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Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland

By STEFANIE DAZIO, JILL LAWLESS and EMMA BURROWS
Jan 18, 2026 3:47 pm - BERLIN (AP) — The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland blasted the move Sunday, wa...
Video shows demonstration, not a military operation

By Bob Oswald
Jan 18, 2026 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that a video shows U.S. troops assaulting a Venezuelan tanker sporting a Russian flag, President Trump is considering a return to prohibition and more.
In Denmark, US lawmakers contradict Trump on Greenland

By Steve Hendrix, Noah Robertson and Theodoric Meyer
Jan 17, 2026 8:29 pm - A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers, including senior members of the House and Senate, traveled to Copenhagen to reassure the leaders of Denmark and Greenland, and their increasingly anxious citizens that most Americans do not support President Donald Trump’s plan to annex or buy Greenland, let alone military action against a fellow NATO ally.
White House told CBS to run Trump interview unedited or get sued

By Scott Nover
Jan 17, 2026 8:19 pm - White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told CBS News to air an interview with President Donald Trump in full or face a lawsuit, according to an audio recording of the exchange reviewed by The Washington Post.
Trump’s Twin Cities immigration crackdown has made chaos and tension the new normal

By TIM SULLIVAN
Jan 17, 2026 5:53 pm - Work starts around sunrise for many of the federal officers carrying out the immigration crackdown in and around the Twin Cities, with hundreds of people in tactical gear emerging from a bland office building near the main airport.Within minutes, hulking SUVs, pickup trucks and minivans begin leaving, forming the unmarked convoys that have quickly become feared and common sights in the streets of Minneapolis, St. Paul and their suburbs.
Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators face off during Minneapolis immigration crackdown

By JACK BROOK
Jan 17, 2026 5:45 pm - Protesters for and against the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown clashed in Minneapolis on Saturday in exchanges that grew heated before local police showed up.
‘We still have plenty’: Retailers making sense of penny’s slow death

By Marni Pyke
Jan 17, 2026 11:15 am - Some businesses are rounding off cash transactions, others with high credit card transactions are unfazed after U.S. Mint discontinued penny production.
Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default

By COLLIN BINKLEY
Jan 16, 2026 8:14 pm - The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans.
New research bolsters evidence that Tylenol doesn’t raise the risk of autism despite Trump’s claims

By LAURA UNGAR
Jan 16, 2026 8:05 pm - A new review of studies has found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy doesn’t increase the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities — adding to the growing body of research refuting claims made by the Trump administration.
Trump bets on rural health as a winning midterm message

By Dan Diamond
Jan 16, 2026 7:48 pm - President Donald Trump wants Republicans to be known as the health care party heading into this year’s midterm elections, even as his administration has struggled to produce a comprehensive health care agenda. He tried to build the case again Friday by touting a $50 billion rural health program as evidence his administration can deliver results for voters facing rising costs and shrinking access to care.

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