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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's Threats to the Constitution Are Happening in Real Time, Not (Just) in a Third Term — There is no doubt in my mind that the intent of the Trump team is to retain power indefinitely, via whatever means. — To fight that effectively, you should focus your action and words …


Trump calls ‘never ending’ Signal leak story ‘old and boring,’ blasts media
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Trump Says He's ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution
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Trump teases running for a third term: ‘Not joking’
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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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Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Set to Start With All Countries
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There's One Problem With Trump's Tariffs: They Make Absolutely No Sense

White House Weighs Helping Farmers as Trump Escalates Trade War
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El País and The Guardian

Goldman Sachs sees Trump tariffs spiking inflation, stunting growth and raising recession risks

Trump Says He 'Couldn't Care Less' if Auto Tariffs Raise Car Prices in the U.S.
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Le Pen Barred From French Presidential Run After Embezzlement Ruling — The court decision barred the far-right leader Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years, jeopardizing her plans for the 2027 election. She can appeal. — Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader …
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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 …


Tariffs, electoral turbulence and the Trump agenda … There'll be action on tariffs, elections and Trump's legislative agenda. And an already nervous Wall Street will be watching closely. — First up, the House GOP leadership plans to use the House Rules Committee today to quash Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's …
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Senate GOP races toward vote on Trump agenda blueprint
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A Special Election That Was Supposed to Be a Snoozer Is Suddenly Buzzing
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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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Musk Gives $1 Million Checks to Voters Amid Wisconsin Court Race — Elon Musk campaigned on Sunday in Green Bay for a state Supreme Court candidate he has spent lavishly to support — but who did not attend his event. — He brought a billionaire friend, $1 million checks and a Packers cheesehead hat.
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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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Today's Edition Newsletter, New York Times and Axios


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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136. Setting the Record Straight on the Anti-Trump Injunctions — Welcome back to “One First,” a weekly newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us. — Every Monday morning, I'll be offering an update on goings-on at the Court ("On the Docket"); …


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 …
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The Guardian and San Diego Union-Tribune


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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‘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 …, One Must Needs Be Slippery … and Talking Points Memo


‘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.


As Trump Squeezes the Immigrant Work Force, Employers Seek Relief — Businesses that rely on immigrants are pushing for legislation to ensure an adequate, legal flow of laborers from abroad as deportations ramp up. — In recent weeks, managers of the nation's resorts, plant nurseries …


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 …
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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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Fire at New Mexico Republican Party Headquarters Being Investigated as Arson
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