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7:30 PM ET, March 30, 2025

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NBC News:
Trump won't rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so  —  President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
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NBC News:
Trump says he's ‘very angry’ and ‘pissed off’ at Putin during an NBC News interview  —  Trump said in an early-morning phone call that if he believes Russia is at fault for a ceasefire not being reached with Ukraine, he may impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil.
Luke Garrett / NPR:
Trump is ‘not joking’ about third term, though Constitution says he can't serve  —  President Trump said “there are methods” that would allow him to serve a third term in office — despite the two-term limit mandated by the Constitution.  —  His remarks came during a wide-ranging phone interview with NBC News on Sunday.
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term as president  —  President Donald Trump said Sunday that “I'm not joking” about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends in early 2029.
Emma Colton / Fox News:   Trump teases running for a third term: ‘Not joking’
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Americans want Trump's focus more on prices, not tariffs; most approve of deportation efforts — CBS News poll  —  After a week that brought tough economic news and polling showing Americans' views of the economy are still sour, most say President Trump has focused too much on tariffs …
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Adam Wren / Politico:   Playbook: Biden world braces for book storm
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson  —  Officials confirmed that the headquarters had been damaged in a fire, which the Republican Party called a “deliberate act of arson.”  —  The headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico in Albuquerque …
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Republican Party of New Mexico says headquarters was targeted in “deliberate act of arson”
Discussion: Townhall
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: White House to take charge of briefing-room seating chart  —  The White House plans to impose its own seating chart for reporters in the briefing room in coming weeks, taking over a function long managed by the reporters themselves through the White House Correspondents' Association.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge  —  For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in the heart of coal country.
New York Times:
For God's Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump  —  President Trump this month issued an executive order clearly intended to destroy the venerable law firm Perkins Coie, a firm that has zealously represented clients large and small for more than a century.
Discussion: To the Contrary, Bloomberg and Vox
CNN:
Trump is using the power of government to punish opponents.  They're struggling to respond  —  President Donald Trump is using the power of the federal government to intimidate or neuter potential sources of opposition to him: The legal establishment, academia and prominent cultural institutions …
Discussion: New York Times
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NBC News:   Trump quickly works to consolidate power and muzzle dissenting voices
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump seeks takeover of elections in a bid for more presidential power
Discussion: Slate
Associated Press:
Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump's letter  —  Iran's president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran's first response to a letter …
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Reuters:
Trump says “there will be bombing” if Iran does not make nuclear deal
Discussion: Crikey, RedState and Politico
Joe Lofaro / CTV News:
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation  —  A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.  Dr. Joanne Liu, the former international president …
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow  —  Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing  —  Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow.  I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016.
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado … A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed …
Neil Irwin / Axios:
The s-word rippling through Wall Street and Main Street  —  Economic growth has flatlined so far this year.  Inflation has picked up.  And consumers expect both to get worse in the months ahead.  —  Why it matters: For the moment, it adds up to Wall Street's least-favorite “s-word,” …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
UAW president: ‘Deplorable’ that Trump stripped union rights for federal workers  —  United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said it is “deplorable” that President Trump moved to strip union rights from federal workers.  —  Fain joined CBS News's “Face the Nation” on Sunday …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
The Trump 2.0 resistance: Alive, but evolved  —  The resistance of 2025 may not be wearing a pink knitted cap — but it's alive in town halls, streets, campuses and car dealerships across the country.  —  The big picture: If the 2017 Women's March heralded a new era of protest, so too …
Discussion: Associated Press
Washington Post:
DOGE wants businesses to run government services ‘as much as possible’  —  Elon Musk's effort is pushing privatization — a longtime goal for conservatives and for Silicon Valley alike — across federal agencies  —  Mail delivery.  Real estate.  Foreign aid grants.
Discussion: New York Post, KTVZ-TV and The Hill
Kim Na-young / Yonhap News Agency:
(2nd LD) Trade chiefs of S. Korea, China, Japan discuss advancing trade cooperation at three-way meeting  —  Kim Na-young  —  (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 7-9, 12-15)  —  The top trade officials of South Korea, China and Japan on Sunday discussed bolstering trade cooperation among …
Discussion: Reuters, Bloomberg and Kyodo News+
Haaretz:
In Gaza, Almost Every IDF Platoon Keeps a Human Shield, a Sub-army of Palestinian Slaves  —  Innocent Palestinians are regularly forced by soldiers to enter houses in Gaza to make sure there are no terrorists or explosives.  So why is the IDF's Military Police Criminal Investigation Division opening …
Discussion: New York Post
The Harvard Crimson:
More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students  —  Roughly 70 percent of Harvard Law School's professors accused the federal government of exacting retribution on lawyers and law firms for representing clients and causes opposed by President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Jessica Hall / MarketWatch:
Agency for older adults and people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
White House to remove magnolia tree dating to Andrew Jackson
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
NBC News:
Goldberg says it's ‘not true’ that he and Waltz never spoke prior to Signal leak: Full interview
Discussion: The Guardian
CBS News:
Transcript: Sue Gordon and Frank McKenzie on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” March 30, 2025
Kenan Malik / The Guardian:
Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
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Politico:
‘Never been done’: Why Republicans might approve a budget whose numbers don't match up
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
 

 
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