Hi all! It's Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY. It's still *freezing* here in D.C. and I haven't left the warmth of my apartment. |
Donald Trump's sprawling Mar-a-Lago press conference |
On Tuesday, the president-elect held a wide-ranging news conference where he declined to rule out U.S. military involvement to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal and suggested a name change for the "Gulf of Mexico." |
This isn't the first news conference Trump has held since winning the 2024 presidential election — and it's something we can continue to expect once he's back in the Oval Office. Here's a roundup of the biggest news from his conference: |
| • | When asked whether he will rule out military or economic coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal, Trump on Tuesday said "I can't assure you of either of those two." He said the United States needs both locations for "economic security." | | • | Trump wants to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America." However, the president-elect didn't specify when or how he intends to make that change. | | • | Get ready for "major pardons" for some Jan. 6 defendants. "People that didn't even walk into the building are in jail right now," Trump claimed. | | • | When it comes to our world allies, Trump said that NATO member countries "were taking advantage" of the U.S. and should be paying more than double what they currently are required to pay for their military defense. | | • | Trump wasn't the only one to take the stage. His Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said at the press conference that he hopes to have good things to report about hostages held by Hamas in Gaza by the time Trump is sworn in as U.S. president on Jan. 20. | | President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on January 7, 2025. Carlos Barria, REUTERS |
Appeals judge rejects Donald Trump request to postpone sentencing in New York hush money case |
A New York appeals court judge rejected Trump's request to halt the sentencing in his hush money case scheduled for Friday. Trump was convicted of falsifying business records to hide payments to a porn actress last year. Trump's lawyers contend the case should be dismissed because of presidential immunity, or at least that the sentencing be postponed, until after appeals have been resolved. Read more. |
Jimmy Carter arrives in Washington, D.C. |
A horse-drawn caisson carried former President Jimmy Carter's remains from the Navy Memorial to the U.S. Capitol. The 39th president has come back to Washington, D.C. for a final goodbye. Carter will lie in state beginning Tuesday evening until his funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday – the same day that President Joe Biden has declared a National Day of Mourning. Read more. | A horse-drawn caisson of the U.S. Army's Caisson Detachment transports the casket of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter to the U.S. Capitol building where it'll lie in state on Jan. 7. Evelyn Hockstein, REUTERS | |
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