THE GREENLAND GAMBIT: President Trump over the weekend announced that he will levy tariffs on the European countries opposing a US takeover of Greenland, using US taxes to bend them to his will. In response, ambassadors from the 27-nation European Union held …

CIVIL BEHAVIOR: A federal judge in Minnesota placed restrictions on how Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents deal with protesters as the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation inquiring whether Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have conspired to impede immigration …

CIVIL BEHAVIOR: President Trump yesterday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to quell growing protests in Minneapolis following two shootings carried out by immigration officers in that city.   Trump said in a social media post that “If the corrupt …

THE GREENLAND GAMBIT: Denmark, Greenland, and the United States have a “fundamental disagreement” over the future of the island territory of Denmark, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the Danish foreign minister, said after a meeting with top Trump administration officials.   President Trump has …

ON PRINCIPLE: Six veteran prosecutors in Minneapolis resigned rather than follow orders from the Justice Department to investigate the politics of the widow of Renee Good, the woman shot dead by an ICE officer last week.    The most senior to resign …

ICE, ICE, BABY:  Federal investigators on the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis are looking into her possible connections to activist groups in addition to the circumstances of the shooting, The NY Times reports.  Good was taking part that day in …

NO RESERVE: The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell lied to Congress about the hugely expensive renovations of his agency’s buildings.   Powell is high on Trump’s enemies list after ignoring the President’s demands …

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 …