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4:45 PM ET, January 17, 2026

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CNBC:
Trump says 8 European nations face tariffs rising to 25% if Greenland isn't sold to the U.S. … Eight NATO members' goods sent to the U.S. will face escalating tariffs “until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland,” President Donald Trump announced Saturday.
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Associated Press:
Hundreds march in Greenland to support Arctic island in the face of Trump's threats to take it over  —  Hundreds of people in Greenland's capital braved near-freezing temperatures, rain and icy streets to march in a rally on Saturday in support of their own self-governance in the face of threats of an American takeover.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Well, President Donald J. Trump finally has his Nobel Peace Prize.  Yesterday, in a visit to the White House, Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado presented Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize medal the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded to her in October 2025.
Sara Sjolin / Bloomberg:
Trump's Greenland Demands Spark Protest Rallies in Denmark  —  Thousands of people took to the streets across Denmark to protest US President Donald Trump's ambitions to take control of Greenland, underscoring the deep unease over the future of the Arctic island.
Paul Krugman:
The Stupidest Trump Move So Far  —  Donald Trump has many weird obsessions, but his fixation on acquiring Greenland may be the weirdest.  Alas, it's also consequential.  European nations are taking it seriously enough that they have sent military forces into Greenland …
Lakshmi Varanasi / Business Insider:
Trump says the US will impose up to 25% tariffs on Denmark and other European countries until they hand over Greenland
Discussion: Blaze Media
Washington Post:
In Denmark, U.S. lawmakers contradict Trump on Greenland
CNN:
Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies over Greenland until deal reached, as thousands protest
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NBC News:
Federal officials investigating Renee Good's widow in shooting probe, sources say  —  The federal investigation into the shooting by an ICE officer has focused in on Good's wife, including whether she may have impeded a federal officer moments before he shot, sources say.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Begins Criminal Inquiry Into Minnesota Leaders
Brad Kutner / WVTF:
Spanberger ends relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police  —  Governor Abigail Spanberger was inaugurated Saturday, and with it issued a series of day one executive orders.  Among them is one rescinding the relationship initiated by former governor Glenn Youngkin between Virginia State Police …
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Politico:
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia's 1st female governor in historic inauguration
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
DOJ Moves to Block Independent Monitor in Maxwell Case, Says Courts Cannot Force Epstein File Disclosures  —  DOJ Tells Court It Cannot Be Forced to Release Epstein Files  —  The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master …
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Aaron Parnas / The Parnas Perspective:   Important Update: Justice Department Says No Court Can Force it to Release the Epstein Files as Cover-Up Grows
New York Times:
'We'll Sue': White House's Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo  —  In previously unreported remarks, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News that Mr. Trump would “sue” the news outlet if it did not air an interview unedited.
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Making China Great Again  —  SOMEONE ALERT the Norwegian Nobel Committee: Against the odds, Donald Trump has succeeded in peacefully uniting the world.  —  Unfortunately, the world has been united against us.  —  This Pax (Ex) Americana era was illustrated Friday …
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Appears to Forget Name of Woman Who Just Gave Him Her Nobel Peace Prize  —  THANKS... YOU  —  The president seemed to have difficulty recalling exactly who handed him the award he's been hankering after.  —  President Donald Trump was handed the Nobel Peace Prize he has been whining …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Has Machado's Nobel Prize, but Neither Got What They Really Wanted
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Dispatch from the occupation  —  What life is like in Minneapolis now … I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul ─ one of America's 20 largest metro areas.  I have kids in the public schools, own a house, go to work every day, pay taxes, volunteer in my community …
Discussion: MPR News
New York Times:
How the House Slumped to Historic Lows of Productivity in 2025  —  Despite holding a governing trifecta, Republicans labored to steer the tightly divided House, with fewer votes and fewer bills that became law than almost any session in the last two decades.
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Trump can now travel to Mar-a-Lago on a street bearing his name  —  Trump's latest naming recognition is a 4-mile stretch of Florida roadway connecting Palm Beach International Airport to his Mar-a-Lago resort.  —  WASHINGTON ‒ Presidents typically wait until they've left the White House ‒ …
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump to POLITICO: 'It's time to look for new leadership in Iran' … The next day, the president abruptly changed course, saying he had been informed that the killings had stopped.  —  “The best decision he ever made was not hanging more than 800 people two days ago,” Trump said Saturday …
Roque Planas / The Guardian:
US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions  —  Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest  —  Two protesters have been blinded by so-called “less-lethal” munitions deployed …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
This Is the Only Card Trump Can Play  —  Not since the British occupation of Boston on the eve of the Revolutionary War has an American city experienced anything like the blockade of Minneapolis and its surrounding areas by the federal government.  —  Acting under the pretext of immigration enforcement …
Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Washington Post:
U-Va. board leaders resign as Spanberger and Democrats take power  —  The departures come as Democrats took other steps to quickly unwind some changes made at Virginia colleges during the administration of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.  —  The leaders of the University of Virginia's board resigned Friday …
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Man Charged With Shining Laser Pointer At Trump's Helicopter Acquitted In 35 Minutes  —  It's another embarrassing outcome for Jeanine Pirro, who tried to “make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain.”  —  A man who was charged with a felony for allegedly shining …
Discussion: The Guardian
Nicole Bedera / MS NOW:
I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence.  Here's how ICE observers are helping.  —  Scientific research has shown that their tactics can undermine the conditions that lead to violence.  —  Since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Good on Jan. 7 …
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’  —  “We don't do politics in the Department of Homeland Security,” Tom Ridge, the nation's first DHS secretary, liked to say whenever reporters would ask how he handled pressure from the White House.  Ridge, a moderate Republican and a Vietnam vet with a square jaw …
Associated Press:
AP obtains documents showing Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has been on DEA's radar for years  —  When President Donald Trump announced the audacious capture of Nicolás Maduro to face drug trafficking charges in the U.S., he portrayed the strongman's vice president and longtime aide …
Discussion: VINnews
 
 
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