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Trump's Greenland Letter Stirs 25th Amendment Rumblings

Meanwhile, ex-cardiologist for Dick Cheney urges Congress to probe president's mental fitness

(Newser) - A cardiologist who once helped keep Dick Cheney alive is now publicly questioning whether President Trump should be in the Oval Office. The Hill reports that Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a CNN medical analyst and the late vice president's former heart doctor, is urging Congress to open a bipartisan probe...

Trump May Be Trying to Build an Alternative to the UN
Trump May Be Trying to Build
an Alternative to the UN
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Jan 19, 2026 8:26 AM CST

Trump May Be Trying to Build an Alternative to the UN

President is asking other nations to join his Board of Peace for $1B

(Newser) - President Trump thinks the UN is a joke . The UN thinks Trump is a little out of control. What now? It appears Trump is aiming to build what some see as an alternative to the world body—one that would be run by him initially. Coverage:
  • The organization: Trump sent
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UN Chief Has Some Blunt Words for Trump's Moves

'There are those who believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power'

(Newser) - The outgoing head of the United Nations is offering a blunt new criticism of American power under President Trump: "There are those who believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power," Secretary-General António Guterres tells the BBC in an interview. Washington now...

Europe Tells US It Risks 'Downward Spiral' in Ties
Europe Warns US About Tariffs
Jan 18, 2026 7:03 PM CST

Europe Warns US About Tariffs

Emergency meeting considers retaliatory measures

(Newser) - European officials held an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday to map out a response to President Trump's threat to raise tariffs on eight US allies unless they accept his effort to buy Greenland, calling the move coercive and a challenge to sovereignty. Diplomats from the 27 EU nations...

Trump Warns World: OK My Greenland Push or Face Tariffs

US president threatens to lay down tariffs hammer on countries that don't go along with his plans

(Newser) - President Trump suggested on Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the United States controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital. Trump for months has insisted that the US should control Greenland,...

GOP Rep Threatens Trump Impeachment Over Greenland

Congressman Don Bacon blasts annexation talk, says White House is bullying US allies

(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker is warning that any move to seize Greenland by force could put President Trump on a collision course with impeachment. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who's retiring at the end of his current term, said he'd consider supporting Trump's removal from office if the...

Leavitt: Trump Remarks About Canceling Midterms 'Facetious'

POTUS has made such comments at least twice recently

(Newser) - President Trump wasn't floating a constitutional crisis—he was cracking a joke, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Pressed Thursday on why the president has recently mused multiple times about scrapping this year's midterm elections, Leavitt told reporters Trump's comments were not serious, Mediaite reports....

Trump, Mamdani Are Apparently Texting Buddies

Private messages are said to show transactional ties between GOP president, democratic socialist mayor

(Newser) - Texting pals probably wasn't what anyone expected the relationship between Zohran Mamdani and President Trump to evolve into. However, the Republican president and the democratic socialist New York City mayor have been trading messages at least twice a week since their cordial Oval Office sit-down in November, according to...

Bipartisan Bill Would Cut Trump Off at the Pass on Greenland

Senate legislation would bar using US funds to annex NATO land

(Newser) - US lawmakers are trying to put a legal fence around Greenland before President Trump can test NATO's borders. A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced the NATO Unity Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Pentagon and State Department from spending money to "blockade, occupy, annex, or...

Trump Sues BBC for $10B Over January 6 Speech Edit
BBC on Trump's $10B
Lawsuit: 'His Claim Fails'
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Jan 13, 2026 7:31 AM CST

BBC on Trump's $10B Lawsuit: 'His Claim Fails'

Broadcaster seeks to dismiss his complaint over what he says was deceptively edited Jan. 6 speech

(Newser) - The BBC wants US President Trump's complaint against it dismissed. On Monday, the UK broadcaster filed a motion to nix the American leader's $10 billion suit alleging that it had deceptively edited a speech he made to supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, per NBC News . The BBC said...

Trump: Will Be a 'Complete Mess' if SCOTUS Nixes Tariffs

US will be 'screwed' if such a decision is handed down, president warns

(Newser) - President Trump is warning of economic chaos if the Supreme Court wipes out his signature global tariffs, with a decision expected as early as Wednesday. In a social media post , the president noted "WE'RE SCREWED" if the justices rule against him, arguing that undoing the duties would trigger...

Despite Threats, Iranian Protesters Turn Out, Praise Deposed Monarchy

Khamenei denounces demonstrators and Trump, signaling a crackdown

(Newser) - Iran's top leader is signaling he's ready to meet the biggest unrest in years with more force, not concessions. In his first public remarks since nationwide demonstrations erupted on Dec. 28, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed protesters as "vandals" and foreign-backed "saboteurs," accusing them of damaging...

Leaders of Greenland Ask US to Curb Its 'Contempt'

'We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes,' PM Nielsen, others say in statement

(Newser) - Greenland's party leaders have rejected President Trump's repeated calls for the US to take control of the island, saying that Greenland's future must be decided by its people. "We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,...

Ventura Calls Trump 'Draft-Dodging Coward'

Former Minnesota governor says ICE shooting was murder

(Newser) - Asked about the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Jesse Ventura—a former Minnesota governor and Navy SEAL—called her death "murder" and included President Trump in his criticism. The shooting Wednesday "did not have to happen," Ventura said, USA Today reports. The president has said...

After Trump Posts Bonds Plan, Mortgage Rates Pass Threshold

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are to spend $200B, nearly doubling their holdings

(Newser) - Mortgage rates just booked their sharpest one-day slide in months, triggered by a social media post from the president. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dipped to 5.99% on Friday, slipping below 6% for the first time since February 2023, according to Mortgage News Daily . That's down from...

Conan to Comics: Trump Is 'Siren Leading You Into the Rocks'

Comedian criticizes late-night hosts for leaning in too heavily on Trump slams

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien thinks comedians are right to go after President Trump—he just thinks many are doing it badly. In a wide-ranging talk at the Oxford Union, the former late-night host warned that comics who lean too heavily on blunt anti-Trump lines risk dulling their sharpest edge. "Some...

Khamenei Scoffs at Trump Threats: Mind Your Own Nation

Unrest over economic crisis grows, with supreme leader dismissing protesters as 'vandals'

(Newser) - Iran's top leader is signaling defiance as street unrest grows and pressure from Washington intensifies. Speaking Friday in the holy city of Qom, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that his nation wouldn't give ground to a wave of demonstrations or to President Trump's warnings about possible...

Trump Says He'll Accept a Second-Hand Peace Prize

He says he'll meet Venezuela's Machado soon and it would be a 'great honor' if she gives him her prize

(Newser) - President Trump says he's expecting a high-profile visitor from Venezuela—and possibly a Nobel medal. In a Fox News interview that aired Thursday night, Trump told Sean Hannity that opposition figure María Corina Machado is "coming in next week sometime" to the US and that he looks...

Gabbard Is Squeezed Out of Venezuela Operation

CIA director has a seat at the Trump's table, but not the national intelligence chief'

(Newser) - Tulsi Gabbard holds the nation's top intelligence title, but she was kept out of the loop on one of the Trump administration's biggest covert actions: the operation targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to multiple people familiar with the matter, White House officials began excluding the director of...

Turns Out NYC's Congestion Pricing Is Working Quite Well

Once-controversial toll has cut down on traffic, sped up buses, raised transit funds in its first year

(Newser) - New Yorkers grumbled when the fees arrived, but the numbers suggest they may be grumbling in faster traffic. A year into Manhattan's congestion pricing program—tolls of up to $9 for most vehicles driving on surface streets below 60th Street during peak travel windows—the New York Times reports...

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