President Donald Trump suggested a shift away from purely diplomatic strategies in his fixation to acquire Greenland, telling Norway’s prime minister that America’s interests must come first. In the message to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre obtained by PBS on Sunday, Trump wrote, “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.” The five-person Nobel Peace Prize Committee, selected by Norway’s legislature, awarded last year’s prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado despite Trump’s strong push to win it for himself. “Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a ‘right of ownership’ anyway?” Trump continued. “There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT.” Machado gifted her Nobel Prize to Trump last week during her visit with the president at the White House, where the two discussed the future of Venezuela following Trump’s capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro. The Daily Wire reached out to the White House for comment on Trump’s message to Støre. Trump again addressed his push for Greenland in a late-night Truth Social post on Sunday, writing, “NATO has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that ‘you have to get the Russian threat away from Greenland.’ Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it. Now it is time, and it will be done!!!” Earlier this month, the White House did not rule out using military force to take over Greenland, arguing that it must leave all options on the table as negotiations continue with Greenland and Denmark, which oversees the territory’s defense. Denmark’s and Greenland’s foreign ministers met with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House last Wednesday, but no significant agreement was reached in the talks, according to Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who added that Denmark and Greenland “still have a fundamental disagreement” with the United States. The president is pressuring NATO allies to accept his plan for U.S. control of Greenland. On Saturday, Trump said he would hit Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland with an additional 10% tariff in response to their opposition to the United States acquiring Greenland. Trump has said he is concerned that China or Russia will move to take over Greenland if the United States doesn’t take control of the territory soon. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent echoed Trump’s message on Greenland during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, saying the “fight for the Arctic is real.” “Make it part of the United States, and there will not be a conflict,” Bessent said. “Because the United States right now, we are the hottest country in the world; we are the strongest country in the world. Europeans project weakness; U.S. projects strength.”

Outspoken leftist Bruce Springsteen repeated tired anti-ICE talking points during an unplanned concert Saturday night. The 76-year-old recording artist dedicated his performance of “The Promised Land” to “murdered” activist Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis last week after she drove her SUV toward the agent during a confrontation with federal law enforcement. “Now, right now, we are living through incredibly critical times. The United States, the ideals and the values for which it stood for the past 250 years, is being tested as it has never been in modern times. Those values and those ideals have never been as endangered as they are right now,” Springsteen spouted from the stage, as first reported by NJ Arts. He continued, “So as we gather tonight in this beautiful display of love and care and thoughtfulness and community … if you believe in democracy, in liberty… if you believe that truth still matters, and that it’s worth speaking out, and it’s worth fighting for … if you believe in the power of the law and that no one stands above it … if you stand against heavily armed masked federal troops invading American cities, and using Gestapo tactics against our fellow citizens … if you believe you don’t deserve to be murdered for exercising your American right to protest … then send a message to this president.” Springsteen said that the message was the same as Mayor Jacob Frey previously stated, that “ICE should get the f*** out of Minneapolis. So this one is for you, and the memory of the mother of three and American citizen Renee Good.” Good, a 37-year-old activist, confronted immigration officials working in Minneapolis on January 7. After immigration agents requested she exit her vehicle, she backed up and pulled forward in the direction of ICE agent Jonathan Ross, as The Daily Wire previously reported.  As Good’s vehicle accelerated into Ross, he fired three defense shots at Good, saving his life and the lives of other officers, according to the DHS. While the left tried to frame the narrative as Good fleeing the scene peacefully, it was later revealed that Ross suffered internal bleeding from the incident. Springsteen has been an outspoken critic of Trump and conservatives for years, often using the stage to convey political messaging. Last year, his tirades were met with criticism from fans who were just coming out to hear some music. “Bruce Springsteen has completely lost his mind,” one commenter wrote at the time. “He goes full MSNBC instead of just playing the music people were there to hear. Entertainers are such narcissists.”

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When the Senate returns from a weeklong recess, it will have just days to avoid a partial government shutdown. The funding deal that ended the last government shutdown, the longest shutdown in American history, is set to expire on Jan. 30. The Senate has passed six of the 12 spending bills to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year. The six that remain include Defense, Labor-HHS-Education, Transportation-HUD, Financial Services, National Security-State, and Homeland Security. Senate leadership predicts that funding for Homeland Security will be the most difficult to pass because of Democrat opposition to ICE operations. Senate Makes Progress Before the Senate left Washington on Thursday afternoon, the upper chamber passed a three-bill spending package. The Senate voted 82-15 on the package that combined the Commerce-Justice-Science, Interior-Environment, and Energy-Water funding bills. The price tag for the three-bill package, which is now heading to President Donald Trump’s desk, is $180 billion. As part of the deal to end the 2025 government shutdown and reopen the government, the Senate previously passed three of the appropriations bills, Agriculture, Military Construction-VA, and Legislative Branch, with funding through the end of the fiscal year. I want to thank our colleagues on the Appropriations Committee for their diligence in crafting these bills.My hope is that we’ll be able to build on the progress we’ve made this past year to get the appropriations process back to what it should be – an open process that every… pic.twitter.com/XDdP4pHBOh— Leader John Thune (@LeaderJohnThune) January 15, 2026 Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., congratulated the members and the appropriations committee on the Senate floor on Thursday for their success so far. He noted that in 2025 the Senate was able to pass three single government funding bills before August, “through regular order, a process that gives all senators the opportunity to make their voices–and the voices of their constituents–heard,” said Thune. Homeland is The Hardest Since the ICE-involved shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota, Democrats are trying to leave out funding for the immigration agents from the DHS funding bill. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: “I get asked a lot of time, ‘What’s the one thing that keeps you up at night?’ It’s the violence and the attacks on officers, agents, and not only them, but their families.”Acting Director Lyons joined “The Signal Sitdown” shortly after the… pic.twitter.com/SzZyF8ya9K— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) January 7, 2026 ICE increased operations in Minnesota after large-scale fraud was exposed at government-funded childcare centers. “Homeland is obviously the hardest one,” Thune said. He suggested that a continuing resolution is a possible outcome if the parties can’t negotiate. “We should not be limiting funding for homeland security in a dangerous time,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News. “We need officials to allow law enforcement to do their job,” Johnson continued. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., has demanded “common sense measures” to be taken to assure immigration agents will conduct themselves, “in a manner that is at least consistent with every other law enforcement agency in the United States of America.” INSANE!Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey calls to end funding for the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.MARKEY: "We must stop funding DHS and ICE thugs…"Democrats are siding with criminals, not the American people. pic.twitter.com/Ezr25yAyFj— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 14, 2026 Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which boasts almost 100 members, has taken a more aggressive stance. “Our caucus will oppose all funding for immigration enforcement in any appropriations bills until meaningful reforms are enacted to end militarized policing practices,” Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said during a press conference. Some Republicans have been open to negotiations suggesting more training to be required for agents. “The more training they could have, the better it’ll be, because they’re dealing with some strange stuff going on that’s coming at them in a lot of different directions,” said Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va. The post Can the Senate Keep the Government Open and Fund ICE? appeared first on The Daily Signal.