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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.
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Reuters:
Trump says “there will be bombing” if Iran does not make nuclear deal  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened Iran with bombings and secondary tariffs if Tehran did not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear program.  —  In a telephone interview with NBC News …
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump's promised ‘Liberation Day’ of tariffs is coming.  Here's what it could mean for you  —  President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” — a moment when he plans to roll out a set of tariffs that he promises will free the United States from foreign goods.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and USA Today
David Cohen / Politico:
Former leader of Denmark: ‘We have stood side by side with America for decades’  —  Helle Thorning-Schmidt doesn't understand all the nasty language.  —  A former prime minister of Denmark said Sunday she is befuddled by President Donald Trump's attitude toward her country and its territory of Greenland …
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Adam Wren / Politico:   Playbook: Biden world braces for book storm
NBC News:
Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if automakers raise prices due to tariffs, says he believes it will make people buy American-made cars
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if auto prices rise because of his tariffs
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if auto prices rise because of tariffs
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
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.
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.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump seeks takeover of elections in a bid for more presidential power  —  Rooted in the president's false claims of election fraud, Trump's executive order is illustrative of governing through dictates rather than legislation.  —  Just now  —  Almost no part of government is immune …
Discussion: Slate
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NBC News:   Trump quickly works to consolidate power and muzzle dissenting voices
Associated Press:
Trump roars down multiple paths of retribution as he vowed. Some targets yield while others fight
Discussion: Business Insider and masslive.com
Neil Irwin / Axios:
The s-word rippling through Wall Street and Main Street  —  Economic growth has flatlined so far this year.  Inflation has picked up.  And consumers expect both to get worse in the months ahead.  —  Why it matters: For the moment, it adds up to Wall Street's least-favorite “s-word,” …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
UAW president: ‘Deplorable’ that Trump stripped union rights for federal workers  —  United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain said it is “deplorable” that President Trump moved to strip union rights from federal workers.  —  Fain joined CBS News's “Face the Nation” on Sunday …
CNN:
Over 200 ‘Tesla Takedown’ protests take place throughout US on ‘Global Day of Action’ against Elon Musk's role with DOGE  —  Hundreds of “Tesla Takedown” demonstrations are taking place in the United States, Canada and Europe as activists ramp up their opposition to CEO Elon Musk's efforts …
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Politico:
Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk's purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms
Los Angeles Times:
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say  —  A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
A Competitive Race for Mike Waltz's Seat Rattles Republicans  —  Democrats are hoping to do better in Florida's Sixth District than they did in November, when President Trump won it by 30 points.  —  Frank Curnow, a retired Navy veteran, had a question for the Republican Party volunteers …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
‘This is all wholly preventable,’ former Covid chief says of measles outbreak  —  Ashish Jha blames Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  —  Former White House Covid-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha on Sunday laid the blame for an ongoing measles outbreak currently centered on West Texas squarely …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Associated Press:
Top vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes RFK Jr. for promoting ‘misinformation and lies’
Politico:
‘Never been done’: Why Republicans might approve a budget whose numbers don't match up  —  The planned House vs. Senate split sidesteps a thorny political problem but sets up a tricky path forward.  —  President Donald Trump wants action now, unity later, on his legislative agenda.
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew  —  It might surprise some people that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politics' most dynamic progressive icon, wishes Democrats would stop thinking “that the power struggle within the party is between progressives and moderates,” as she told me recently.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students' Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University's Knowledge  —  In a developing story, it appears the Trump administration is quietly targeting even more students for deportation and doing so in a way that is taking universities and the students themselves completely by surprise.
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow  —  Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing  —  Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow.  I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016.
Washington Post:
DOGE wants businesses to run government services ‘as much as possible’  —  Elon Musk's effort is pushing privatization — a longtime goal for conservatives and for Silicon Valley alike — across federal agencies  —  Mail delivery.  Real estate.  Foreign aid grants.
Discussion: KTVZ-TV and The Hill
Kim Na-young / Yonhap News Agency:
(2nd LD) Trade chiefs of S. Korea, China, Japan discuss advancing trade cooperation at three-way meeting  —  Kim Na-young  —  (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 7-9, 12-15)  —  The top trade officials of South Korea, China and Japan on Sunday discussed bolstering trade cooperation among …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Reuters and Kyodo News+
Avery Lotz / Axios:
The Trump 2.0 resistance: Alive, but evolved  —  The resistance of 2025 may not be wearing a pink knitted cap — but it's alive in town halls, streets, campuses and car dealerships across the country.  —  The big picture: If the 2017 Women's March heralded a new era of protest, so too …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Infantilizing the Military  —  Hegseth is now purging military libraries  —  It is fair to say that Pete Hegseth did not get to where he is today by reading, or considering all sides of a topic.  He shoots from the hip.  He calls it like it is.  He posts war plans on group chats.
 
 
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The Harvard Crimson:
More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students
Discussion: Axios
Bruce Y. Lee / Forbes:
RFK Jr. Expected To Lay Off Entire Office Of Infectious Disease And HIV/AIDS Policy
John Naughton / The Guardian:
When the physicists need burner phones, that's when you know America's changed
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Adam Entous / New York Times:
The Secret History of the War in Ukraine
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Axios:
Trump's “restoring truth” order could return toppled Confederate monuments
New York Times:
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Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark:
Trump's Big New Propaganda Push
Discussion: The Guardian
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Rolling Stone:
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Discussion: Raw Story