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Trump Takes Off for Davos, but Air Force One Turns Back

Trump was moved to second plane and continued with trip after minor issue

(Newser) - President Trump's plane, Air Force One, returned to Joint Base Andrews about an hour after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening, the AP reports. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decision to return was made after takeoff when the crew aboard Air Force One identified "a...

Trump on Greenland Plans: 'You'll Find Out'

He lists accomplishments in 2-hour press briefing, says 'God would be proud'

(Newser) - President Trump appeared at Tuesday's White House press briefing to mark the first anniversary of the start of his second term. He spoke and answered questions for nearly two hours, the AP reports. The president shared a laundry list of accomplishments, including executive orders he's signed and his...

White House Ballroom Isn't All That's Being Built

Plans also include an overhaul of a secretive East Wing bunker, per CNN

(Newser) - The White House East Wing is being torn up for a new Trump-era ballroom —but the real action is happening below ground, CNN reports. The site was once home to Franklin D. Roosevelt's World War II–era bomb shelter, later expanded into the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC),...

Trump's Greenland Letter Stirs 25th Amendment Rumblings

Meanwhile, ex-cardiologist for Dick Cheney urges Congress to probe president's mental fitness

(Newser) - A cardiologist who once helped keep Dick Cheney alive is now publicly questioning whether President Trump should be in the Oval Office. The Hill reports that Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a CNN medical analyst and the late vice president's former heart doctor, is urging Congress to open a bipartisan probe...

Op-Ed: Trump's Getting Another Term—Not the Way You Think

John Harris of Politico writes that his successor's first term will be all about Trump

(Newser) - Some of President Trump's supporters are still holding out hope he will find a way to defy the Constitution and serve a third term. But in a Politico column, John Harris writes they needn't worry. Trump and his policies will undoubtedly dominate the first term of his successor....

Trump Threatens 200% Tariff on French Wine, Champagne

France calls threat 'blackmail' to force Macron to join new Board of Peace

(Newser) - President Trump wants French President Emmanuel Macron to join his new Board of Peace —and he's threatening to make French wine a lot more expensive if Macron continues to balk. "I'll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and Champagnes, and he'll join, but...

Markets Jittery as Trump Doubles Down

Dow futures sink as president continues his threats to take Greenland

(Newser) - The stock market is poised to open in a foul mood over tensions about Greenland. Dow futures were on track to drop nearly 700 points, or 1.4%, when trading begins Tuesday morning, reports CNBC . The benchmark S&P 500 faced a comparable percentage drop, and the tech-focused NASDAQ was...

Trump: 'No Comment' on Using Force to Seize Greenland

EU leaders plan emergency summit to discuss response to his tariff threat

(Newser) - President Trump isn't ruling out using the US military to seize Greenland—but he's not saying much about it, either. In a brief interview with NBC News on Monday, Trump responded, "No comment" when asked whether he'd consider using force to take control of the vast...

Powell Plans Another Public Stand Against White House

Fed chief will attend Lisa Cook's Supreme Court hearing in person this week

(Newser) - Fed chief Jerome Powell now appears to be leaning into his fight with President Trump . Both the New York Times and the AP report that Powell will be in attendance at the Supreme Court on Wednesday when justices hear arguments on whether Trump can fire Lisa Cook as a Federal...

Trump Commutes Sentence of Congressman's Son

Son of Rep. Steve Womack was sentenced to 8 years on methamphetamine charge in 2024

(Newser) - President Trump has freed an Arkansas congressman's son who was serving time on a federal methamphetamine conviction. According to a Justice Department clemency order dated Jan. 15, Trump has commuted the sentence of James Phillip Womack, son of Republican US Rep. Steve Womack, USA Today reports. James Womack was...

Americans Bear Nearly the Full Cost of Tariffs
Americans Bear Nearly
the Full Cost of Tariffs
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Jan 19, 2026 10:41 AM CST

Americans Bear Nearly the Full Cost of Tariffs

Study out of Germany estimates that 96% of the costs are being paid by those in the US

(Newser) - A new study of President Trump's tariffs will not please the president: The research finds that Americans are footing nearly the entire cost of them, reports the Wall Street Journal . Specifically, the study from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany finds that US consumers and importers...

Trump Writes a Snippy Letter to Norway on Nobel, Greenland

President references prize snub, links it to his push for the territory

(Newser) - President Trump complained about getting overlooked for a Nobel Peace Prize in a new letter to Norway's prime minister—and tied it to his wish to control Greenland:
  • "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no
...

Trump's AI Voice Makes Its Debut in an Ad

The ad for Fannie Mae uses president's bot-generated voice—with his permission

(Newser) - What sounds like President Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video. The voice in the ad, created with permission from the Trump administration, promises an "all new Fannie Mae" and calls the institution the "...

UN Chief Has Some Blunt Words for Trump's Moves

'There are those who believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power'

(Newser) - The outgoing head of the United Nations is offering a blunt new criticism of American power under President Trump: "There are those who believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power," Secretary-General António Guterres tells the BBC in an interview. Washington now...

Iran Warns US Move Against Khamenei Would Mean War

Threat follows Trump's suggestion about a change at the top

(Newser) - Iran's president warned Sunday that his country would consider any US attack on its top leader to be a declaration of war. In what appeared to be a response to President Trump's comment the day before to Politico that "It's time to look for new leadership...

Army Battalions Ordered to Prepare for Minneapolis

Soldiers are on standby after Trump's threat to invoke Insurrection Act

(Newser) - The Trump administration is positioning about 1,500 active-duty soldiers for possible deployment to Minnesota, the Washington Post reports. President Trump has publicly threatened to send troops there under the Insurrection Act if the state's Democratic officials don't stop demonstrations in Minneapolis opposing the actions of federal immigration...

How Prosecutors Feel When the Bad Guy Gets Pardoned

Career prosecutors say clemencies erase accountability, waste years of work

(Newser) - The Washington Post zooms in on an unusual perspective in the Trump pardon story: the prosecutors who spent years building complex cases, only to watch them vanish with a signature. Reporter Perry Stein details how public-corruption and white-collar-crime teams poured millions in taxpayer-funded resources and countless late nights into prosecutions...

Trump Names Board to Oversee Gaza, Drawing Israeli Complaint

Panel includes no Palestinians and no Israeli officials

(Newser) - President Trump has unveiled the first roster for a new international body he says will direct the rebuilding of Gaza, an announcement that immediately drew public pushback from Israel. The White House on Friday named Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff,...

A Word of Warning: Greenland Is a Money Pit

Island depends on Danish welfare, fragile fishing industry

(Newser) - Anyone eyeing Greenland as a geopolitical prize might want to look at the balance sheet first. The Wall Street Journal reports that behind President Trump's talk of buying the vast Arctic island sits an economy that leans heavily on Danish cash and shrimp—and isn't growing much. Greenland'...

Trump: Tariffs Over Greenland Start Feb. 1

Rate will rise to 25% unless a deal is struck for US takeover by June 1, post says

(Newser) - As demonstrators in Greenland and Denmark protested his coveting of their territory, President Trump announced Saturday that he's levying new tariffs on European nations that will remain in effect until the US takes ownership of Greenland. Posting on Truth Social, Trump said he's imposing a 10% tariff on...

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