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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,...

Ventura Calls Trump 'Draft-Dodging Coward'

Former Minnesota governor says ICE shooting was murder

(Newser) - Asked about the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Jesse Ventura—a former Minnesota governor and Navy SEAL—called her death "murder" and included President Trump in his criticism. The shooting Wednesday "did not have to happen," Ventura said, USA Today reports. The president has said...

After Trump Posts Bonds Plan, Mortgage Rates Pass Threshold

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are to spend $200B, nearly doubling their holdings

(Newser) - Mortgage rates just booked their sharpest one-day slide in months, triggered by a social media post from the president. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate dipped to 5.99% on Friday, slipping below 6% for the first time since February 2023, according to Mortgage News Daily . That's down from...

Conan to Comics: Trump Is 'Siren Leading You Into the Rocks'

Comedian criticizes late-night hosts for leaning in too heavily on Trump slams

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien thinks comedians are right to go after President Trump—he just thinks many are doing it badly. In a wide-ranging talk at the Oxford Union, the former late-night host warned that comics who lean too heavily on blunt anti-Trump lines risk dulling their sharpest edge. "Some...

Khamenei Scoffs at Trump Threats: Mind Your Own Nation

Unrest over economic crisis grows, with supreme leader dismissing protesters as 'vandals'

(Newser) - Iran's top leader is signaling defiance as street unrest grows and pressure from Washington intensifies. Speaking Friday in the holy city of Qom, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that his nation wouldn't give ground to a wave of demonstrations or to President Trump's warnings about possible...

Trump Says He'll Accept a Second-Hand Peace Prize

He says he'll meet Venezuela's Machado soon and it would be a 'great honor' if she gives him her prize

(Newser) - President Trump says he's expecting a high-profile visitor from Venezuela—and possibly a Nobel medal. In a Fox News interview that aired Thursday night, Trump told Sean Hannity that opposition figure María Corina Machado is "coming in next week sometime" to the US and that he looks...

Gabbard Is Squeezed Out of Venezuela Operation

CIA director has a seat at the Trump's table, but not the national intelligence chief'

(Newser) - Tulsi Gabbard holds the nation's top intelligence title, but she was kept out of the loop on one of the Trump administration's biggest covert actions: the operation targeting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to multiple people familiar with the matter, White House officials began excluding the director of...

Turns Out NYC's Congestion Pricing Is Working Quite Well

Once-controversial toll has cut down on traffic, sped up buses, raised transit funds in its first year

(Newser) - New Yorkers grumbled when the fees arrived, but the numbers suggest they may be grumbling in faster traffic. A year into Manhattan's congestion pricing program—tolls of up to $9 for most vehicles driving on surface streets below 60th Street during peak travel windows—the New York Times reports...

Another Performance Bites the Dust at the Kennedy Center

Banjo king Bela Fleck cites divisiveness after 'highly politicized' institution adds Trump name

(Newser) - Banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck won't be taking the stage at the Kennedy Center next month, saying the venue has become too politically fraught for comfort. The 18-time Grammy winner was slated to perform George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" with the National Symphony Orchestra in February, but the...

DeSantis Mulls State Charges Against Maduro

Fla. governor backs seeking separate state case over Venezuela leader's alleged drug crimes

(Newser) - Florida could try to pile on Nicolas Maduro's legal troubles. Gov. Ron DeSantis said this week that the attorney general's office in Florida is "looking very seriously" at bringing state charges against the Venezuelan leader, days after Maduro was brought to the US and pleaded not guilty...

Machado Courts Trump— by Offering Him Her Nobel

Venezuelan opposition leader says her movement ought to be in power

(Newser) - Venezuela's most prominent opposition figure used a friendly US TV forum to court the one man now standing between her movement and power: President Trump. In a 10-minute interview on Fox News , María Corina Machado repeatedly praised the president, appealed for his backing, and even offered to hand...

Jack Smith: Jan. 6 'Does Not Happen' Without Trump

House Judiciary Committee releases transcript of ex-special counsel's recent testimony

(Newser) - The Jan. 6. riot at the US Capitol "does not happen" without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the "most culpable and most responsible person" in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020...

Trump Uses Veto Power for First Time This Term

Rep. Lauren Boebert isn't happy about his veto on the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act in her state

(Newser) - President Trump has dusted off his veto pen, blocking two widely backed bills on water and tribal lands and triggering bipartisan pushback from Florida to Colorado. The White House said on Monday that Trump rejected the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act and the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, his...

We'll Have to Wait a Bit Longer for Trump's $499 Gold Phone

Government shutdown blamed for disrupting shipments of 'proudly American' T1 handset

(Newser) - The latest Trump-branded product is running late. Trump Mobile, a phone venture tied to the Trump Organization and run by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, has delayed delivery of its $499 gold-colored "T1" smartphone, which had been touted for arrival by the end of 2025, reports the Guardian...

Sources: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike Inside Venezuela

Covert attack on alleged drug hub heightens tensions with Maduro

(Newser) - For the first time, the CIA has reportedly taken its drone war inside Venezuela's borders. CNN , citing multiple sources, reports that the agency earlier this month bombed a remote dock on Venezuela's coast that US officials believed a major gang, Tren de Aragua, was using to stash drugs...

Sources Detail Why Trump Banned Epstein From Spa

Trump allegedly acted after 18-year-old Mar-a-Lago spa worker reported sexual pressure

(Newser) - Donald Trump's break with Jeffrey Epstein can be traced back to allegations from an 18-year-old spa worker, former employees say. According to ex-staffers from both Mar-a-Lago and Epstein's Palm Beach estate who spoke to the Wall Street Journal , Trump's club spent years sending mostly young female spa...

Silver Hits $77 as Gold, Platinum Reach Record Highs

(Newser) - Silver just blew past a milestone that may have sounded far-fetched only a year ago. Spot silver surged 7% Friday, to about $77.12 an ounce, its highest level ever and up roughly 167% so far this year, reports CNBC . Analysts link the spike to tight supplies, strong investment, and...

Pope Leo Says Shunning Poor Is Turning Away From God

New pontiff links Christmas message to economic injustice

(Newser) - Pope Leo used his first Christmas Eve sermon to deliver a blunt message: shutting the door on the poor is, in his view, shutting the door on God. Preaching at a packed Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, the first US-born pope said the story of Jesus' birth in a...

Father-Son Ellison Duo Are Aiming to Reshape the Media

Oracle founder Larry Ellison backs son David Ellison's bold moves

(Newser) - Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, 42, is leading a $108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, but it's his 81-year-old father—Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men—who's anchoring the effort. On Monday, David Ellison told Warner Bros. that his father personally...

Ohio Dem Sues to Undo Trump Renaming of Kennedy Center

Rep. Joyce Beatty's suit argues that board's Trump rebrand violates Congress' authority

(Newser) - A Democratic lawmaker is asking a federal court to strip Donald Trump's name from one of Washington's most prominent cultural landmarks. Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio filed suit on Monday against Trump and members of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board, arguing that last...

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