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Trump says anything less than having Greenland in the United States' hands is 'unacceptable'

(AP) President Donald Trump said Wednesday that NATO should help the U.S. acquire Greenland and anything less than American control is unacceptable, hours before Vice President JD Vance was to host Danish and Greenlandic officials for talks. “NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES,” Trump wrote. “Anything less than that is unacceptable.” Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, is at the center of a geopolitical storm as Trump insists he wants to own it — and residents of its capital, Nuuk, say it isn’t for sale. The White House hasn’t ruled out taking the Arctic island by force.

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Denmark Deploys Advance Troops as Trump Threatens Takeover

(Newsweek) NATO ally Denmark has begun deploying advance troops and military equipment to the region after President Donald Trump made clear his intention to take control of the Arctic island of Greenland. Trump argued on Truth Social that Greenland is vital for U.S. national security and the "Golden Dome" missile defense system they are building. He stated, "If we don’t get it, Russia or China will, and that is not going to happen!" asserting that the matter is non-negotiable.

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Auto worker who challenged Trump at Ford plant suspended, says no regrets

(Meidas Touch) The worker who called Trump a “pedophile protector” has been suspended. He says he has “definitely no regrets whatsoever,” adding: “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.”

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Most Americans Don't Buy Trump Admin's Minneapolis Shooting Defense

(Newsweek) A new survey conducted by YouGov has revealed that a majority of Americans do not believe the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was justified. According to the poll, 52 percent of respondents believe that agent Jonathan Ross’s use of force was "not justified," while only 28 percent defend the action. Furthermore, 53 percent of participants believe the agent should face criminal charges.

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Top prosecutors in D.C., Minneapolis leave amid turmoil over shooting probe

(Washington Post) Multiple senior prosecutors in Washington and Minnesota are leaving their jobs amid turmoil over the Trump administration’s handling of the shooting death of a Minneapolis woman. The departures include at least five prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in Minneapolis. Their resignations followed demands by Justice Department leaders to investigate the widow of Renée Good, the 37-year-old woman killed last week by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot into her car, according to two people familiar with the resignations who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of concern for retaliation.

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Anti-Trump Journalist Says ICE Offered Her a Job

(Newsweek) Journalist Laura Jedeed began the application process in August out of curiosity regarding the agency’s hiring protocols. She explained that the process began at a job fair in Dallas, where her initial interview lasted less than six minutes. Jedeed noted that she never filled out the official employment forms or the background check documents sent to her. Furthermore, she mentioned that she had used cannabis shortly before her scheduled drug test, yet before the results were even finalized, she discovered that the system already showed her as having been hired. Upon logging into the official USAJobs system, she found her status marked as "Entered on Duty," even though she had submitted no domestic violence affidavits, background check information, or identification documents.

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Congressional progressives vow to block DHS funding without reforms

(The Guardian) Progressives in the US Congress on Tuesday vowed to oppose legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unless it included significant reforms to immigration enforcement, amid a widening roar among Democrats following the killing of a US citizen in Minnesota last week. The declaration by the Democratic-aligned Congressional Progressive caucus comes as the Senate and House of Representatives race to meet an end-of-the-month deadline to approve a series of funding bills or risk a partial government shutdown.

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ACA enrollment sinks sharply as coverage costs soar in 2026

(CBS News) According to figures from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 22.8 million people have signed up for ACA coverage for 2026 since open enrollment started on Nov. 1. That's down 1.4 million from the number of Americans who had enrolled in Obamacare, as the health plans are known, a year ago. Nationally, around 800,000 fewer people have selected plans compared to a similar time last year, marking a 3.5% drop in total enrollment so far. That includes a decrease in both new consumers signing up for ACA plans and existing enrollees re-upping them. Open ACA enrollment in most states for February coverage ends on Jan. 15.

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US teachers union says it is leaving X over sexualized AI images of children

(Reuters) The American Federation of Teachers says it is leaving X, citing the social media site's creation and dissemination of "sickening" images of children in various states of undress. In an interview with Reuters, AFT President Randi Weingarten said that the site had already been degraded by extremists and trolls since Elon Musk's 2022 takeover, before which the platform was known as Twitter. But the recent proliferation of nonconsensual images of women and children in bikinis or underwear generated by X's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, had made the site unusable, she said.

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Trump says anything less than having Greenland in the United States' hands is 'unacceptable'

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