Nation and World Politics
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The U.S. political climate spurs efforts to reclaim the MLK holiday
Jan 19, 2026 9:24 pm - As communities across the country on Monday hosted parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political clim...
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Nervous Europe working to end reliance on American security
Jan 19, 2026 9:24 pm - “Intimidation,” “threats” and “blackmail” are just some of the terms being used by European Union leaders to describe U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning that he will s...
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Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace Prize, European officials say
Jan 19, 2026 9:29 am - U.S. Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no lon...
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Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over GreenlandJan 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...
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Video shows demonstration, not a military operationJan 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.
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In Denmark, US lawmakers contradict Trump on Greenland
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.
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White House told CBS to run Trump interview unedited or get sued
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.
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Trump’s Twin Cities immigration crackdown has made chaos and tension the new normal
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.
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Pro- and anti-ICE demonstrators face off during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
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.
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‘We still have plenty’: Retailers making sense of penny’s slow deathJan 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.