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 …

Trump Wants Nations to Pay $1 Billion to Stay on His Peace Board  —  The Trump administration is asking countries that want a permanent spot on his new Board of Peace to contribute at least $1 billion.  —  According to a draft charter for the proposed group seen by Bloomberg …

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz mobilizes state National Guard amid ongoing protests  —  Tim Walz Federal agencies US military Crime  —  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has mobilized the state National Guard to support the Minnesota State Patrol, Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya, state public affairs officer …

'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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed  —  The two men's accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security's account of the incident.  —  The Trump administration is seeking to deport …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.