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Richard Bravo / Bloomberg:
EU Set to Halt US Trade Deal Over Trump's New Tariff Threat  —  European Union lawmakers are poised to halt approval of the EU's trade deal with the US over President Donald Trump's vow to impose tariffs on countries that supported Greenland in the face of American threats.
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 …
CNN:
Trump threatens new tariffs on European allies over Greenland until deal reached, as thousands protest
Associated Press:
Hundreds march in Greenland to support Arctic island in the face of Trump's threats to take it over
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
Bloomberg:
Trump Wants Nations to Pay $1 Billion to Stay on 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 …
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Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu fumes at Gaza oversight panel makeup as Trump invites Erdogan to peace board  —  PM's office says it was left out of talks on makeup of executive board, which includes top officials from Turkey, Qatar; American official retorts: ‘This is our show, not his show’
The Atlantic:
Trump's Billion-Dollar Board of Peace  —  The new entity has a global remit and a steep price for a permanent seat.  —  Imagine you're the president of a midsize country, and you're offered a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council.  The only condition: You have to pay …
Barak Ravid / Axios:   “Gaza is our show”: U.S. pushes its plan over Netanyahu's objections
Washington Post:
Trump names Kushner, Rubio, Blair to Gaza board; Israel objects to lineup
Aaron Boxerman / New York Times:
Israel Voices Opposition to Trump Over Gaza Committee
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.
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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.
Wall Street Journal:
The Standoff That Has Turned Minnesota Into a Tinderbox  —  ICE agents with arrest quotas are colliding with angry residents, a compact city and a relatively small proportion of immigrants here illegally  —  MINNEAPOLIS—The collision of the Trump administration's huge immigration operation …
Discussion: Fox News
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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WWBT:
Day One: Governor Spanberger ends Virginia's ICE collaboration
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Blue Virginia
Politico:
Abigail Spanberger becomes Virginia's 1st female governor in historic inauguration
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 …
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Douglas MacMillan / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Blaze Media and Twin Cities
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 …
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
Tamsin McMahon / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans Executive Order for Army-Navy Game Broadcast  —  President Donald Trump said he intends to sign an executive order that would give an exclusive four-hour broadcast television window to the Army-Navy Game.  —  “Under my Administration, the second Saturday in December belongs to Army-Navy …
Discussion: The Hill
Frederick Melo / Twin Cities:
St. Paul woman, U.S. citizen, released from ICE detention after two days  —  Nasra Ahmed, a St. Paul woman and U.S. citizen who was born in Minnesota, was released to her family without charges on Friday night after being detained by federal immigration enforcement agents and spending more than two days in detention.
 
 
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