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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 18.01.2026.
It displays 141 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
18.01.2026 ⇢ The Greenland Tariff Ultimatum Day
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Morning editorial focus solidified around the Pentagon placing 1,500 soldiers from the 11th Airborne Division on standby for deployment to Minneapolis. This followed the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good and subsequent urban resistance, which editors framed as a militarized standoff between federal authority and local socialist-led movements. By midday, the primary narrative shifted to international economic warfare. President Trump formalized tariffs of 10% to 25% against eight European allies to leverage the acquisition of Greenland. Outlets tracked a rapid breakdown in NATO relations as the EU convened an emergency summit to coordinate a response. In the evening, the domestic and international stories converged into a theme of executive unilateralism. While European leaders weighed a "trade bazooka" retaliation against the tariff wall, the Minneapolis mayor maintained a stance of defiance against the looming federal troop presence. Conservative media pivoted late in the day to highlight protesters allegedly storming a church, further polarizing the coverage of the Minnesota unrest.
18.01.2026
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Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
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The Daily Beast
A new proposal that would let Trump run a global peace body where money buys permanence and power is raising alarms.
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New York Post
Gilbert — who has been married to Busfield since 2013 — submitted a letter of support for the “West Wing” alum on Friday as the embattled actor remains held behind bars in New Mexico.
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01:33⇢The Greenland Tariff Wall Rises
⌨The American media is prioritizing the escalating standoff over Greenland, as President Trump imposes 10% tariffs on eight European allies and introduces a billion-dollar 'Peace Board' (NYTimes, AP News, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast). Simultaneously, editorial attention has shifted to the domestic front, reporting the Pentagon's deployment of 1,500 soldiers to Minnesota following the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis (Washington Post, NBC News, ABC News).
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The Epoch Times
Trump made the statement as the country’s leader admitted thousands have been killed during mass protests against the Islamist regime.
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The Boston Globe
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The Washington Post
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Washington Free Beacon
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Europeans are reeling from U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that eight countries will face 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland.
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The Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire told priests protesting ICE to get their wills and affairs in order. Some praise the bishop, while other priests say they never signed up to be martyrs.
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President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday: "Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
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Somalis are fighting back, from homemade sambusas for protesters to foot patrols on the lookout for ICE.
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Paola de Varona
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President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday: "Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
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New York Post
“As we’ve seen in other cities, we still do anticipate a big wave of federal immigration enforcement,” one DSA leader told the crowd of more than a hundred members who had gathered for the session.
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President Trump escalated his drive to take charge of the Danish territory, targeting eight countries with tariffs.
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The New York Times
The Department of Homeland Security was formed after 9/11 amid international terrorism threats. Now, its most visible targets are domestic.
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European and American lawmakers blasted a plan to hit eight countries with a 10% duty until a deal is reached for the U.S. to buy the island.
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E.U. and American lawmakers blasted a plan to hit eight countries with a 10% duty until a deal is reached for the U.S. to buy the island.
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Days after the revelation that the Justice Department is investigating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, the Supreme Court will debate President Trump’s ability to remove the Fed’s board members.
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President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday: "Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
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07:59⇢The Tundra Tariff Wall
⌨U.S. media editors are fixated on the economic brinkmanship of the Greenland acquisition, as President Trump formalizes 10% to 25% tariffs against eight European allies (AP News, Newsmax, ABC News, CBS). Concurrently, the domestic narrative centers on the militarized immigration standoff in Minneapolis; reports detail the Pentagon's mobilization of the 11th Airborne Division to counter socialist-led urban resistance (Washington Post, NY Post, The Intercept, NPR).
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Trump said the United States would impose increasing tariffs on eight European nations rejecting a U.S. purchase of Greenland starting Feb. 1.
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The federal probe into Good’s grieving wife, Rebeca, will focus on her possible ties to activist groups.
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MEANWHILE: MINNEAPOLIS CLASHES CONTINUE
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Why Catholics could be the key to Trump’s opposition.
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Military veterans are more likely than other Americans to work union jobs. Vets in the labor movement have increasingly joined and led fights against Donald Trump’s attacks on Veterans Affairs and on federal workers’ jobs and collective bargaining rights.
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Advocates of hardball negotiations over Greenland in Europe have suggested stalling the ratification of the trade deal with the United States after President Donald Trump announced that America will impose tariffs on eight countries for opposing the United States acquiring the arctic island.
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The Washington Post
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Breitbart News
Advocates of hardball negotiations over Greenland in Europe have suggested stalling the ratification of the trade deal with the United States after President Donald Trump announced that America will impose tariffs on eight countries for opposing the United States acquiring the arctic island.
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The Daily Beast
The president surprised the GOP—and the candidate herself.
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The Treasury secretary justified Trump's move on allies and his ambition to control the territory, saying it is "best for Europe."
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The ball — and the call — were out of their hands.
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Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland are casting a united front after Trump threatens tariffs.
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The move comes after President Trump again threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to control ongoing protests over the immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis.
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In China, the number of single-person households has increased along with rates of loneliness. In this respect, China is not unique. It is simply suffering from the same social dislocation affecting all advanced capitalist states.
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11:02⇢The Greenland Tariff Ultimatum
⌨The American media ecosystem is dominated by President Trump’s escalating ultimatum to Europe. Editors are highlighting the imposition of 10% to 25% tariffs on eight allies to force a Greenland sale (AP News, Newsmax, ABC News, The Epoch Times, Breitbart, NBC News). Simultaneously, coverage focuses on the Pentagon's active preparation for a Minnesota troop deployment to suppress immigration-related unrest in Minneapolis (HuffPost, NPR, Washington Post).
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The Atlantic
The National Portrait Gallery removed key details from the caption under the president’s photograph. It still has a story to tell.
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The New York Times
President Trump said he would impose new levies until negotiations began to sell Greenland to the U.S., prompting anger and defiance from European leaders.
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The Washington Post
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President Donald Trump has privately intensified his focus on Canada’s Arctic defenses, pressing aides on what he views as Ottawa’s vulnerability to Russia and China and urging higher Canadian defense spending, as the White House accelerates a wider Arctic strategy that is also fueling a showdown with European allies over Greenland. The internal push centers on border security and deterrence in the far north.
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The Daily Beast
The president has his eyes on a new sovereign-state prize.
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New York City Hall has traditionally had an antagonistic relationship with the city’s municipal workforce. Mayor Zohran Mamdani can chart a new course, working collaboratively with city workers to deliver better public services.
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Los Angeles Times
Noah Lederman
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Associated Press
Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump’s threats of taking possession of Greenland.
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Breitbart News
Rep. Brad Knott (R-NC) raised important questions Saturday about the Chinese infiltrating the United States to vote in elections.
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The Washington Post
President Trump’s push to pressure European allies with tariffs to clear the way for a U.S. takeover of Greenland is stirring up a constitutional fight.
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Breitbart News
Rep. Brad Knott (R-NC) raised important questions Saturday about the Chinese infiltrating the United States to vote in elections.
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The Nobel Foundation clarified earlier this week that the Nobel Prize cannot be given, even symbolically, to another person after being awarded.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey decried the immigration crackdown on his city as an “invasion” by the federal government and fretted about the possibility of local cops clashing with the feds.
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The New York Times
President Trump said he would impose new levies until negotiations began to sell Greenland to the U.S., prompting anger and defiance from European leaders.
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Caller
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The Washington Post
Eight European countries that sent troops to Greenland said they stood united with Denmark after President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on them.
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14:11⇢The Greenland Acquisition Ultimatum
⌨U.S. media editors are fixated on the dual escalations of the Greenland acquisition effort and the federal-local standoff in Minneapolis. Outlets are tracking the emergency European summit responding to President Trump’s tariff threats (NYTimes, WP, CNN, ABC News, Newsmax). Simultaneously, the narrative focuses on the Minneapolis mayor's defiance against potential federal troop deployments and ICE enforcement (NY Post, Common Dreams, NPR, HuffPost).
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The Washington Post
President Donald Trump’s newest warning to impose tariffs on nations opposing his bid to acquire Greenland threatens U.S. military and trade alliances built up over decades.
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MEANWHILE: MINNEAPOLIS CLASHES CONTINUE
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In a joint statement, leaders of eight countries said they stand in "full solidarity" with Denmark and Greenland. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen added: "Europe will not be blackmailed."
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The Atlantic
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
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New York City socialists are marshaling an army of more than 4,000 activists to form “rapid response” brigades to disrupt federal immigration enforcement in an expected crackdown on illegal aliens in America’s largest city.
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A U.S. defense official confirmed some 1,500 active-duty soldiers, currently stationed in Alaska, are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis amid the city's protests.
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PLUS: PENTAGON PREPS POSSIBLE MINNESOTA TROOP DEPLOYMENT
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Europe's strategy of "buttering up" Trump in the hopes of trade and foreign policy concessions has failed, analysts tell NBC News.
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A court complaint filed in Sacramento argues that the Dem rep is prohibited from running for the top state office under California law.
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The Atlantic
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
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The New York Times
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain told President Trump that it would be wrong for him to tariff NATO allies as part of a campaign to control Greenland.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey defended his actions in the wake of an ICE agent killing Renee Nicole Good in a series of interviews Sunday, Jan. 18.
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17:37⇢Europe Defies the Greenland Tariff Wall
⌨The American media editorial priority has consolidated around the geopolitical fallout of the Greenland acquisition bid, with major outlets tracking the emergence of a unified European front against President Trump’s tariff threats (NYTimes, WP, NBC News, NPR, Washington Examiner). Concurrently, editors are highlighting the domestic escalation in Minneapolis, focusing on the potential deployment of 1,500 active-duty soldiers to suppress civil unrest following the fatal ICE shooting (CBS, HuffPost, USA Today, Breitbart).
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The Boston Globe
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U.S. armed forces are accelerating their military presence in the Middle East amid President Donald Trump's vow that "help" would be on the way for the Iranian protesters, according to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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The Washington Post
The Trump Justice Department issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in what appears to be an expanding investigation into the two Democrats’ strident anti-ICE stance.
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‘It was beautiful before the ’60s—before the devil came,' one Cuban woman, who was imprisoned by the regime for nearly a decade, told The Epoch Times.
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The ousting of Venezuela's president raised hopes of change — but the politician now controlling the streets shows how little has really shifted.
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Venezuelans spent months in a Salvadoran prison after being sent there by the U.S. Imprisoned men described torture — and research and records back up many of their claims.
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Mayor Mamdani’s new chief equity officer disparaged liberal white women in numerous posts on an X account deleted shortly before her appointment — and just as another aide landed in hot water…
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent believes the Supreme Court will favor presidential authority, citing Obamacare as precedent. "I believe that it is very unlikely that the Supreme Court will overrule a president's signature economic policy," Bessent told NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "They did not overrule Obamacare. I believe that the Supreme Court does not want to create chaos."
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A majority of voters say that Trump's efforts to deploy ICE have gone too far in a new WSJ poll.
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The Daily Beast
The piece surrounding a notorious Venezuelan megaprison ran on Sunday night after being axed last month.
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20:36⇢Europe Readies the Trade Bazooka
⌨Editorial priority has pivoted to the transatlantic and domestic legal fallout of President Trump's Greenland and ICE policies. Mainstream and liberal outlets highlight the Justice Department's subpoenas of Minnesota's Governor and Mayor, alongside reports of DHS denying legal counsel to detainees (Washington Times, ABC News, Common Dreams). Concurrently, international coverage shifts to the European 'trade bazooka' and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's direct rejection of the Greenland-linked tariff threats (CNN, NYTimes, WP, NBC News).
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Associated Press
The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland have criticized the move in an unusually strong joint statement, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.”
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Breitbart News
Anti-ICE protesters invaded a church in Minnesota on Sunday, accusing the pastor of being a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.
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A dramatic blast of cold air may be coming for the United States in late January, courtesy of the polar vortex. Here's what could happen.
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The Daily Beast
The president wants all eyes on the Army-Navy game.
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New York Post
A Minneapolis protester allegedly stole a pricey camera from conservative provocateur Nick Sortor — who chased down the suspected thief and was dragged by her car as it swerved onto the sidewalk,…
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Breitbart News
Anti-ICE protesters invaded a church in Minnesota on Sunday, accusing the pastor of being a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.
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Love him or hate him, President Donald Trump has had a profound impact on the lives of many Americans. We talk to seven.
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Breitbart News
Anti-ICE protesters invaded a church in Minnesota on Sunday, accusing the pastor of being a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.
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The New York Times
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain told President Trump that it would be wrong of him to levy tariffs on NATO allies as part of a campaign to control Greenland.
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Sam Adams and Nadira Goffe
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Sam Adams and Nadira Goffe
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Los Angeles Times
Sam Adams and Nadira Goffe
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The president has privately complained in recent weeks about Canada's vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, sources said.
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The New York Times
Faced with the threat of steep tariffs by President Trump over Greenland, European leaders began to coalesce around a strategy without ruling out retaliatory taxes.
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New York Post
A Minneapolis protester allegedly stole a pricey camera from conservative provocateur Nick Sortor — who chased down the suspected thief and was dragged by her car as it swerved onto the sidewalk,…
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23:44⇢The European Trade Bastion Holds
⌨The US media is currently dominated by the deepening rift over President Trump's Greenland-related tariff threats, with editors highlighting a unified European front and potential Danish retaliation (AP News, NYTimes, WP, HuffPost, CNN). Simultaneously, a sharp domestic divide is evident as conservative outlets emphasize 'radical' interference with ICE operations in Minnesota, while liberal sources focus on legal challenges to federal detainee treatment (Breitbart, Fox News, The Daily Wire, ABC News).
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The New York Times
Faced with the threat of steep tariffs by President Trump over Greenland, European leaders began to coalesce around a strategy without ruling out retaliatory taxes.
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