The Latest: Trump connections accused of covert influence operations in Greenland
Aug 27, 2025, 5:35 AM
People hold a grassroots, daily, five-minute pots and pans protest to demonstrate against President Donald Trump's immigration policies, in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people connected to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland. Trump has not ruled out military force to take control of the mineral-rich, strategically located Arctic island from Denmark, a NATO ally that insists the island is not for sale.
A whistleblower says the Social Security data of more than 300 million Americans was put at risk after Department of Government Efficiency workers uploaded sensitive information to a cloud account not subject to oversight.
And as armed National Guard troops patrol the nation’s capital, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows handling crime is now a relative strength for Trump.
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At 12:30 p.m. Eastern, the president is scheduled to have lunch with Vice President JD Vance at the White House.
That event, the only on his public schedule today, is closed to the press.
Some employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who signed a public letter of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday evening, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
More than 180 current and former FEMA employees signed the letter sent to the FEMA Review Council and Congress on Monday critiquing recent cuts to agency staff and programs, and warning that FEMA’s capacity to respond to a major disaster was dangerously diminished.
The Associated Press has confirmed that at least two of the signatories received notices Tuesday evening informing them they would be placed on leave indefinitely, with pay, and that they must still check in every morning confirming their availability. It was unclear what the status was for other signatories. FEMA did not respond immediately to questions about how many staff received the notice and whether it was related to the opposition letter.
