US president repeats claims to have stopped eight wars as he hosts signing ceremony at World Economic Forum • Davos live – latest updates Donald Trump has claimed the world is “richer, safer and much more peaceful than it was just one year ago” as he hosted a launch event for his “board of peace” … Read more
Tracking data from a chaotic year, from ICE detention and job growth to inflation and the president’s popularity The Trump administration has had an unprecedented first year. The Guardian has been hard at work tracking the social and political ramifications of Donald Trump’s second term through words and pictures. But sometimes the story is best … Read more
President Donald Trump arrived in Davos on Wednesday looking to negotiate a deal that would give the U.S. more control over Greenland’s security and in the broader Arctic region, a congressional official and two former U.S. officials told NBC News.
European leaders welcome a reprieve from tariffs but some Danish MPs are concerned that Greenland is being sidelined. Plus, the story of the family who spent decades in seclusion in the Siberian wilderness Good morning. Donald Trump’s announcement of a “framework of a future deal” regarding Greenland after weeks of intensifying threats of military intervention … Read more
Both Republicans and Democrats on the House Oversight Committee voted to hold former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for failing to appear for a deposition as part of an investigation into the actions of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons have not been accused of … Read more
Federal agents detained a 5-year-old boy, along with his father, as he was arriving home on Wednesday in Minnesota. It comes as Vice President JD Vance is set to visit amid ongoing anti-ICE protests. NBC’s Maggie Vespa reports for TODAY.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accused President Donald Trump of working to push the U.S. and the rest of the globe in the direction of “authoritarianism.” “Trump’s hostility toward Europe has little to do with his absurd and irrational arguments over Greenland. It has everything to do with his efforts to undermine democracy and move this … Read more
Under the cover of an internet blackout, Iranian security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators. Only now are details of the carnage starting to emerge.
A former immigration judge and policy expert said sanctuary policies, not law enforcement, are preventing treatments in response to reports that Minnesota doctors are concerned their patients are not receiving medical care because of ICE operations in the state. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported on a news conference held by Democratic lawmakers and various doctors … Read more
Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence Which way, western man? That was the title of a racist tract published in 1978 by William Gayley Simpson, a former leftist Christian pastor turned one of the most influential neo-Nazi ideologues in American history. The book helped radicalize an entire generation of white supremacists in … Read more
