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White House meeting over Greenland ends in stalemate

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Denmark and Greenland held contentious talks Wednesday with Vice President JD Vance over President Donald Trump’s threats to take over the Arctic island, by force if necessary.

Although diplomats called the White House meeting “constructive and frank,” there was no sign of a breakthrough between the NATO allies over Trump’s ...Read more

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RFK Jr. talks Trump's testosterone levels, diet 'full of poison'

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President Donald Trump’s high testosterone levels and ability to survive a fast-food diet “full of poison” have left Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in awe.

Days after launching the Trump administration’s new dietary guidelines, RFK Jr. sat down for an interview on the “Katie Miller Podcast,” hosted by the ...Read more

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GOP candidate for governor Chris Madel providing legal counsel to ICE agent

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MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Madel, a Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota, is providing legal counsel to ICE agent Jonathan Ross as dual state and federal investigations into his shooting of Renee Good remain ongoing.

Madel told the Minnesota Star Tribune that he filed Ross’ application to have the U.S. Department of Justice provide legal...Read more

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Royal Caribbean continues to cancel stops to its private Haiti destination

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At a moment when Haiti’s tourism continues to grind to a halt, the country is facing another setback.

Royal Caribbean, which had suspended visits to its private destination of Labadee in northern Haiti until May of this year, says the service will now remain suspended through December 2026.

“Out of an abundance of caution, we have extended...Read more

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Michigan's top court considers banning immigration arrests at courthouses

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DETROIT — After Ramiro Sanders said he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside the 35th District Court in Plymouth in April, he and his spouse want to ensure courthouses and surrounding areas are safe for immigrants there on court business.

Sanders, who was released by ICE agents when...Read more

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Trump administration sues two California cities over natural gas bans

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LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration is suing two California cities over ordinances that ban the use of natural gas piping and appliances in new buildings, despite the fact that both cities said they have not enforced those bans in several years.

In a lawsuit filed Jan. 5 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the ...Read more

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Iran remains thorn for Trump as he mulls new military strikes

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WASHINGTON — Iran has become the foreign policy thorn President Donald Trump can’t seem to extract from his proverbial side as lawmakers and leaders from both parties express uncertainty over the president’s promised response to deadly protests there.

Trump flew to Detroit on Tuesday to deliver what he dubbed a “big speech” on the ...Read more

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Renee Good's family hires law firm that won record settlement in George Floyd's murder

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MINNEAPOLIS — The family of Renee Good, the woman fatally shot on Jan. 7 by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, has hired the same law firm that won a record court settlement five years ago for the family of George Floyd.

Romanucci and Blandin in Chicago said in a statement issued Jan. 14 that the firm is representing Good’s parents, Tim and Donna...Read more

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In once-segregated state, Black college flag to fly atop South Carolina State House

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — From dawn until dusk, South Carolina State University will capture the attention of the capital city as its flag is hoisted atop the State House on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

It is the first time a historically Black college or university will be honored in this fashion.

The Bulldogs played against Prairie View A&M ...Read more

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HHS cuts $2 billion in mental health, addiction grants

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration quietly rolled back approximately $2 billion in mental health and substance use funding late Tuesday, according to four sources familiar with discussions, blindsiding about 2,000 grantees who rely on these funds to operate.

The scope of cuts to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...Read more

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Supreme Court gives candidates right to challenge election rules

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that candidates for federal offices have the right to file lawsuits that challenge election rules that govern the counting of votes, regardless of their chances of winning or campaign costs.

The 7-2 decision specifically revived a lawsuit from Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., over an Illinois law that ...Read more

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Renee Good came to Minneapolis seeking a safe place. Less than a year later, she was killed

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MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Nicole Macklin Good was building a new life with her wife and son in Minneapolis.

They had just moved to the Powderhorn neighborhood on the city’s diverse, working-class South Side, where murals and yard signs for progressive causes are plentiful. That was welcoming for the Goods, a queer couple that relocated here from ...Read more

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Police raided Timothy Busfield's home after his 2,000-mile drive to surrender

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After Melissa Gilbert’s husband Timothy Busfield learned Friday night that there was a warrant out for his arrest in New Mexico, on allegations that he groomed and molested two young boys on a TV set, the veteran actor said he jumped in a car the next morning and began driving to Albuquerque, 2,000 miles away.

It’s not clear whether ...Read more

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Timothy Busfield accused of additional sex abuse of girl in California

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Actor Timothy Busfield is accused of also sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in Northern California several years ago, authorities said in court documents seeking to keep the “West Wing” actor behind bars in his child sex abuse case in New Mexico.

Busfield, 68, has been charged with criminal sexual contact and abuse of a child for his ...Read more

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Denmark sees 'fundamental disagreement' with US on Greenland

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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said a “fundamental disagreement” remained after a meeting of top diplomats in Washington, while announcing an agreement to form a high-level working group on Greenland amid threats of a U.S. takeover.

“I’m not saying anything is solved. It’s not solved,” Rasmussen told reporters after ...Read more

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Donations pour in for suspended Ford worker who heckled Trump

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DETROIT — A Ford Motor Co. worker who heckled Donald Trump, prompting an obscene gesture from the president, during a Detroit-area factory visit on Tuesday, is at the center of a political firestorm over his exchange.

Video first published by TMZ and confirmed as authentic by the White House captures a person at Dearborn Truck yelling "...Read more

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Fundraisers for autoworker flipped off by Trump top $450,000 overnight

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A pair of fundraisers for the Michigan autoworker who drew expletives from President Donald Trump by accusing of him of covering for child sex abuse collected more than $450,000 overnight.

Trump appeared to raise his middle finger and repeatedly say “f--- you!’ to worker TJ Sabula at a Ford-150 plant in Dearborn on Tuesday when the union ...Read more

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Iran tensions rise as US redeploys its military staff in Qatar

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Iran tensions rose after President Donald Trump threatened to take action over a violent crackdown against protesters, with the United States moving military staff and Tehran warning neighboring countries against assisting an attack.

Officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday there had been some redeployment of U.S. personnel in Qatar, and around ...Read more

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DHS says Venezuela is safe for immigrants to return; State Department warns Americans to leave

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The Trump administration is publishing contrasting information about on-the-ground conditions in Venezuela, raising questions about how different agencies are making policy decisions toward Venezuela and its nationals in the U.S., as well as American travelers.

The Department of Homeland Security, when ending temporary protected status for ...Read more

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Minnesota lawmaker wants to outlaw federal agents' face coverings statewide. St. Paul mulls its own ban

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MINNEAPOLIS – A Democratic state legislator plans to introduce a bill requiring law enforcement — including the thousands of federal agents working in Minnesota — to show their faces on the job.

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville, said she does not expect federal agents would comply with any such state law, but ...Read more