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NPR | By Steve Inskeep,

Michel Martin

Published January 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM EST

Hundreds of active-duty troops on are standby to deploy to Minnesota, Trump escalates tensions across Europe with new threats over Greenland, Israel raises objections over Trump's Board of Peace.

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