A 1951 defense agreement between the United States and Denmark allows the US to build military installations on Greenland to protect the region.
January 20, 2026
Lindsey Halligan departs Justice Department hours after Trump-appointed federal judge calls her leadership a ‘charade’
January 20, 2026
Iran has warned Donald Trump not to take any action against the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after the U.S. president called for an end to Khamenei’s near 40-year reign
January 20, 2026
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting attracts corporate executives, academics, philanthropists and media to the Swiss Alps town of Davos
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump is fighting a two-front war at the outset of this year’s midterm campaigns, working to prevent Democratic victories while also attempting to purge the Republican Party of the few remaining members who have defied him
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has commanded attention during his second term
January 20, 2026
Fact check: The false claims in Trump’s extraordinary message to Norway
January 20, 2026
Communities across the U.S. held parades, panels and service projects for the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 19, 2026
Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and observers are converging on the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting
January 19, 2026
Trump ties failure to win Nobel Peace Prize to efforts to acquire Greenland in message to Norway
January 19, 2026
Johnson seeks Trump agenda 2.0 as GOP anxiety grows over midterms
January 19, 2026
Will the Supreme Court continue to protect the Federal Reserve from Donald Trump?
January 19, 2026
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says sending active duty soldiers to Minnesota for an immigration crackdown is ridiculous and unconstitutional
January 18, 2026
A heckler yelled “leave Greenland alone!”
January 18, 2026
Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says the holiday honoring her father's legacy is a “saving grace” amid political division
January 18, 2026
American Battleground: Demolition Man – How Trump’s first year back is changing the nation’s capital
January 18, 2026
Recent Trump investments reignite concerns around potential conflicts of interest
January 17, 2026
America’s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump’s trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere
January 17, 2026
Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back environmental regulations and freezing offshore wind projects
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has demanded a 10% cap on credit card interest rates by January 20
January 17, 2026
Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back in his final year in Washington
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has issued a series of pardons, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC and a woman who ended up back in prison after he commuted her sentence during his first term
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump says he's ready to restart U.S. mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over Nile River water sharing
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump isn't waiting for future generations to decide to name important things in his honor — he's doing it himself
January 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she’s confident of her country’s eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicolás Maduro
January 16, 2026
Virginia Democrats set up a referendum to try to flip as many as 4 GOP-held US House seats
January 16, 2026
Canada’s leader patches things up with China as rift with Trump upends old certainties
January 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has turned Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his demands to own it
January 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has discussed her country’s future with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House
January 15, 2026
International journalists have been flocking to Greenland's capital, Nuuk during the geopolitical crisis triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump's desire to control the island
January 15, 2026
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to project political influence even as his term nears its end
January 15, 2026
‘Department of War’ rebrand could cost up to $125 million, CBO estimates
January 15, 2026
U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials have met face to face to discuss President Donald Trump’s ambitions to take control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark
January 15, 2026
Judges on a Colorado appeals panel expressed skepticism about the sentence for a former county elections clerk convicted of orchestrating a breach of election equipment
January 14, 2026
Iranian officials signaled that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while the Islamic Republic promised retaliation if the U.S. or Israel intervened in the domestic unrest
January 14, 2026
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has argued for years that the Venezuelan government has intentionally orchestrated mass migration into the United States
January 15, 2026
Senate Republicans have voted to dismiss a war powers resolution that would have limited President Donald Trump’s ability to conduct further attacks on Venezuela
January 14, 2026
An Oval Office ceremony meant to celebrate milk was overshadowed by President Donald Trump making news on other fronts
January 14, 2026
Jeff Landry has embraced his role as President Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland, but the Republican governor of Louisiana says he hopes to connect with everyday islanders rather than with Danish diplomats
January 14, 2026
A new Congressional Budget Office analysis says renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War could cost taxpayers up to $125 million
January 14, 2026
Greenland biathlete Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
January 14, 2026
The head of a nonpartisan group supporting Georgia prosecutors says a new state law used by Donald Trump and others to seek attorney fees is likely unconstitutional
January 14, 2026
The Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump
January 14, 2026
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s exit sets off a MAGA showdown in her old Georgia district
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump has claimed control of Venezuela, escalated threats to seize Greenland and increased immigration raids in the U.S. These actions have created turmoil as voters prepare for midterm elections that will determine control of Congress
January 14, 2026
Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate
January 14, 2026
In an interview with CBS, President Donald Trump commented Renee Good was likely “a very solid, wonderful person, but her actions were pretty tough.” CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil told Trump that Good’s father is a Trump supporter but is deeply upset by his daughter’s death and the administration’s portrayal of her. In response, Trump said “Well, I want to say to the father that I love all of our people.”
January 14, 2026
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he expects President Donald Trump to interfere with the midterm elections
January 14, 2026
President Donald Trump promoted his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans’ pocketbooks
January 13, 2026
Fact check: Trump litters Detroit economic speech with numerous false claims about economy
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump says that his administration is planning to halt federal payments to "sanctuary cities" and the states where they're located starting Feb. 1
January 13, 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has delivered her State of the State address, pitching proposals to fight President Donald Trump's agenda while also moving to capture progressive excitement surrounding Mayor Zohran Mamdani
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump is defending his tariffs, using a major economic speech in Michigan to argue that they boost domestic manufacturing despite many Americans fears about rising prices
January 13, 2026
The plane used by the U.S. military to strike an alleged drug-smuggling boat off Venezuela last fall was painted to look like a civilian aircraft
January 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has made an American takeover of Greenland a focus of his second term in the White House
January 13, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has made good on its pledge to label three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, imposing sanctions on them
January 13, 2026
The Trump administration has announced it will end Temporary Protected Status for Somali immigrants
January 13, 2026
Inflation declined a bit last month as prices for gas and used cars fell, a sign that cost pressures are slowly easing
January 12, 2026
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set to testify publicly next week about his investigations into President Donald Trump that resulted in two indictments
January 13, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to return to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week
January 13, 2026
China is hoping President Donald Trump's economic and military actions against other countries will weaken the U.S.-Canada relationship
January 13, 2026
Trump ‘immediately’ imposes 25% tariffs on countries that do business with Iran. That could include China
January 12, 2026
Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith to publicly testify in House Judiciary hearing
January 13, 2026
The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked a backlash that may undermine the White House’s goals
January 12, 2026
A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week to show unity with Denmark amid tensions over Greenland
January 12, 2026
Yaxzodara Lozada has woken up freezing on a sidewalk outside a Venezuelan prison, hoping her husband, a police officer detained in November, will be released
January 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran has proposed negotiations following his threat to strike the country amid a crackdown on demonstrators
January 12, 2026
Wall Street ticked to more records after bouncing back from early losses taken because of worries about the worsening feud between the White House and the Federal Reserve
January 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated threats to take control of Greenland are straining relations with NATO allies
January 12, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his administration is not in talks with the U.S. government
January 12, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado to visit White House on Thursday
January 12, 2026
The president has sued multiple media companies. He may care less about winning in court than intimidating news outlets, suggest two media scholars.
January 12, 2026
Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal
January 12, 2026
Hollywood’s awards season is underway with the 83rd Golden Globe Awards
January 11, 2026
Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after man is shot and killed during crackdown
Charles Bediako makes immediate impact for No. 17 Alabama in his return to college basketball
Videos show deadly Minneapolis shooting and political leaders reach different conclusions
Serving it up, Carlos Alcaraz advances to the Australian Open quarterfinals
Aryna Sabalenka beats 19-year-old Mboko, faces 18-year-old Jovic in Australian Open quarterfinals
Atlanta airport rolling out new equipment to keep the runways open after the winter storm
Neighbors spring into action as firefighters battle two-alarm blaze in Northeast Baltimore amid freezing temps
Pope Leo warns of ‘overly affectionate’ AI chatbots
Longtime festivalgoers say the final Sundance in Utah may also be their last
Luka Doncic's emotions ease in 2nd Dallas visit as Lakers star beats his former team again