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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
ReadPolitico - 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
ReadRaw 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
ReadRaw 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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