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Putin: I'll Join Trump's Board of Peace—on One Condition

Moscow links potential $1B in Gaza aid to the US unfreezing Russian assets

(Newser) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's ready to put money into President Trump's new Gaza reconstruction effort—if Washington first hands back Russian funds that are locked down. In a Kremlin meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, Putin said Moscow could channel $1 billion into...

In One Year, Huge Declines in Murder, Violent Crime

CCJ report finds largest recorded single-year drop in the US murder rate

(Newser) - The US murder rate appears to have fallen to its lowest level in well over a century. A new analysis from the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice —based on incomplete FBI data, crime figures from 40 cities, and other sources—estimates the 2025 national homicide rate will be the...

The Wealth Gap in America Just Widened Even More

Top 1% now hold as much wealth as bottom 90%

(Newser) - Wealth in the US has rarely been this lopsided. New Federal Reserve data show that the richest 1% of households now possess 31.7% of all American wealth, the largest share since the Fed began tracking the numbers in 1989. Their holdings, roughly $55 trillion as of 2025's third...

EU: Trump Threats Violate Trade Deal With US
EU: US Trade Deal Is Off
Jan 21, 2026 11:20 AM CST

EU: US Trade Deal Is Off

Lawmakers say tariffs meant to pressure Greenland deal violate the pact

(Newser) - The United States' trade deal with the European Union is now on ice—with Greenland at the center of the freeze. The European Parliament has halted approval of the trade deal struck in July after President Trump floated tariffs of 10% to 25% on European countries opposed to his push...

Israel: Sure, We'll Join Trump's 'Board of Peace'

Norway and Sweden join list of nays, however, amid fears Trump wants to replace UN

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he has agreed to join President Trump's Board of Peace, in a departure from an earlier stance when his office criticized the makeup of the board's committee tasked with overseeing Gaza. Norway and Sweden, meanwhile, said they wouldn't...

Measles 'Eliminated' in US? Maybe Not for Much Longer

Experts to decide whether we'll keep designation amid yearlong outbreaks, lapse in vaccinations

(Newser) - America's measles problem is back in the spotlight, and this time it could cost the country a public health milestone it's held for a quarter century. Over the past year, more than 2,200 people across 45 states have been sickened by measles—the highest tally in more...

UN Chief Has Some Blunt Words for Trump's Moves

'There are those who believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power'

(Newser) - The outgoing head of the United Nations is offering a blunt new criticism of American power under President Trump: "There are those who believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power," Secretary-General António Guterres tells the BBC in an interview. Washington now...

China's New Weapon Against US: 'Kill Line' Propaganda

Nation uses video game term to spotlight US inequality and poverty, distract from its own issues

(Newser) - China's propaganda machine has found a new way to talk about American hardship, and it comes straight out of gamer slang. State-linked outlets and online commentators are fixating on the idea of a US "kill line"—a term borrowed from video games to describe a point of...

To Shield Parents From Deportation, US Citizens Join 'PIP'

Parole in Place program allows US citizens to join military, keep undocumented parents, spouses safe

(Newser) - In parts of rural America, the pitch to join the military now comes with an unusual hook: It might keep your parents from being deported. A little-used federal program called Parole in Place, or PIP, has quietly turned into a recruiting tool for the National Guard, especially in immigrant-heavy pockets...

Trump: Tariffs Over Greenland Start Feb. 1

Rate will rise to 25% unless a deal is struck for US takeover by June 1, post says

(Newser) - As demonstrators in Greenland and Denmark protested his coveting of their territory, President Trump announced Saturday that he's levying new tariffs on European nations that will remain in effect until the US takes ownership of Greenland. Posting on Truth Social, Trump said he's imposing a 10% tariff on...

Rams Owner Now the Biggest Private Land Baron in the US

Stan Kroenke's recent 937K-acre New Mexico deal pushes holdings past 2.7M acres

(Newser) - Stan Kroenke is no longer just a big-name sports owner—he now effectively owns a land empire twice the size of Delaware. According to the Land Report, Kroenke has become the largest private landowner in the United States after scooping up 937,000 acres of ranch land in New Mexico...

Iceland Doesn't Find Trump Nominee Amusing

Petitioners urge government to reject Billy Long as ambassador after statehood conversation

(Newser) - Billy Long said he meant it as a punchline, but not everyone in Iceland is amused. A petition in Iceland has drawn thousands of signatures after reports that Long, President Trump's nominee for US ambassador to the country, joked that Iceland would become the 52nd US state and that...

Trump Warns World: OK My Greenland Push or Face Tariffs

US president threatens to lay down tariffs hammer on countries that don't go along with his plans

(Newser) - President Trump suggested on Friday that he may punish countries with tariffs if they don't back the United States controlling Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan Congressional delegation sought to lower tensions in the Danish capital. Trump for months has insisted that the US should control Greenland,...

GOP Rep Threatens Trump Impeachment Over Greenland

Congressman Don Bacon blasts annexation talk, says White House is bullying US allies

(Newser) - A Republican lawmaker is warning that any move to seize Greenland by force could put President Trump on a collision course with impeachment. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who's retiring at the end of his current term, said he'd consider supporting Trump's removal from office if the...

Security Council Hears From US, Iran, and Dissidents

Waltz says all options remain in play for Trump

(Newser) - After weeks of escalating tension, US and Iranian officials faced each other Thursday at the UN Security Council, and a dissident dramatically told the body of her government's attempts to kill her. In the meeting, the US envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Trump's earlier...

Venezuela Frees Detained Americans
Venezuela Frees
Detained Americans
Jan 14, 2026 6:07 AM CST

Venezuela Frees Detained Americans

But critics say hundreds of political prisoners remain behind bars

(Newser) - The State Department says Venezuela's interim leaders have taken a "step in the right direction" by releasing detained Americans. At least three US citizens were released from prisons in the country as of Tuesday night, a person briefed on the situation tells the New York Times . CNN reports...

PM: 'Greenland Does Not Want to Be Part of the US'

'If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark'

(Newser) - Standing beside Denmark's prime minister in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen made his strongest comments yet on President Trump's push to annex the island. "If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark," he said,...

Trump: Will Be a 'Complete Mess' if SCOTUS Nixes Tariffs

US will be 'screwed' if such a decision is handed down, president warns

(Newser) - President Trump is warning of economic chaos if the Supreme Court wipes out his signature global tariffs, with a decision expected as early as Wednesday. In a social media post , the president noted "WE'RE SCREWED" if the justices rule against him, arguing that undoing the duties would trigger...

Leaders of Greenland Ask US to Curb Its 'Contempt'

'We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes,' PM Nielsen, others say in statement

(Newser) - Greenland's party leaders have rejected President Trump's repeated calls for the US to take control of the island, saying that Greenland's future must be decided by its people. "We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,...

Weekend Rallies Seek to Put 'End to Deadly Terror'

Anti-ICE protests come after federal agents fatally shot Minneapolis woman, injured 2 in Oregon

(Newser) - Protests against immigration enforcement are planned for cities and towns across the country on Saturday after one federal officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon. The demonstrations come as the Department of Homeland Security pushes forward in the Twin Cities...

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