Divided States is the American politics podcast from Sky News looking at all the issues that divide the most powerful country on the planet.
Martha Kelner joins us from Tucson, Arizona, where she is following an extraordinary story - the disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of one of America’s best known TV personalities.
Americans are gripped by the story - the president included.
Plus - Donald Trump makes another U-turn, this time on the Chagos Islands. That’s after productive conversations with beleaguered UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
And job cuts at the paper that coined the phrase "democracy dies in darkness". At The Washington Post, it’s darkness 1, democracy nil.
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The President, citing widespread corruption, wants Republicans to be in control of elections. It would be a major violation of Article I of the US Constitution.
There is no evidence of any electoral fraud.
Could Donald Trump really be about to defy the very foundations America is built upon?
Plus - Trump greets Colombian president, and longtime foe, Gustavo Petro at the White House. What happened when they met?
Meanwhile, a US fighter jet shoots down an Iranian drone over the Arabian sea - are we one step closer to US-Iran conflict?
Former US ambassador Peter Mandelson resigns from the House of Lords over the brewing Epstein scandal.
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The fallout from the release of more than three million documents on Friday by the Department of Justice.
The Epstein files… with fresh questions aimed at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Lord Peter Mandelson. Plus - what’s Trump’s involvement in the files?
Plus - the Trump Kennedy Center? "Closed for refurbishment," so says the president. Why?
And the Grammys get political.
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The President and rapper Nicki Minaj get cosy. What’s that all about?
We have a new video of an altercation between Alex Pretti and ICE agents, days before his death. What does it tell us?
Donald Trump is back with his cabinet for the first meeting of 2026. Plenty mentioned… including Iran.
Are we moments away from the US launching strikes on Iran?
Plus - why is the FBI seizing voter rolls relating to an election 6 years ago? And is this foreshadowing what could happen in November’s midterm elections?
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Donald Trump has just made his latest remarks on the cost of living and economy in Iowa. We’re there and unpack what he said.
The president is talking money but, of course, minds are still on Minneapolis. He’s a president still in the eye of that storm and in retreat.
How much, we’ll discuss.
Plus - ICE agents are going to the Winter Olympics in Milan. Yes, you read that right.
And calls to boycott the World Cup - they’re getting louder.
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The president seems to be changing tack in Minneapolis. He’s bringing in Tom Homan, his border tsar.
Out goes Border Patrol head Greg Bovino, who some say is now out of a job completely in the administration.
Why the climbdown? And is this the start of a lasting change to Trump’s ICE policy, or merely a moment of pause before it ramps back up again?
And - the president sits down for an interview with New York Magazine about his health.
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Just two weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent, another American civilian has been shot and killed. Alex Pretti - a 37 year old ICU nurse.
It’s a tragedy that has pitted the state against the federal government in a remarkable standoff.
We’re in Minneapolis.
On today’s episode - what happened, why did it happen, and what could happen next.
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Read David Blevins' piece on the situation in Minneapolis - and how it compares to Belfast during the Troubles, here.
A storm 2,000 miles long is set to dump two feet of snow on parts of the American east coast over the weekend.
Storm Trump’s blown through somewhere else - Davos. We go through every twist and turn of an incredible week in geopolitics, including an astounding speech by Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. We talk its implications.
Plus - the Board of Peace is unveiled. But is this just Donald Trump’s attempt to centre world politics around him?
And the Epstein files - remember them? Well there’s news for the Clintons, Bill and Hillary. They could be a step closer to jail. We explain why.
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After productive talks with NATO, the threat of tariffs on European countries who opposed Donald Trump's plan to purchase Greenland is being dropped by the US president.
It followed Donald Trump entering the lion's den in Davos, Switzerland. In a keynote speech he berated NATO and the institutions that have supported Western democracy for decades.
After this landmark speech - and enormous climbdown - what does this mean for the future of Greenland, and for NATO at large?
This Quick Take was recorded at 3pm ET, 8pm GMT.
Find out more about the mood at Davos on The World with Yaldka Hakim and Richard Engel. Their latest episode is here
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It’s been a year since Donald Trump’s return to the White House. In a lengthy briefing to mark the occasion, he laid out his achievements and ambitions - at the centre of it all is Greenland.
Trump refuses to rule out how far he is willing to go to secure it, and after posting an AI image of a US flag planted on Arctic ice, markets stumbled amid fears of a trade war with Europe. NATO, once again, is left hanging as Trump declines to give an unequivocal commitment to the alliance and hints everything is up for negotiation.
Martha, James and Mark reflect on what this moment tells us about Trump’s presidency and what a year back in power really looks like as he heads into year two.
And Mark’s additional analysis looking back at the last 12 months of Trump is available here.
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Over the weekend, the president threatened to increase tariffs on eight countries, including the UK, if they continue to oppose his demand to take control of Greenland.
Why the sudden escalation? Leaked texts between the Norwegian prime minister and the president may give us a bit of an insight.
And the Gaza Board of Peace begins to form.
The small price of $1bn to join the executive leading the future of the Gaza Strip, so says Donald Trump.
The people invited to join include the man wanted for war crimes in The Hague - Vladimir Putin.
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