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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of Global Business Leaders at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Stock market cuts through to Trump on Greenland in a way allies' messages failed to resonate

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Investors may have gotten through to President Donald Trump about his designs for Greenland with a message he wasn’t hearing from European leaders: Threatening allies with tariffs and land seizure isn’t exactly the type of policy that generates confidence in the global marketplace.

UN Secretary General Antnio Guterres is welcomed by Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer to 10 Downing Street, London, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump's Board of Peace poses latest in a series of US challenges to the United Nations

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President Donald Trump’s ambitions for the “Board of Peace” to play a role in global conflicts beyond Gaza appear to be the latest U.S. attempt to sidestep the U.N. Security Council.

FILE - Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., talks to reporters following a meeting for President-elect Donald Trump's picks for the planned Department of Government Efficiency at the Capitol, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Judge tosses lines of NYC’s only Republican House seat, as state enters redistricting wars

Read full article: Judge tosses lines of NYC’s only Republican House seat, as state enters redistricting wars

A judge has thrown out the boundaries of New York City's only Republican congressional seat, ordering a redrawing due to unconstitutional vote dilution of Black and Hispanic residents.

ADDS IDENTIFICATION: Teyana Gibson Brown, second from right, wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before arresting Garrison Gibson, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

FILE - A "For Sale" sign is seen on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Trump pushes for lower rates and ban on investor home purchases in bid to make homes more affordable

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President Donald Trump’s plans for bringing homeownership within reach of more Americans involve pushing for lower interest rates on home loans and credit cards, and banning large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

FILE - A person walks into the One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Washington Post seeks court order for government to return electronics seized from reporter's home

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The Washington Post has asked a federal court for an order requiring federal authorities to return electronic devices that they seized from a Post reporter’s Virginia home last week.

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks on stage at the draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Dec. 5, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Mexico's president says it was 'sovereign decision' to send cartel members to US

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government sent 37 cartel members to the United States at the request of the U.S. Justice Department.

Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Lawmakers can sue to ensure release of Epstein files, but not as part of Maxwell case, judge says

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A judge says congressional cosponsors of a law forcing the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell can sue to seek a court-appointed observer to ensure compliance.

FILE - Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges

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The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges.

FILE - Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listen during the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Republicans and some Democrats back contempt for the Clintons in House Epstein probe

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A House committee has advanced resolutions to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

President Donald Trump, right, meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a meeting on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump backs down on Greenland and cancels tariff threat after NATO agrees to future Arctic deal

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President Donald Trump says he has scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland.

Things are unloaded from Air Force One after the plane, carrying President Donald Trump to the World Economic Form in Davos, experienced a minor electrical issue after departure, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, and returned to Joint Base Andrews, Md. Trump will board a second plane to complete the trip. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Air Force One returns to Washington area due to minor electrical issue, White House says

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President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, has safely returned to Joint Base Andrews about an hour after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces the 2026 election date at the National annual away caucus in Christchurch Wednesday, Jan 21, 2026, as Finance Minister Nicola Willis, right, looks on. (Alden Williams/STUFF via AP)
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New Zealand election scheduled for Nov. 7 with the costs of living and housing the top issues

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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced a national election will be held Nov. 7.

FILE - Vice President JD Vance, right, and second lady Usha Vance watch a demonstration by Marines during activities to mark the upcoming Marine Corps' 250th anniversary Oct 18, 2025, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in Camp Pendleton, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)
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Suspect charged in vandalism of Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home pleads not guilty

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A man charged with vandalizing Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home has pleaded not guilty.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii's restrictions on guns in stores and hotels

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The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii restrictions on carrying guns in stores in the justices’ latest firearm case since their landmark decision expanding Second Amendment rights.

Cars are parked outside Hennepin County Medical Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Sarah Raza)
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Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown

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Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown.

Caravans are placed in a newly-legalized Jewish settlement of Yatziv, adjacent to the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, in the West Bank, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Israel's settler movement takes victory lap as a sparse outpost becomes a settlement within a month

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Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children.

U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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Supreme Court takes up politically charged case with independence of the Federal Reserve at stake

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President Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president’s lawyers in a politically charged case.

CORRECTS TO HEARING, NOT ARRAIGNMENT - U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., speaks to the media after a hearing in federal court Monday, Dec. 29, 2025 in Miami. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)
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Another hearing delay for a Florida congresswoman accused of stealing COVID-19 funds

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A federal judge in Miami has rescheduled a hearing for a Florida congresswoman charged with conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds.

FILE - This photo combination shows Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, in Washington, Sept. 17, 2025 and Julia Letlow in Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, Brett Duke, File)
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Cassidy primary shows how Trump pits Republicans against each other as they face midterm reckoning

Read full article: Cassidy primary shows how Trump pits Republicans against each other as they face midterm reckoning

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.

Martin Luther King III, and his wife Arndrea Waters King smile during the second half of an NBA basketball game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Milwaukee Bucks, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
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The new ‘Be The People’ campaign wants to unite hundreds of millions of Americans to solve problems

Read full article: The new ‘Be The People’ campaign wants to unite hundreds of millions of Americans to solve problems

A privately funded initiative called “Be The People” will try to connect hundreds of millions of Americans with efforts to solve local problems as part of a vision for the next 250 years of the United States.

Federal officers stand outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during a protest on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
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Trump's ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it

Read full article: Trump's ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it

President Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill.

In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, servicemen fire a 2S1 Gvozdika self propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar town, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP)
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Russia batters Ukraine's power grid again as officials seek momentum in US-led peace talks

Read full article: Russia batters Ukraine's power grid again as officials seek momentum in US-led peace talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has launched more than 300 drones and missiles in a nighttime attack on Ukraine's power grid.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make housing more affordable

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On the anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, an annual gathering of the global elite.

FILE - Ire Gene Grovner walks through remnants of the old slave's quarters at the Chocolate Plantation where his ancestors lived some eight generations ago on Sapelo Island, Ga., on May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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Slave descendants score a victory with voters in fight to protect their Georgia island homes

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Black landowners from a Georgia island community founded by freed slaves have won their latest property dispute with local officials at the ballot box.