Saturday, January 17, 2026

The News Roundup – Domestic and International (The 1A) 2026-01-16

Domestic

The Trump administration sent hundreds more ICE agents to Minnesota this week as protests continue. President Donald Trump referred to the demonstrators as “professional agitators” and threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act.

Diplomats from Denmark and Greenland traveled to the White House to meet with Vice President JD Vance after President Trump once again threatened to annex Greenland following major foreign intervention in Venezuela.

A Washington Post reporter’s house was raided by the FBI, they say as part of an investigation into the handling of classified material.
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International

President Donald Trump said this week that anything less than full American control of Greenland is unacceptable. His administration believes that territory may fall into the hands of China or Russia.

Protesters in Iran are attempting to keep up their demonstrations against the country’s theocracy after a week of bloody crackdowns by authorities.

In an interview with Reuters this week, Donald Trump says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the one holding up peace negotiations for the war in Ukraine, not Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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