Feb 04 WATCH: Rubio holds news conference at State Department critical minerals summit By Associated Press Speaking at a meeting of dozens of countries, Secretary of State Marco Rubio proposed frameworks that will serve as “platforms for coordinating policies” to ensure countries can have abundant and affordable access to critical minerals. Continue reading
Feb 04 WATCH: Vance says U.S. wants to create critical minerals trading bloc to counter China By Didi Tang, Josh Funk, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the trade war over the past year exposed how dependent most countries are on the critical minerals that China has a stranglehold on. Continue reading
Feb 02 WATCH: Trump announces plan for rare earth elements strategic reserve By Josh Boak, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks. Continue reading
Jan 23 WATCH: Vance, Johnson and others speak at anti-abortion March for Life in Washington By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to “take heart in how far we’ve come” on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration's accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U.S. foreign aid for… Continue reading
Jan 22 WATCH: Vance says Trump administration doesn't think Insurrection Act is needed 'right now' By Associated Press President Donald Trump has floated invoking the Insurrection Act to tamp down unrest in Minnesota, but his No. 2 says that's not necessary. Continue reading
Jan 22 3 people involved in Minnesota church protest are arrested By Alanna Durkin Richer, Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday, even as a judge rebuffed related charges… Continue reading
Jan 22 WATCH: To lower tensions over ICE, 'all we need is a little cooperation,' Vance says in Minneapolis By Michelle L. Price, Julie Carr Smyth, Steve Peoples, Associated Press Insisting that he was in Minnesota to help “lower the temperature,” Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed “far-left people” and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that has convulsed the state during the White House's aggressive… Continue reading
Jan 14 Danish official says there's a 'fundamental disagreement' with Trump over Greenland By Emma Burrows, Claudia Ciobanu, Ben Finley, Associated Press The two sides, however, agreed to create a working group to discuss ways to work through differences as Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of the semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 5:13 New video of Minneapolis ICE shooting emerges as tensions rise across the nation By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane, Mike Fritz, Simeon Lancaster Tensions continue to rise over President Trump's immigration crackdown. On Thursday, federal agents shot and wounded two people in Portland. It came after the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis stoked outrage and anger. As special correspondent Fred de… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 6:20 Minnesota leaders and protesters push for accountability after ICE shooting By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane, Mary Fecteau, Frank Carlson There are protests in Minnesota against ICE and the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. Local officials, including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, are hammering ICE and its aggressive presence in the community. State officials also said that federal investigators were… Continue watching