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10:45 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.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Says He's ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution  —  President Trump, in an interview with NBC News, said there were “methods” that would allow a third term.  The 22nd Amendment prohibits a person from being elected to more than two terms as president.
Discussion: Reuters and The Independent
Emma Colton / Fox News:   Trump teases running for a third term: ‘Not joking’
Riley Beggin / USA Today:
Trump says he's ‘not joking’ about possibly running for a third term - even though he can't
Discussion: Deadline
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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Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Reciprocal Tariffs Set to Start With All Countries
Discussion: Reuters and Cafe Hayek
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump's promised ‘Liberation Day’ of tariffs is coming. Here's what it could mean for you
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Waltz Is Losing Support Inside the White House  —  Although Trump decided not to fire his national security adviser over the Signal group chat, Waltz's position is tenuous, officials say  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has decided for now not to fire his national security adviser …
Discussion: New York Times and Axios
Associated Press:
Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him  —  Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast …
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 …
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 …
Ashley Soular / Republican Party of New Mexico:
Deliberate Arson Targets GOP Headquarters in Albuquerque  —  Early this morning, the entryway of the Republican Party of New Mexico's headquarters in Albuquerque was destroyed in a deliberate act of arson which also included spray painting the words ‘ICE=KKK.’ This horrific attack …
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Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson
Discussion: Associated Press and Twitchy
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Republican Party of New Mexico says headquarters was targeted in “deliberate act of arson”
Discussion: Townhall
Wall Street Journal:
The Democrats Who Are Fighting—and Winning—Against Trump in Court  —  State attorneys general have brought 11 lawsuits against the president and his administration; strategy carries political risk  —  As Democrats struggle to find their bearings after President Trump's return to the White House …
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CNN:
Trump is using the power of government to punish opponents. They're struggling to respond
Discussion: New York Times
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.
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Trump's Latest Bid to Rewrite Reality  —  WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, I won an award that I didn't understand, named for someone I'd never heard of: the Peter Goldin Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature.  —  I still don't know who Peter Goldin was, but I like to think the award must …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history
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.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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Ilya Somin / Reason:
Universities Should Challenge Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court  —  The Trump administration has been detaining and trying to deport immigrant and foreign students for their First-Amendment protected speech.  That includes even speech that does not even support terrorism …
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
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump calls ‘never ending’ Signal leak story ‘old and boring,’ blasts media  —  President Trump slammed the media for its “never ending” coverage of the Signal group chat leak, calling it “old and boring.”  —  In a post Sunday on Truth Social, Trump praised Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) …
Discussion: NBC News, Mediaite and Associated Press
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Marine Le Pen Could Be Banned From France Election if She's Found Guilty of Embezzlement  —  A verdict Monday in an embezzlement trial is seen as a test of the country's democracy — and the rule of law.  —  Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has tried and failed three times to become 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.
Axios:
Scoop: Trump to visit Saudi Arabia in May for first foreign trip, sources say  —  President Trump is planning to travel to Saudi Arabia in mid-May on his first foreign trip since returning to the White House, two U.S. officials and a source with knowledge of the president's travel said.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reuters
Jessica Hall / MarketWatch:
Agency for older adults and people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts  —  Former head of agency sees the closure of the Administration for Community Living as an attack on vulnerable populations  —  With the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services …
 
 
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Gregory R.C. Hasman / Albuquerque Journal:
AFR, feds investigate ‘arson’ after part of GOP NM headquarters set on fire
Discussion: Breitbart
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
Haaretz:
In Gaza, Almost Every IDF Platoon Keeps a Human Shield, a Sub-army of Palestinian Slaves
Discussion: New York Post
Kenan Malik / The Guardian:
Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets
 Earlier Items: 
The Harvard Crimson:
More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students
Discussion: Axios
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
‘This is all wholly preventable,’ former Covid chief says of measles outbreak
Washington Post:
DOGE wants businesses to run government services ‘as much as possible’
Discussion: New York Post, KTVZ-TV and The Hill
Neil Irwin / Axios:
The s-word rippling through Wall Street and Main Street
Avery Lotz / Axios:
The Trump 2.0 resistance: Alive, but evolved
Discussion: Associated Press
 

 
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David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW:
President Trump directs the DOJ to investigate former CISA director Chris Krebs, who was fired after he contradicted Trump's baseless 2020 election fraud claims

 
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