President Donald Trump arrived in Switzerland on Wednesday, just a few hours before he was scheduled to deliver a speech at the World Economic Forum that is expected to touch on Greenland and the future of Venezuela.  Trump landed in Zurich before boarding a helicopter to Davos, where he is set to give a speech at 8:30 am EST. During his visit, Trump is also expected to meet with other foreign leaders and attend a business lunch.  “I believe it will be very successful, the trip. The country’s never done better. 
We have 18 trillion dollars plus coming in,” Trump said before leaving Tuesday night. “We’ve never had anything like it, and no country has had anything like it. Prices are way down. 
Gasoline now is $1.99 in a lot of places. And frankly, nobody’s seen anything like this. So it’s really good, but this will be an interesting trip. 
I have no idea what’s going to happen, but you are well represented.” Traveling with Trump to Davos are Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and Director of the National Economic Council Kevin Hassett, according to the White House.  Trump arrived later than planned in Zurich after his first flight had to return to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland due to an electrical issue. The problem was reportedly minor, but the White House decided to switch planes out of an abundance of caution, Leavitt told reporters.  Trump’s comments on Greenland, along with threats to impose tariffs on countries that block an American acquisition, have drawn much criticism from European leaders ahead of his speech. “I will not yield,” said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. “Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland under threats of tariffs.” But NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the main focus should be on the Russia-Ukraine War, not Greenland.  “The risk here is that we focus, of course, on Greenland, because we have to make sure that issue gets solved in an amicable way,” he said. “But the main issue is not Greenland. Now, the main issue is Ukraine. I’m also a little bit worried that we might drop the ball focusing so much on these other issues.” Trump said Tuesday that he had “a lot of meetings scheduled on Greenland” and that “things are going to work out pretty well.” 

Greenland dominates discussions in Davos ahead of President Donald Trump’s speech, Erika Kirk files a motion to advance the trial of her husband’s alleged killer, and a look back at one year of Trump 2.0. It’s Wednesday, January 21, 2026, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below: Trump Vs. Europe President Trump is set to join global leaders at the World Economic Forum on Tuesday, kicking off a series of high-stakes meetings on tariffs, Greenland, and more. Every year, the WEF holds its annual meeting in Davos, hosting thousands of Fortune 500 business leaders, diplomats, and heads of state. Leaders from across the European Union huddled on the sidelines of the conference to formulate a strategy that could spark an enormous economic war. French President Emmanuel Macron said the EU “should not hesitate” to use its “Anti-Coercion Instrument,” known unofficially as the Trade Bazooka. That mechanism, which has never been used before, would include widespread bans on American investments in Europe and restrictions on the import and export of American products. They could also take a more subdued approach and simply withdraw from the previously agreed-upon U.S./EU trade deal. Erika Kirk Files To Speed Up Trial Of Her Husband’s Alleged Killer Erika Kirk has filed a motion to speed up the trial of her late husband Charlie Kirk’s killer, accusing the defense team of delay tactics. Kirk’s attorneys are using Utah’s victims’ rights laws, which are designed to prevent unnecessary delays in serious criminal cases. They argue that the case has remained stuck in this pretrial phase while the defense files multiple motions, and that those delays are compounding the trauma for the victim’s family. The filing specifically noted Charlie Kirk’s love for the U.S. Constitution, saying that while the Constitution “guarantees criminal defendants many rights, it does not guarantee them the right to cause undue delay in the criminal justice process.” Meanwhile, the suspect, Tyler Robinson, has still not entered a plea. One Year Of Trump One year into his second term, President Trump says his agenda is delivering results, bringing the country into what he calls a new “golden age.” Trump has drastically reduced illegal immigration, effectively securing the southern border. Federal officers have surged into major cities to arrest illegal aliens. The United States experienced annual negative immigration for the first time in decades in large part because of Trump’s approach. On economic policy, the president cut numerous trade deals around the world while receiving pledges of investment worth trillions. It remains to be seen whether those pledges bear fruit. Trump has also ignited a series of trade wars, the latest being with Europe over his desire to acquire Greenland from Denmark. The aggressive posture could have consequences later as countries seek to diversify their trading partners. On foreign policy, the president has severely set back Iran’s nuclear program and toppled the Maduro dictatorship in Venezuela. He has also settled a number of open and near-conflicts, while the war in Ukraine continues to rage. Domestically, Trump has waded into prominent culture war topics such as DEI and transgenderism. He has pardoned several people prosecuted and imprisoned under his predecessor, including pro-life activists. He has battled universities to root out woke policies or risk losing federal funding.

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Seeing as Jim Weider grew up in Woodstock, New York, and knew most of The Band’s original members, when Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, and Richard Manuel first reformed The Band back up in the ‘80s, he made for a perfect replacement for guitarist Robbie Robertson, who wasn’t interested in a reunion. In Weider, The Band found a kindred spirit who understood its mission statement: creating and playing music for the people and places they grew up around. But it wasn’t easy, and Manuel committed suicide in 1986. Hard as that was to manage, The Band soldiered on, reeling off three The post An Interview With Jim Weider Of The Band appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Bill Withers grew up in Slab Fork, West Virginia, a small coal mining town that shaped both his worldview and the grounded tone of his songwriting. Raised in a working class family, he was the youngest of six children. After graduating high school, he joined the United States Navy, where he served for nine years as an aircraft mechanic. That experience came well before his recording career and provided the discipline and life perspective that later informed the plainspoken authority of his music. After leaving the Navy, Withers moved to Los Angeles and worked at a factory making airplane parts The post Complete List Of Bill Withers Songs From A to Z appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

There are TV shows that feel like products of their time, and then there’s Rollergames…a neon‑soaked, rock‑scored, alligator‑adjacent fever dream that could only have aired in 1989. It was roller derby turned up to eleven, CONTINUE READING... The post Rollergames: The Wildest, Loudest, Most 1989 Thing Ever Put on Television appeared first on The Retro Network.

Affordability has become the latest mantra for Democrats as they gear up for midterm elections. Yet, blue states lead the nation in driving up the cost of basic essentials like electricity and water, new studies say. A recent report by the Institute for Energy Research, titled “Blue States, High Rates,” found that while average electricity prices across America increased by nearly 40% since 2021, Americans in left-leaning states paid significantly more than their conservative compatriots. The report states that the vast majority of states with electricity prices above the national average are Democrat-led states. By contrast, red states comprised eight of the 10 states with the lowest electricity prices. “Because of the Federal Power Act, the states have most of the discretion in terms of how they want to structure their electricity markets,” Tom Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research and one of the study’s authors, told The Daily Signal. “We have seen over the past 10-15 years that typically blue states have high rates and red states, especially in the south and southeast, have much more reliable and affordable electricity for their ratepayers.” The Federal Power Act, enacted in 1935, reserved authority to the states to set retail electricity prices and determine the mix of in-state power generation. In an attempt to control global temperatures, many Democrat-run states have used this authority to push wind and solar power and shutter coal, gas, and nuclear plants. Regulations typically favored by states pursuing this agenda include renewable portfolio standards, energy efficiency resource standards, and clean energy standards, which are designed to increase solar and wind power and decrease the use of fossil fuels. Proponents of wind and solar energy have claimed that these technologies will ultimately be a cheaper source of energy, but the reality has been the opposite due to, among other things, the backup systems required when the weather doesn’t cooperate. “Wind and solar being cheaper is a total and complete myth,” Pyle said. “It may cost less to install initially, but when you factor in the challenges of grid management and the fact that you have to back up the intermittency with dispatchable generation, wind and solar is exorbitantly more expensive.” These backup systems typically include gas, coal, or nuclear facilities that can be switched on when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing. Using these backup systems typically means constructing duplicate generation systems and building extensive new transmission lines to carry electricity from often remote sunny or windy locations to cities and towns. “It’s a perfect storm of subsidizing unreliable generation sources that have to be backed up, and then at the same time eliminating or reducing coal plants, nuclear plants—things that have already been running reliably and are paid for already,” Pyle said. Batteries have been proposed as the latest solution to the shortcomings of wind and solar power, but recent reports undermine this idea. “Utility-scale batteries are not long-duration, dispatchable power sources; they are energy sinks that carry significant economic and environmental costs,” a December 2025 analysis by energy expert and former wind farm manager Lars Schernikau, published by the National Center for Energy Analytics, states. According to Schernikau, batteries are significantly more expensive than alternatives and “most are designed to store chemical energy that can be extracted as electrical energy for one to four hours.” The sum of these additional expenses are typically passed on to consumers in the form of higher electric bills, but a November 2025 report by the Century Foundations, a progressive think tank, states that Americans are increasingly unable to afford these costs. “Nearly one in twenty households—equivalent to roughly 14 million Americans—have utility debt so severe that it was sent or soon will be sent to collections,” the report states. The average overdue balance on utility bills climbed from $597 to $789, a 32% increase since 2022. “These policies are not sustainable in their current form, when driven by mandates and subsidies that distort markets,” Lora Myers, an energy economist at the American Legislative Exchange Council, an organization focused on state-level policy. “The core issue isn’t the technologies themselves, but the overreliance on top-down mandates like Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), net-zero emissions targets, and cap-and-trade programs,” Myers said. “These policies force utilities to prioritize intermittent renewables at the expense of a diverse generation mix, leading to higher electricity prices for consumers.” In addition to electricity, a 2025 Utility Report by DoxoInsights, a data analytics firm, found that nine of the 10 states with the highest overall utility bills, including water, sewer, electricity, gas, and waste collection, were left-leaning states. The top ten most expensive states for these utilities were Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maine, and Vermont. Myers says the key to affordability is for states to give more leeway to private industry. “States should prioritize policies that foster energy abundance through market-driven innovation, diverse generation, and reduced regulatory burdens, ultimately lowering costs and improving reliability to support economic growth and higher living standards,” she said. “This means moving away from restrictive mandates which inflate prices by limiting choices and imposing artificial costs compared to open competition.” The post Why Red States Are More Affordable Than Blue States appeared first on The Daily Signal.