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People walk along a street in downtown of Nuuk, Greenland, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Greenlandic and Danish officials meet with Vance, Rubio as Trump insists on U.S. control of island

- Associated Press

Officials from Greenland and Denmark met in Washington on Wednesday with top White House officials as President Donald Trump moved to ratchet up the pressure by suggesting that NATO should help the United States acquire the world's largest island and saying anything less than it being under American control is unacceptable.

Fishermen pass an oil tanker in the Gulf of Venezuela off the shore of Punta Cardon, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

From Canada to China, fall of Maduro is transforming global oil market

- Special to The Washington Times

Reverberations from the most consequential U.S. intervention since the 1989 invasion of Panama -- the stunning Jan. 3 capture and removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro -- are reshaping energy calculations around the globe, from pipeline politics in Canada to investment strategies in China.

Vice President J.D. Vance speaks during a briefing at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Denmark provided U.S. support on intercepting oil tanker, Danish official says

- Associated Press

Denmark provided U.S. forces in the east Atlantic with support last week as they intercepted an oil tanker for violations of U.S. sanctions, a Danish government official confirmed on Tuesday, despite tensions between the allies over the Trump administration's desire for control of Greenland.

A boat rides though a frozen sea inlet outside of Nuuk, Greenland, on March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

U.S. lawmakers to visit Denmark as Trump continues to threaten Greenland

- Associated Press

A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week in an attempt to show unity between the United States and Denmark as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to threaten to seize Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the NATO ally.