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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman. President Trump says he won't use the U.S. military to invade Greenland. He spoke today to delegates at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Trump asked for immediate negotiations on Greenland but didn't sound optimistic. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?

Now everyone's saying, oh, good. That's probably the biggest statement I made because people thought I would use force. I don't have to use force. I don't want to use force. I won't use force. But later in Trump's speech, he also said Europe can either say yes on Greenland and the U.S. will be grateful or they can refuse and, quote, we will remember. There were gasps in the auditorium when Trump jabbed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Yesterday, Carney said when countries like his negotiate with a hegemon, they do it from weak. Carney says countries that negotiate like this are essentially acting as though they're sovereign nations, but they're accepting subordination. Stocks opened higher this morning as the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Trump can fire a member of the Federal Reserve's governing board. MPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow climbed 340 points. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell was set to be in the audience as the Supreme Court

weighs arguments on the president's power to remove Fed governors. By design, the central bank's supposed to be insulated from political pressure. Pals accused the Trump administration of trying to drive Fed policy through intimidation. Berkshire Hathaway appears to be ready to unload its stake in Kraft Hines. The giant foodmaker was one of Warren Buffett's less successful investments. Berkshire owns about 28 percent of Kraft Hines, which announced plans last fall to split in two. And discount airline Ryanair is dismissing Elon Musk's suggestion he might buy the company after dispute over installing Starlink Wi-Fi on Ryan Air Jets. Non-European. are prohibited from owning a majority stake.

Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. Doctors in Minnesota are sounding the alarm about federal immigration agents and hospitals. From Minnesota Public Radio, Erica Zurich reports some patients are worried about being targeted in medical facilities. Physicians are voicing concerns for patients as thousands of federal officers have poured into the state. Dr. Aaron Stevens is the legislative chair for Minnesota's section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She says the presence of ICE agents intimidates patients and obstructs access to care. Many of our patients' undocumented immigrants, naturalized citizens and U.S.-born citizens alike, fear leaving their homes for access to health care.

They express to us a feeling of being hunted. Stevens says that some patients are giving birth alone, while others are missing, canceling, or postponing prenatal care appointments. For NPR News, I'm Erica Zurich in Minneapolis. On Wall Street, the Dow was up 320 points. NASDAQ is up 170. This is NPR. A conservative group is suing the Los Angeles Unified School District. The plaintiffs claim that policies intended to address the harms of segregation in schools hurt students who were white. The federal lawsuit claims students of color get smaller class sizes and other benefits.

The Los Angeles School District has not commented on the lawsuit, but the district says it is committed to ensuring all students have meaningful access to services and education. A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that over the last decade, Catholicism in Latin America has declined sharply. Alehe Herzler-McKane of Religion News Service has more. The largest Latin American countries are now only two-thirds Catholic. In some, like Brazil, Catholic adults make up less than half the population. This represents a significant decrease over the last 10 years. That's largely because many Latin Americans are becoming religiously unaffiliated. But being unaffiliated doesn't mean they don't believe in God or pray daily.

They actually report doing both at almost the same rate as European Christians. Latin American Pentecostals have been an important demographic politically. Their support has been linked to conservative success. But Pugh's data shows that now a smaller share of Latin American Protestants are Pentecostal as compared to a decade ago. For NPR News, I'm Aleja Hertzler-McCain. Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance have announced that they are expecting a baby in July. This will be the Vance's fourth child. The Vice President says it will be a boy. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, from Washington.