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President Trump on Wednesday de-escalated his threats to seize Greenland and hammer Europe with new tariffs, but some lawmakers in both parties fear the damage to NATO and the trans-Atlantic alliance has already been done. “It’s hard to un-ring the bell,” said Rep. Adam Smith (Wash.), the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee….

The New York Democrat called out the president’s “increasingly erratic ways.”

The president’s comments in Switzerland had many concerned.

“I don’t think there’s anybody outside the boundaries of the United States who believes for a second that Trump is sane at this stage of the game,” said Ty Cobb.

The president will always “go as far as he can until someone stops him,” cautioned the New York Times journalist.

The “Late Show” host tore into the White House press secretary for “grade A, big brother propaganda.”

The late night host scored a rare interview with the president … sort of.

The president has repeatedly pushed FCC Chair Brendan Carr to take action against U.S. broadcasters.

ICE is moving into Maine.

The White House press secretary is getting a fact-check on social media.

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) expressed concern after President Trump’s behavior Wednesday, after the president confused Greenland and Iceland multiple times during a speech earlier in the day. “The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways,” Ocasio-Cortez told Migrant Insider’s Pablo Manríquez on Capitol Hill. Earlier Wednesday, Trump mistook the two islands for each…

The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled revisions to the regulatory process for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit applications on Wednesday. Under the changes, eligible applicants can apply for and obtain an exploration license while simultaneously applying for a commercial recovery…

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) told CNN he is seriously considering running for president in 2028. “I still think it needs to be the right person for the moment, and we don’t know what that moment is yet,” he said in a wide-ranging interview published Tuesday. The retired astronaut and Navy officer is embroiled in a…

The bass guitarist also commended one music group for pushing boundaries and setting itself apart from other acts in recent years.

The president also ranted about the “problem with NATO.”

Gass, who founded the comedy rock band with Jack Black, said he felt there was “no way out” after his comments on the shooting sparked conservative outrage.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb warned Wednesday that “it’s not over yet” after President Trump de-escalated his aggressive stance on possibly acquiring Greenland for the U.S. by force. “I took two positive takeaways from this speech,” Stubb said on “Amanpour & Co” with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “One was he said there will be no military intervention,…

The “Daily Show” host explained how the U.S. can respond to the “damage” caused by the president.

The leaders of some of America’s closest allies used the Davos summit this week to confront a new world order under President Trump in which the U.S. is an unreliable partner, at best, and increasingly viewed as an adversary. The leaders of Canada and France were among those speaking out during the World Economic Forum…

Rahm Emanuel, seen as a potential 2028 contender, is pushing for a 75-year maximum age limit for people holding office. “You can’t serve in the armed forces. You can’t serve in a private sector job,” Emanuel told reporters during a Christian Science Monitor event Wednesday. “75: Go work on your golf swing,” he quipped. Emanuel,…

The comedy news program put a montage together to show just how biased some of the biggest MAGA pundits can be.

Trump boasted of a “framework of a future deal” regarding U.S. access to Greenland for military purposes — access it already under an existing agreement.

The Supreme Court explored several pathways as it weighed the monumental battle over President Trump’s firing power at the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. Though the justices appeared open to arguments from Fed board of governors member Lisa Cook that she was unlawfully removed, it remains unclear after the two-hour argument how broadly the court will rule. Justices…

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Wednesday defended giving her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump during her visit to the White House last week. “I already said what I meant and what it means to the Venezuelan people to present President Trump with our gratitude for what he has done,” Machado told independent…

President Donald Trump hedged when asked whether a new deal with NATO would include ownership of Greenland.