Huge bruise spotted on Trump’s other hand as he delivers speech in Davos

Thursday, January 22, 2026

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President Donald Trump has another huge bruise on his hand, ICE detains a 5-year-old in Minnesota, and Senator Ted Cruz says he's leaving Texas ahead of a huge winter storm, but promises he'll return.

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1 | Huge bruise spotted on Trump's other hand as he delivers speech in Davos

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2 | 5-year-old and father detained by ICE officer in Minnesota

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3 |Daring CIA ops, a nasty scar and White House ties: Lawsuit claims a 'fake spy' wove epic fantasy to steal a $350M oil firm

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4 | ICE whines that protestors won't even let agents take bathroom breaks in peace

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5 | Internet raises its collective eyebrow after Ted Cruz leaves Texas ahead of winter storm. But, he says he will be back

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Donald Trump claims to have hashed out the "framework" of a future deal on Greenland following weeks of threats to annex the Danish territory.

The US president emerged from talks with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte on Wednesday confident that a deal was in sight and that all parties were happy with it.

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Trump dodges questions on Greenland 'deal'

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Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York, one of the premier federal prosecutors' offices in the United States, are reportedly being 'crushed' by the workload as they sift through the massive trove of Epstein files – as members of the public and lawmakers impatiently wait for further releases.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"We can do pretty much anything we want to do."

President Donald Trump told the inaugural members of his 'Board of Peace' that they were the most powerful people in the world, and could do whatever they wanted during a speech at Davos.

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