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Bipartisan Bill Would Cut Trump Off at the Pass on Greenland

Senate legislation would bar using US funds to annex NATO land

(Newser) - US lawmakers are trying to put a legal fence around Greenland before President Trump can test NATO's borders. A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced the NATO Unity Protection Act, a bill that would prohibit the Pentagon and State Department from spending money to "blockade, occupy, annex, or...

PM: 'Greenland Does Not Want to Be Part of the US'

'If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark'

(Newser) - Standing beside Denmark's prime minister in Copenhagen on Tuesday, Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen made his strongest comments yet on President Trump's push to annex the island. "If we have to choose between the United States and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark," he said,...

China Wants Canada to Get Out From Under America's Wing

State-run outlet encourages 'strategic autonomy' as PM Mark Carney visits Beijing

(Newser) - As Canadian leader Mark Carney arrives in China on Wednesday, his hosts see an opportunity to peel the longtime US ally away from their rival, at least a bit. China's state media is calling on the Canadian government to set a foreign policy path independent of the United States—...

Two Suffer Broken Ankles on British Airways Flight

Turbulence over Greenland injures crew member and passenger

(Newser) - Two people ended a transatlantic flight with broken ankles after a burst of turbulence over the North Atlantic. The injuries happened on a British Airways flight from Los Angeles to London Heathrow last month as the aircraft flew near Greenland, reports the Independent , citing a newly released report from the...

Leaders of Greenland Ask US to Curb Its 'Contempt'

'We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes,' PM Nielsen, others say in statement

(Newser) - Greenland's party leaders have rejected President Trump's repeated calls for the US to take control of the island, saying that Greenland's future must be decided by its people. "We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders,...

A 1952 Danish Military Order Draws Attention

Troops must engage with anyone attacking Denmark's territory, which includes Greenland

(Newser) - As the US escalates talk about gaining control of Danish-controlled Greenland , a Cold War-era directive has drawn attention. It stipulates that Denmark's troops must immediately engage with foreign troops attacking Danish territory, even if they have not received explicit orders to do so, reports EuroNews . Denmark's Defense Ministry...

Trump: 'Only One Thing' Limits My World Power

'My own morality,' he tells the New York Times

(Newser) - President Trump doesn't see many checks on his status as a world power broker. Asked by the New York Times if he perceived any limits to his powers, he responded: "Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It's the only thing that can stop me....

Rubio to Meet Danish Officials to Talk Greenland
Rubio Agrees to
Denmark's Ask
Jan 7, 2026 4:11 PM CST

Rubio Agrees to Denmark's Ask

He'll meet with Danish officials next week

(Newser) - Marco Rubio says he will sit down with Danish officials next week following the Trump administration's assertion that it was looking to acquire Greenland . The US secretary of state confirmed the upcoming meeting in Washington but sidestepped questions about whether the Trump administration might use force to gain control...

White House: Trump Looking at 'Options' to Acquire Greenland

NATO allies rebuke aggressive US stance

(Newser) - The White House is refusing to rule out a military invasion of Greenland. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told key lawmakers Monday that Trump wants to purchase the vast Arctic territory from Denmark, not invade it, officials tell the New York Time s reports. But on the same day, Trump...

Stephen Miller: Nobody Will Fight the US Over Greenland

Trump aide questions why Denmark controls the territory

(Newser) - Stephen Miller defended the Trump administration's push to make Greenland a part of the US and accused critics of hypocrisy on the question. "The real question is by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland?" he asked in a CNN interview on Monday. "What is the...

Danish PM to Trump: 'Enough Is Enough'

She says US takeover of Greenland would shatter NATO

(Newser) - Denmark's prime minister says there's a red line in the Arctic, and Washington is inching toward it. Mette Frederiksen warned Monday that any US military move against Greenland—part of the Danish kingdom and a NATO member's territory—would shatter the alliance and the security order built...

Trump: Greenland Security 'Added One More Dog Sled'

He claims US 'needs' the Arctic territory, and Denmark can't defend it

(Newser) - President Trump has repeated his claims that the US "needs" Greenland , an autonomous territory of Denmark, while ridiculing Denmark's security presence there. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump was asked about possible US moves involving Greenland following his administration's capture of Venezuelan leader...

Trump Issues Stark Warning to Venezuela's New Leader

Delcy Rodríguez 'is going to pay a very big price' if she fails to cooperate, says president

(Newser) - President Trump is warning Venezuela's new leader that she could face consequences harsher than those imposed on Nicolás Maduro, the country's ousted leader now being held in a New York jail after a US military raid on Caracas. In a phone interview from his golf club in...

'Stop the Threats,' Denmark Says After Katie Miller Post

Danish PM, envoy rebuke online hint at future Greenland annexation

(Newser) - A social media post linking US moves in Venezuela to American ambitions in Greenland has drawn a sharp reply from Denmark. Katie Miller, a former Trump administration official and wife of deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, posted on X late Saturday an image of Greenland overlaid with portions of...

Analysts Call Trump's Policy 'Resource Nationalism'

President is following a similar playbook as previous administrations, but he's more open about it

(Newser) - President Trump's latest idea for Venezuelan oil isn't a one-off, experts say, but part of a years-long pattern of treating foreign resources as prizes for the taking. In recent weeks, the Trump administration has stepped up its campaign against President Nicolás Maduro, using drug-trafficking accusations to justify...

Denmark Isn't Happy With New US Move on Greenland

President picks Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as special envoy, who wants territory to be part of US

(Newser) - Denmark plans to haul in the US ambassador for an explanation after President Trump appointed a special envoy to Greenland—and that envoy immediately talked about making the Arctic island American. As the Guardian reports, the controversy began Sunday, when Trump announced that Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry would take the...

Climate Change Is Altering Polar Bear DNA
Climate Change Is
Altering Polar Bear DNA
NEW STUDY
Dec 15, 2025 8:43 AM CST

Climate Change Is Altering Polar Bear DNA

Study suggests species might avoid extinction, with some help

(Newser) - Polar bears appear to be rewriting parts of their DNA in response to a warming Arctic, according to new research that scientists describe as both alarming and cautiously hopeful. A study from researchers at the University of East Anglia, published in the journal Mobile DNA , suggests this is the first...

Denmark's 'Night Watch' Monitors Trump's Every Move

Monitoring system reportedly established after US president's threats against Greenland

(Newser) - Denmark isn't taking President Trump's threats to annex Greenland lying down. The country's foreign ministry has set up a "night watch" with the mission to track Trump's every move from 5pm to 7am local time, while most government officials are clocked off, per the Guardian...

Young Mom, Baby Separated for 2 Months Due to 'Error'

Danish national appeals board overturns infant's removal after flawed parenting evaluation

(Newser) - After two months of controversy and protest, a young Greenlandic mother in Denmark has finally won back custody of her infant daughter—taken from her just an hour after birth. Ivana Bronlund, an 18-year-old victim of childhood sexual abuse, gave birth on Aug. 11 in Hvidovre. Following a contentious...

Denmark Confronts US Over Alleged Covert Operatives
US Responds to Those
Greenland Secession Rumors
UPDATED
Aug 28, 2025 7:45 AM CDT

US Responds to Those Greenland Secession Rumors

White House tells Denmark to 'calm down' over report of US operatives fueling a Greenland break

(Newser) - A spokesperson for the US State Department confirms that Charge d'Affaires Mark Stroh, the United States' top diplomat in Denmark, has met up with that country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and had a "productive conversation" over Danish intel reports that US operatives were running "influence campaigns"...

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