NPR News: 01-19-2026 6PM EST
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What recent tensions are arising over Greenland involving President Trump?
The prime minister of Norway says he got a message from President Trump about rising tensions over Greenland. Trump reportedly said he no longer felt obligated to pursue peace after not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. The Peace Prize is awarded by an independent committee, not the Norwegian government. Trump has now imposed a 10% tariff on goods from eight European countries that oppose his efforts to take control of the Arctic island. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
Over the weekend, European nations put out a joint statement of solidarity with Denmark and Greenland and said President Trump's bellicose talk and threats to impose further tariffs on nations that object to his Greenland plans risks damaging the transatlantic alliance. Celia Belin is head of the Paris office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Europe feels more alone than it's ever been, but also feels a greater sense, I think, of solidarity and collective determination to push back.
Belin says Europeans could invoke counter-sanctions and the EU could also activate for the first time an anti-coercion instrument to restrict US access to the lucrative EU market. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.
Hackers disrupted Iranian state TV to air footage supporting the exiled crown prince. The video urged security forces not to target civilians. It comes amid nationwide protests and a crackdown that has killed at least 3,900 people, according to human rights observers. Iran's foreign minister had his invitation to the World Economic Forum withdrawn over the killings. The Pentagon has put 1,500 soldiers on standby to possibly deploy to Minneapolis. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security is facing increasing scrutiny from immigration advocates. They say the agency is trying to recruit local police officers in Minnesota and in other states. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports.
Naina Gupta is policy director with the American Immigration Council. She says police departments in Minnesota have told her organization that the DHS is trying to lure officers away from local agencies to join the federal ranks.
We know that they are looking as desperately as possible to find people to join the agency and poaching from local police agencies is a fast way to to do that, especially in the areas where they're looking to scale up immigration enforcement.
In a statement to NPR, the DHS says many of its new recruits are former law enforcement officers, military, or former ICE officers who retired or quit under the Biden administration. Windsor Johnston, NPR News.
The International Monetary Fund predicts that the world economy will shrug off President Trump's protectionist trade policies this year, thanks partly to a surge of investment in artificial intelligence. The IMF expects global growth to come in at 3.3 percent this year, the same as in 2025. This is NPR News. More than 100 vehicles were involved in a pileup in Michigan today as snow fueled by the Great Lakes blanketed the state. Michigan State Police closed Interstate 196 just southwest of Grand Rapids in both directions. The state police say there were many injuries, but no deaths have been reported. Scientists studying longevity are testing a combination of exercise and generic medications that help reduce inflammation in the human body.
NPR's Allison Aubrey says the goal is to slow down age-related decline.
Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will test a combination of three interventions, high-intensity interval training, as well as a supplement called Spermidine and a generic medication that has a potent anti-inflammatory effect.
As we get older, the immune system is really shifting away from good inflammation.
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