GOP rep. hints Greenland invasion could trigger bipartisan Trump impeachment

Republican Rep. Don Bacon indicated there could be bipartisan support to impeach President Donald Trump for a third time if he invades Greenland.

Days after the Trump administration attacked Venezuela and took its leader into custody, the president began expressing renewed interest in acquiring Greenland. Polls overwhelmingly show Greenland doesn’t want to be part of the U.S.

Denmark — the NATO country that claims Greenland as an autonomous territory — has also said it isn’t interested in a deal that would hand the island to the U.S. But Trump insisted Wednesday on social media that any situation short of giving U.S. control of Greenland “is unacceptable.”

Bacon, who represents Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, called that suggestion unreasonable. “If he went through with the threats, I think it would be the end of his presidency,” Bacon told the Omaha World-News in an interview published Thursday.

—New York Daily News

Minneapolis prepares for ‘March Against Minnesota Fraud’ led by right-wing influencer

MINNEAPOLIS — Tensions boiled over Tuesday night at a West Bank Business Association public safety meeting, where residents and Democratic politicians voiced fears that an upcoming “March Against Minnesota Fraud” could lead to harassment of Somali community members.

The march, planned for Saturday afternoon at Minneapolis City Hall, is organized by conservative influencer Jake Lang, who has been advertising the march on X. In a post, he called for “crusaders” to “take back” Minnesota from Democrats.

Dozens filed into the Jan. 13 meeting in the Brian Coyle Community Center — a gathering place for the Minneapolis’ Cedar Riverside neighborhood and many in the Somali community. Minnesota Rep. Mohamud Noor said that while the march is expected to start downtown, he’s fearful it will move into neighborhoods with high Somali populations, such as Cedar Riverside, in order to film and provoke people.

“We need to provide more support to the community, so that they know that everybody has got a right to be here, and everybody will be protected from this nonsense and the mayhem that is happening all over the city,” Noor said in his opening remarks.

—The Minnesota Star Tribune

The Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans’ trust in science is on a down trend

LOS ANGELES — As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth’s third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply divided over the role of science in the United States.

A report published Thursday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that a majority of Americans want the U.S. to be a world leader in science, but Republicans and Democrats disagree on whether it is.

About two-thirds of Democrats, 65%, fear the U.S. is losing ground to other countries when it comes to scientific achievement — a 28-point increase since 2023, the poll found. Republicans have moved in the opposite direction, with far fewer saying the U.S. is losing ground than in the past, 32%, a 12-point decrease in that same time frame.

The divide mirrors “other partisan differences in attitudes around science we have been tracking for years,” the Pew report says. “In particular, partisan differences in trust in scientists and the value of science for society are far wider than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. Republicans have become less confident in scientists and less likely to say science has had a mostly positive effect on society, while Democratic views are largely unchanged.”

—Los Angeles Times

Iran averts US strikes for now with vow to avoid executions

Iran may have averted U.S. strikes for now by pledging not to execute protesters after pressure from President Donald Trump.

Trump told reporters Wednesday he had been informed the “killing in Iran is stopping,” adding he would be “very upset” if the crackdown continued. That was a marked shift from earlier in the week, when he urged Iranians to keep demonstrating and vowed that “help is on the way.”

Oil fell for the first time in six days as concerns eased over the likelihood of disruptions to supplies from Iran and Arab Gulf states. Brent dropped as much as 4.6% on Thursday — the most since November — paring gains of about 11% over the past week.

On Thursday Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Iran’s decision not to sentence protesters to death is “good news” and that he hopes it “will continue.” Iran’s judiciary ruled out on Wednesday a death sentence for 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, whom activists had said was at risk of imminent execution.

—Bloomberg News