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Trump Is Suing One of Wall Street's Biggest Banks

He alleges he was 'debanked' by JPMorgan Chase for 'woke' reasons

(Newser) - President Trump is taking one of Wall Street's biggest banks to court, claiming it tried to quietly cut him off over politics and then blacklist him. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Florida state court, Trump and several of his hospitality businesses accuse JPMorgan Chase and CEO Jamie Dimon...

Qatari Gift to Serve as Temporary Air Force One

Air Force says it will be ready by summer

(Newser) - A foreign gift is on track to become the president's ride by this summer. The Air Force says the Qatari-funded Boeing 747-8 being converted into a temporary Air Force One—known internally as a "VC-25 bridge aircraft"—is expected to be ready "no later than summer...

Putin: I'll Join Trump's Board of Peace—on One Condition

Moscow links potential $1B in Gaza aid to the US unfreezing Russian assets

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's ready to put money into President Trump's new Gaza reconstruction effort—if Washington first hands back Russian funds that are locked down. In a Kremlin meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, Putin said Moscow could channel $1 billion into...

Barron Trump May Have Helped Save Brit After Alarming Call

President's teen son is said to have alerted UK cops after witnessing alleged assault on video chat

(Newser) - Barron Trump's late-night video chat from the US spilled into a London courtroom this week. Prosecutors say the then-18-year-old son of President Trump was on a video call with a woman last winter when he watched her allegedly being punched repeatedly by her ex-boyfriend, 22-year-old Russian national Matvei Rumiantsev....

Mark Kelly's Greatest 'Obligation': Fighting Trump

Arizona senator weighs potential 2028 bid in response to 'unhinged' president

(Newser) - Ten days after suing the Pentagon , Sen. Mark Kelly says he's seriously considering whether to become the next Commander in Chief. In an interview with CNN published Wednesday, per the Hill , the Arizona Democrat and former astronaut said he's actively weighing a presidential run, while adding that the...

FCC Brings Back Equal-Time Rules for Late-Night TV

Agency's guidance says certain talk shows must offer rivals airtime when political candidates appear

(Newser) - Late-night TV may have just been pulled into a campaigning fight. The Federal Communications Commission, led by Trump appointee Brendan Carr, issued new guidance Wednesday saying that entertainment-themed talk shows on broadcast stations must offer "equal opportunities" to rivals if they host a political candidate, reviving rules that had...

In One Year, Huge Declines in Murder, Violent Crime

CCJ report finds largest recorded single-year drop in the US murder rate

(Newser) - The US murder rate appears to have fallen to its lowest level in well over a century. A new analysis from the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice —based on incomplete FBI data, crime figures from 40 cities, and other sources—estimates the 2025 national homicide rate will be the...

Elizabeth Holmes Asks Trump to Cut Prison Term

Theranos founder seeks clemency over fraud

(Newser) - Elizabeth Holmes is asking President Trump for a break. A filing on the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney website shows the Theranos founder has submitted a formal request for her sentence to be commuted, with the status listed as "pending," per the Guardian . The White...

Davos Event Shuts Out Newsom After He Criticizes Trump

White House and State Department pressured organizers, post says

(Newser) - After traveling to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was stopped at the American front door. The Democrat accused the Trump administration of keeping him out of an event at USA House, the official American pavilion at the event in Davos, shortly after he...

For Trump-Supporting Cubans in Florida, Growing 'Unease'

Government policies end special protections, expand detentions and family separations

(Newser) - Cubans in Florida who long believed they were largely shielded from US deportation policies are discovering that their safety net is essentially gone. The New York Times traces how the Trump administration has sharply escalated removals to Cuba, deporting more than 1,600 people in 2025 alone—about twice that...

Trump Says He Is Canceling Tariff Threat Over Greenland

He says NATO chief has agreed to 'framework' of a future Arctic deal

(Newser) - President Trump announced Wednesday that he was canceling his planned tariff on US allies in Europe over US control of Greenland after he and the leader of NATO agreed to a "framework of a future deal" on Arctic security.
  • "Based upon a very productive meeting that I have
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EU: Trump Threats Violate Trade Deal With US
EU: US Trade Deal Is Off
Jan 21, 2026 11:20 AM CST

EU: US Trade Deal Is Off

Lawmakers say tariffs meant to pressure Greenland deal violate the pact

(Newser) - The United States' trade deal with the European Union is now on ice—with Greenland at the center of the freeze. The European Parliament has halted approval of the trade deal struck in July after President Trump floated tariffs of 10% to 25% on European countries opposed to his push...

Dimon Dares Trump to Test Credit Card Rate Cap in 2 States

JPMorgan Chase CEO suggests a trial cap in the home states of Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren

(Newser) - Jamie Dimon is no fan of President Trump's push to clamp down on credit card interest rates—and said a two-state test could make clear why. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, the JPMorgan Chase CEO said the federal government should try enforcing Trump's...

Trump Says He Won't Try to Take Greenland by Force
Trump: Say No on Greenland
and 'We Will Remember'
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Jan 21, 2026 9:12 AM CST

Trump: Say No on Greenland and 'We Will Remember'

President speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos

(Newser) - President Trump has finally taken the idea of using military force in Greenland off the table. In his remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Politico and the New York Times report Trump said, "We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength...

France Wants NATO War Games in Greenland

Macron asserted that Europe 'would not give in to bullies'

(Newser) - France just floated a new response to President Trump's Greenland pressure: bring in NATO war games. On Wednesday, President Emmanuel Macron's office said France wants the alliance to stage a military exercise on the vast Arctic island and is prepared to take part. The proposal came as Trump...

Israel: Sure, We'll Join Trump's 'Board of Peace'

Norway and Sweden join list of nays, however, amid fears Trump wants to replace UN

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he has agreed to join President Trump's Board of Peace, in a departure from an earlier stance when his office criticized the makeup of the board's committee tasked with overseeing Gaza. Norway and Sweden, meanwhile, said they wouldn't...

Lindsey Halligan Is Officially Out as US Attorney

Judge threatened disciplinary action for anyone who called Trump loyalist a US attorney

(Newser) - Lindsey Halligan's brief and contentious run as the top federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia is over. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday night that Halligan, appointed on an interim basis by President Trump, is departing the post after just four months, per ABC News . The move...

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),...

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