{"id":197083,"date":"2026-01-16T10:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-the-medal-may-be-in-trumps-hands-but-peace-prize-is-not-his-nobel-officials-say-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:04:57","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-the-medal-may-be-in-trumps-hands-but-peace-prize-is-not-his-nobel-officials-say-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-the-medal-may-be-in-trumps-hands-but-peace-prize-is-not-his-nobel-officials-say-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: The medal may be in Trump\u2019s hands, but peace prize is not his, Nobel officials say – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/a> \u2018presented\u2019 her Nobel prize to Trump in White House meeting \u2013 key US politics stories from Thursday 15 January at a glance
In an apparent attempt to win back Donald Trump\u2019s favour, Venezuelan opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/a> told reporters she had \u201cpresented\u201d her gold Nobel peace prize medal to the US president during a private meeting at the White House on Thursday.
Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u2019s \u201cbrutal, authoritarian state\u201d<\/a>, told reporters she had done so \u201cin recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom\u201d. It was not immediately clear whether Trump had accepted the gift.
Trump later wrote his Truth Social platform: \u201cMar\u00eda presented me with her Nobel Peace Prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect. Thank you Mar\u00eda!\u201d
It is unclear if Trump retained the medal, and he did not post an image of it.
While Trump expressed gratitude to have been presented the medal he\u2019s long pined for, the Nobel Peace Center has reiterated its rules of possession several times in recent days.
\u201cOnce a Nobel prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others,\u201d Nobel organizers wrote in a 9 January press release<\/a>. \u201cThe decision is final and stands for all time.\u201d
Earlier Thursday, Nobel organizers posted on X: \u201cA medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel peace prize laureate cannot.\u201d
Machado\u2019s dramatic escape from Venezuela to accept the Norwegian prize made headlines<\/a> in December. Analysts saw her decision to present the award to Trump as an attempt to salvage her movement\u2019s waning hopes of taking power now that Maduro was out of the picture and behind bars in New York.
Speaking to reporters, Machado compared handing her medal to Trump to how, in 1825, the Marquis de Lafayette sent a gold medal featuring an image of George Washington to the South American independence hero Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar. Machado called Lafayette\u2019s gift \u201ca sign of the brotherhood between the people of the US and the people of Venezuela in their fight for freedom against tyranny\u201d.
Trump\u2019s decision not to back Machado after removing Maduro was reportedly the consequence of curdling relations between her and members of Trump\u2019s team, as well as concerns her movement would be unable to control the security situation in Venezuela.<\/p>\n

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Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to protests in Minneapolis<\/a> against federal immigration enforcement operations, as Minnesota\u2019s governor, Tim Walz, overnight urged demonstrators in Minneapolis to be peaceful amid escalating tensions.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
One day during his first term, Donald Trump<\/a> summoned a top aide to discuss a new idea. \u201cTrump called me down to the Oval Office,\u201d John Bolton, national security adviser in 2018, told the Guardian. \u201cHe said a prominent businessman had just suggested the US buy Greenland.\u201d
It was an extraordinary proposal. And it originated from a longtime friend of the president who would go on to acquire business interests in the Danish territory.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Oman urged Trump not to launch airstrikes against Iran in a last-minute lobbying campaign prompted by fears that an attack by Washington would lead to a major and intractable conflict across the Middle East.
The warnings of chaos from the longstanding US allies appear to have helped persuade Trump late on Wednesday to hold off for the moment on a military assault. In the case of Saudi Arabia, its reticence led it to deny the US use of its airspace to mount any attacks.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Trump has finally unveiled his long-awaited framework for healthcare affordability, almost a year and a half after announcing during a pre-election presidential debate that he had the \u201cconcepts of a plan<\/a>\u201d for healthcare reform.
The short document<\/a>, titled the Great Healthcare Plan, provides four headline objectives, but few specific details as to how they will be achieved.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump<\/a> will host Mar\u00eda Corina Machado<\/a>, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel peace prize winner, at the White House on Thursday for a high-stakes talks on the oil-rich nation\u2019s future following the US capture of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, is facing ridicule from congressional Democrats<\/a> \u2013 among others \u2013 after claiming Americans can save money and have their meals align with new Department of Health and Human Services dietary guidelines by simply eating \u201ca piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli\u201d, \u201ca corn tortilla\u201d and \u201cone other thing\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The justice department is undertaking an unprecedented effort to collect sensitive voter information about tens of millions of Americans, a push that relies on thin legal reasoning and which could be aimed at sowing doubt about the midterm election results this year.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that ordered the release of the former Columbia University<\/a> graduate student Mahmoud Khalil<\/a> from immigration detention, delivering the Trump administration<\/a> a victory in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A federal officer has shot a man in the leg during an enforcement operation in north Minneapolis<\/a><\/strong>, sparking protests in a city still on edge after the killing of Renee Nicole Good<\/a> by a federal agent last week.
Some CBS News employees expressed concern after the network cited two anonymous \u201cUS officials\u201d on Wednesday to report that the ICE officer who fatally shot Good in Minneapolis \u201csuffered internal bleeding to the torso\u201d after the incident.<\/a><\/strong>
The Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has said Greenland\u2019s defence is a \u201ccommon concern\u201d for the whole of Nato, as troops started arriving from across Europe as a result of Trump\u2019s threats to take the Arctic island by force.<\/a><\/strong>
The scandal over the flood of intimate images on Elon Musk\u2019s X created non-consensually by its Grok AI tool<\/a><\/strong> has underlined how the artificial intelligence industry is \u201ctoo unconstrained\u201d, according to a pioneer of the technology.
Speaking of Musk, a US regulator ruled on Thursday that xAI had acted illegally by using dozens of methane gas turbines to power massive data centers in Tennessee<\/a><\/strong>.
The US said on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Taiwan to reduce tariffs on goods from the democratic island<\/a><\/strong>, while increasing Taiwanese semiconductor and tech companies\u2019 investments in America.
A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for a New York offshore wind project to resume constructio<\/a><\/strong>n, a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order to pause it would probably kill the project in a matter of days.
The Trump administration has been called out, yet again<\/a><\/strong>, for using explicitly white supremacist verbiage in its increasingly aggressive social media strategy.
The US military has seized another oil tanker at sea in support of Donald Trump\u2019s sanctions against Venezuela<\/a><\/strong>, military officials announced Thursday.
The controversial US-funded study on hepatitis B vaccines among newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted<\/a><\/strong>, according to Yap Boum, a senior official at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
US health officials reversed course and began reinstating nearly $2bn in cuts to mental health and substance use programs on Wednesday night<\/a><\/strong>, one day after they unexpectedly announced the immediate shutdown of programs.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Wednesday 14 January<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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