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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The prime minister of Norway says he received a message from President Trump about rising tensions over Greenland. Trump said he no longer felt obligated to pursue peace after not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement, Norway's leader said said he and Finland's president both urged Trump to de escalate and requested a call. He also reminded the president that the peace prize is awarded by an independent committee, not the Norwegian government. Trump on Saturday imposed a 10% tariff on goods from eight European countries, including Norway, that opposed his efforts to take control of Greenland. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
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Over the weekend, European nations put out a joint statement of solidarity with Denmark and Greenland and said President Trump's bellicose talk and threats to impose further tariffs on nations that object to his Greenland plans risks damaging the transatlantic alliance. Celia Bella is head of the Paris office of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Europe feels more alone than it's ever been, but also feels a greater sense, I think, of solidarity and collective determination to push back. Bellon says Europeans could invoke counter sanctions and the EU could also activate for the first time an anti coercion instrument to restrict US Access to to restrict US Access to the lucrative EU market. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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Danish officials say they're not attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week amid the ongoing dispute over Greenland. The Supreme Court is set to issue opinions in the coming days. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports. One case could lead to the biggest drop in black representation in Congress.
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The Supreme Court appears inclined to further weaken the Voting Rights act in places where voting is racially polarized. The landmark law has helped ensure districts are drawn drawn in a way that gives racial minority voters a chance of electing their preferred candidates. An NPR analysis has found the high court's decision in this case could affect 15 U.S. house districts in the south that are currently represented by a black Democratic member of Congress. Republican led states may decide to keep some of these districts for partisan reasons, but losing a handful of those districts could fuel the largest ever drop in the number of black representatives in Congress. For a century after the Civil War, that figure stayed in the single digits or at zero. But since the Voting Rights act became law, the number has grown to 63. Black represented districts. Ansi Le Wang, NPR News.