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What are President Trump's claims about U.S. control of Greenland?
President Trump says anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be, quote, unacceptable. NPR's Frank Ordonez reports Trump's top aides meet today with foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland.
President Trump claims the U.S. needs the Arctic territory for national security purposes. In a social media post, Trump argues it could also strengthen the NATO alliance. He wrote, quote, NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the United States. Danish officials requested the meeting with the administration. Greenland's prime minister says Greenland stands with Denmark and warns that the territory will face a geopolitical crisis if it has to choose between the U.S. and Denmark. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
In a standoff over federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota, at least half a dozen veteran assistant U.S. attorneys have resigned. Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio reports Justice Department officials had pressured the lawyers to investigate the widow of a woman killed last week by an ICE agent.
Those who quit include Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office Criminal Division Chief Melinda Williams and Joe Thompson, the lead fraud prosecutor. According to a person familiar with the situation not authorized to speak publicly, the prosecutors quit over pressure to investigate Becca Good for ties to activist groups, which is protected First Amendment activity. She's the widow of Renee Macklin Good, who was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last week in Minneapolis. The assistant U.S. attorneys also object to the Justice Department's reluctance to investigate Ross. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch says there's, quote, currently no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepik in Minneapolis.
The Oglala Sioux tribe in South Dakota is demanding information about tribal members still in ICE custody since they were detained last week in Minneapolis. The tribe's president, Frank Starr, comes out said in a statement four men were picked up at a homeless encampment. He says one has been released, three remain illegally detained. He says federal officials told the tribe that information about the detained men would be released only if the tribe entered into an agreement with ICE, which the tribe says is not going to happen. 2025 was a lackluster year for home sales, but sales activity picked up in December. Here's NPR's Scott Horsley.
Sales of existing homes rose more than 5% in December compared to the previous month. Mortgage rates have fallen from nearly 7% a year ago to just over 6% today. A new report from the Commerce Department says retail sales picked up in November. Consumer spending at restaurants, stores, and gas stations rose by 0.6% during the month. Thanks to President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. is buying less from China, but China's buying plenty of other buyers around the world. Exports from the world's second-largest economy rose 5.5% last year, and China's trade surplus grew to a record $1.2 trillion.
It's NPR. The Federal Trade Commission is suing an artificial intelligence search engine it accuses of engaging in what it calls rampant consumer deception. NPR's Bobby Allen says the company is accused of tricking people into signing up for monthly memberships.
The company is called Just Answer. It runs hundreds of sites like AskWomensHealth.com, AskALawyer.com, and Perl.com. FTC investigators say people would find them by clicking an online ad, which would instruct them to sign up to get human help with their questions. That's when hundreds of thousands of people got allegedly locked into monthly fees up to nearly $80 a month. It's a tactic known as dark patterns, when consumers are tricked into recurring fees that are difficult to cancel. In a statement, a JustAnswer spokesman said the company's disappointed with the suit, saying its pricing models are clear and simple. The investigation was started under former FTC chair Lena Kahn and continued in the Trump administration.
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