Top Stories • January 7, 2026

The White House is facing international backlash after signaling renewed interest in Greenland, citing its strategic Arctic location, emerging shipping routes to Asia as polar ice melts, and vast untapped oil and mineral reserves. Reports say the move is aimed at pressuring Denmark and has unsettled European allies and NATO. Domestically, the administration has launched a new government website that critics argue rewrites the history of the January 6 attack, five years after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol to block certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. Health officials are warning that flu cases have surged to their highest level in 25 years. Doctors stress the illness is not a COVID variant, but hospitals are reporting severe cases marked by fever and abdominal pain, particularly among children and older adults. In business news, Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected a revised takeover bid from Paramount Global, while Vice President J.D. Vance is set to give his first interview of the year tonight on Fox News.