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Trump wants nations to pay $1bn to join Gaza ‚Board of Peace‘: report
A draft charter for the group, seen by Bloomberg, establishes Trump as its inaugural chairman, who would have a veto over membership.
The document stipulates that states‘ membership will be limited to three years, unless they “contribute more than USD $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter’s entry into force“, guaranteeing them permanent membership.
The charter opens by stressing the need for „a more nimble and effective international peace-building body“, adding that lasting peace requires „the courage to depart from … institutions that have too often failed“.
The language has prompted concerns that Trump is seeking to build a rival to the United Nations.
Trump says 8 European countries will face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland would face the tariff, Trump said in a social media post while at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. The rate would climb to 25% on June 1 if no deal was in place for “the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland” by the United States, he said.
Justice Department opens investigation into Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor
Walz, in a post on X, did not explicitly address the news reports, but said: „Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.“
The killing of Renee Macklin Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week became a flashpoint for the simmering opposition to federal agents operating within the state.
Minnesota, Twin Cities sue Trump administration to halt federal immigration surge
January 12, 2026)
Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration to stop its latest immigration enforcement surge, alleging that the increased federal actions are unconstitutional and a violation of federal law.
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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court left in place a ruling by a federal judge in Chicago that bars the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Illinois.
Trump threatens to use military over Minnesota anti-ICE protests
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces in Minnesota after days of angry protests over a surge in immigration agents on the streets of Minneapolis.
Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis
Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, a rarely used federal law, to deploy the U.S. military or federalize the National Guard for domestic law enforcement, over the objections of state governors.
Gov. Tim Walz addresses ICE presence in Minnesota | full video
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivered remarks Wednesday night as immigration operations continued in the state. Earlier in the day, a judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, seeking further evidence before issuing a ruling.
Earlier in the day, a judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minnesota, seeking further evidence before issuing a ruling.
Governor Walz Remarks on the Federal Government’s Ongoing Presence in Minnesota
“My fellow Minnesotans:
“What’s happening in Minnesota right now defies belief.
“News reports simply don’t do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities.
“Two to three thousand armed agents of the federal government have been deployed to Minnesota.
“Armed, masked, undertrained ICE agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live.
“They’re pulling over people indiscriminately, including U.S. citizens, and demanding to see their papers.
“And at grocery stores, at bus stops, even at schools, they’re breaking windows, dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them into unmarked vans, kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process.
“Let’s be very, very clear: This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement.
“Instead, it is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.
“Last week, that campaign claimed the life of Renee Nicole Good.
“We’ve all watched the video.
“We all have seen what happened.
“And yet, instead of conducting an impartial investigation so we can hold accountable the officer responsible for Renee’s death, the Trump administration is devoting the full power of the federal government to finding an excuse to attack the victim and her family.
“Just yesterday, six federal prosecutors – including the longtime career prosecutor leading the charge to investigate and eliminate fraud in our state’s programs – quit their jobs rather than go along with this assault on the United States Constitution.
“But as bad as it’s been, Donald Trump intends for it to get worse.
“This week, he went online to promise that, quote, “the day of retribution and reckoning is coming.”
“That is a direct threat against the people of this state, who dared to vote against him three times, and who continue to stand up for freedom with courage and empathy and profound grace.
“All across Minnesota, people are stepping up to help neighbors who are being unjustly, and unlawfully, targeted.
“They’re distributing care packages and walking kids to school and raising their voices in peaceful protest even though doing so has made many of our fellow Minnesotans targets for violent retribution.
“Folks, I know this is scary.
“And I know it’s absurd that we all have to be defending law and order, justice, and humanity while also caring for our families and doing our jobs.
“So, tonight, let me say, once again, to Donald Trump and Kristi Noem: End this occupation.
“You’ve done enough.
“Let me say four critical things to the people of Minnesota – four things I need you to hear as you watch the news and look out for your neighbors.
“First: Donald Trump wants chaos.
“He wants confusion.
“And, yes, he wants more violence on our streets.
“We cannot give him what he wants.
“We can – we must – protest: loudly, urgently, but also peacefully.
“Indeed, as hard as we will fight in the courts and at the ballot box, we cannot, and will not, let violence prevail.
“You’re angry.
“I’m angry.
“Angry might not be strong enough of a word.
“But we must remain peaceful.
“Second: You are not powerless.
“You are not helpless.
“And you are not alone.
“All across Minnesota, people are learning about opportunities not just to resist, but to help people who are in danger.
“Thousands upon thousands of Minnesotans are going to be relying on mutual aid in the days and weeks to come, and they need our support.
“Tonight, I want to share another way you can help: Witness.
“Help us establish a record of exactly what’s happening in our communities.
“You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct their activities.
“So carry your phone with you at all times.
“And if you see ICE in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record.
“Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans – not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution.
“That’s the third thing I want to tell you tonight: We will not have to live like this forever.
“Accountability is coming, at the voting booth and in court.
“We will reclaim our communities from Donald Trump.
“We will re-establish a sense of safety for our neighbors.
“We will bring an end to this moment of chaos and confusion.
“We will find a way to move forward – together.
“And we will not be alone.
“Every day, we are working with business leaders, faith leaders, legal experts, and elected officials from all across the country.
“They have seen what Donald Trump is trying to do to our state.
“They know their states could be next.
“And that brings me to the fourth thing I want to tell you tonight. Minnesota, I’m so proud of the way we’ve risen to meet this unbearable moment.
“But I’m not surprised.
“Because this – this is who we are.
“Minnesotans believe in the rule of law.
“And Minnesotans believe in the dignity of all people.
“We’re a place where there’s room for everybody, no matter who you are or who you love or where you came from.
“A place where we feed our kids, take care of our neighbors, and look out for those in the shadows of life.
“We’re an island of decency in a country being driven towards cruelty.
“We will remain an island of decency, of justice, of community, of peace.
“And, tonight, I come before you simply to ask: Do not let anyone take that away from us.
“Thank you.
“Protect each other
“And God bless the people of Minnesota.”
Minnesota Gov. Walz tells Trump, Noem to „end this occupation“ in rare primetime address
„What‘s happening in Minnesota right now defies belief,“ Walz said. „News reports simply don‘t do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities.“
On Tuesday, Homeland Security officials told CBS News there are now 800 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the Minneapolis area. That‘s in addition to 2,000 other ICE and federal agents already in the state in what officials call the „largest DHS operation in history.“
Greenland takes pleas to UK parliament
(January 13, 2026)
Greenland’s energy minister asked British lawmakers for help in the face of “bewildering” U.S. aggression.
LONDON — The U.K. government must “dare to have principles” and help Greenland repel threats from Donald Trump, a senior minister in Greenland’s government told lawmakers in London.
Scoop: Trump‘s envoy secretly met Iran‘s exiled crown prince
White House envoy Steve Witkoff met secretly over the weekend with the exiled former crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, to discuss the protests raging in Iran, according to a senior U.S. official.
„Hilfe ist auf dem Weg“: Trump ruft indirekt zu Umsturz im Iran auf
Trump schrieb in Großbuchstaben auch, dass Hilfe „auf dem Weg“ sei. Was er damit meinte, blieb unbeantwortet. Wegen der schweren Gewalt gegen Demonstrierende hatte Trump der iranischen Führung bereits zuvor mit militärischen Mitteln gedroht. Die USA nähmen die Lage im Iran sehr ernst, so Trump am Sonntag. „Das Militär befasst sich damit, und wir prüfen einige sehr drastische Optionen. Wir werden eine Entscheidung treffen.“
Behind the riots: Israel-Pahlavi nexus and the delusion of ‘regime change’ in Iran
The alliance between Iran’s former monarchists and the Israeli regime – actors united by shared interests – gained further momentum after Pahlavi and his spouse visited the Israeli-occupied territories in April 2024 at the invitation of Netanyahu himself.
The visit marked the formalization of what had long been an informal and deeply troubling relationship.
This relationship was further solidified after the Tel Aviv regime launched an unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Iran in June this year, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 1,000 people, including women and children.
While the Iranian nation mourned its dead, Pahlavi monarchists openly celebrated. Reza Pahlavi offered no words of sympathy for the victims of the 12-day war, laying bare where his loyalties truly lie.
Iran’s FM says protests became ‘bloody’ to give Trump intervention excuse
He said Trump’s warning of military action against Tehran should protests turn violent motivated “terrorists” to target protesters and security forces to invite foreign intervention. “We are ready for war but also for dialogue,” he added.
Araghchi also said Iran has footage of weapons being distributed to protesters, adding authorities will soon release confessions of detainees.
Cuba’s president says no current talks with the US following Trump’s threats
Díaz-Canel wrote that for “relations between the U.S. and Cuba to progress, they must be based on international law rather than hostility, threats, and economic coercion.”
He added: “We have always been willing to hold a serious and responsible dialogue with the various US governments, including the current one, on the basis of sovereign equality, mutual respect, principles of International Law, and mutual benefit without interference in internal affairs and with full respect for our independence.”
Cuban leader says ‘no one dictates what we do’ as Trump tells regime to make a deal
Díaz-Canel was quick to reject external interference in Cuba’s affairs.
“Cuba does not aggress; it is aggressed upon by the United States for 66 years, and it does not threaten; it prepares, ready to defend the Homeland to the last drop of blood,” said Díaz-Canel.
In an apparent reference to Trump, he said those who turn everything into a business, “even human lives,” have no moral authority to point fingers at his country.
Trump weighs potential military intervention in Iran
A number of different agencies have been involved in helping prepare options for the president, officials said. More formal briefings are expected in the coming week, including on Tuesday, when Trump is expected to convene senior national security officials to discuss how to proceed.
Tehran will treat US military and commercial bases as targets for retaliation if Washington intervenes militarily in unrest-hit Iran, its hardline parliamentary speaker has warned.
“If the US takes military action towards Iran or the occupied territories, the US military and shipping centers will be considered legitimate targets,” Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said.
With Cuban ally Maduro ousted, Trump warns Havana to make a ‘deal’ before it’s too late
Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”
“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.
ICE‘s killing in Minneapolis shows American empire has come home
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was created in the shadow of the so-called Global War on Terror that followed the attacks of 11 September 2001.
It became a key pillar of the architecture of repressive surveillance and militarised tactics that emerged during the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
ICE itself was specifically designed to pursue „national security threats“ within the United States, granting agents sweeping discretion over who could be deemed to „pose a threat to public safety or national security“.
Since then, it has come to represent a rogue operation, its reputation clouded by harrowing stories of abuse, impunity and a near total lack of oversight.
Its close association with Palantir, a surveillance firm accused of helping generate kill lists for Israel, has also further embedded it within the US military-industrial complex.
Scalawag Magazine described Palantir‘s partnership with ICE as „one of the many links comprising the military-industrial surveillance connections between ICE and Israel Defense Forces“.
These links, it wrote, illustrate the ideological and practical ties between the two bodies, as they work to advance the militarisation of policing through the weaponisation of surveillance technology.
ICE has also participated in several exchanges with the Israeli military, and during the student protests for Gaza, it lifted names from the blacklisting website Canary Mission to identify and arrest protesters.
Experte warnt: „USA könnten Grönland an einem Nachmittag übernehmen“
Besonders beunruhigend sei aus Sicht Grönlands und Dänemarks die Bereitschaft der Trump-Regierung, offen zu handeln, ohne sich erkennbar auf internationales Recht zu berufen. Die Aktion in Venezuela habe zudem die außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten der USA demonstriert, einschließlich erheblicher Geheimdienst- und Militärmacht.
Das Verhältnis zwischen den USA und Dänemark gleiche derzeit einer Katze, die mit einer Maus spiele, so Bertelsen. Die Machtverhältnisse seien extrem unausgeglichen. Die Vereinigten Staaten könnten Dänemark und Europa nach Belieben bedrohen und demütigen.
US-Griff nach Grönland: Die Scheu der Europäer vor einer starken Antwort
Der NATO-Chef ist bekannt dafür, im Umgang mit Trump auf eine Umarmungsstrategie zu setzen. Kritische Worte Richtung Washington werden von ihm nicht zu hören sein.
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Während Dänemark und Spanien die Übernahmefantasien des US-Präsidenten verurteilen und der spanische Regierungschef Pedro Sanchez sogar von einem „Verbrechen“ sprach, schlägt Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen bei der Übergabe der Ratspräsidentschaft diese Woche an Zypern leisere Töne an.
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Es sei keinesfalls so, dass die Europäer keine Hebel hätten, um den USA deutlich zu machen: „Damit ist jetzt Schluss.“
Doch von solchen Maßnahmen gegen die USA ist in Brüssel nichts zu hören.
US will take Greenland the ‘hard way’ if it can’t do it the ‘easy way,’ Trump says
Trump said that if he is unable to make a deal to acquire the territory “the easy way,” then he will have to “do it the hard way.”
“We are going to do something in Greenland, whether they like it or not, because if we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland, and we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
Senate advances resolution to limit Trump’s ability to attack Venezuela
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Democrats and five Republicans voted to advance the war powers resolution on a 52-47 vote tally and ensure a later vote for final passage.
But Thursday’s successful vote is just the first step before the resolution officially passes. The Senate will have to take another vote, this time with the 60-vote filibuster threshold, before it becomes official.
US senators foresee vote on reining Trump in over Greenland
„You will see war powers resolutions introduced on Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Greenland,“ Senator Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democratic senator who has led several resolutions seeking to check U.S. presidents‘ use of military force without congressional approval.
„I just don‘t know who‘s necessarily going to be leading all of them, because I will likely be at least a co-sponsor and probably leading some,“ Kaine told reporters at a news conference ahead of a Senate vote expected on Thursday on whether to halt further military action in Venezuela without lawmakers‘ approval.
WATCH LIVE: Senate expected to vote on war powers resolution to limit Trump after Venezuela raid
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to vote on a resolution Thursday that would limit President Donald Trump‘s ability to conduct further attacks against Venezuela, setting up a test for his expanding ambitions in the Western Hemisphere.
The war powers resolution would require Trump to get congressional approval before striking Venezuela again, and it comes after the U.S. military seized the president of the South American country, Nicolás Maduro, in a surprise nighttime raid and as Trump‘s administration is seeking to control Venezuela‘s oil resources and its government.
Trump spoke to oil companies before Venezuela attack but didn‘t brief lawmakers, he says
Oil executives are set to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday to discuss investments in Venezuela, a White House official confirmed to ABC News.
Trump previously said he spoke to U.S. oil companies prior to the raid on Venezuela, even as he said he opted to forego disclosure to members of Congress ahead of time due to concerns about possible leaks. The attack resulted in the removal of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro.
Trump Team Works Up Sweeping Plan to Control Venezuelan Oil for Years to Come
President Trump and his advisers are planning a sweeping initiative to dominate the Venezuelan oil industry for years to come, and the president has told aides he believes his efforts could help lower oil prices to his favored level of $50 a barrel, according to people familiar with the matter.