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World & Nation
Trump Threatens Insurrection Act for Minnesota
President Donald Trump warned Minnesota officials Thursday morning that
unless they stop encouraging "professional agitators and
insurrectionists" from attacking federal law enforcement officers, he
will send U.S. troops to quell the violence.
In a Truth Social post, Trump blasted what he called "corrupt
politicians" in Minnesota and said if they "don't obey the law" and
don't stop attacks on the "Patriots of I.C.E.," he is prepared to
invoke the Insurrection Act to "quickly put an end" to the unrest.
The president's warning comes as tensions spiked again in Minneapolis
after a federal officer shot a man in the leg during an arrest attempt
Wednesday night, federal officials said.
Iran reopens airspace after hours-long shutdown as tensions with US remain high
Iran closed its airspace to commercial flights for hours without
explanation early Thursday as tensions remained high with the United
States over Tehran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.
The closure ran for over four hours, according to pilot guidance issued by Iran, which lies on a key East-West flight route.
International carriers diverted north and south around Iran, but after
one extension, the closure appeared to have expired and several
domestic flights were in the air just after 7 a.m.
Iran previously shut its airspace during the 12-day war against Israel
in June and when it exchanged fire with Israel during the Israel-Hamas
war.
Hateful anti-ICE agitators vandalize car with horrifying threat: ‘Only good agent is a dead one’
A destructive anti-ICE mob scrawled threatening messages across a car
in Minneapolis — declaring the”only good agent is a dead one” — as
protesters turned the city into an apocalyptic scene overnight.
The protesters defaced the car as angry demonstrators hurled fireworks
and rocks at federal officers in a violence-plagued night that saw an
illegal Venezuelan migrant shot in the leg after allegedly ambushing an
agent with a shovel.
Photos showed the vehicle covered in red spray paint in the middle of
the debris-filled block — complete with the messages “F–k ICE” and
“Only good agent is a dead one.”
In the wake of the violence, President Trump on Thursday threatened to
invoke the Insurrection Act to flood the city with military forces if
lawmakers didn’t help stem the chaos.
Trump: I Have No Plan to Fire Powell
U.S. President Donald Trump said he has no plans to fire Jerome Powell
despite a Justice Department criminal investigation into the Federal
Reserve chair, but it was "too early" to say what he would ultimately
do.
"I don't have any plan to do that," Trump told Reuters Wednesday, when asked if he would attempt to remove Powell from his job.
Asked whether the investigation gave him grounds to do so, Trump added:
"Right now, we're (in) a little bit of a holding pattern with him, and
we're going to determine what to do. But I can't get into it. It’s too
soon. Too early.”
Trump suggested he was inclined to nominate either former Fed Governor
Kevin Warsh or National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett to
replace Powell. He also said he had ruled out U.S. Treasury Secretary
Scott Bessent for the role, "because he wants to stay where he is."
Troops from Europe deploy to Greenland in rapid 2-day mission as Trump eyes US takeover
Germany sends 13 personnel, France deploys 15 mountain specialists to bolster territory's defenses
Troops from several European countries deployed to Greenland and are on
the ground there Thursday for a quick two-day mission to bolster the
territory’s defenses.
France, Germany, Sweden and Norway are participating in the exercise,
Fox News has learned. Leaders say the mission is meant to demonstrate
they can deploy military assets "quickly."
The development comes as the Trump administration is pushing to acquire
the Danish territory. Germany deployed a reconnaissance team of 13
personnel, France sent 15 mountain specialists and Sweden, Norway and
Britain sent three, two and one officers, respectively, according to
Reuters.
"The geopolitical tensions have spread to the Arctic. The Government of
Greenland, and the Danish Ministry of Defense have therefore decided to
continue the Danish Armed Forces’ increased exercise activity in
Greenland, in close cooperation with NATO allies," the Danish Ministry
of Defense said in a statement Wednesday.
'Save Women's Sports' activists react to Supreme Court trans athlete hearing
Female athletes who competed against biological males share reactions to Tuesday's historic hearing
Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing on trans athletes in women's sports
inspired confidence that the majority of justices will side with the
legal defense to "Save Women's Sports" and uphold state bans against
biological males in those sports.
But some activists are far from satisfied with how the hearing was conducted.
Multiple female athletes connected to the case and others who rallied
outside the court in support of the cultural movement told Fox News
Digital their reactions to the hearing, the arguments and the justices'
questions.
Reactions to the hearing among those women ranged from hopeful optimism
for a landmark ruling to jaded disappointment due to the stances and
word choice of the justices:
US military seizes another fugitive oil tanker linked to Venezuela
Marines launched from USS Gerald R.
Ford board oil tanker ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting with
Venezuelan opposition leader
The U.S. military has seized another fugitive oil tanker linked to
Venezuela in the Caribbean, U.S. Southern Command announced Thursday.
The U.S. has now seized six oil tankers since ramping up a campaign against illicit oil trade by Venezuela.
"In another pre-dawn action, Marines and Sailors from Joint Task Force
Southern Spear, in support of the Department of Homeland Security,
launched from USS Gerald R. Ford and apprehended Motor/Tanker Veronica
without incident. The Veronica is the latest tanker operating in
defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned
vessels in the Caribbean, proving the effectiveness of Operation
Southern Spear yet again," U.S. Southern Command said in a statement.
"These operations are backed by the full power of the U.S. Navy’s
Amphibious Ready Group, including the ready and lethal platforms of USS
Iwo Jima, USS San Antonio, and USS Fort Lauderdale. The only oil
leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and
lawfully. The Department of War, in coordination with interagency
partners, will defend our homeland by ending illicit activity and
restoring security in the Western Hemisphere," the statement continued.
Stefanik Strongly Against Lifting TV Ownership Cap, Nexstar–Tegna Merger
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., a senior member of House Republican
leadership, has emerged as a leading congressional opponent of efforts
to loosen federal limits on broadcast television ownership.
She warned that such a move would undermine local news, raise consumer costs, and concentrate media power.
In a Dec. 12, 2025, letter to Federal Communications Commission Chair
Brendan Carr, Stefanik urged the FCC to reject any action to lift or
weaken the national television ownership cap.
The cap limits broadcast station groups to reaching no more than 39% of U.S. television households.
The ICE uproar is a conspiracy calculated to fool Americans
The chaos erupting in Minneapolis isn’t an organic protest movement, and it certainly isn’t spontaneous.
It’s coordinated. It’s calculated. And it’s deadly.
Ordinary Americans are being played — manipulated into dangerous confrontations by politicians and rabble-rousing activists.
The indoctrination has convinced them that federal immigration law is
illegitimate, that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have
no authority to operate, and that physically confronting federal
officers is not only justified, but moral.
It’s a weaponized form of Trump Derangement Syndrome — and federal prosecutors should call it what it is: criminal conspiracy.
Socialism cost me my country. Trump arresting Maduro might help us get it back
Maduro was indicted by US Department of Justice on narcoterrorism charges and is now in a New York jail cell
I never thought I’d see the man who destroyed my family’s life in
handcuffs. But that’s exactly what happened when American forces
recently captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
"Trump is doing it!" my mother told me through tears over the phone. I
never heard her happier. I was in shock. I stared at my phone,
scrolling through videos and breaking news on X — my mother was right.
When I was growing up in Venezuela, I suffered alongside my parents who
were forced to close our cosmetics business thanks to socialist
government price controls. My parents made sacrifices and didn’t eat so
I could.
Those experiences inspired me to become a college campus activist in
Venezuela against Maduro’s regime. I spoke out and promoted the truth
about capitalism and liberty. I was soon expelled from school, labeled
a terrorist and threatened with prison time.
