauses Greenland-linked tariffs on 8 European countries

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The Washington Post - Politics (12 hours ago)

The Justice Department said it would investigate the incident, which has sparked debate over First Amendment rights and the meaning of "sanctuary.”

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National Public Radio - Politics (12 hours ago)

What does President Trump's base think of his second-term agenda? How will they vote in November? We road-tripped through conservative counties in Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania to find out.

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National Public Radio - Politics (12 hours ago)

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Ashley Parker of The Atlantic about her essay recapping how President Trump's relentless boundary-pushing has exhausted his critics.

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New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

The move was described as precautionary in the event that President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act in response to protests.

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New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

The votes by the Oversight panel were bipartisan, though many Democrats said the charges were extreme given Bill and Hillary Clinton's willingness to answer questions.

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National Public Radio - Politics (12 hours ago)

Republicans on the committee have been seeking to question the Clintons as part of a probe into the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The vote sends the matter to the full House.

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Politico - Europe (12 hours ago)

The president's effort to acquire Greenland, even with the threat of force off the table, has changed the way allies see the U.S.

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Politico - Europe (12 hours ago)

GOP lawmakers insisted U.S. military force against the Arctic island was never actually an option.

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New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

During arguments, key justices appeared concerned that the president's efforts to oust Lisa Cook could imperil the central bank's independence.

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CBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Tuesday that Ottawa does not plan to pay the $1-billion US price tag for a permanent seat on U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," that will oversee the governance and reconstruction of Gaza.

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CBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

Should a police officer be able to pull you over without a reason? The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a Quebec case that deals with exactly that. Proponents of random police traffic stops say they're important to stop drunk drivers. Detractors say they open the door to racial profiling.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (12 hours ago)

The opposition leader accepted the resignation of three frontbenchers on Wednesday afternoon for breaking cabinet solidarity. By Wednesday night, all the Nationals frontbenchers decided to walk.

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is not going to stop his escalating parade of chaos, columnist Jamelle Bouie warned in his new analysis for The New York Times published on Wednesday — and America must survive another three years.Bouie set the context by comparing what legendary journalist Bob Woodward wrote about the final days of Richard Nixon, a...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino faced protests as he visited several convenience stores in Minneapolis on Wednesday.MAGA influencer Cam Higby captured Bovino on video as a bag of chips was dumped on him at one store. His agents quickly departed after protesters surrounded them and yelled "Nazi! Nazi!"Later in the afternoon, Bovino was allegedly...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Reactions were rolling in Wednesday after President Donald Trump appeared to change direction on his demands for the United States to own Greenland. Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on European nations on Feb. 1 and told reporters after his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that a deal was apparently in the works with...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

President Donald Trump appeared unprepared and visibly irked during Tuesday's White House press briefing, delivering an 80-minute ramble touching foreign policy, the economy, and past elections — with a recurring gripe about the Nobel Peace Prize. CNN reporter Kristen Holmes noted Trump seemed "snubbed” by the Norwegian committee, repeatedly...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Mark Shanahan, University of SurreyThe meeting and venue were the same, but the style and tone of the two most anticipated keynote speeches at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss town of Davos could not have been more different. On Tuesday, January 20, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney addressed the assembled political and business leaders as...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is not going to win his bid at the Supreme Court to remove Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, predicted Vanderbilt University law professor Brian Fitzpatrick on MS NOW Wednesday afternoon.Trump ordered Cook removed based on unproven and largely debunked allegations from Federal Housing Finance Agency chief Bill Pulte that...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

One supposes that it's not an especially unusual phenomenon for politicians who ascend to power to do everything they can to cling to it. Between the ability to shape public policy and the trappings that come with inhabiting high office, political power is almost always an addictive drug that's hard to kick. That said, it's also one of the...

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Minneapolis businesses struggle during Trump's immigration enforcement surge

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Trump stands down on Greenland — and Republicans exhale

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The Washington Post - Politics (13 hours ago)

Government officials may not examine electronic devices seized from a Post reporter until litigation stemming from the search of her home is settled, a judge rules.

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The Washington Post - Politics (13 hours ago)

Bill and Hillary Clinton have refused to meet with the committee regarding its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

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The Washington Post - Politics (13 hours ago)

The spending bill is set for a vote Thursday, and it's not clear if it will have enough support to pass.

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

"Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland,” the president said, referring to market shifts related to his repeated threats to seize Greenland. "So Iceland's already cost us a lot of money.”

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party's future and might run for president, said that "across all three branches of government, 75 years — you're out.”

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

The semiautonomous Danish territory issued its guidance as President Trump told European leaders that he wouldn't send troops to seize it. Greenland said it was responding to power cuts, not geopolitics.

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

The justices were alert to the central bank's crucial role and wary of issuing a broad ruling based on rushed briefing and incomplete information.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

President Donald Trump claimed to have a "framework of a future deal" regarding Greenland without saying whether it would become part of the United States as he had vowed it would."Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Disappointment, disdain, frustration, humiliation.Any of these words could describe sentiment inside the camp of Bill Cassidy after President Donald Trump issued a surprise statement Saturday night in support of U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow in this fall's U.S. Senate election in Louisiana. One word that doesn't apply: Surprise.In the world of whim and...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Trump administration immigration agents are descending on Maine as a massive immigration enforcement sweep targets Somali immigrants, The New York Times reported Wednesday.The operation marks the latest chapter in the administration's aggressive nationwide immigration crackdown following a controversial Minnesota campaign that sparked nationwide...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Former Obama economic adviser Robert Wolf forcefully shut down a Fox News host and conservative economist Stephen Moore after they lavished praise on Donald Trump's economy without, Wolf argued, any grounding in reality. Cutting through repeated interruptions and attempts to pin current problems on Joe Biden, Wolf pointed to hard data showing...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

An MS NOW reporter was stunned following President Donald Trump's shift away from suggesting he would use military force to seize Greenland and his comments to world leaders on Wednesday. Ravi Agrawal described a full room at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where people were anticipating hearing Trump's comments on the Arctic...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Donald Trump's attempt to claim Greenland has alarmed global observers, with commentator Sabrina Haake arguing that the former president's rhetoric is empowering authoritarian leaders like Vladimir Putin. Writing on her Substack, Haake warned that Trump's threats against Greenland and disregard for NATO undermine the "rule-based global order,”...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to hold both Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas to testify about their knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein."They possessed information directly relevant to the investigation,” said Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the chair of the committee. "The Clintons had...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

President Donald Trump made a major shift in direction in his first remarks on Wednesday after demanding a deal to own Greenland.Trump appeared to change his mind about military action to acquire the Arctic Island and Danish territory, and his comments were a notable change in development over the situation at the World Economic Forum in Davos,...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Frustrated Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers fled a Minnesota neighborhood after residents alerted each other by triggering car alarms from their homes.A Reddit user shared a video of the incident on Wednesday in a post titled, "People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes...

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