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President Trump suggested the Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision to award last year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was a factor in his continued push to acquire Greenland in a letter to Norway's leader over the weekend. In a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre shared with multiple European...


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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued rare public criticism of President Trump on Monday, calling his tariffs on countries defending Greenland "completely wrong." Starmer said at a press conference that “any decision about the future status of Greenland belongs to the people of Greenland and the kingdom of Denmark alone.”  Asked how the U.K. should...


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The Pentagon has ordered roughly 1,500 active-duty soldiers to ready for a possible deployment to Minnesota, according to several media reports, citing unnamed defense officials. The move comes after President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act amid widespread protests in Minneapolis and nearby areas following two officer-involved shootings, including one that was f...


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The U.S. military conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Friday that killed an Al-Qaeda leader with ties to an alleged ISIS gunman who killed three Americans in an ambush last month, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM on Saturday identified the deceased leader as Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, an “experienced terrorist leader” with “direct...


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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Friday doubled down on the Trump administration's argument that acquiring Greenland is "essential" for U.S. national security. “The new domain of international competition is going to be polar competition,” Miller told Fox News's Sean Hannity, seeking to justify President Trump's proposal to take over the Arctic...


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