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NATO is done if Trump invades Greenland, Danish PM warns

January 5, 2026 6:07 pm CET If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland, it will spell the end of NATO, Denmark’s leader warned. Trump, who last week ratcheted up threats to take over the self-ruling Danish territory in the Arctic, should be taken “seriously when he says that he wants Greenland,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in an interview with broadcaster TV2. “But I will also make it clear that if the U.S. chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then every ...

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Trump Mocks Denmark Increasing Greenland Security After US Threats: 'They Added One More Dog Sled'

Jan 5th, 2026, 8:18 am President Donald Trump mocked the Kingdom of Denmark for allegedly increasing security around Greenland, telling reporters on Sunday that the country merely “added one more dog sled.” Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, the president answered questions about the implications of his military action that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Friday. Though the president reiterated his claims that America “needs” Greenland in the aftermath of M ...

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Trump Admin Accuses Hilton of Refusing Rooms for ICE Agents

Jan 05, 2026 at 03:19 PM EST Dan Gooding Jason Lemon President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused Hilton Hotels of refusing rooms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, describing it as a "coordinated campaign" against DHS law enforcement in Minneapolis. In a post on X Monday, DHS shared screenshots it said were from Hilton Hotels, in which staff refused to book rooms for federal agents linked with immigration enforcement efforts in the ar ...

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Dow rises 750 points in midday trading, S&P 500 and Nasdaq climb as energy stocks lead the broader market higher ...

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DOJ alerts judge to Nicolas Maduro's arrest and pleads for more time to come up with 'remedies' in Alien Enemies case

Jan 5th, 2026, 9:10 am Updated Jan 5th, 2026, 9:46 am The DOJ on Sunday told a federal judge that the military's stunning late-night capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, now in the U.S. with his wife to face a "narco-terrorism conspiracy" and "cocaine importation conspiracy" indictment, has created a "fluid" situation that means the Trump administration needs more time to come up with "remedies" in Alien Enemies Act (AEA) litigation. The brief ...

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U.S. plan to 'run' Venezuela clouded in confusion

(Washington Post) The White House is weighing giving Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy White House chief of staff and homeland security adviser, a more elevated role in overseeing post-Maduro operations in Venezuela, according to one person with knowledge of the conversations, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive dealings. The day before, Trump had effectively dismissed the prospects of Venezuela’s democratic opposition, including Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, whose stand-in candidate, Edmundo González, won more than two-thirds of the vote in an election last year that saw Maduro refuse to leave office.

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Even Republicans Are Challenging Trump's Claim That His Venezuela Campaign Is About Drugs

(Mother Jones) Even some Republican lawmakers criticized the Trump administration’s assertion that it is engaging in a military campaign in Venezuela to block fentanyl trafficking into the US. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who is resigning from Congress on Monday following a split from Trump, said on Sunday that the president should target Mexico if he wants to stop fentanyl. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) also condemned the Trump administration’s narrative on Venezuelan drugs on Sunday.

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Trump push to politicize US military 'reminiscent of Stalin', top general warns

(The Guardian) Donald Trump and his defense secretary Pete Hegseth are mounting an aggressive push to politicise the top ranks of the US military – a push that smacks of Stalinism and could take years to repair, the former infantry chief who trained troops to invade Iraq has warned. Maj Gen Paul Eaton has sounded the alarm, saying in an interview with the Guardian that the effort to bend the higher echelons of the military to the US president’s will was unparalleled in recent history and could have long-term dire consequences. He warned that both the reputation and efficiency of the world’s most powerful fighting force was in the balance.

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Denmark's prime minister says 'stop the threats' of U.S. annexing Greenland

(NPR) Denmark defended its authority over Greenland on Sunday after President Trump and the wife of a Trump adviser renewed calls for the U.S. to annex the territory. On Saturday, Katie Miller, wife of President Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted a picture of the American flag covering Greenland on X. She captioned the photo with the word "SOON."

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Fear and pain in rural America as Trump breaks his promise

(The Telegraph) Lincoln County in south-east Arkansas is the epitome of rural, broke America. While it is not the poorest place, it is in the most impoverished fifth of the country. Donald Trump won 74pc of the vote here in 2024 but Lincoln County is one of many places where supporters are starting to resent the fact that, nearly a year into his presidency, he is failing to make the economy work for them. Even Terry, who has a Trump poster tied to the chicken-wire fence outside his bungalow and has voted for the president in the last three elections, can’t help but feel disappointed.

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