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'Nonsensical': WSJ warns Trump's 'reckless risk' could make a Russian dream come true

President Donald Trump is taking a "reckless risk" by trying to acquire Greenland, one that could make one of Russia's biggest dreams come true, warned the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board on Sunday.

Trump has relentlessly pursued acquiring Greenland, either by force or negotiation, during his second administration. Recently, Danish ambassadors traveled to the White House to negotiate with Trump. Trump's efforts to acquire the country have also inspired the "Make America Go Away" campaign in Denmark, according to reports.

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'Explains so much': Analysts stunned by Trump admin 'rewarding' ICE's bad behavior

Political analysts and observers were stunned on Sunday by a new report that appeared to explain why President Donald Trump's immigration officials act as if they can't be held accountable for their actions.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers receive a bonus if they meet their 3,000 arrests per day quota, even if the people they arrest are later released. About 2,000 people have been arrested in Minneapolis since federal agents surged into the city this month, the report added, although it is unclear how many people were later released.

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'Line has been drawn': Allies warn of $100+ billion retaliation for Trump's new tariffs

America's allies in Europe warned on Sunday that they are prepared to move forward with a more than $100 billion plan to retaliate for President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs, according to a new report.

On Saturday, Trump imposed new 10% tariffs on all goods from six EU countries, the U.K., and Norway, in an attempt to up the ante in his bid to acquire Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark. On Sunday, diplomats from the bloc's 27 governments met to affirm their options to "fight back" against the tariffs, Politico's European bureau reported.

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'Legitimizes the terrorists': WSJ issues stunning warning about Trump's Hamas peace plan

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board issued a stunning warning about President Donald Trump's latest efforts to end the war between Israel and Hamas, saying the president's plan "legitimizes the terrorist" and fails to secure peace.

Last week, the Trump administration announced that Trump's peace plan for the war had entered "Phase 2," which includes establishing an international peacekeeping commission. However, the plan also appears to rely on the assumption that Hamas will "[see] the light" and disarm themselves, which is something other Arab nations in the region and moneyed interests have failed to achieve, according to a new editorial published on Sunday.

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'Leave Greenland alone!' Protest interrupts US National Anthem at NBA game in London

President Donald Trump's hardball efforts to acquire Greenland are not only unpopular in the U.S., but also appear to be unpopular abroad.

Trump has repeatedly stated he intends to acquire Greenland from Denmark, either by force or through negotiation. The former was described by European allies of the U.S. as a potential "end of NATO" moment. Only recently has Trump appeared receptive to the idea of purchasing the island nation from the Kingdom of Denmark, a move that could potentially cost the U.S. trillions of dollars.

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'Chilling': Expert warns Trump DOJ on the verge of unleashing America's 'darkest moment'

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice is on the verge of creating one of the "darkest moments" in American history, according to one expert.

Last week, Trump's DOJ filed a lawsuit against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both Democrats, accusing them of criminally impeding the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The lawsuit was filed after both Walz and Frey called on Trump to recall ICE following the death of 37-year-old Renee Good, a mother who was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross while she was leaving the scene of an ICE raid in her neighborhood.

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'Grave concerns': Democrat fears DOJ has made US 'more vulnerable' by protecting Trump

It's no secret that President Donald Trump views the Department of Justice as his personal law firm, but one Democrat fears that the DOJ's actions to protect the president have made the U.S. "more vulnerable" to hate and attacks.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), a former criminal defense and civil rights attorney, discussed some of the DOJ's efforts to protectTrump during a new interview on "The Daily Beast Podcast" with Joana Coles. She noted the DOJ's efforts to obscure and bury the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files, which the Trump administration is required by law to release in full, and the agency's defense of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro's arrest.

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'Interesting timing': Observers call out MAGA-friendly CBS News boss's latest flip-flop

Political analysts and observers called out CBS News's MAGA-friendly boss on Sunday over the "interesting timing" of her decision to finally air a controversial story that is critical of President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

According to multiple reports, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss decided to air a story on one of the network's signature shows, "60 Minutes," about the Trump administration's efforts to deport immigrants to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador. Weiss had previously decided to pull the story in December because no officials from the Trump administration agreed to appear on camera for an interview. It is unclear whether any changes have been made to the new story, according to reports.

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CBS News to air 'torched' prison report after getting snubbed by Trump admin: report

CBS News is reportedly set to air its “60 Minutes” report on the brutal CECOT prison in El Salvador Sunday night, per reporting Sunday from CNN’s Brian Stelter, albeit after getting snubbed by Trump administration officials when asked for comment.

Last month, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss controversially pulled the report just hours before it was set to air, a decision that Weiss didn’t realize “would be a big deal,” a nod to her “TV inexperience,” Stelter wrote.

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Economist corrects Trump and issues ominous prediction: 'Collapse will follow'

Donald Trump's recent economic claims are "backwards," according to an economist who also unleashed a grim prediction about the future for the United States.

Peter Schiff, a financial commentator and radio personality who has been raising alarms about America’s affordability crisis, weighed in over the weekend. Previously, Trump himself went nuclear when Schiff did an appearance on Fox News.

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‘It could work’: Columnist sounds alarm over Trump’s new ‘brazen’ attempt to expand power

The Trump administration submitted a seemingly innocuous memo to a federal court this month to legally justify its unprecedented attack and takeover of Venezuela, but when analyzed under scrutiny, the memo could be interpreted as an effort to grossly expand President Donald Trump’s authority to deploy the military to U.S. cities, warned columnist Jason Willick Sunday.

The aforementioned memo was submitted by the Justice Department to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Jan. 5, two days after the U.S. attack on Venezuela, in which the agency argued that the attack was justified under the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law that grants the president the authority to arrest and deport foreign nationals.

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Trump agency's 'gross distortion' of law reveals a 'hidden agenda' for ICE: legal expert

A Donald Trump administration agency has been misstating the law in a way that could cause someone to fail the bar exam, but it's for a reason, according to one legal expert who says a hidden agenda has been uncovered.

Legal analyst Ryan Goodman over the weekend took apart the Department of Homeland Security's recent comments about "reasonable suspicion" in connection with immigration matters. Goodman says a DHS official misstated the law about reasonable suspicion in order to justify Kristi Noem's comments about Americans carrying around their proof of immigration to present to ICE agents.

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'Absolutely chilling': Ex-DOJ lawyer flags Trump official's act that 'shook me to my core'

A former DOJ pardon attorney on Saturday highlighted a Donald Trump official's "absolutely chilling" move that she said shook her to her core.

DOJ ex-insider Liz Oyer appeared on MS NOW over the weekend, where she was asked about a recent "joke" Trump made about cancelling the midterm elections, an electoral contest that analysts suggest the GOP is likely to lose.

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