President Trump threatened a 10% blanket tariff on eight European allies in an effort to force Denmark to give up control of Greenland over the weekend.

Today marks the 40th federal observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, after what would have been Dr. King’s 97th birthday.

Global trust in institutions is falling, and people are increasingly relying on family, friends, coworkers, and even bosses for information.

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump during a meeting at the White House on Thursday, and Trump is keeping it.

President Trump warned Thursday that he may invoke the Insurrection Act to “put an end” to ongoing protests against federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, unless Minnesota officials help restore order.

After a sweeping Islamic regime crackdown leading to thousands of civilians killed, Iran’s protest movement has been forced into retreat after more than two weeks — at least for now — and the White House has cooled its warnings about possible strikes on Tehran.

President Trump is once again escalating his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, insisting the island is vital to U.S. national security and refusing to rule out taking it by military force. But Greenland’s government and Denmark, which oversees the territory, say they’re not on board.

Anti-ICE protests continue in Minnesota, a week after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good. On Tuesday, six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned over concerns about the direction of the investigation into Good’s death, specifically the push to investigate Good’s widow.

President Trump on Tuesday encouraged protesters in Iran to continue demonstrating against the Iranian government, canceling any meeting with Iranian officials. He added on social media that “HELP IS ON ITS WAY,” but did not specify what that meant and did not clarify later when reporters asked.

A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of striking down state bans on transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports on Tuesday during oral arguments.

The U.S. attorney’s office in the District of Columbia has launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, focused on whether he misled Congress regarding the $2.5 billion renovation of the Fed’s headquarters in Washington, DC.

The Iranian government is violently cracking down on nationwide anti-regime protests. U.S.-based human rights groups say nearly 600 have been killed and more than 10,000 people arrested as demonstrations stretch into a third week. The death toll could be much higher, though, given a media and information blackout in the country following a nationwide internet shutdown.

Massive anti-regime protests continue to grow across Iran as they are about to enter a third week. Internet communications were shut down nationwide Thursday and have remained offline for the past 24 hours. Islamic Republic authorities appear to have made the move to cut Iranians off from the outside world and crack down on demonstrations.

The day after an ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old American citizen in Minneapolis, federal and local officials are clashing about what caused the shooting— and who should be involved in the investigation into what happened.

Iranian authorities appeared to cut internet access across large parts of the country Thursday as anti-regime protests continued to grow for a 12th day.

A 37-year-old woman was shot and killed during a federal law enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Doctors’ visits for flu-like symptoms have hit their highest level in more than 25 years, according to the CDC.

President Trump and his team are considering “a range of options” in order to acquire Greenland — including “utilizing the U.S. military,” White House press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in a Manhattan federal court Monday, following a dramatic overnight operation that culminated in their capture by American troops early Saturday morning.

We’re one day into 2026 and looking ahead to the stories we expect to shape this year — plus, the curveballs we know are coming.