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Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-offshore-drilling-gulf-of-america-fa66f8d072eb39c00a8128a8941ede75Open linkView original on lemm.eeDanish king changes royal coat of arms in apparent rebuke of Trump over Greenland row
The Danish king has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to display symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominently – in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/trump-greenland-denmark-king-coat-arms-b2674586.htmlOpen linkView original on lemm.eeReminders of Jan. 6 attack fade in the Capitol as Trump retakes power
Inside the Capitol, reminders of the violence are increasingly hard to find.
Scars on the walls have been repaired. Windows and doors broken by the rioters have been replaced. And there is no plaque, display or remembrance of any kind.
Lawmakers rarely mention the attack, and many Republicans try to downplay it, echoing President-elect Donald Trump’s claims that the carnage of that day is overblown and that the rioters are victims.
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-plaque-trump-reminders-erased-police-af6fe32d72b36c880aec0639ba92e869Open linkView original on lemm.eeNew Orleans attack and Vegas explosion highlight extremist violence by active military and veterans
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-military-green-beret-las-vegas-cybertruck-explosion-a7febd9698219e91d3132a1e4bce3eb5Open linkView original on lemm.eeMan accused of attacking TV reporter, saying ‘This is Trump’s America now’
A Colorado man is facing possible bias-motivated charges for allegedly attacking a television news reporter after demanding to know whether he was a citizen, saying “This is Trump’s America now,” according to court documents.
As Biden commutes death row sentences, how Trump plans to expand executions
With just weeks left in office, US President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row inmates - potentially thwarting President-elect Donald Trump's plans to expand federal executions during his upcoming administration.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czjd0j0y34woOpen linkView original on lemm.eePresident-elect Trump wants to again rename North America’s tallest peak
President-elect Donald Trump has once again suggested he wants to revert the name of North America’s tallest mountain — Alaska’s Denali — to Mount McKinley, wading into a sensitive and decades-old conflict about what the peak should be called.
https://apnews.com/article/denali-mckinley-alaska-tallest-peak-donald-trump-990bfc96869ccb4f23cec6ec648b570eOpen linkView original on lemm.eeTrump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal
The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before taking office on Jan. 20.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-greenland-norway-panama-canal-canada-a52858e3075f9b5ad95e78753293fc1fOpen linkView original on lemm.eeFlorida students are giving up Saturdays to learn Black history lessons their schools don’t teach
https://apnews.com/article/florida-black-history-desantis-african-american-education-8d14b055ddda651d2761dca30bba5600Open linkView original on lemm.eeFaith-based cost-sharing seemed like an alternative to health insurance, until the childbirth bills arrived
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/health-care-cost-sharing-ministries-maternity-childbirth-rcna170230Open linkView original on lemm.eeMan accused in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing faces federal charge that’s eligible for death penalty
https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-luigi-mangione-d6575764b6f4c58108e505e6e5ea896dOpen linkView original on lemm.eeThe Amazon founder saw an almost 10-figure savings by moving south.
Financial experts predicted Jeff Bezos’s move to Florida would pay off handsomely—and they were right. So far, the Amazon founder’s tax savings have been astronomical, worth an estimated $1 billion this year alone.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeff-bezos-saved-around-1-180520721.htmlOpen linkView original on lemm.eeTom Cruise honoured with US Navy's highest civilian award
Tom Cruise has been awarded the US Navy's highest civilian honour for "outstanding contributions" to the military with his screen roles.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj90ww3ld3roOpen linkView original on lemm.eeWhy hasn’t the US been trying to fix its health insurance problems?
A Gallup poll released this week but conducted before the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, found that most Americans, 62%, think it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that all Americans have health care coverage. A minority, 36%, said it’s not the government’s responsibility.
Trump says he can’t guarantee tariffs won’t raise US prices and won’t rule out revenge prosecutions
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-tariffs-pardons-abortion-prosecutions-riot-72c08269f0a870d20e29033319201e22Open linkView original on lemm.eeEric Adams doesn’t rule out switch to the GOP: ‘Cancel me’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who has taken a soft touch with President-elect Donald Trump, left open the possibility of switching to the Republican Party in a pair of Friday morning interviews.


