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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Has an Offramp on Greenland.  He Doesn't Seem to Want It.  —  The strategic importance of Greenland is growing, and NATO has underinvested in Arctic security.  But President Trump, intent on ownership, is rebuffing deals with Europe to solve the problem.
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John Irish / Reuters:
Trump tells Norway he no longer feels obligation to think only of peace  —  U.S. President Donald Trump has told Norway's prime minister in a letter that he no longer feels obligated “to think purely of Peace” because he had not been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and he repeated his demand for control of Greenland.
New York Times:
Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He'll Push for Greenland  —  In a text message, President Trump told Norway's prime minister that he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
TASS:
Kremlin agrees that Trump will go down in history if he annexes Greenland  —  According to Dmitry Peskov, by resolving the issue of Greenland's accession, the US leader will go down not only in US history, but in world history as well  —  MOSCOW, January 19.  /TASS/.
Politico:   The Green-eyed monster  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Makayla Gray  —  Good Monday morning.
New York Times:
Starmer Pushes Back Against Greenland Tariff Threat as ‘Completely Wrong’
Tim Ross / Politico:   Trump's Greenland threats push Europe toward divorcing America
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Links Greenland Threats to Missing Out on Nobel Prize
Discussion: Fortune and Townhall
Associated Press:
Europeans reeling as Trump imposes tariffs on 8 countries over Greenland dispute
Lizzie Dearden / New York Times:
Starmer Pushes Back Against Greenland Tariff Threat as ‘Completely Wrong’
CNN:
Putin invited to join Trump's ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump's “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, his spokesman said on Monday.
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Ketrin Jochecová / Politico:
Trump invites Putin to join Gaza peace board, Kremlin says
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
Associated Press:
$1 billion gets a permanent seat on Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza, as India and others invited
Financial Times:   Trump has invited Putin to join ‘Board of Peace’, Kremlin says
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Josh Shapiro Writes That Harris Team Asked if He Had Ever Been an Israeli Agent  —  In his new memoir, the Pennsylvania governor suggests that when Kamala Harris's team vetted him to be her running mate, aides focused on Israel to an extent he found offensive.
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Associated Press:
Lawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detainees  —  Detainees are being held at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis.  —  Federal officers stand outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during a protest on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis.
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters  —  Legal and criminal justice experts said a ruling by a federal judge last week revealed conduct by immigration agents that evokes the civil rights era.  —  A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned.
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Jack Brook / Associated Press:
DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
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CNN:
‘Inside CECOT’ airing tonight
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
‘No longer in my hands’: How Hill Republicans stopped caring about DOJ releasing the Epstein files … “I don't give a rip about Epstein,” Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said last week when she was asked to take stock of the month since the Dec. 19 deadline.  —  “Like, there's so many other things we need to be working on,” she added.
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
There's a reason Trump Is Targeting Minneapolis  —  Late last Wednesday night, I was standing on a street corner in the Hawthorne neighborhood in North Minneapolis, when I witnessed an extraordinary confrontation.  A federal agent marched up a narrow residential sidewalk, flanked by modest bungalows …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Musk shocks with $10 million donation in Ky. Senate race  —  Elon Musk has cut a massive $10 million check to bolster Nate Morris, an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Axios has learned. … - Musk, the world's richest person …
Washington Post:
Trump administration backs labor secretary facing misconduct probe  —  Lori Chavez-DeRemer is also accused of having an affair with a staffer and drinking in her office during the workday.  —  The Trump administration is rallying around Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer …
Discussion: RedState
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
IG probe uncovers Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's office booze ‘stash’ — and strip club visit with subordinates
Discussion: The Independent and Mediaite
Robert Kagan / The Atlantic:
America vs. the World … The trump administration's National Security Strategy made it official: The American-dominated liberal world order is over.  This is not because the United States proved materially incapable of sustaining it.  Rather, the American order is over because the United States …
Chan Ho-him / Associated Press:
China's economy grows 5% in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump's tariffs  —  China's economy expanded at a 5% annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.  However, growth slowed to a 4.5% rate in the last quarter of the year, the government said Monday.
Financial Times:
Could Europe really leverage its $12.6tn pile of US assets?  —  NIIPing an outlandish idea in the bud  —  The latest twist in The Apprentice: American Carnage is its threat of escalating tariffs on European countries that weirdly don't think the US should be threatening to invade a Nato ally.
NHK WORLD:
PM Takaichi announces snap election for Feb. 8  —  People in Japan will head to the polls on February 8.  —  Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae says she is seeking a stronger mandate for her coalition government.  —  The starting gun for the snap race will fire next week, after Takaichi dissolves the Lower House this Friday.
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
FBI opened probe on Minneapolis shooting; none exists now, Justice Dept. says  —  Trump administration officials have pushed to investigate Renée Good's partner, not the officer who shot her.  —  In the immediate aftermath of the death of Renée Good in Minneapolis …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Associated Press:
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
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