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How the U.S. Accepted Danish Control of Greenland 100 Years Ago

In 1917 the United States purchased the Danish West Indies for $25 million in gold and, as part of the deal, agreed to respect Denmark’s control over Greenland. Both Greenland and the Caribbean islands were under Danish rule, and historians say Denmark used American interest in the West Indies

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Trump Signs Bill to Reopen Government

President Trump signed a spending package in the Oval Office that reopened major parts of the government and provided short-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill passed the House on a bipartisan 217 to 214 vote, and lawmakers from both chambers gathered in the Oval Office after

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Opinion | How a Conservative Texas District Rejected the Politics of Division

A Democratic candidate, Taylor Rehmet, won a state legislative special election in a historically conservative Fort Worth area, defeating a Trump‑endorsed Republican. Rehmet ran as someone who disliked party labels and made support for public education, including vocational programs, central to his campaign. The result was described as a

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Judge blocks Trump administration’s stripping of Haitians’ protected status

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from stripping temporary protected status from up to 350,000 Haitians. Judge Ana Reyes issued a temporary stay preventing Kristi Noem, the US homeland security secretary, from implementing her decision to remove the status, which was scheduled to expire on Tuesday. Reyes

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Ukraine talks set to resume after major Russian attack

A second round of peace talks among U.S., Russian and Ukrainian officials was set to begin in the United Arab Emirates after a large Russian assault on Ukraine’s power grid. The talks are the most public sign of progress in President Trump’s effort to negotiate an end

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Pep Guardiola criticises Trump over ICE killings and speaks on political issues

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola criticised the US president Donald Trump’s administration after the deaths of Renee Good and nurse Alex Pretti during ICE operations, calling for accountability and defending human rights. Guardiola said: "Look what happened in the United States of America, Renee Good and [intensive care

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House Cancels Contempt Vote As Clintons Agree to Testify on Epstein

House Republicans canceled a planned vote to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in criminal contempt after the Clintons agreed to be deposed this month and requested that the proceedings be public, a request the Republican chairman did not acknowledge. Representative James R. Comer, the Republican chairman of the Oversight Committee,

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Michael Parenti, Unapologetic Marxist Theorist and Author, Dies at 92

Michael Parenti, a Marxist political theorist who published more than 20 books and lectured widely, died on Jan. 24 in Amherst, Mass. He was 92. His death was confirmed by his son, Christian Parenti. Infuriated by the Vietnam War, Dr. Parenti moved leftward and became an active critic of U.

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U.K. police investigate Peter Mandelson over Jeffrey Epstein ties

The Metropolitan Police in London have begun a criminal investigation into Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, over alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein, the police said on Feb. 3, 2026; Mr. Mandelson resigned his seat in the House of Lords the same day. The police statement

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Spain to bar social media access for under-16s, PM Sánchez says

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Feb. 3, 2026, at the World Governments Summit in Dubai that Spain plans to bar anyone under the age of 16 from accessing social media, a measure that would require parliamentary approval. The proposed ban is part of a broader package of measures Sánchez

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Polls show most Republicans back Trump’s immigration enforcement after Minneapolis shootings

New polls released after the killing of two Minneapolis protesters show a vast majority of Republicans still support President Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement, according to surveys by Ipsos and the Pew Research Center. The Ipsos poll, conducted entirely after Alex Pretti was shot, found 62 percent of Americans said

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Analysis finds major racial enrollment shifts at U.S. colleges after 2023 ban

An analysis by the nonprofit Class Action finds that the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling banning race-conscious college admissions coincided with declines in Black and Latino freshmen at highly selective U.S. universities and increases at many public flagship and less-selective colleges, based on 2024 federal freshmen enrollment figures released

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Venezuela shows signs of easing authoritarian controls after Maduro’s capture

After U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro and removed him to the United States a month earlier, Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, has announced plans to close El Helicoide and proposed a mass amnesty while tests of censorship limits and opposition figures emerging from hiding have prompted cautious hopes

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Investigation finds wider Nazi ties at Credit Suisse, lawyer to testify Tuesday

A lawyer who has been conducting a yearslong investigation of Credit Suisse’s World War II–era history says he uncovered previously unreported relationships between the bank and Nazis, according to a 75-page written statement he is expected to deliver at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Credit Suisse is now

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Pirro threatens jail time for gun owners who bring firearms into D.C.

Jeannine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said on Monday that anyone who brings a gun into the capital will go to jail, her remarks on Fox News warned. On the program Ms. Pirro declared, "if anyone brings 'a gun into the District, you

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Trump drops $200 million demand in Harvard talks, then denies backtracking

President Trump has backtracked in negotiations with Harvard, dropping his administration’s demand for a $200 million payment to the U.S. Treasury, The New York Times reported on Feb. 2, 2026, citing four people briefed on the matter. Hard-liners in the administration had pushed for a $200 million direct

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Brazilian influencer Júnior Pena arrested by ICE in New Jersey

A rightwing Brazilian influencer, Júnior Pena (Eustáquio da Silva Pena Júnior), was reportedly arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey and sent to the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark on Saturday, the Guardian reports. Pena, who has hundreds of thousands of social media followers, had publicly voiced support for

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Meloni’s face found on angel in Rome chapel after restoration

A restored fresco in a small chapel of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina in downtown Rome has drawn attention because an angel’s face resembles Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, a likeness first noted in a front‑page report by La Repubblica last Saturday. The chapel’s

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DOJ failed to cite 1980 press‑protection law in warrant for Washington Post reporter

The Justice Department did not tell a magistrate judge about a 1980 law that generally bars searches for journalists’ materials when it sought a warrant to search Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home on Jan. 14, an unsealed court filing shows. Gabe Rottman of the Reporters Committee for Freedom

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Texas A&M Ends Women’s and Gender Studies, Alters Hundreds of Courses

On Jan. 30, 2026, Texas A&M University said it would end its women’s and gender studies program and that syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new systemwide policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms. University officials said six courses

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Trump calls for Republicans to 'nationalize' voting

President Trump called for the Republican Party to “nationalize” voting in the United States during a podcast interview released Feb. 2, 2026, saying Republicans should “take over” voting in at least 15 places, The New York Times reported. On the Dan Bongino podcast, Mr. Trump said, “The Republicans should say,

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France adopts budget after months of turmoil as Lecornu survives no‑confidence votes

On Monday night, Feb. 2, 2026, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu overcame the last parliamentary obstacle to pass a state budget, surviving last‑gasp no‑confidence votes and clearing the way to fund state services for another year. For more than a year, the failed effort to pass a budget helped

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Judge allows Sunrise Wind construction to resume, overturns Interior halt

A federal judge on Feb. 2, 2026 struck down the Interior Department’s order to halt work on Sunrise Wind, a multibillion-dollar wind farm off the coast of New York State, and issued a preliminary injunction allowing the developer to restart construction while the broader legal battle unfolds. The ruling

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Trump announces initial trade deal with India, U.S. tariff cut to 18%

President Trump announced on Monday that the United States had reached a trade arrangement with India that would roll back some tariffs in return for India’s dropping tariffs on some American goods and ceasing its purchases of Russian oil, saying the agreement would take effect immediately and that the

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New York appellate court reverses custody and relocation denial, orders hearing

On June 18, 2025, the New York Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed a lower court order in a contested custody and relocation matter, finding the trial court denied a request for a custody modification and relocation without holding an evidentiary hearing. Barrows Levy PLLC represented the appellant. The appeal arose