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Trump proclaims Martin Luther King Jr. Day after criticism from civil rights groups

On Jan. 19, 2026, President Trump issued a proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday evening after civil rights activists criticized him for not earlier honoring Dr. King’s legacy or attending holiday commemorations. Presidents have often issued statements about Dr. King in the days before the federal

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Clashes in Minneapolis as Jake Lang and supporters confront counterprotesters

Anti-ICE protesters clashed with a prominent right-wing activist, Jake Lang, in Minneapolis on Saturday, less than two weeks after a surge of federal agents deployed to the city as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Lang, who spent four years in prison for his role in the Jan.

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More than 1,600 Cubans repatriated in 2025 as Florida communities feel impact

Federal immigration actions have produced record deportations of Cubans, with the Cuban government saying President Trump repatriated more than 1,600 Cubans in 2025, and Florida communities long shaped by Cuban exiles are experiencing the effects. The New York Times reports individual cases that have drawn attention, including Heidy Sánchez,

World

‘Make America Go Away’ caps become symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance

Red baseball caps spoofing Donald Trump’s Maga hats — reading “Make America Go Away” — have become a symbol of Danish and Greenlandic defiance after the US president’s threat to seize the frozen territory, appearing at protests and online. The caps, a parody of Trump’s “Make America Great Again”

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Greensboro, Vt., sees steep drop in Canadian visitors after Trump tariffs and threats

Greensboro, a small Vermont town long known for Jasper Hill cheeses and Hill Farmstead beer, has seen a sharp fall in Canadian visitors since President Trump took office, reporting from Greensboro said. Town businesses that relied on cross-border customers say relations frayed after Mr. Trump’s threats to make Canada

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Nome to host U.S. first deepwater Arctic port in $548 million expansion

Nome, Alaska, a town of about 3,700 on the Bering Sea, is set to become the nation’s first deepwater Arctic port under a $548-million-and-counting expansion overseen locally by Port Director Joy Baker, officials say. The project moved from planning to procurement last year when the Army Corps of

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Tariffs leave Port of Seattle with about 70 jobs for 600 dockworkers

At the Port of Seattle, a dispatcher said some mornings there are only about 70 jobs available for roughly 600 longshore workers. "No ships came in last night, so we have maybe 70 jobs today for 600 workers," Sarah Esch said before dawn on a recent Monday as

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Kremlin says Putin has been invited to join Trump’s Gaza 'board of peace'

The Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin has been invited to join Donald Trump’s newly formed “board of peace”, which was set up with the intention of overseeing a ceasefire in Gaza. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists that Russia was seeking to “clarify all the nuances” of the offer

Culture

Brian Graden says South Park's 2025 season surprised him

Polygon interviewed producer Brian Graden, who said he was surprised by South Park's 2025 season, which began with a direct attack on Donald Trump presented in the series as "literally fucking Satan" and concluded nine episodes later with a Jeffrey Epstein joke about Trump’s baby

Politics

Starmer plays down prospect of retaliatory tariffs on US over Greenland row

Keir Starmer has played down the prospect of retaliatory tariffs on the US after Donald Trump threatened fresh levies against Nato allies over Greenland. At an emergency press conference on Monday the prime minister said US tariffs would damage the British economy and were "in no one's

World

Trump’s Greenland demands and tariff threats strain U.S.-Europe alliance

President Trump said he would raise tariffs on several European countries unless they let him acquire Greenland, prompting leaders across Europe to ask whether the 80-year-old U.S.-Europe alliance is doomed. European officials are rushing to respond, with some — including President Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s finance minister Lars

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Trump invites countries to join new 'Board of Peace' to oversee Gaza cease-fire

President Trump has sent letters inviting numerous countries to join a newly created “Board of Peace” meant to oversee the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, with invitees including Canada, France, Britain, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Belarus. The board was described in Mr. Trump’s plan as an international

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Trump told Norway he pushed for Greenland after not winning Nobel, texts say

President Trump told Norway’s prime minister in a text message that one reason he is pushing to acquire Greenland is that he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian prime minister’s office said, and the message was first published by PBS. In the text, Mr. Trump

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DOJ Subpoenas Complicate Supreme Court Review of Trump’s Bid to Remove Lisa Cook

The Supreme Court is set to hear President Trump’s effort to remove Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as the Justice Department has issued subpoenas in a criminal investigation of Fed chair Jerome H. Powell, a development legal experts say could complicate the case. The solicitor general will argue to

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Trump and Norway’s Prime Minister exchanged texts about Greenland and de‑escalation

President Trump and Norway’s prime minister, Jonas Gahr Store, exchanged text messages on Sunday, Jan. 18, about Greenland and other international issues, a copy of which the Norwegian prime minister’s office provided to The New York Times. Mr. Store’s message, sent at 3:48 p.m., referenced

World

Trump says Nobel snub freed him to press U.S. claim on Greenland, told Norway

President Trump told Norway’s prime minister in a text message that he was pushing to acquire Greenland in part because he did not win the Nobel Peace Prize, three European officials familiar with the matter said on Monday; the message was first published by PBS. In the text Mr.

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Starmer says Greenland’s future must be decided by Greenlanders; calls tariffs 'completely wrong'

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushed back in London on President Trump’s threat of new tariffs over an effort to acquire Greenland, saying the island’s future must be decided by Greenlanders and the kingdom of Denmark and that Britain must “stand up for its values.” Mr. Trump, the

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Trump raised middle finger to heckler during Ford factory tour in Dearborn

President Donald Trump raised his middle finger to a heckler during a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn, Mich., last week, the Opinion column reported. The column said the gesture illustrated what it called Trump’s “pettiness and puerility,” and noted that White House communications director Steven Cheung defended

World

BlackRock tapped to help design Ukraine recovery plan, raising European concerns

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, was enlisted to help build Ukraine’s postwar recovery strategy after a mid-December meeting at the firm’s New York headquarters with Ukrainian officials, according to three officials familiar with the conversation. The session is said to have kick-started work on identifying funding

World

EU officials favor negotiation over retaliation after Trump’s Greenland tariff threat

Faced with President Trump’s demand to buy Greenland and his threat to impose tariffs if rebuffed, European Union leaders began to coalesce around a negotiation strategy on Sunday, though they did not rule out retaliatory measures. Ambassadors from the 27-nation bloc met in Brussels to take stock, and officials

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Trump rebuffs NATO offers and presses for U.S. ownership of Greenland

President Trump has pressed for American ownership of Greenland and rejected European offers of defense partnerships, escalating a dispute over the Arctic territory and prompting threats of tariffs that have strained relations within NATO. The strategic importance of Greenland has grown as melting ice, rival navies and undersea cables make

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Trump says he no longer feels obliged to 'think purely of peace' as he presses Greenland claims

US president Donald Trump has said he “no longer feel[s] an obligation to think purely of Peace” in a letter to Norway’s prime minister and has reiterated demands that Greenland come under US control, prompting European leaders to coordinate a response to his threats and proposed tariffs. Overnight

Business

China reports 5% GDP growth in 2025 despite trade pressure and housing slump

China’s economy grew by 5% in 2025, matching the official target of “around” that pace, even as officials face ongoing US trade pressure, a prolonged housing market collapse and weak consumer demand. Data showed the country recorded its largest-ever trade surplus (US$1.2tn) after finding alternative markets and

Culture

Piers Morgan breaks hip after tripping on small step in London hotel

People reports that Piers Morgan revealed in a Jan. 18 Instagram post that he broke his hip after he "tripped on a small step" inside a London hotel restaurant. The 60-year-old broadcaster wrote alongside a hospital-bed selfie that he "fractured neck of femur" and "so

Business

Tariff escalation pushes gold to records as bitcoin retreats

Beincrypto reported that gold rallied to fresh record highs while Bitcoin slid as tariff tensions escalated between US President Donald Trump and the European Union. On January 17, 2026, Trump announced a 10% tariff on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, effective February 1,