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Kim Hjelmgaard

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International at USA TODAY. Underdogs, mostly.

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Malachy Browne @malachy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...
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Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
YouTube video by The New York Times
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Will Carless, USA TODAY @willcarless.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Yesterday, @usatoday.com launched the first episode of EXTREMELY NORMAL, focused on the Manosphere. I’m extremely proud of this short documentary and hope you will give it 17 mins of your time. (Especially if you’re a parent!)
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Will Carless, USA TODAY @willcarless.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
‘It's like dopamine.’ Looking for role models, troubled young men find Andrew Tate. My latest with @khjelmgaard.bsky.social looks at the world of the Manosphere and online toxic masculinity and how it is impacting a whole generation of boys and men: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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‘It's like dopamine.’ Looking for role models, troubled young men find Andrew Tate.
Influencers in what is known as the “Manosphere” spread fitness and lifestyle advice alongside misogyny and anti-feminist rhetoric.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Is the U.S. running a secret operation in Greenland? I hopped on The Excerpt podcast to discuss some of the latest news this week. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
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Vance says Trump doesn't want long-term occupation of American cities
Vice President JD Vance sat down with USA TODAY for an exclusive interview Wednesday. Two children were killed in a Minneapolis church shooting. USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard ...
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Before talk of hush-money payments or election subversion, before his exec orders were subject to Supreme Court challenges, before he was president: on a wild and windswept stretch of beach in Scotland, Donald Trump the businessman was accused of being a bad neighbor www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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Trump's golf trip to Scotland reopens old wounds for some of his neighbors
Trump isn't widely liked among Scots despite his family ties and golf resort investments, surveys show. He's liked even less by some of his neighbors.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Former bricklayer. Political influencer. Would-be mining consultant. Traitor, some say − especially the guy who slugged him in the face in a Nuuk dive bar. Meet Trump's No. 1 fan and MAGA representative in Greenland, which Trump has vowed to 'get' www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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'Che Guevara of Greenland': An evening with Trump's Arctic 'son'
A 51-year-old former bricklayer may be the most fervent supporter of Trump in the entire Arctic. But it's not always easy being Jorgen Boassen.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Greenland - its music, then and now - makes @usatoday.com 's front page.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
My story, through a music frame, on how Greenland's isolated Inuit culture finds itself exposed to the world just as President Donald Trump pushes to take over the Arctic territory. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w... (ps. includes a Greenland playlist) open.spotify.com/playlist/391...)
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'Crazy beautiful place with dark side': Greenland, but not as you know it
Greenland's relatively isolated indigenous culture finds itself increasingly exposed to the world just as Trump pushes to take over the territory.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
1/2 3.67% + nearing 90%. Those are the key metrics to know about Iran's uranium enrichment. The first number was the level the UN's nuclear watchdog (IAEA) verified Iran was enriching at around the time Trump, in his first term, pulled the US out of the JCPOA (nuclear) deal.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Because Trump: Who'd be an American in Greenland these days? My special report on how the White House's interest in Greenland is looming over its tourism industry as the first direct flights from the U.S. get underway. Digital + print (also icebergs + dog sleds). lnkd.in/gwATP8H7
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
An American in Greenland. Who'd be one? The icebergs and sled dogs are OK with it. My story from Ilulissat and Nuuk on how the rest of the Greenlanders feel about it. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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Greenland isn't for sale. Despite Trump, it wants Americans to visit. Are they?
As Trump vows to "get Greenland," direct flights from the U.S. are starting − on his birthday. Who will visit? What kind of reception will they get?
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I'm a reporter for USA TODAY. Thinking of traveling to Greenland? If you're an American tourist and are willing to speak with me about your plans, please email me on khjelmgaard@usatoday.com, or send a direct message via WhatsApp or Signal on +44 78 1578 5489. Thanks.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
"Like a Christmas tree bedecked with shiny ornaments of every shape and size." This well done story by @ewong.bsky.social demonstrates that if you are secretary of everything you may also effectively be secretary of nothing. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
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Marco Rubio Adds a New Title Under Trump: Interim National Security Adviser
The former senator from Florida is now the head of four government bodies. He has outdone Henry Kissinger and even Xi Jinping, China’s leader, who has only three main titles.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The data, anecdotes and patterns are clear: Trump's America, his policies and talk, from immigration to tariffs, are causing foreign travelers, students, academics, business leaders and lawmakers to question whether the U.S. they knew and admired has lost its shine. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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'Dark undertone': For some overseas, new policies are changing how they view the U.S.
Trump says his policies will make the US safer and richer, and preserve American culture and values. How is that playing overseas?
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The Vances are heading to Greenland. On today's episode of USA TODAY's The Excerpt, I explain why their itinerary shifted and what's next for the Trump administration's plans for the island. art19.com/shows/5-thin...
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Trump withdraws Stefanik's nomination as UN ambassador
USA TODAY Congress Reporter Riley Beggin takes a closer look at President Donald Trump's withdrawal of Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination as UN ambassador, and what it tells us about growing concerns fr...
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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Why Usha Vance's Greenland adventure got derailed by a dogsled race across ice and snow
Usha Vance had been set to visit Greenland to see cultural sites, including a major dogsled race - the Avannaata Qimussersua. Not now. What happened?
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
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'One way or the other': Five ways Trump's Greenland saga could play out
Officials in Greenland and Denmark insist the world's largest island isn't for sale. Is President Donald Trump hearing them? Does it matter?
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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USAID cuts fallout: Wasted food, 'free-for-all' ISIS camps, less HIV prevention
Elon Musk said he would put USAID in a woodchipper. The agency's top watchdog was fired after criticizing the plan.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Løs Ångeles.
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Rest of World @restofworld.org · 07/02/2025
“American social platforms were born as extensions of our TV or newspaper industries. Chinese tech platforms seem much more influenced by e-commerce. They’re playing different games.” — @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-...
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The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps
Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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Analysis | The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending
Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 07/02/2025
Not that anything like this can surprise me any more but it is wild that the right has managed to spin government agencies subscribing to news outlets that cover the stuff they work on as some kind of left-wing conspiracy. www.axios.com/2025/02/06/t...
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Scoop: Trump orders key government agency to cancel all media contracts
Trump is targeting the federal government's media subscriptions.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Agam Berger may be freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza tomorrow. Here's my in-depth story with her family from a few months back.
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Their 20-year-old is a hostage in Gaza. Here's what they know about her condition.
Hamas launched the largest-ever attack on Israeli soil a year ago. It's been a year of intolerable fear and anxiety for Israel's Oct. 7 hostage families.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
New from me. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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'I just want to hug him': Israel's hostages may finally come home. Families can't wait
Hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are expected to be freed in a ceasefire deal with Israel. Palestinian prisoners held in Israel will also be freed.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
A ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas. What's that mean going forward? I discuss on today's episode of The Excerpt from @usatoday.com.
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Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire, hostage release
USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard breaks down what a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas means for the conflict going forward. President Joe Biden says farewell to the nation. USA ...
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
A joke or serious threat? Greenlanders aren't quite sure what to make of Trump's interest in purchasing the Arctic territory. They don't want to become Americans. Many don't want to be part of Denmark, either. Here's what they told me. www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
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'Buy us!': Greenlanders shocked, intrigued, bewildered by Trump zeal for Arctic territory
A staged joke or serious threat? Trump seems intent on controlling a territory that's been part of the Danish crown since 1830. Here's how Greenland feels.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
A dispatch from the department of government efficiency. Argentina's. restofworld.org/2024/buenos-.... @restofworld.org is a great outlet/news operation
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Courts in Buenos Aires are using ChatGPT to draft rulings
Generative AI is replacing a successful AI project that drafted legal rulings. Experts worry about data privacy, ethical quandaries, and the need for specialized training.
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The Mexico Brief @themexicobrief.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thanks @usatoday.com for featuring us in coverage of Trump’s tariffs plan. “This is less a policy declaration than a move to stir up more trouble among bickering allies… to extract even more concessions from Mexico and Canada on China.” eu.usatoday.com/story/news/w... @khjelmgaard.bsky.social
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'Counter to facts and reality': China, Mexico, Canada respond to Trump tariff threats
Trump says he will sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada and a 10% tariff on those from China.
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Kim Hjelmgaard @khjelmgaard.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Trump. His bros. The overseas ones. World leaders.
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'My favorite president': Donald Trump and the art of rekindling world leader bromances
Young males helped propel Donald Trump to the presidency. Older ones who run countries overseas may look to him for their populist agendas.
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