Trump cancels tariff threat over Greenland as NATO agrees to 'framework' deal
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Australia holds day of mourning for Bondi Beach shooting victims
Australians will fall quiet in candlelight Thursday on a national day of mourning for the 15 people killed by gunmen who opened fire at a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach.Gunman Sajid Akram, 50, was shot and killed by police during the Bondi Beach attack.
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CNN Panelist's Fiery Rebuke Of 'Villain' Scott Jennings Has People Fired Up — Experts Say Why
One professor called the right-wing pundit the "quintessential bad guy who is dishonest, corrupt and overconfident."
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Tracking states’ unprecedented redistricting efforts
So far, Republicans have passed new maps in four states. New maps in California and Utah could flip six seats for Democrats.
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Trump announces Greenland 'framework', backing off force and tariffs
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he had reached a framework of a deal that satisfies him on Greenland, as he backed down both on threats to seize the island by force from Denmark and on imposing tariffs against European allies.Trump said he would therefore scrap tariffs of up to 25 percent that he had vowed days ago to slap starting February 1 on Denmark as well as close European allies that have sent troops to Greenland in solidarity, including Britain, France and Germany.
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Even The Trump Admin Seems Concerned The U.S. Could Lose Its Measles Elimination Status
Curbing transmission of the deadly disease will be particularly challenging with vaccine skeptics in charge of public health, experts say.
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Scathing speech in Davos, college chaos, fighting ‘chocflation’: Catch up on the day’s stories
CNN’s 5 Things PM brings you the stories you might have missed during your busy day.
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Why the fate of ISIS prisoners in Syria is back on the radar
Questions have emerged over the fate of thousands of Islamic State prisoners in northeastern Syria after government forces seized swaths of territory long controlled by Kurdish forces who had been guarding the prisons.
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In Davos speech, Trump repeatedly refers to Greenland as 'Iceland'
US President Donald Trump repeatedly made an apparent gaffe in a speech Wednesday to world leaders assembled in Switzerland by referring to "Iceland" several times instead of his much coveted "Greenland," with the White House furiously denying any confusion on his part.After the speech, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back against a post on X by a journalist, Libbey Dean, who wrote that "President Trump appeared to mix up Greenland and Iceland around three times."
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Why does Trump want Greenland and why is it so important?
Since the beginning of January, Greenland – the vast, autonomous Arctic territory ruled by Denmark – has catapulted from the sidelines of international affairs to the very center.
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One of the most extreme winter storms in years is set to deliver damaging ice and heavy snow to nearly half the US
The storm will be so extensive, its snow, sleet and freezing rain could stretch more than 1,500 miles from the Plains across the South and into the Northeast. Major travel disruption is a given across its entire footprint.
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House panel votes to hold Clintons in contempt in Jeffrey Epstein probe
Lawmakers have taken the next step toward holding Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to testify in the congressional Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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Trump revels in Davos about making the rich even richer
After it was announced that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would share his views on President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week, MAGA influencer Katie Miller derided the Democrat for his presence at the event frequented by wealthy businessmen.
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US stocks rise as markets cheer easing of Greenland tensions
Stocks mostly steadied Wednesday as markets digested shifting comments from US President Donald Trump that dialed down tensions with Europe over Greenland.After Tuesday's equity market weakness following Trump's tariff threats against Europe over Greenland, US stocks opened the day in positive territory after the Republican leader told a World Economic Forum address that he "won't use force" to take over Greenland.
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Glenn Beck Blasts Top Trump Official In 14-Minute-Long Tirade
Beck, a former Fox News host, deemed the attorney general "incompetent" and called for her to "be replaced."
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Takeaways: Supreme Court signals it will defy Trump to keep Lisa Cook on Federal Reserve
The Supreme Court signaled deep skepticism Wednesday that President Donald Trump had the authority to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve, with several conservative justices joining their liberal colleagues in posing pointed questions of the lawyer defending the president.
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House Oversight Committee Approves Contempt Resolutions Against Clintons
Nine Democrats joined all Republicans in voting for the resolutions, which could lead to prison time for the former president and first lady.
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After Creating A Crisis Over Greenland, Trump Declares Victory And Ends It
Trump boasted of a “framework of a future deal” regarding U.S. access to Greenland for military purposes — access it already has under an existing agreement.
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Jack Smith is ‘not afraid’ of Donald Trump, his legal team says ahead of Thursday testimony
Jack Smith is “not afraid” of Donald Trump, whom he unsuccessfully tried to take to trial during the 2024 campaign, his legal team told CNN Wednesday.
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MS NOW Host Gets Blunt About How The World Sees The U.S.: ‘Maybe We’re The Bad Guys’
Chris Hayes said that under President Donald Trump, America is acting a lot “like an Axis power.”
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F/m Investments seeks SEC approval to tokenize Treasury bill ETF shares
Jan 21 () - F/m Investments said on Wednesday that the asset manager has filed with a regulator for approval to record ownership of tokenized shares in its U. Treasury 3-month bill (TBIL) ETF on a permissioned blockchain.
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Nature Society Singapore proposes keeping a third of Paya Lebar redevelopment space as green areas
SINGAPORE – The Nature Society Singapore (NSS) is proposing that almost a third of the vegetation in and around Paya Lebar Air Base be retained as green spaces, ahead of redevelopment of the area set to begin in the 2030s.
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US Republicans begin push to hold Clintons in contempt over Epstein
A Republican-led US House panel voted Wednesday to launch contempt of Congress proceedings against Bill and Hillary Clinton over their refusal to testify before its probe into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Hillary Clinton said she had no meaningful interactions with Epstein, never flew on his plane and never visited his island.
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Trump says Board of Peace meant to oversee Gaza reconstruction ‘might’ replace UN
President Donald Trump’s suggestion Tuesday that his Board of Peace “might” replace the United Nations is likely to compound concerns that the body meant to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza — and that he will indefinitely chair — will instead become a vehicle for him to attempt to supersede the body established 80 years ago to maintain global peace.
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Electrical issue that grounded Trump’s flight raises questions about aging Air Force One aircraft
The “electrical issue” aboard Air Force One Tuesday night that forced President Donald Trump’s Europe-bound plane to turn back is raising troubling questions about the age of the decades-old aircraft flying the president.
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Five takeaways from Trump’s antagonistic speech in Davos
President Donald Trump’s winding, antagonistic speech to business moguls and government officials in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday was hardly a salve to concerns the Western Alliance is at its breaking point.
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Democrats Torn Over Proposals To Rein In ICE With Funding Bill
Congressional Democrats are facing "three bad choices" on trying to contain ICE's tactics, one Democratic senator told HuffPost on Wednesday.
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Word of the Week: Did the Trump administration commit ‘perfidy’?
A New York Times report suggested that a September US strike against a boat in the Caribbean may have been an act of “perfidy.” Legal experts weigh in.
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After Newsom trolls Trump in Davos, one of his appearances is blocked
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, long one of President Donald Trump’s chief trolls, took the routine this week to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – and got a globally televised rise out of the president.
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Iran says 3,117 killed in protests, activists fear 'far higher' toll
Iranian authorities on Wednesday said 3,117 people were killed during protests that first erupted in late December, but activists said the actual toll risked being many times higher due to a crackdown that suppressed the demonstrations.In the first official toll from the authorities, a statement by Iran's foundation for veterans and martyrs, cited by state television, said a total of 3,117 people were killed during protests.
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Progress toward peace in Ukraine was unlikely before Trump’s Davos rant. Now it looks all but impossible
Once the bluster and bellicose posturing has cleared, Europe is left with the war of today, not the one that probably won’t happen tomorrow.
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Michelle Obama Reveals What She'd Want Her Husband To Do If Trump Ran For A Third Term
“There's all these young, smart people who are just looking outside with their ideas as leaders get older and older,” Obama said.
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Donald Trump Referred To Greenland As 'Iceland' Onstage At Davos 4 Times
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that "Iceland" was part of his speech, even though it is clearly audible.
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Mehmet Oz Reveals The Real Dystopian Goal Behind Trump's Health Care Plan
The former TV personality known as Dr. Oz said the plan is to keep Americans healthy enough to work one additional year before retirement.
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Economic Blackout Planned To Protest ICE’s ‘Complete Disaster’ In Minnesota
Labor unions are calling on people to skip work and hit the streets to demonstrate against the swarm of federal agents in Minneapolis.
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Israeli strike kills three Gaza journalists including AFP freelancer
An Israeli air strike killed an AFP freelancer and two other journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory's civil defence agency said, while the military said it struck "suspects" operating a drone.In a statement, the Israeli military said troops had "identified several suspects who operated a drone affiliated with Hamas in the central Gaza Strip".
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Deliberations begin in trial of former Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront mass shooter
A Texas jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of Adrian Gonzales, the former Uvalde school police officer accused of failing to confront the school shooter at Robb Elementary School in May 2022.
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Israel says struck Syria-Lebanon border crossings used by Hezbollah
The Israeli military said it struck four crossings along the Syria-Lebanon border on Wednesday that were used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons, after earlier launching fresh strikes on the militant group in Lebanon."A short while ago, the (Israeli military) struck four border crossings on the Syria-Lebanon border used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons in the area of Hermel," the military said in a statement, without providing further details.
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Court rules TikTok can continue to operate in Canada for now, Politico reports
Jan 21 (Reuters) - Canada's federal court has overturned a government order to close TikTok's Canadian operations, allowing it to continue to operate at least for now, Politico reported on Wednesday.
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US begins IS prisoner transfer as Syria govt, Kurds trade attack blame
The United States said it launched an operation Wednesday that could move thousands of Islamic State group jihadists from Syria to Iraq, as Syrian and Kurdish-led forces traded accusations of breaching a fragile ceasefire.The US military said Wednesday it had launched an operation to move 7,000 IS prisoners from Syria to Iraq.
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Abortion Clinics Brace For ‘New Chapter Of Violence’ As Extremist Group Plans HHS Protest
Advocates described what comes next as the “perfect storm” of anti-abortion unrest.
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AI company Eightfold sued for helping companies secretly score job seekers
Jan 21 (Reuters) - Eightfold AI, a venture capital-backed artificial intelligence hiring platform used by Microsoft, PayPal and many other Fortune 500 companies, is being sued in California for allegedly compiling reports used to screen job applicants without their knowledge. The lawsuit filed on Tuesday accusing Eightfold of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act shows how consumer advocates are seeking to apply existing law to AI systems capable of drawing inferences about individuals bas
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Fact check: Trump’s barrage of false claims in Davos about Greenland and NATO
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland was filled with inaccurate claims – notably including false and misleading statements about NATO and Greenland, the self-governing Danish territory he is pushing for the US to acquire.
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Trump Calls Himself 'The Hunter' In Bizarre Interview
The president's remarks were made while he reflected on critics during his first administration.
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Bezos' Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites for new "TeraWave" communications network
WASHINGTON, Jan 21 () - Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Wednesday announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into a satellite constellation market dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Deployment of the satellite network is planned to begin in the last quarter of 2027, Blue Origin said.
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Trump Again Demands Greenland, But Says He Won't Use Force
The president said the U.S. should have just kept the Danish territory after World War II and that Denmark was being “ungrateful” by not handing it over now.
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Trump just backed off on using military force to take Greenland. What does it mean?
President Donald Trump’s quest for control of Greenland took a significant turn on Wednesday, when he backed off on using d military force — an option he and This team had previously reserved.
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Trump Gets Cooked In Supreme Court Arguments Over Federal Reserve Removal
Even the conservative justices had no qualms about tearing apart the administration's justification for attempting to fire Lisa Cook.
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Trump Defends Himself Against Menacing Binder Clip
"Oh, I’m glad my finger wasn’t in that sucker!" he exclaimed. "That could have done some damage!"
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Pakistan rescuers scour blaze site for dozens missing
Pakistani rescuers scoured the charred remains of a Karachi mall Wednesday for dozens missing after a huge blaze destroyed the complex, while relatives gave DNA samples to aid the search.At the Civil Hospital Karachi, provincial health official Summaiya Syed said DNA samples from 51 families had been taken so far.
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India's PNB Housing posts 8% profit rise amid rising competition
Jan 21 (Reuters) - India's PNB Housing Finance posted a 7.7% rise in third-quarter profit on Wednesday, supported by healthy loan growth in smaller cities amid intensifying competition in the mortgage
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