Instead, the United States struck a “framework” agreement in talks with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s secretary general regarding the future of Greenland, Trump wrote on social media. I won’t use force,” Trump said. The day before Trump’s speech, allies warned about a “rupture” in a global order in which the United States could be relied upon as a force of good. “Canada lives because of the United States. In several instances, Trump framed the transatlantic alliance as one that benefits other countries more than the United States.

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The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing Wednesday to President Trump’s claim that he has the power, acting alone, to fire Federal Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook for a past mistake on a mortgage application. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh told Trump’s lawyer he had overplayed his hand. He has clashed with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome H. Powell and threatened to fire him. But Roberts and the conservatives were also ready to make an exception for the Federal Reserve Board. Under your position, it doesn’t make a difference, right?”Sauer had argued the courts could not review Trump’s decision to fire a Federal Reserve Board governor.

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Trump tells CNN that 'everybody's very happy with' Greenland framework dealPresident Donald Trump stopped short of saying his new framework deal for Greenland would include US ownership of the island. Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins whether the deal fulfilled his desire to own Greenland, Trump paused for a moment to think before saying: “It’s a long-term deal.”

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Air Force One Turns Around With Trump AboardAir Force One turned around while carrying President Trump due to a “minor electrical issue,” an official said. Trump was on his way to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. By Shawn PaikJanuary 21, 2026

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A walk down Orange Drive feels treacherous — like “something out of the ‘Twilight Zone’” — one resident said. Solar-powered light attached to a nonfunctional street lamp illuminates a section of sidewalk near Orange Drive in Hancock Park. So some Hancock Park residents — faced with a nearly yearlong wait before their streets emerge from the darkness — have tried to come up with their own solutions. Functional streetlights near Orange Drive in Hancock Park. Solar-powered light attached to a nonfunctional street lamp illuminates a section of sidewalk near Orange Drive in Hancock Park.

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Gavin Newsom talks to the media after President Trump’s speech at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Gavin Newsom’s office said the California governor was blocked by the Trump administration from speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday. Newsom had been asked to speak at an event at USA House, an American pavilion at the annual gathering of world leaders. A second public speaking appearance by Newsom at a different location on Thursday morning in Davos has not been canceled. Advertisement“It’s just pathetic,” Newsom told reporters.

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“Until the last few days, when I told them about Iceland, they loved me,” Trump said, referring to his fellow NATO members. So Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.”(The stock market indeed dropped on Tuesday — but after Trump’s threats to Greenland, not Iceland.) In response to a NewsNation reporter who pointed out the “Iceland” remarks, Leavitt wrote on X, “No he didn’t.”“His written remarks referred to Greenland as a ‘piece of ice’ because that’s what it is. Iceland has been an independent nation since World War II. Trump has cited U.S. occupation of Greenland during World War II as justification for taking control now, saying Wednesday that the U.S. should not have given Greenland “back to Denmark” after the war.

January 21, 2026 20:14 UTC

By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly, CNN(CNN) — A federal judge has blocked the Justice Department from examining Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s phone and computers for the time being. “The government must preserve but must not review any of the materials that law enforcement seized… until the Court authorizes review of the materials by further order,” the magistrate judge wrote. Natanson’s devices were seized in an extraordinary pre-dawn FBI raid last week. Government seizures of reporter records are exceedingly rare in the US, and The Post immediately decried the action. The Post said the FBI took two phones, two laptops, a Garmin watch, a portable hard drive and a recording device.

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Amid widespread fear of immigration enforcement, Portland Public Schools superintendent Ryan Scallon says attendance is down 15-20% at certain schools. On Wednesday afternoon, ICE issued a press release saying it was targeting "the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens who have terrorized communities." It identified four detainees:Dominic Ali, a Sudanese man convicted of false imprisonment, aggravated assault, assault, obstructing justice, and violation of a protective order. “We have launched Operation Catch of the Day to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in the state. On the first day of operations, we arrested illegal aliens convicted of aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and endangering the welfare of a child.

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A federal immigration agent shot at a suspect during a targeted operation in South L.A. on Wednesday morning, drawing a crowd of protesters to the shut-down street and intensifying safety concerns in the immigrant heavy community. A federal agent opened fire at a man after he rammed federal law enforcement with his vehicle while attempting to evade arrest during an immigration operation in Compton, according to the Department of Homeland Security. A federal agent walks past a bullet-shattered window of a car involved in a no-hit shooting on Wednesday morning in Willowbrook. Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) issued a statement condemning federal law enforcement’s use of gunfire in his district. Spectators film and observe federal agents as they investigate a shooting involving a fellow agent on Wednesday morning in Willowbrook.

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