United States Politics and Government

• Federal Reserve Inquiry Clouds Trump’s Supreme Court Bid to Oust Lisa Cook - The court is set to hear Ms. Cook’s case challenging her firing as the Justice Department investigates Jerome H. Powell, the central bank chair.
• Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland - In a text message, President Trump told Norway’s prime minister he no longer felt obliged to “think purely of Peace” and that the world would not be secure until America controlled the island.
• Trump’s New Greenland Threat Outrages Allies, and China’s Birthrate Plunges - Plus, chimney sweeps are making a comeback.
• Trump Has an Offramp on Greenland. He Doesn’t Seem to Want It. - The strategic importance of Greenland is growing, and NATO has underinvested in Arctic security. But President Trump, intent on ownership, is rebuffing deals with Europe to solve the problem.
• Josh Shapiro Writes That Harris Team Asked if He Had Ever Been an Israeli Agent - In his new memoir, the Pennsylvania governor suggests that when Kamala Harris’s team vetted him to be her running mate, aides focused on Israel to an extent he found offensive.
• Springsteen Denounces ICE Deployments and Renee Good’s Killing - In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, the musician dedicated his song “The Promised Land” to Ms. Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.
• Pentagon Tells 1,500 Troops to Prepare for Possible Deployment to Minnesota - But President Trump has already backed away from a threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests against the killing of a woman by a federal immigration agent.
• Under Patel, F.B.I. Scours Its Records to Discredit Trump Opponents - As the F.B.I. has added payback to its portfolio, Republican lawmakers like Senator Charles E. Grassley have emerged as a clearinghouse for leaks and whistle-blowers.
• After U.S. Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out - Europe’s dependence on the United States for NATO security limits its options. Its strongest response could be retaliating with its own trade “bazooka.”
• D.H.S.’s Role Questioned as Immigration Officers Flood U.S. Cities - The Department of Homeland Security was formed after 9/11 amid international terrorism threats. Now, its most visible targets are domestic.