Live updates: Vance, Rubio huddle with Greenland, Denmark officials ends; Senate eyes war powers vote

The White House is increasing pressure on two regions: Iran, and Denmark and Greenland. President Trump announced Wednesday morning that the only option is full U.S. control of Greenland. The White House meeting with Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland has ended. A bipartisan… Source…

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GOP split on Trump's Venezuela endgame

Morning Report is The Hill’s newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ GOP casts doubt on Venezuela’s goals ▪ Second batch of Epstein files released ▪ Trump unveils new warships in his name ▪ Weiss defends pulling ’60 Minutes’ segment Republicans are divided over whether President Trump should increase military pressure to oust Venezuelan President…

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Trump faces Ghislaine Maxwell conundrum

President Trump is facing a Ghislane Maxwell problem. Publicly issued testimony from Maxwell, a colleague of Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted on charges of sex trafficking in 2021, can help Trump supporters to satisfy supporters who have fought for more transparency around the Epstein case. But by raising Maxwell more, the Epstein dispute will be…

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Fed minutes September 2025

Federal Reserve officials in September were strongly inclined to lower interest rates, with the only dispute seeming to be over how many cuts were coming, meeting minutes released Wednesday showed. The meeting summary indicated near unanimity among participants at the Federal Open Market Committee that the central bank’s key overnight borrowing rate should be cut…

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