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President Donald Trump has announced that a “framework” has been reached with Greenland after repeatedly demanding the U.S. take over the territory.

“Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region,“ Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He did not go into detail on whether the deal would involve the U.S. acquiring the Danish territory, as Greenlandic leaders have insisted it is not for sale and they do not want to join the U.S.

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President Donald Trump used the stage at the world’s foremost economic get-together to mock a key ally over an eye condition that requires the use of sunglasses.

French President Emmanuel Macron emerged at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this week wearing eye-catching blue reflective aviators due to a sub-conjunctival haemorrhage, or, more plainly, a broken blood vessel in his eye, according to reports in France.

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President Donald Trump is seeking to stop his own Justice Department from releasing a whole new set of files he’d rather keep away from public view.

Trump filed a motion seeking a court order preventing the Justice Department from releasing the second volume of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The motion, which was filed in Palm Beach on Tuesday and first reported by Politico’s Kyle Cheney, reads that Trump, “respectfully moves, in his individual capacity and as a former defendant in this since-dismissed criminal action, for an order prohibiting the release of Volume II of the Final Report prepared by so-called ‘Special Counsel’ Jack Smith and his office.”

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President Donald Trump sparked alarm Tuesday after he rambled through a “picture book” of his perceived accomplishments from his first year back in office.

Trump, 79, meandered off topic frequently during a marathon news conference, repeatedly reminding reporters that María Corina Machado essentially gifted him her Nobel Peace Prize, that he has “done more” for NATO than anyone, and even reminisced on childhood memories.

“This Trump press conference is a complete disaster,” wrote the left-wing influencer Harry Sisson. “He’s rambling incoherently and flipping through a picture book of ‘accomplishments’ in front of the press. He’s clearly unwell. It’s getting really bad.”

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Some of the world’s savviest business leaders have been duped by enterprising fraudsters leveraging their desperate desire for facetime with President Donald Trump.

Scammers appear to have been hard at work hawking bogus access to U.S.-hosted panels and other events at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, per a notice on the organizers’ website.

“For the avoidance of doubt, USA House and Stromback Global, do not work with any external resellers and we will not give access to people who purchased such packages,” it goes on. “Volume of inbound queries this year suggests that these fake VIP passes may be the fastest selling fiction about Davos since Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain.”

The notice concludes: “Our sympathies to those who fell victim to these scams.”

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A towering protest piece on the National Mall recreating President Donald Trump’s alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein has the White House fizzing—and tourists lining up to sign it.

The 10-foot-tall by 12-foot-wide replica card appeared early Monday on Third Street NW between Jefferson and Madison drives, with a National Park Service permit allowing it to remain through Friday, according to The Washington Post.

The installation, made by the anonymous collective the Secret Handshake, shows a blown-up version of a page from the late pedophile’s 50th “birthday book,” featuring the outline of a nude woman’s body filled with a dialogue between “Donald” and “Jeffrey.”

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Attorney General Pam Bondi has embarked on a frantic bid to win over gun rights advocates as her department faces mounting questions over its bungled handling of the Epstein files.

Proposed changes to regulations set by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a division of the Justice Department, would loosen restrictions on the private sale and shipping of guns, as well as changing purchase forms to feature applicants’ biological sex at birth, The Washington Post reports.

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U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner has called for President Donald Trump and his Cabinet to be investigated and punished for abusing their power.

The 41-year-old insurgent Democratic candidate from Maine told The Daily Beast Podcast that Trump must be brought to justice for his “unconstitutional” behavior, urging Democrats to move quickly against the president if they return to power after the midterms.

“There should not be a moment where we all just shake hands and decide that, OK, well, that was it. That was a weird little moment,” Platner told host Joanna Coles. “The crimes that have been committed must be investigated and punished.”

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Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign manager has abandoned a lawsuit against the Daily Beast.

Chris LaCivita, who co-managed Trump’s election victory with Susie Wiles, halted his legal action on the Friday night before Monday’s MLK Day federal holiday, despite having initially posted on X: “Fuck Around Find Out,” and boasting, “I’m really looking forward to making my case in front of a jury.”

The Beast did not retract the story, made no apology, and gave no cash payment, all of which are common in settlements.

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Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign manager has abandoned a lawsuit against the Daily Beast.

Chris LaCivita, who co-managed Trump’s election victory with Susie Wiles, halted his legal action on the Friday night before Monday’s MLK Day federal holiday, despite having initially posted on X: “F--- Around Find Out,” and boasting, “I’m really looking forward to making my case in front of a jury.”

The Beast did not retract the story, made no apology, and gave no cash payment.

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A gang of ICE agents ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant—then reportedly went back and detained staff who had served them.

Four Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sat down at El Tapatio in Willmar, Minnesota, just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, alarming staff at the diner, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Later that night, witnesses told the paper that agents followed workers’ vehicles after closing and carried out an arrest at about 8:30 p.m., as bystanders blew whistles and shouted.

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Donald Trump’s advisers have been jolted by internal polling that showed his ICE crackdown is turning off voters as Minnesota’s violent immigration raids and protests dominate the airwaves.

The 79-year-old president and his inner circle pored over private Republican polling at the end of December that showed support for his deportation agenda sliding even before an ICE agent fatally shot mom Renee Nicole Good, 37, in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, according to Axios.

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