NTD News Today

Heavy snow was falling over Northwest Texas and Oklahoma City on Friday morning as a major winter storm began moving east across the U.S., bringing deadly cold and the threat of power outages and treacherously icy roads to almost half the nation's population and prompting more than a dozen governors to declare states of emergency.
Ryan Wedding, a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder suspected of becoming a cocaine smuggling kingpin, has been arrested and is being brought to the U.S. to face charges, the FBI said on Friday.

Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led two now-dismissed criminal cases against President Donald Trump, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 22. This marks the first time Smith has publicly defended his failed prosecutions in an open hearing before the committee.
On the second and final day of his visit to Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Trump signed the Board of Peace charter, officially launching a new international organization tasked with overseeing the peace process between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.

President Donald Trump addressed the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, speaking to an audience of the globe’s wealthiest and most influential leaders. Tensions with European allies over Greenland have taken center stage at this year’s gathering in the Alpine village.
YouTube creator Nick Shirley will testify on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol about his findings, during a House Judiciary Hearing named "When Public Funds Are Abused: Addressing Fraud and the Theft of Taxpayer Dollars."

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Jan. 20 expressed confidence that the United States and European countries would find a solution to the Trump administration’s effort to acquire Greenland. Bessent, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, dismissed what he called "hysteria" about a possible trade war.
The UK government on Jan. 20 approved plans for China to build its largest embassy in Europe, in London, in a bid to improve ties with Beijing despite warnings from British and U.S. lawmakers that the facility could be used for spying.
d

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that he does not believe U.S. President Donald Trump is 'genuinely considering' military action on Greenland. He suggests that Britain would not retaliate against U.S.tariffs. The German and French finance ministers said that European powers would not be blackmailed and that there would be a clear and united response to U.S. tariffs threat.
Donald Trump is expected to join the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week.