Kim Hjelmgaard
@khjelmgaard.bsky.social
International at USA TODAY. Underdogs, mostly.
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...
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
YouTube video by The New York Times
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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!)
Will Carless, USA TODAY@willcarless.bsky.social · 11mo agoWatch EXTREMELY NORMAL here. Young men who follow influencer Andrew Tate say his videos help them build confidence, discipline & motivation Experts warn the content mixes self-help with toxic masculinity and can expose vulnerable youth to extremist ideas www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoC7...
‘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...
‘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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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...
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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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...
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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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...
'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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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...)
'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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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.
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
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...
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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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.
"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...
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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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...
'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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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...
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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“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-...
The secret sauce of Chinese social media apps
Addictive algorithms fuse social networking with shopping and entertainment.
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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...
Scoop: Trump orders key government agency to cancel all media contracts
Trump is targeting the federal government's media subscriptions.
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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.
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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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.
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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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...
'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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