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Jakub Krupa / The Guardian:
Trump ‘crossing red lines’ says Belgian PM after US president warns ‘there can be no going back’ on Greenland - Europe live — Belgium's PM says Europe is ‘at a crossroads’ and 80 years of Atlanticism could be drawing to a close — EU cannot ‘stay herbivore’ in post-atlantic world, Belgium's De Wever says
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Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Trump Threatens 200 Percent Tariffs on French Wine — France has said it will not join President Trump's “Board for Peace.” France's agriculture minister described the tariff threat as “blackmail.” — President Trump threatened on Monday to impose 200 percent tariffs on French wine …
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Politico:
Trump's a T-Rex and ‘pathetic’ leaders need to confront him, rages California's Newsom — Leading Democrat launches broadside at politicians who bow to Trump: “You mate with him or he devours you, one or the other, and you need to stand up to it.” — DAVOS, Switzerland …
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The Guardian:
Bessent urges Europe not to retaliate against Trump's Greenland tariffs — US treasury secretary says at WEF in Davos that countries and companies should pause and ‘let things play out’ — The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, has urged European countries not to retaliate …
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Christian Wienberg / Bloomberg:
Greenland PM Tells People to Prepare for Possible Invasion
Greenland PM Tells People to Prepare for Possible Invasion
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
EU chief warns there's no going back after Trump's Greenland threats
EU chief warns there's no going back after Trump's Greenland threats
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Katya Adler / BBC:
Confronted over Greenland, Europe is ditching its softly-softly approach to Trump
Confronted over Greenland, Europe is ditching its softly-softly approach to Trump
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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
Top EU official questions Trump's trustworthiness over Greenland tariff threat
Top EU official questions Trump's trustworthiness over Greenland tariff threat
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Lucy Handley / CNBC:
Trump is showing the world the U.S. is ‘back,’ Scott Bessent tells CNBC as Greenland tensions ratchet up
Trump is showing the world the U.S. is ‘back,’ Scott Bessent tells CNBC as Greenland tensions ratchet up
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CNN:
Even some Trump advisers are wary of a military pursuit of Greenland. Is an off-ramp possible?
Even some Trump advisers are wary of a military pursuit of Greenland. Is an off-ramp possible?
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Paul Krugman:
It's Sundowning in America — A short post. Today doesn't seem like a day for charts and number-crunching. — I had never heard the term “sundowning” before it happened to my own father, yet it's a fairly common syndrome. In his last few months my father remained lucid and rational — remained himself — during daylight hours.
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway's Prime Minister About Greenland
Read the Texts Between Trump and Norway's Prime Minister About Greenland
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New York Times:
How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion — $1,408,500,000 — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values. It is separate from the newsroom.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment — ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months — During the second Trump administration, the population of migrants held at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Jack Brook / Associated Press:
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search — Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions …
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Punchbowl News:
Tillis eyes new blockade over Greenland, tariffs … The North Carolina Republican is the deciding vote on all four of his committees, having exercised that leverage a few times already since announcing last year that he won't seek reelection, including most recently with Federal Reserve nominees.
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Behind the disturbing image of ICE snatching a half-naked, elderly Hmong American from his home — DHS has claimed without evidence that they were looking for someone else when they took ChongLy Scott Thao. … — Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social)2026-01- 19T00:33:56.260Z
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Maria Cardona / Reuters:
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow — A Minnesota man told Reuters on Monday he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and Crocs.
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The Bulwark:
Davos Won't Save Us — The elites are pretending everything is still normal. — You know things are going well in geopolitics when world leaders keep acting like beefing internet personalities, tweeting out screenshots of each other's texts. — First it was Norwegian Prime Minister …
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Politico:
Letlow launches Trump-backed Senate bid against Cassidy … Trump upended the primary in the Republican state over the weekend when he preemptively endorsed Letlow. “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
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Washington Post:
‘Morally acceptable’ for U.S. troops to disobey orders, archbishop says — Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the Catholic archdiocese for the U.S. military, expressed concern at President Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland by force. — The Catholic archbishop for the U.S. military services said it …
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Daniel Esparza / Aleteia:
U.S. Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
U.S. Military archbishop: Troops could refuse orders on Greenland
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Wall Street Journal:
Americans Foot the Bill for Tariffs, Study Finds — Americans, not foreigners, are bearing almost the entire cost of U.S. tariffs, according to new research that contradicts a key claim by President Trump and suggests he might have a weaker hand in a reemerging trade war with Europe. — 4%
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Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
Trump And Miller Slashing Legal Immigration By 33% To 50% — New research concludes the Trump administration's policies will reduce legal immigration to the United States by 33% to 50% over four years. Restricting Americans' ability to sponsor their closest family members …
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Democrats Support Bill That Would Give ICE $10 Billion — The party has few good options for restraining ICE, which is flush with cash thanks to the passage of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. — WASHINGTON ― Democrats touted modest constraints on President Donald …
John F. Harris / Politico:
President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution … One year after Donald Trump began his second term with an inaugural address assertion that he was “saved by God to make America great again,” one way to measure his influence is to cast the mind forward two years from now.
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Morgan Wolfe / KARE-TV:
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney — A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities. — MINNEAPOLIS — A combat-wounded Army veteran …
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
How Trump Doomed the American Auto Industry — Ford and GM made a big bet on electrification. Then Trump plunged a knife into their backs. — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — About three and a half years ago, the American auto industry made a big bet on electrification …
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE — The FAA has altered a no fly zone designation that was originally created for US military bases to apply to DHS units. — The Federal Aviation Administration put a drone no fly zone within 3,000 feet of …



