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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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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.
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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.


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.
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Reuters and The Independent

Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term as president
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CBS News, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The Hill, One America News Network, The Gateway Pundit and The Independent


Trump Says Reciprocal Tariffs Set to Start With All Countries — President Donald Trump said he plans to start his reciprocal tariff push with “all countries,” tamping down speculation that he could limit the initial scope of tariffs set to be unveiled April 2.
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Axios and Cafe Hayek
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Americans want Trump's focus more on prices, not tariffs; most approve of deportation efforts — CBS News poll
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Business Insider, Breitbart, New York Post, RedState, Townhall, The Post Millennial, Washington Examiner, Axios, The Independent, Eschaton, PoliticusUSA, Scripps News, Forbes, The Hill and Mediaite

Trump Says He 'Couldn't Care Less' if Car Prices Go Up
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Quartz, Cafe Hayek, Fortune, Raw Story, USA Today, Scripps News and Washington Post

Trump Says He 'Couldn't Care Less' if Auto Tariffs Raise Car Prices in the U.S.
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Reuters, The Independent, KTVZ-TV, The Daily Wire, New York Post and Fox Business


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 …
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The Detroit News, Politico, Business Insider, Townhall, The Hill, WTMJ, Associated Press, Daily Mail and The Gateway Pundit
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Musk Says ‘Destiny of Humanity’ Rests on Wisconsin Judicial Race — “What's happening on Tuesday is a vote for which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives,” Elon Musk told a crowd in Green Bay. “That is why it is so significant.” — Elon Musk framed Tuesday's election …
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Washington Examiner, RedState and New York Post


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 …
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New York Times and Axios


‘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 …


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 …
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i shall wear …, Talking Points Memo, One Must Needs Be Slippery … and The Herald-Times


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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Must Read Alaska, The Post Millennial, Axios, New York Post, RedState, The Hill, The National Pulse, UPI, Fox News, KTVZ-TV, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
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Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson
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Associated Press and Twitchy

Republican Party of New Mexico says headquarters was targeted in “deliberate act of arson”
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Townhall


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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Newsbusters and The Philadelphia Inquirer
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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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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.
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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 …
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Drezner's World and Rolling Stone


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.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money


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.) …
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Washington Examiner, NBC News, Mediaite and Associated Press


‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status — The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already approved for entry before President Trump took office. But Mr. Trump is making one exception.


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.
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The Guardian, Reuters and “Relentless” Newsletter


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.
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To the Contrary, Bloomberg and Vox


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.
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Washington Examiner and Reuters


AFR, feds investigate ‘arson’ after part of GOP NM headquarters set on fire — The Republican Party of New Mexico's entryway was destroyed by what party chairwoman Amy Barela described as a “deliberate act of arson” in a news release Sunday morning. — It is unclear if there are any suspects.
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Breitbart


Goldberg says it's ‘not true’ that he and Waltz never spoke prior to Signal leak: Full interview — In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, disputes the idea he had never met national security adviser Mike Waltz before being added to a Signal chat with top government officials.
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The Guardian