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President Donald Trump met Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday, whose political party is widely believed to have beaten former President Nicolás Maduro in the 2024 election.
Greenland tensions: European leaders reacted with anger and defiance after President Trump said he would impose new tariffs on a bloc of European nations until they come to the negotiating table to sell Greenland to the U.S. Europe’s dependence on the U.S. for NATO security limits its options for a response.
Denmark requested the meeting with the Trump administration amid the president's continued focus on acquiring its territory. It was originally supposed to be with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but Vance asked to join, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Jan. 12. Rubio will still be in attendance at the Jan. 14 meeting, he said.
President Donald Trump warned NATO that the U.S. needs Greenland for national security, saying that Russia or China would take it otherwise.
Comedian Jon Stewart mocked President Donald Trump’s behavior during a meeting with oil executives at the White House.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.
RURAL HEALTH ROUNDTABLE: President Donald Trump is expected to participate in a rural health roundtable. The meeting comes after the administration announced in December that states would share $10 billion for rural health care through the Rural Health Transformation Program.