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Patrick Jenkins Deputy Editor Hello from the FT newsroom. In the latest episode of “Taco”, Donald Trump yesterday climbed down on his threats to annex Greenland. The US president ruled out using military force to seize the island from Denmark, a Nato ally, and rescinded his threat to impose tariffs on eight European countries that opposed him. Trump instead settled for a Nato-brokered “framework for a future deal” on Greenland and “the entire Arctic region”. What exactly that means is unclear. European leaders will no doubt feel relieved to have avoided a complete breakdown of the transatlantic alliance. But tensions remain high. As our chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman writes, the Greenland episode has crystallised many of the fears and resentments that European and other American allies had about the US. A Trump-chaired and autocrat-heavy “Board of Peace” will also keep US President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos © Gian Ehrenzeller/AP ----oooo00O00oooo----

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US lawmakers boost key Pentagon test office slashed by Hegseth

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Tony Capaccio

Bloomberg News (TNS) • January 21, 2026

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 7, 2026. (Heather Diehl, Getty Images/TNS)

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — Congressional lawmakers green-lighting $839 billion in U.S. defense spending voiced strong support for an embattled test office at the Pentagon that was slashed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, highlighting its value at preventing the “catastrophic failure” of U.S. weapons and military equipment.

The test office ensures key national security priorities, including the planned “Golden Dome” missile defense system, are safe and effective, lawmakers wrote in a statement accompanying a defense spending measure that’s part of a larger package the U.S. House is expected to vote on this week.