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White House Weighs Helping Farmers as Trump Escalates Trade War — The Trump administration has discussed providing financial aid for farmers who may be subject to retaliation by America's trading partners. — Ahead of President Trump's plan to impose sweeping tariffs across the globe this week …
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El País and The Guardian
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A Special Election That Was Supposed to Be a Snoozer Is Suddenly Buzzing
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Christian Science Monitor, Florida Politics, USA Today and Raw Story

Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Set to Start With All Countries
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Axios, Fortune, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Cafe Hayek and Associated Press

There's One Problem With Trump's Tariffs: They Make Absolutely No Sense

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


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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France's far-right leader Le Pen sentenced to prison and banned from office in embezzlement trial — Le Pen may still appeal the four-year sentence, two years of it suspended, and five-year political ban, which came after she was found guilty of misusing $3 million to pay party staff.
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MeidasTouch News, The Guardian, UPI, KTVZ-TV and Al Jazeera


Marine Le Pen Could Be Banned From France Election if She's Found Guilty of Embezzlement
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Marine Le Pen Barred From 2027 French Presidency Run
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New York Times and 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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Musk Gives $1 Million Checks to Voters Amid Wisconsin Court Race
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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 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 …
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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
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Trump Says He's ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution
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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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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, Axios and New York Times


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


America's Future Is Hungary — MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he's left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished. — flashy hotels and upmarket restaurants now dominate the center of Budapest, a city once better known for its shabby facades.


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 …


Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks — The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Israeli forces.
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CBS News, KTVZ-TV, Reuters and Al Jazeera


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.


‘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 …


Scores of child-care centers at risk after Trump officials gut federal office — Child-care centers in federal buildings are at risk of lower quality and higher costs after the closure of the GSA office overseeing them. — Families with children enrolled in scores of child-care centers …


Where Do You Draw the Line? — While I concede the legality of the administration's move against Rumeysa Öztürk, I reject its morality and prudence. — Last year, a Turkish graduate student at Tufts University named Rumeysa Öztürk co-wrote an op-ed …