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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has a wake-up call for President Donald Trump over his ongoing obsession with acquiring Greenland as part of the United States: they're an "ally, not an asset."

In a joint statement with Danish MP Aaja Chemnitz, Murkowski slammed the ongoing attempts by Trump to strongarm Denmark into surrendering the island territory, which has in recent days triggered alarm from Danish officials. Murkowski, widely considered one of the more moderate members of the GOP caucus in the Senate, co-chairs the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region.

Chaos and uncertainty are swirling around the Trump administration’s new order halting most foreign aid grants for three months – and introduced the possibility that organizations dependent on federal funds could soon face bankruptcy, according to a report in Politico.

By Monday, groups spanning from health providers to landmine removers were still digesting the Friday directive issued by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, with some bewildered by its scope and still struggling to make sense of it, the report added.

by Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch

January 27, 2025

President Donald Trump kicked a hornet's nest when he suggested "cleaning out" Gaza of Palestinians and resettling them in Jordan and Egypt to completely redevelop the land for new settlers, wrote foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius for The Washington Post — a move experts have said would amount to a massive ethnic cleansing project, and which Ignatius believes is a massive blunder for his foreign policy right out of the gate.

The idea of resettling Palestinians without granting a right of return to lands they were removed from during the founding of the modern Israeli state has a long and controversial history, with neighboring Arab countries fearful of the consequences for their own stability as well as the precedent it would set in international law.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) suggested Republicans might condition wildfire aid funds on voter ID requirements in California, calling the idea "commonsense."

At a press conference on Monday, CNN's Manu Raju asked about the possibility of conditions in exchange for wildfire relief funding. President Donald Trump has long accused California of massive voter fraud because the state does not have a strict voter ID law. However, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in any state.

President Donald Trump has fired a dozen officials who worked with special counsel Jack Smith and a a high-ranking Trump-appointed prosecutor is poised to give fresh scrutiny to the Justice Department’s decision to slap hundreds of Jan. 6 rioters with felony obstruction charges in connection with the Capitol attack, according to reports.

Prosecutors who brought the cases to court – which included charges against some of the most violent offenders – were asked by email Monday “to turn over files, documents, notes, emails and other information related to the cases,” according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Acting U.S. attorney Ed Martin labeled the decision to pursue obstruction charges as a failure and described his probe as a "special project," the report said.

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune

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by Delphine MATTHIEUSSENT

The seven women freed so far under Israel's ceasefire deal with the Palestinian militant group were all malnourished, exposed to psychological suffering and wounded in various ways, said the deputy chief of the Israeli army's medical corps, Colonel Avi Benov.

President Donald Trump is not just attempting to enact revenge with his recent spree of retributive acts against former allies, The New York Times reported on Monday — he is also trying to create a culture of fear of crossing him in his new administration.

Trump moved quickly in the first week by revoking security clearances for national security officials he considers part of a conspiracy against him, and even yanking protective detail for key former officials he developed bad blood with, like former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former National Security Adviser John Bolton, and former National Institutes of Health director Dr. Anthony Fauci.

A MAGA rioter who was convicted of pepper-spraying officers and striking them with a metal "whip-like device" during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack “is still at large” for a 2016 solicitation charge involving a minor, according to media reports.

Police in Houston are on the hunt for Andrew Taake, who was released from federal custody last week after President Donald Trump issued a blanket pardon to him and about 1,500 other Capitol rioters, HuffPost reported Monday.

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was shot dead Sunday in Indiana after resisting arrest, Indiana State Police said.

A deputy with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department pulled over Matthew Huttle, 42, of Hobart, Indiana, around 4:15 p.m. Sunday, according to Fox 59.

Elon Musk's Tesla and German auto giant BMW have challenged EU import tariffs on China-made electric vehicles at the bloc's top court, the European Commission said Monday.

The carmakers -- which both manufacture EVs in China -- followed challenges filed with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by Chinese automakers BYD, Geely and SAIC against the extra tariffs of up to 35 percent.