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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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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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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Americans want Trump's focus more on prices, not tariffs; most approve of deportation efforts — CBS News poll — After a week that brought tough economic news and polling showing Americans' views of the economy are still sour, most say President Trump has focused too much on tariffs …
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The Hill, The Independent, Mediaite, Eschaton, PoliticusUSA and Forbes
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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.
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Wall Street Journal and USA Today
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump team's message: Don't worry about prices, tax cuts are coming
Trump team's message: Don't worry about prices, tax cuts are coming
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Washington Times, The Hill, The Daily Wire and Crooks and Liars
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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Rolling Stone, Politico, Fox News, Al Jazeera and Twin Cities
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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
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
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if auto prices rise because of his tariffs
Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if auto prices rise because of his tariffs
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Washington Examiner
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.
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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.
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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 …
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Slate
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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 …
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Washington Examiner, CBS News and New York Times
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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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 …
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Daily Caller News Foundation, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Guardian, Raw Story, USA Today and Saywhat Politics
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 …
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The Daily Caller
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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.
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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.
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 …
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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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Wall Street Journal and New York Times


