Trump's talk of expansion puts world leaders on defensive |
© Steve Helber, Associated Press |
President-elect Trump's talk of territorial expansion has rattled world leaders at an already precarious time in global politics.
Trump doubled down last week on his suggestions that the U.S. buy Greenland, take control of the Panama Canal and make Canada "the 51st state." He declined to rule out "military or economic" coercion against either Greenland or the canal, and he said he was open to using "economic force" on America's neighbor to the north. |
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Advocates are urging greater action against school shootings in 2025, saying the only way to slow the bloodshed is a combination of moves from legislators, schools and parents.
Multiple trackers counted an increase in school shootings last year, and experts are calling for solutions ranging from violence prevention programs to better-secured firearms at home. |
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BY REBECCA BEITSCH AND FILIP TIMOTIJA |
Special Counsel Jack Smith formally resigned from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, a detail buried in a court filing as DOJ pushes to release his final report on his investigation into President-elect Trump. "The Special Counsel completed his work and submitted his final confidential report on January 7, 2025, and separated from the Department on January 10," DOJ officials wrote in a footnote in a Saturday court filing. |
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President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction to Pope Francis days before leaving the White House. Biden, who is only the second Catholic president in U.S. history, spoke with the Pope by phone on Saturday to tell him he was a recipient of the medal, which is the highest civilian honor. |
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BY MIKE LILLIS AND MYCHAEL SCHNELL |
House Republicans have a problem. They want to pass a massive agenda for President-elect Trump, preferably in his first 100 days of office. And they don't want to add to the federal deficit. That looks impossible. |
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Democrats evaluated candidates for party leadership at their first virtual candidate forum on Saturday with a focus on the Southern region. The highly contested race for DNC chair forced contenders to address their landslide loss in November and share future plans for successful races. |
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair urged President-elect Trump to visit the burning region in a Friday letter to the incoming leader. "I've sent a letter to President-Elect @realDonaldTrump inviting him to engage in wildfire recovery efforts and to visit the County to see the impact firsthand," Kathryn Barger wrote in a post on X with the screenshots of the letter. |
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Strong Santa Ana winds, a dry winter and low humidity are some of the conditions that have been fueling the Los Angeles-area wildfires for the past week, destroying numerous structures, causing massive evacuations and killing, so far, 11 people. Firefighters in the region have made progress, containing portions of the bigger fires. Now, four blazes are actively burning the area, according to Cal Fire. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the bunch, has burned over 22,000 acres with 11 percent being contained so far. The second biggest is the Eaton Fire, having burned more than 14,000 acres with 15 percent contained. |
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Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said he is "ready" to talk with President-elect Trump, who has recently expressed ambitions for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, the world's largest island. Egede was asked during a press conference in Copenhagen on Friday if he was in touch with the president-elect. He said no, but added that "we are ready to talk." |
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OPINION | Mark Zuckerberg still doesn't get it. This week, the billionaire owner of Meta announced that he was doing away with fact-checkers in a supposed move "towards once again prioritizing speech" at Facebook and Instagram. With or without fact-checkers, though, Zuckerberg will still be the one deciding the rules for what billions of people can see and say every day online. That's the real problem, and no amount of tinkering with his company's content moderation policies will solve it. We need congressional action, instead. |
OPINION | During World War II, the butler of the British ambassador to Turkey was spying on the Allies. As a butler, he had access to the ambassador's files and was able to uncover and copy top-secret information, including the Allies' plans for D-Day. Fortunately, the Germans considered him unreliable and disregarded the information. |
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Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles County authorities have invited President-elect Donald J. Trump to tour the devastation, but he has not publicly responded. |
BY SEAN MCLAIN, GINGER ADAMS OTIS AND GARETH VIPER |
Dangerous weather conditions persist Saturday despite 'relentless' air attack
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BY JAE HONG, HOLLY RAMER and MICHAEL R. BLOOD |
The death toll from the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area has risen to 16 as crews battle to cut off the spreading blazes before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward some of the city's most famous landmarks. |
BY DANIEL WU AND RACHEL SIEGEL |
With thousands of houses destroyed by fire, the most populous county in the United States must confront the fraught logistics of rebuilding. |
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