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5:30 AM ET, March 31, 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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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.
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.
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 The Independent
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 …
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.
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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 …
NBC News:
Trump says he's ‘very angry’ and ‘pissed off’ at Putin during an NBC News interview
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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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 …
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson  —  Officials confirmed that the headquarters had been damaged in a fire, which the Republican Party called a “deliberate act of arson.”  —  The headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico in Albuquerque …
Discussion: Associated Press and Twitchy
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Ashley Soular / Republican Party of New Mexico:
Deliberate Arson Targets GOP Headquarters in Albuquerque
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: Politico and New York Times
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
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 …
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.) …
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.
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: Reuters and Washington Examiner
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
Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Greenland's Prime Minister Says the U.S. Will Not ‘Get’ the Island  —  “We do not belong to anyone else,” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said in response to President Trump's latest assertion that he wants to annex the territory.  —  The United States will not take control of Greenland …
 
 
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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
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
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Neil Irwin / Axios:
The s-word rippling through Wall Street and Main Street
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: White House to take charge of briefing-room seating chart
 

 
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Rebecca Rubin / Variety:
A Minecraft Movie collects $157M at the US box office in its opening weekend, the biggest domestic debut of 2025 and best in history for a video game adaptation

Charles Martin / AppleInsider:
The BBC complains to the UK CMA that Apple and Google's news aggregators weaken its relationship with the public by downplaying the BBC branding

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Six Russian BBC journalists labeled “foreign agents” by Putin's regime speak on how it has impacted their lives, effectively banishing them from their homeland

 
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