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The Latest: Trump says a Greenland deal 'framework' is reached and cancels tariff threat 01/21/2026 04:16pm • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is dropping his threat to impose tariffs on several European countries, citing what he described as a new framework with NATO on Arctic security. The abrupt about-face comes shortly after he told the World Economic Forum in Da Trump's Board of Peace is dividing countries in Europe and the Middle East 01/21/2026 04:01pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Divisions emerged Wednesday over U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace as its ambitions have grown beyond Gaza, with some Western European countries declining to join, others remaining noncommittal and a group of Muslim countries agreeing to sign on. The developments und Lawmakers can sue to ensure release of Epstein files, but not as part of Maxwell case, judge says 01/21/2026 03:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Congressional cosponsors of a law forcing the Justice Department to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell can file a lawsuit seeking a court-appointed observer to ensure compliance, but they lack the legal right to append their demand to her criminal case, a ju Here are the DC-area chefs and restaurants honored as James Beard semifinalists 01/21/2026 02:17pm • The James Beard Foundation has announced its list of semifinalists for its prestigious awards recognizing excellence in the culinary arts, and the D.C. region is getting some love. Finalists will be determined at the end of March, ahead of the awards ceremony in Chicago on June 15. Here are th Trump's threats challenge Europe's security and prosperity, EU chief says ahead of summit 01/21/2026 01:43pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and impose tariffs on its backers pose a challenge to Europe’s security, principles and prosperity, European Council President António Costa said on Wednesday. “All these three dimensions are being tested in the curren Rescuers spot wreckage possibly from a helicopter that went missing near a volcano in Japan 01/21/2026 11:58am • TOKYO (AP) — Rescuers spotted wreckage believed to be from a sightseeing helicopter carrying three people that went missing near one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, authorities said Wednesday. The helicopter lost contact during what should have been a scenic 10-minute flight over Mount Aso in Police begin to flex new powers in Guatemala in effort to confront gangs 01/21/2026 11:36am • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Days after suspected gang members killed 10 Guatemalan police officers, police and soldiers took their new powers granted under a state of emergency to the Barrio 18 gang’s center of operations in the north of the capital. Dozens of police officers and soldiers, some carryi 3rd child with measles in Virginia visited health care facilities in Woodbridge, Falls Church 01/21/2026 11:07am • A young child who lives in Northern Virginia has tested positive for measles after traveling internationally, marking the third case in the state this month, according to health officials. All three cases of measles have involved children who are ages 4 or younger; the Virginia Department of Literary agent Georges Borchardt, who championed Nobel laureates, dies at 97 01/21/2026 10:02am • NEW YORK (AP) — Georges Borchardt, a literary agent of cosmopolitan taste and style who found U.S. publishers for future Nobel laureates Elie Wiesel and Samuel Beckett and represented dozens of other prize-winning authors, from Ian McEwan to Tracy Kidder, has died at age 97. Georges Borchardt Inc. EU lawmakers vote to hold up Mercosur trade agreement over legal concerns 01/21/2026 08:19am • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers on Wednesday voted to hold up ratification of a major free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries over concerns about the legality of the deal. In a vote in Strasbourg, France, lawmakers narrowly approved sending the EU-Mercosur Power cut caused by technical fault affects the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm 01/21/2026 06:46am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Electricity to the Danish island of Bornholm was cut off on Wednesday due to a technical fault that caused an undersea cable to be disconnected, authorities said. The power supply was cut off at 10:16 a.m. (0916GMT). Police on the island, which is located off the southe Fukushima nuclear plant operator restarts reactor at another plant, reviving safety concerns 01/21/2026 05:47am • TOKYO (AP) — The world’s largest nuclear power plant restarted Wednesday in north-central Japan for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown, as resource-poor Japan accelerates atomic power use to meet soaring electricity needs. The first steps in energy production at the No. 6 Yacht crew member dies during Transatlantic Race 01/21/2026 04:50am • BERLIN (AP) — A member of the crew of a German sailing yacht has died following an incident during a race across the Atlantic Ocean. The Academic Sailing Club of Berlin, or ASV-Berlin, said Tuesday that the crew member, who was not named, had been hurt when “a serious accident occurred” aboar A look at Trump's Board of Peace and who has been invited 01/21/2026 04:47am • JERUSALEM (AP) — The Board of Peace led by U.S. President Donald Trump was originally envisioned as a small group of world leaders overseeing the Gaza ceasefire plan. Since then, the Trump administration's ambitions have ballooned into a more sprawling concept, with Trump extending invitations to Air Force One returns to Washington area due to minor electrical issue, White House says 01/21/2026 01:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plane, Air Force One, returned to Joint Base Andrews about an hour after departing for Switzerland on Tuesday evening. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the decision to return was made after takeoff when the crew aboard Air Force One