The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S.

Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base in April 2023 to “recognize Greenlandic cultural heritage,” and the site continues to handle missile defense, space surveillance and a system that detects ballistic missiles before they fly near U.S. soil.

Vice President JD Vance will travel to Greenland this week, including a stop at Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. Defense Department's northernmost installation and its only outpost on the island.

Nestled above the 76th parallel in northwestern Greenland, Pituffik Space Base is one of the most remote military installations on Earth.

The trip was both a reconnaissance mission and a passive-aggressive reminder of President Trump’s determination to fulfill his territorial ambitions, no matter the obstacles.

Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance will visit Pituffik Space Base, the US military's base in Greenland dating back to World War II.

Vice President JD Vance on Friday visited a U.S. military base In Greenland, describing the importance of the island to U.S. security and how Denmark is "not doing a good job at keeping Greenland safe.

After initial plans for a visit from American officials were met with a backlash, Friday’s trip has been limited to a stop at a remote military base.

For months, President Trump has said he wants to take control of Greenland as a U.S. territory and refused to rule out force. But Vice President JD Vance used a much more conciliatory tone than his boss during a visit there.

President Donald Trump reiterated his desire Friday to control Greenland, telling reporters in the Oval Office that it’s needed “for international security.” His remarks came as Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance visited the semiautonomous territory.

Federal judges dealt twin blows to President Trump’s retaliation campaign on Friday by issuing temporary restraining orders blocking much of his executive orders targeting two major law firms that participated in investigations of him,

Denmark on Saturday said it did not like the "tone" of US Vice President JD Vance comments that Copenhagen had not done enough for Greenland during a visit to the

The United States will not get Greenland, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday in a post on Facebook in response to Donald Trump's desire to take control of the vast Arctic country. (Reporting by Stine Jacobsen;

Politicians in Greenland and Denmark have firmly rejected the idea, but the U.S. administration appears undeterred, so how could a U.S. takeover play out?

The prime minister of Greenland pushed back Sunday against assertions by U.S. President Donald Trump that America will take control of the island territory. Greenland, a huge, resource-rich island in the Atlantic,

One of Greenland’s national pastimes was nearly hijacked this week after the White House said the Second Lady would attend. She didn’t. But a lot of people talked about this as the mushers did their work.

JD Vance talks about the retreat of Europe from some of its most basic values, but democratic values are eroding across the world. A Danish book from 1945 explains why.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will visit Greenland on April 2-4 for talks with the semi-autonomous territory's new government, she said on Saturday, amid U.S. interest in taking control of the Arctic island.

Updates and the latest news as JD Vance visits Greenland and Trump swears in his former lawyer Alina Habba as U.S. attorney for New Jersey.

President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland highlights the island’s growing strategic value, from rare earth mineral wealth to its role in Arctic defense.

A day after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the old, bilateral relationship between Canada and the United States was over, he and President Trump had a conversation that both men described as "productive.