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7:20 AM ET, March 31, 2025

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Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg:
Marine Le Pen Barred From 2027 French Presidency Run  —  Far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and barred from running to be France's next president in a verdict that reshapes the nation's political landscape.  —  Judges at the Paris criminal court found Le Pen …
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New York Times:
Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement by French Court  —  The ruling could complicate her plans to run for president in 2027.  —  Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday, jeopardizing her plans to compete in France's 2027 presidential election.
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He 'Couldn't Care Less' if Car Prices Go Up  —  If 25% tariff on imported vehicles makes foreign cars more expensive, president says, that would boost sales of U.S.-made vehicles  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said he “couldn't care less” if foreign automakers raise their prices …
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Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump's 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.
Jason Furman / New York Times:
There's One Problem With Trump's Tariffs: They Make Absolutely No Sense
Discussion: Fortune
Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Weighs Helping Farmers as Trump Escalates Trade War
Discussion: El País and The Guardian
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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Luke Garrett / NPR:   Trump is ‘not joking’ about third term, though Constitution says he can't serve
Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term as president
Emma Colton / Fox News:   Trump teases running for a third term: ‘Not joking’
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 …
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 …
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Musk Gives $1 Million Checks to Voters Amid Wisconsin Court Race
Discussion: Axios
John F. Harris / Politico:
The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will  —  The lessons we can take from how easily institutions have folded to Trump's remarkable revenge campaign.  —  One after another, a parade of the wealthiest and most elite institutions in American life since …
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Wall Street Journal:   The Democrats Who Are Fighting—and Winning—Against Trump in Court
CNN:
Trump is using the power of government to punish opponents. They're struggling to respond
Discussion: New York Times
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Senate GOP races toward vote on Trump agenda blueprint  —  Senate Republicans are racing to consider a compromise budget resolution as they look to advance President Trump's legislative agenda, with a vote potentially taking place this week.  —  House and Senate Republicans each adopted …
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Politico:   Senate GOP to start moving budget plan as soon as Wednesday
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 …
Discussion: Newsbusters
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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history
Discussion: The Bulwark
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 …
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.
Axios:
American progress in peril  —  The U.S. is freezing research funding, canceling projects, firing thousands of federal scientists and creating an atmosphere of uncertainty that scientists warn could slam the brakes on progress.  —  Why it matters: America has enjoyed decades of dominance …
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Universities Should Challenge Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court [Updated]  —  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 actually support terrorism …
Discussion: Drezner's World
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
Financial Times:
Why Norway is edging towards a fresh EU membership bid  —  Also in this newsletter: Ireland's pharma industry braces itself for Donald Trump's tariffs  —  Good morning.  The political future of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen could be decided today, with a court set to rule on whether …
Don Bacon / New York Times:
I'm a Republican Who Still Supports Ukraine.  America Must Not Give In to Putin.  —  Three years on, the war for Ukraine continues to burn, consuming lives and the wealth of nations.  The diplomatic rupture last month in the Oval Office beamed live around the world ignited a fierce debate …
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.) …
 
 
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Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
As Trump Squeezes the Immigrant Work Force, Employers Seek Relief
Michael I. Kotlikoff / New York Times:
Universities Should Not be Afraid of Contentious Ideas
Axios:
Scoop: Trump to visit Saudi Arabia in May for first foreign trip, sources say
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Examiner
Gregory R.C. Hasman / Albuquerque Journal:
AFR, feds investigate ‘arson’ after part of GOP NM headquarters set on fire
Discussion: Breitbart and Townhall
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Goldberg says it's ‘not true’ that he and Waltz never spoke prior to Signal leak: Full interview
Discussion: The Guardian
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
Associated Press:
Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump's letter
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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Yun Li / CNBC:
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