Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:55 PM ET, March 30, 2025

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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.”
RELATED:
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: Twitchy and Deadline
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
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.
Discussion: Axios and Cafe Hayek
RELATED:
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Americans want Trump's focus more on prices, not tariffs; most approve of deportation efforts — CBS News poll
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump's promised ‘Liberation Day’ of tariffs is coming. Here's what it could mean for you
Discussion: Reuters and Wall Street Journal
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 …
RELATED:
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
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 …
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
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 …
RELATED:
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
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 …
RELATED:
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history
Discussion: The Bulwark and Washington Post
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 …
RELATED:
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.
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 …
Discussion: Drezner's World and Rolling Stone
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
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.) …
New York Times:
‘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.
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.
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
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
Gregory R.C. Hasman / Albuquerque Journal:
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.
Discussion: Breitbart
NBC News:
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.
Discussion: The Guardian
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 11:55 PM ET, March 30, 2025.

View the current page or another snapshot:


Page version:
 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
Add your company here
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Jessica Hall / MarketWatch:
Agency for older adults and people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
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
Associated Press:
Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump's letter
 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
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Avery Lotz / Axios:
The Trump 2.0 resistance: Alive, but evolved
Discussion: Associated Press
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Media and tech stocks jump after Trump announced a 90-day tariff pause, with WBD closing up 17%+, Netflix up 8%+, Disney up 12%+, and Meta up 14%+

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
In an interview with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, James Cameron says he is cautiously optimistic about generative AI's role in filmmaking, including cutting costs

Richard Lawler / The Verge:
YouTube, the RIAA, and SAG-AFTRA express support for the reintroduced NO FAKES Act, which standardizes rules around making AI copies of a person's likeness

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page