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Wall Street Journal Flags A Dark Downside To Donald Trump’s Greenland Push

The newspaper’s conservative editorial board pointed out the “sad irony” of the president’s bid to seize the island.

‘It Will Be Done!!!’: Trump Issues Ominous New Greenland Warning In Late-Night Rant

The president also reportedly said that since he did not win a Nobel Peace Prize, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace.”

Paul Krugman Skewers This Donald Trump Move As His ‘Stupidest’ Yet

It’s a “howl of frustration” from a “mad dictator,” said the renowned economist.

Heckler At NBA Game In London Gets Huge Cheers With Blunt 3-Word Message For Trump

A protester let the president know exactly how he feels about U.S. efforts to take Greenland.

Rand Paul says US in ‘ongoing war’ with Venezuela

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the United States is in an “ongoing war” with Venezuela. “That is an act of war, it’s an ongoing war, to continue to take their oil, ongoing war, to distribute it,” Paul said during a Sunday appearance on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.” “I still hope it works…

CBS News Finally Releases ’60 Minutes’ Report ‘Inside CECOT’

“CBS News leadership has always been committed to airing the 60 MINUTES CECOT piece as soon as it was ready,” a spokesperson said.

Cruz says it is ‘overwhelmingly in America’s national interest’ to acquire Greenland

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said a potential United States acquisition of Greenland would be “overwhelmingly in America’s national best interest.  “When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump, for being single-mindedly focused on America First, on U.S. economic interests, and U.S. national security interests,” Cruz said during an appearance on…

Treasury Secretary Claims Trump Wants To Annex Greenland To Prevent Getting ‘Dragged’ Into ‘Attack’ From Russia

Scott Bessent argued Trump is “looking beyond next year to what could happen for a battle in the Arctic.”

European Countries Eye Retaliatory Tariffs If Trump Follows Through With Greenland Threats

They’re also intensifying efforts to persuade the President against imposing the levies over Greenland.

‘60 Minutes’ airs pulled segment on Venezuelan prison

CBS News’s “60 Minutes” segment highlighting men deported to Venezuela’s CECOT prison will air on Sunday evening after new Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss previously pulled the piece from airwaves. “Last year, the Trump administration deported hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, a country most had no ties to, claiming they were terrorists. This unusual move sparked…

Trump threatens to sue JPMorgan Chase over Jan. 6 debanking

President Trump on Saturday said he would sue JPMorgan Chase over the company’s decision to close his account following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.  “A front page Article in The Fake News Wall Street Journal states, without any verification, that I offered Jamie Dimon, of JPMorgan Chase, the job of Fed Chairman,” the president…

McCaul: US invading Greenland would mean ‘war with NATO itself

GOP Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas) said Sunday that the United States’s invasion of Greenland would mean “war” with NATO.  “The fact is, the president has full military access to Greenland to protect us from any threat. So if he wants to purchase Greenland, that’s one thing.” McCaul said during a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This…

Van Hollen: ‘ICE agents are the ones breaking the law, not the peaceful protesters’

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday, saying it needs “dramatic reform” after recent turmoil surrounding the agency. “ICE agents are the ones breaking the law, not the peaceful protesters. So, I believe we should not be funding an ICE operation that is completely lawless. It needs dramatic reform….

Van Hollen on Trump Greenland push: ‘This is not about security’

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) criticized President Trump’s push to acquire Greenland on Sunday and said it is “not about security.” “This is not about security, Jon. This is about a land grab. Donald Trump wants to get his hands on the minerals and other resources of Greenland, just like the real reason he went…

Trump’s immigration crackdown faces growing disapproval from voters

President Trump is facing signs that his immigration crackdown is losing popularity with American voters as fallout grows from the fatal shooting of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer this month. Recent polling has found Trump’s approval on immigration at a low point and shown that even some Republican voters are critical…

NATO chief says he has spoken to Trump about ‘security situation in Greenland’

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Sunday said he spoke with President Trump about the “security situation” in Greenland. “Spoke with @POTUS regarding the security situation in Greenland and the Arctic. We will continue working on this, and I look forward to seeing him in Davos later this week,” Rutte wrote in a post on…

Warner: Trump ‘looks kind of silly’ accepting Nobel Prize from Machado

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, knocked President Trump for letting Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado give him the Nobel Peace Prize when she visited the White House on Jan. 15. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Warner also questioned the president’s long-term strategy in…

Iranian president says any aggression at supreme leader constitutes ‘all-out war’

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged foreign counterparts on Sunday not to direct aggression at Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, as protests across Tehran and other provinces drew international concern. “If the people of #Iran face hardship and difficulties in their lives, one of the main reasons for it is the longstanding enmity and inhumane sanctions…

Trump encourages Julia Letlow to primary Cassidy in Louisiana Senate race

President Trump on Saturday endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.) to primary Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) after weeks of criticism from Cassidy regarding changes to the national vaccine schedule for children.  “I know Julia well, have seen her tested at the highest and most difficult levels, and she is a TOTAL WINNER! A Proud Mother of…

Gallego: ‘ICE needs to be totally torn down’

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Sunday took a swing at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in light of anger focused on the Trump administration over the killing of a woman in Minnesota by an ICE officer earlier in January. “A growing number of Democrats are renewing calls to abolish ICE entirely in the wake of…

‘SNL’ Roasts Trump’s Hand-Me-Down Nobel Prize In Chaotic Cabinet Spoof

There was no shortage of news to cover during the first cold open of 2026.

Pence: ‘Delcy Rodríguez is not the right leader for Venezuela’

Former Vice President Pence on Sunday slammed Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez, who has been heading up the country in the wake of Nicolás Maduro’s capture. “I want to say Delcy Rodríguez is not the right leader for Venezuela going forward. I understand the need for an interim period of time, there will be a stabilization…

Bessent defends DOJ Powell probe: Fed ‘independence does not mean no oversight’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, describing the probe as appropriate “oversight” of the independent agency. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” the secretary stressed that the investigation focuses on Powell’s handling of the renovation budget, brushing off concerns about…

Pence criticizes Trump’s Greenland strategy

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday backed President Trump’s plan to acquire Greenland, but expressed reservations about using tariffs to do so. “I think it’s a question right now, Jake, not of what the president’s trying to accomplish, but how? And I have concerns about using what I think is a questionable constitutional authority,…

Pressure mounts as Trump digs in heels on US attorneys

The Trump administration is staking out new ground in the fight to retain loyal U.S. attorneys after a string of setbacks, piling on pressure as top federal prosecutors stand firm in their roles and push forward with probes of the president’s political adversaries. “UNITED WE STAND,” the office representing U.S. attorneys nationwide wrote Thursday on…
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