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Republicans and Democrats are trying to contain Trump's Greenland aggression. Will it be enough? 01/18/2026 10:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump's threats of taking possession of Greenland, with some showing the most strident opposition to almost anything the Trump administration has done since taking office. They gave floor speeches on the importance o Thousands march in Greenland to support Arctic island in the face of Trump's threats to take it over 01/17/2026 09:05pm • NUUK, Greenland (AP) ��� Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday. They held signs of protest, waved their national flag and chanted ���Greenland is not for sale��� in support of their own self-governance in the f Trump's Twin Cities immigration crackdown has made chaos and tension the new normal 01/17/2026 06:24pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Work starts around sunrise for many of the federal officers carrying out the immigration crackdown in and around the Twin Cities, with hundreds of people in tactical gear emerging from a bland office building near the main airport. Within minutes, hulking SUVs, pickup trucks and Sen. Thom Tillis takes on the White House, but not Trump 01/17/2026 04:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Sen. Thom Tillis isn't holding back during his final year in Washington. ���I'm sick of stupid,��� the two-term Republican from North Carolina said from the Senate floor recently as he derided President Donald Trump's advisers for stoking a potential U.S. military takeover in Gre Trump says 8 European countries will face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland 01/17/2026 03:28pm • WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland, setting up a potentially dangerous test of U.S. partnerships in Europe. Climate activist predicts high electricity prices and Trump's attacks on green energy will hurt GOP 01/17/2026 09:12am • RIPTON, Vermont (AP) ��� At a time when the Trump administration rolled back numerous environmental regulations while global temperatures and U.S. carbon pollution spiked, longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in something that didn't seem that strong on a recent single-digit-temperatur As Trump's deadline for a cap on credit card rates looms, banks have only questions and no answers 01/17/2026 08:49am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� President Donald Trump a week ago told the credit card industry it had until Jan. 20 to comply with his demand for a 10% cap on interest rates. With just days to go, consumer groups, politicians, and bankers alike remain unclear on what the White House has planned and whether Trump How abortion coverage threatens to prevent a congressional deal on health care subsidies 01/17/2026 08:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� There is broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year. But long-standing disagreements over abortion coverage are threatening to block any compromise and leave millions of Americans with high Here's where Trump's most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term 01/17/2026 08:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� From toppling Venezuela's leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East Wing for a White House ballroom, President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and t Trump's protectionist trade policies allow China to swoop in 01/17/2026 06:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� America���s top trading partners are responding to President Donald Trump���s belligerent and unpredictable trade policies by trying to take their business elsewhere. Canada broke with the United States Friday, slashing its 100% import tax on Chinese electric vehicles in return f Trump issues a flurry of pardons, including for a woman whose sentence he commuted in his first term 01/16/2026 07:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons in recent days, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC, a former governor of Puerto Rico and a woman whose sentence he commuted during his first term but who ended up back in prison for a different scheme. Trum Brazil���s Lula hails historic EU-Mercosur deal ahead of no-show at its signing 01/16/2026 07:35pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Brazilian President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday celebrated the expected signing of the free trade agreement between the EU and four South American countries the following day at a ceremony that Lula will not atte Chinese EVs are making inroads in North America. That worries industry experts 01/16/2026 06:04pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� Chinese automakers have been making inroads around the world with growing sales of their high-tech, stylish and affordable electric vehicles. That has had competitors concerned even before Canada this week agreed to cut its tariffs on Chinese EVs in exchange for concessions on Canad Trump isn't waiting for future generations to name things after him. It's happening now 01/16/2026 06:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Most American presidents aspire to the kind of greatness that prompts future generations to name important things in their honor. Donald Trump isn't leaving it to future generations. As the first year of his second term wraps up, his Republican administration and allies have put Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default 01/16/2026 04:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who default on their payments, backing off a measure that threatened to deliver a financial blow to millions of Americans. The Education Department announced Friday involuntary collections