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Trump Says He Won&#39;t Try to Take Greenland by Force
Trump: Say No on Greenland
and 'We Will Remember'
the rundown
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),...

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
new study
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...

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