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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students' Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University's Knowledge  —  In a developing story, it appears the Trump administration is quietly targeting even more students for deportation and doing so in a way that is taking universities and the students themselves completely by surprise.

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,” …

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 …

A Competitive Race for Mike Waltz's Seat Rattles Republicans  —  Democrats are hoping to do better in Florida's Sixth District than they did in November, when President Trump won it by 30 points.  —  Frank Curnow, a retired Navy veteran, had a question for the Republican Party volunteers …

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.

(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 …

‘Never been done’: Why Republicans might approve a budget whose numbers don't match up  —  The planned House vs. Senate split sidesteps a thorny political problem but sets up a tricky path forward.  —  President Donald Trump wants action now, unity later, on his legislative agenda.

A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew  —  It might surprise some people that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politics' most dynamic progressive icon, wishes Democrats would stop thinking “that the power struggle within the party is between progressives and moderates,” as she told me recently.

Trump quickly works to consolidate power and muzzle dissenting voices  —  From law firms and universities to the arts and the press, Trump has targeted these independent actors and tried to bend them to his worldview — willingly or not.  —  WASHINGTON — Moving at a rapid-fire clip …

Infantilizing the Military  —  Hegseth is now purging military libraries  —  It is fair to say that Pete Hegseth did not get to where he is today by reading, or considering all sides of a topic.  He shoots from the hip.  He calls it like it is.  He posts war plans on group chats.

Wisconsin and, Strangely, Alabama  —  Everything old is new again.  Not just racism and misogyny, but also voter suppression and dirty politics.  —  The April 1 Wisconsin Supreme Court election is high stakes.  In addition to the Supreme Court justice vote, it offers Wisconsin voters …

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 …

White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say  —  A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him …

The Secret History of the War in Ukraine  —  This is the untold story of America's hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia's invading armies.  —  On a spring morning two months after Vladimir Putin's invading armies marched into Ukraine, a convoy of unmarked cars slid …

Trump seeks takeover of elections in a bid for more presidential power  —  Rooted in the president's false claims of election fraud, Trump's executive order is illustrative of governing through dictates rather than legislation.  —  Just now  —  Almost no part of government is immune …

Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets  —  Arrests, blacklists and deportations are chilling reminders of the red scare that transformed America  —  'Gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that goes into the finding and getting of it.

After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis … It had been six days since Joy Marver was locked out of her office at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, five days since she checked herself into a hospital for emergency psychiatric care, and two days since …