↑ United States Politics and Government Trump Administration Asks Judge to Reject Minnesota’s Call to Block ICE Surge - Lawyers for the state and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have sued over the deployment of some 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota.Judge Allows Policy Restricting Lawmakers’ Access to ICE Facilities - The decision permitted the Trump administration to continue restricting inspections of the conditions inside immigration detention compounds.Trump Is Pushing the U.S.-Europe Alliance to the Brink Over Greenland - As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?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.