THE GREENLAND THREAT: President Trump yesterday ratcheted up his threat  absorb Greenland saying, “If we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland.” Trump diverted to the Greenland issue during a meeting of cabinet members and representatives of the oil industry to …

MORALITY PLAY: Following a two-hour interview with President Trump, four reporters from The NY Times report that  he believes his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality” and that he dismissed international law and other checks on his …

FATAL FIRE: A federal immigration officer yesterday shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis the Department of Homeland Security said was interfering with an enforcement operation and even trying to kill officers. She was identified as Renee Nicole Good, a mother …

THE OIL TRADE: As the government in Venezuela cracks down on dissent, arrests journalists, and independent armed militia patrol the streets, President Trump announced on his Truth Social last night that, “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in …

RUNNING MAN: Deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in federal court in Manhattan yesterday and pleaded not guilty to narco-terrorism and other crimes just two days after they were scooped out of their country in a US …

RUNNING MAN: Two days after the precision military snatch and grab that brought Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his wife to the US on charges of terrorism and narco-trafficking, there’s little coherent word on what comes next for Venezuela.   Maduro is being held …

MADURO TOPPLED: US forces swept into Venezuela overnight, captured its President Nicolás Maduro, and flew him out of the country, President Trump announced. Maduro’s wife also was captured.   Video shows helicopters in the night sky and explosions on the ground in Caracas. …

NEW YEAR’S FIRE: About 40 people are believed to be dead and 115 injured after a rapidly spreading fire at a crowded bar in the popular Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana overnight on New Year’s Eve. Burn victims were flown …

MINNESOTA FREEZEOUT: The Trump administration announced that it is cutting off $185 million in childcare payments to Minnesota in the midst of a burgeoning corruption scandal rooted in the Somali immigrant community of that state. This comes just days after a …

THE WAR ROOM: The Russians say they are going to get tougher with Ukraine after an attempted drone attack on one of Vladimir Putin’s residences, which the Ukrainians deny. Ukraine accused Russia of inventing a pretext to avoid reaching a peace …