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Vice president says U.S. hopes to strike ‘Donald Trump-style’ deal with Greenlanders
Vice President JD Vance said during his visit to Greenland on Friday that he doesn’t believe military action will ever be needed on the island amid President Donald Trump’s claims that the U.S. requires control of the semi-autonomous Danish territory.
Denmark’s foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, scolded the Trump administration’s rhetoric, taking issue with its “tone” while emphasizing a commitment to Arctic security and cooperation with the U.S.
„Many accusations and many allegations have been made. And, of course, we are open to criticism,“ said Rasmussen.
„But let me be completely honest: we do not appreciate the tone in which it is being delivered. This is not how you speak to your close allies.”
Meanwhile, Trump has signed an executive order threatening the Smithsonian Institution with loss of federal funding over programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
The president said there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort to rewrite American history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth.”
His order instructs Vance to “remove improper ideology” from the Smithsonian’s museums, education and research centers, and the National Zoo.
In a rare interview, Donald Trump’s chief of staff appeared to reveal that she once told the president the 2020 election was not stolen from him.
Speaking to Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on Fox News, Susie Wiles was asked what was “the toughest thing you ever had to tell him.”
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Most employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace, a congressionally created and funded think tank now taken over by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, received email notices of their mass firing, the latest step in the Trump administration’s government downsizing.
The emails, sent to personal accounts because most staff members had lost access to the organization’s system, began going out about 9 p.m. Friday, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fear of reprisal.
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A town hall meeting hosted by controversial Indiana Republican Victoria Spartz descended into chaos after the congresswoman gave apparently unsatisfactory answers to several questions from constituents.
The room erupted with boos and chants on Friday after Spartz said she would not be calling for the resignation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other members of the so-called Signalgate group chat.
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The grant, contract and budget cuts in federal agencies, along with the crippling reductions of tens of thousands of government jobs, will “in all probability” end up increasing (by a lot), rather than decreasing the nation’s deficit, which has been the stated intent, notes a new report.
Mary Papenfuss reports.
An American woman held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for several weeks has been freed, according to a source close to the situation and a social media post by a veteran US diplomat on Saturday.
Faye Dail Hall, detained in February on accusations of unauthorized drone usage, was released as part of a negotiated agreement facilitated by Qatari officials, disclosed a source speaking to the Associated Press under anonymity due to the delicate nature of the discussions.
Reporting by multiple outlets suggests that while President Donald Trump has been outwardly supportive of his national security adviser since the Signalgate security breach fiasco, internal discussions about Mike Waltz’s future were somewhat different.
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Josh Marcus writes:
The arrival of two recent documentaries about how the Gaza crisis unfolded on U.S. college campuses, October 8 and The Encampments, could not be more timely. The war in Gaza rages on, and so too does the campus crisis it inspired.
Trump has begun following through on a vow to deport all non-citizen university activists with ties to the pro-Palestine faction. This week, masked ICE agents apprehended a Tufts student, for the apparent offense of writing a pro-Palestine op-ed.
The history of how we got here, at least according to these documentaries, remains highly contested.
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President Donald Trump is urging senior advisers to adopt a more aggressive stance on tariffs as the administration prepares for a major escalation in its global trade war, The Washington Post reports, citing four individuals familiar with the matter.
Despite worries from allies on Wall Street and Capitol Hill about the impact of tariffs and calls for a more measured approach, Trump continues to advocate for sweeping trade actions under the belief that it will be beneficial for the American economy.
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Democrats are “f***** right now as a brand,” one strategist warned, as others said the party risks becoming a “permanent minority” against Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.
After Kamala Harris’s devastating defeat against Trump in November, the Democratic Party is struggling to find its footing and is “deeply fractured, and rudderless,” strategists, elected officials and leaders told Politico in a scathing report.
Rhian Lubin reports.
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Trump news today: Danish foreign minister hits back over U.S. rhetoric on Greenland after Vance visit – The Independent
