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The 7

Trump backs down over Greenland; ICE detainee homicide; airlines and weight-loss drugs; and more

The 7

The Washington Post

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Thursday, January 22. The seven stories you need to know today.


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0:00.0

President Donald Trump said he reached the framework of a deal on Greenland.

0:08.8

That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post.

0:12.1

I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Thursday, January 22nd.

0:15.6

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:26.1

It was a day of twists and turns in Davos, Switzerland yesterday.

0:33.3

President Trump backed away from his demands to take control of Greenland. He said he had reached the framework of a deal. He offered few details about what that meant, but it probably falls far

0:39.8

short of the full takeover of the Danish territory that he had previously demanded.

0:45.5

Trump also scrapped planned tariffs on Europe, and said that talks were underway with NATO

0:51.1

Secretary General Mark Ruta about bolstering security in the Arctic.

0:56.5

Trump's declaration was a sharp pivot from his speech earlier in the day, in which he issued an

1:02.2

ultimatum to European leaders over Greenland.

1:05.7

So we want a piece of ice for world protection, and they won't give it. We've never asked for anything else,

1:13.6

and we could have kept that piece of land, and we didn't. So they have a choice. You can say yes,

1:23.2

and we will be very appreciative, or you can say no, and we will remember.

1:30.3

During his more than hour-long speech, Trump also repeatedly mixed up Greenland and Iceland.

1:37.0

They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you.

1:41.0

I mean, our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So

1:45.4

Iceland's already cost us a lot of money. Today in Davos, Trump led a signing ceremony for his

1:50.8

board of peace. Trump is marketing that body, originally conceived of, to oversee reconstruction

1:57.2

in Gaza, as an international peace building organization with permanent seats costing

2:03.2

$1 billion.

2:10.5

The death of an ICE detainee in Texas was officially deemed a homicide. That's number two. Heraldo Lunas Campos was a 55-year-old

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