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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.
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw — Will Republicans in Congress ever step in? — Let me begin by quoting, in full, a letter that the president of the United States of America sent yesterday to the prime minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre.
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The Daily Wire, Hopium Chronicles, New York Post, Metro.co.uk, Raw Story and Mediaite
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.
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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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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/.
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NBC News:
Trump won't say whether he would use force to seize Greenland
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel snub as Europe eyes tariff retaliation
Trump links Greenland threats to Nobel snub as Europe eyes tariff retaliation
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Lizzie Dearden / New York Times:
Starmer Pushes Back Against Greenland Tariff Threat as ‘Completely Wrong’
Starmer Pushes Back Against Greenland Tariff Threat as ‘Completely Wrong’
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Washington Post:
Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader
Trump ties Greenland takeover bid to Nobel Prize in text to Norway leader
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Associated Press:
Starmer says Trump's Greenland tariff threat ‘completely wrong’ and a trade war in no one's interest
Starmer says Trump's Greenland tariff threat ‘completely wrong’ and a trade war in no one's interest
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Alain Berset / New York Times:
I'm the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I'd Never Have to Write.
I'm the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. This Is Something I Thought I'd Never Have to Write.
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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Donald Trump links threats to seize Greenland to Nobel prize snub in letter
Donald Trump links threats to seize Greenland to Nobel prize snub in letter
James C. Reynolds / The Independent:
Trump links Greenland pursuit to Nobel Peace Prize snub in extraordinary letter to Norway's PM
Trump links Greenland pursuit to Nobel Peace Prize snub in extraordinary letter to Norway's PM
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Tim Ross / Politico:
Trump's Greenland threats push Europe toward divorcing America
Trump's Greenland threats push Europe toward divorcing America
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Persuasion, NewsMax.com, 77 WABC and New York Times
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.
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Poll finds Americans not satisfied with handling of Epstein files … Following bipartisan calls to release the Epstein files throughout Trump's first year back in office, Congress passed a law in November requiring the DOJ to release by mid-December all documents tied to Epstein …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Celebrate a King, Not a Trump
Celebrate a King, Not a Trump
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MeidasTouch News, Bangor Daily News, Dallas Express, KARE-TV and New York Times
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
Inside Bari Weiss's Hostile Takeover of CBS News — The network's new editor-in-chief has championed a press free from élite bias, while aligning herself with a billionaire class more willing than ever to indulge Donald Trump. — On Halloween, a production team from “60 Minutes,” …
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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 …
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Althouse
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE's Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice — When authorities used Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) facial recognition app on a detained woman in an attempt to learn her identity and immigration status, it returned two different and incorrect names …
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.
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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Toluse Olorunnipa / The Atlantic:
Josh Shapiro Settles Some Scores
Josh Shapiro Settles Some Scores
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Ruth Graham / New York Times:
Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy … The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America's “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades.
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Hannah Miao / Wall Street Journal:
China's Birthrate Sinks to Record Low — Population shrinks for fourth consecutive year — China's population shrank for a fourth consecutive year as its birthrate fell to a record low, underscoring the demographic challenges facing the world's second-largest economy. — The details
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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
China's Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949
China's Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949
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Washington Post, BBC, Associated Press, Fortune and Semafor
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 …
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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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Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
Author of 'Don't Say Abolish ICE' Memo Is a Corporate Consultant — Blas Nuñez-Neto is a senior adviser to WestExec, a shadow lobbyist for defense and tech firms. — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — The author of a controversial memo telling Democrats …
Tom Fairless / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds — Research contradicts President Trump's claim that foreigners are footing the bill, and could weaken his hand in the dispute over Greenland — FRANKFURT—Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs …
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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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 …
Paul Krugman:
Big Business Should End Its Faustian Bargain With Trump — When Donald Trump returned to power, America's billionaires and the leaders of its biggest corporations rushed to prostrate themselves at his feet. Some of them, especially but not only among the tech bros, did so because they themselves wanted …
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.
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