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President-elect Donald J. Trump refused to rule out on Tuesday the use of military or economic coercion to force Panama to give up control of the canal that America built more than a century ago, and to force Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States.

In a rambling, hourlong news conference at his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump also reiterated his threat that “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if the hostages being held by Hamas are not released by Inauguration Day, repeating the threat four times.Here’s what to know
In an hourlong news conference, President-elect Donald J. Trump refused to rule out using military force to retake the Panama Canal, which was returned by treaty decades ago, and acquire Greenland, which Mr. Trump said was necessary for U.S. national security. Read more ›

Mr. Trump, speaking from Mar-a-Lago, his private club in South Florida, refused to say whether he would pardon Jan. 6 rioters, and instead pivoted to criticism of the F.B.I. In other comments, he delivered a hodgepodge of grievances and complaints, and repeatedly attacked President Biden, the special counsel Jack Smith and others.

In Florida, the federal judge who handled Mr. Trump’s classified documents case, Aileen M. Cannon, temporarily barred the public release of the special counsel’s final report on the investigation. In New York, an appellate court declined to halt Mr. Trump’s sentencing on his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal.