January 14, 2026: Trump Tells Reuters Powell Plan, Venezuela War Powers Vote, More
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Doug Krisner. President Trump has reportedly said he has no plan to remove Fed Chair Jay Powell. These remarks come as the Department of Justice continues to investigate the renovation project of the Fed's headquarters and Powell's testimony to Congress about it.
What did President Trump say about Fed Chair Jay Powell?
Tonight, President Trump told Reuters it's too early to say if the probe would give him grounds to oust Powell and that he's in a holding pattern with respect to the Fed chairman. Trump also praised potential nominees to replace Powell. They include White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett and former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh. Trump went on to say he will be announcing something in a couple of weeks. President Trump's pressure campaign to unify his party behind the U.S. action in Venezuela has succeeded. All but three Senate Republicans voted today to block a resolution to oppose further military action in that country. Here is Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
What has happened tonight is a roadmap to another endless war because this Senate, under Republican leadership, failed to assert its legitimate and needed authority.
That was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Now, the legislation was not expected to become law since Trump has said he would veto it. Nonetheless, Vice President J.D. Vance broke a tie and defeated the resolution. The Prime Minister of Greenland has categorically ruled out joining the U.S. He said the Arctic Territory prefers to be in union with Denmark. Now, his remarks came as diplomats from both Denmark and Greenland met today with U.S. officials. Here is Danish Foreign Minister Lars-Lukas Rasmussen.
Greenland, for the time being and for a foreseeable future, will remain within the kingdom of Denmark. And therefore, this is a common position that we want to work with our American friends and allies. But it must be a respectful cooperation and it must respect the red lines.
For his part, President Trump said he's not going to give up on acquiring Greenland.
If we don't go in, Russia is going to go in and China is going to go in. and it's not a thing that Denmark can do about it, but we can do everything about it.
Meantime, Germany said it will send military personnel to Greenland as European nations respond to those U.S. threats. Also today, President Trump said he has been assured that Iran would stop killing protesters. Trump said he was informed by very important sources. Here is Becca Wasser from Bloomberg Economics.
Right now, everything is on the table still. The president has said that he has on good authority that they've stopped the killings, but he wants to wait and see exactly what happens. So he's retaining all of the options that have been talked about in the National Security Council meeting on Iran that happened just the other day. So all of that to say is we still could see strikes, but this does seem to be de-escalating a little bit or stepping back from where he's been.
That is Becca Walzer from Bloomberg Economics. Meantime, Iran has temporarily closed airspace around its capital, Tehran. As tensions with the U.S. rise and nationwide protests continue, the so-called notice-to-air missions is in effect for about two hours until 4 a.m. local time on Thursday. Now, this will only allow exemptions for international flights arriving and departing from Tehran with prior permission from Iran's Civil Aviation Authority. The U.S. State Department will pause issuing immigrant visas for people from 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Somalia, and Brazil.
What is the current status of U.S. military action in Venezuela?
Here is Bloomberg's Eric Martin.
Our understanding is that, of course, the State Department has data on looking at benefits and which immigrants from which countries tend to use U.S. benefits when they come to the U.S., and that that's been kind of the guide for deciding on these 75 countries. This is for immigrant visas, so this is not affecting people coming here this summer for the World Cup or people coming on business and tourist visas. This is more likely going to affect family members of people currently in the U.S.
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