US overview: National Guard stays in DC, Trump threatens Greenland allies | EUROtoday

National Guard to stay in Washington, DC

The US authorities needs National Guardsmen to patrol the capital Washington, DC till the tip of 2026. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll signed a press release saying “the conditions of the mission” allowed the deployment to be prolonged past the tip of February. This might additional help US President Donald Trump’s “ongoing efforts to restore law and order”.

There are at the moment round 2,400 National Guard troops in Washington, round 700 of them from the District of Columbia, the remainder come from eleven US states which might be ruled by Republicans. In December, a federal appeals court docket ordered that the guardsmen, who had been within the metropolis for the reason that summer time, might stay within the capital.

Trump threatens Greenland allies with punitive tariffs

US President Donald Trump has introduced that it’ll impose punitive tariffs on nations that don’t help its plan to manage Greenland. During an occasion on the White House, Trump once more claimed that Greenland is vital for nationwide safety from the US perspective. This Saturday, hundreds of individuals in Denmark and Greenland wish to exhibit in opposition to Trump’s claims to possession of the Arctic.

Follow additional occasions in Greenland in our dwell weblog.

USA helps Slovakia develop nuclear power

The USA ‌helps the development of a brand new nuclear reactor within the Slovakia. The enlargement of nuclear power ought to assist the EU nation scale back its dependence on Russian know-how, each side stated. The core of the settlement is the development of a brand new reactor block on the current Jaslovské Bohunice energy plant web site in western Slovakia, which shall be totally state-owned and based mostly on US know-how. The US firm Westinghouse is to take over the reactor venture.

You can learn extra in regards to the settlement between the USA and Slovakia right here.

Florida avenue named after Trump

A boulevard that results in Trump’s personal property Mar-a-Lago in Florida has been named after the US president. The new avenue plaque studying “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard” was unveiled throughout a ceremony. The renaming impacts the japanese part of Southern Boulevard, which runs from the airport by Bingham Island to Trump’s property in West Palm Beach. The Kennedy Center, a famend cultural heart within the US capital Washington, DC, has additionally been bearing Trump’s identify for a while now, which has attracted a whole lot of criticism.

ICE should observe stricter necessities in Minneapolis

After the lethal operation by the US deportation authority ICE within the state of Minnesota, a federal decide restricted the powers of the officers there. Peaceful protesters and motorists shouldn’t be arrested or dispersed with pepper spray, Federal Judge Katherine Menendez stated in her 83-page order. She gave the US Department of Homeland Security 72 hours to implement it.

Protests in opposition to Trump’s deportation insurance policies and ICE expanded after an ICE police officer killed unarmed mom Renee Nicole Good in her automobile on Wednesday final week. The state of affairs within the metropolis is tense.

Read extra in regards to the decide’s determination in Minnesota.

A chronicle of the work of the US authorities beneath Donald Trump since taking workplace will be discovered right here.