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Trump sparks debate with third-term talk
President Trump can’t stop talking about the prospect of a third term. Trump over the weekend spoke at length in an interview with NBC News about the idea of pursuing a third term in office, saying “there are methods which you could do it.” While the idea was broached in an interview, it is at...
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:
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The Memo: Trump’s third-term suggestion alarms some Democrats while others roll their eyes
President Trump is leaving the door open to the idea of seeking a third term — even though that door is apparently firmly closed by the Constitution. His suggestion is eliciting divergent reactions among Democrats and liberals. Some see the speculation over a third term as part of an ominous, autocratic push by the president....
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Election watchdog groups sue Trump administration over executive order, calling it unconstitutional
Monday’s lawsuit marks the first major legal challenge to last week's executive order, which election lawyers have warned may violate the U.S. Constitution and asserts power they say the president does not have over an independent agency.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Why this young activist is risking his freedom to speak out against Turkey's president
Youth activist Enes Hocaoğulları is preparing for the possibility of arrest upon his return to Turkey, following his speech about the anti-government protests at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in Strasbourg, France.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:NASA astronauts speak after unexpected 9-month stay on the International Space Station
After returning home earlier this month, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spoke to the media about their extended nine-month stay on the International Space Station.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they take some responsibility for Starliner issues in 1st news conference back on Earth
Both astronauts said they would strap into Starliner again. “Because we're going to rectify all the issues that we encountered. We're going to fix them. We're going to make it work,” Wilmore said, adding he'd go back up “in a heartbeat.”
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:White House says case ‘closed’ on Signal chat despite calls for investigations
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that national security adviser Mike Waltz continues to have President Donald Trump’s confidence and that it was done discussing the embarrassing matter of senior officials communicating about plans for an airstrike on a commercial messaging app.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:LISTEN: Supreme Court weighs whether group affiliated with church should get tax exemption
The Supreme Court appeared Monday to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Live results: Wisconsin Supreme Court special election
President Donald Trump's narrow win last year and a highly competitive 2023 state Supreme Court contest could foreshadow the possible paths to victory for this year's statewide campaigns.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Live results: Florida special elections to replace Gaetz and Waltz
Control of the U.S. House is not at stake, but the outcome of the special elections could give congressional Republicans some breathing room in the narrowly divided chamber.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Bondi instructs Justice Department to dismiss lawsuit challenging Georgia election law
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has instructed the Justice Department to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a sweeping 2021 election law in Georgia.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Massive earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis
Myanmar was already one of the world’s most challenging places for humanitarian organizations to operate because of civil war that displaced millions of people.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:WATCH: White House says Trump’s signing of ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs will be first Rose Garden event
President Donald Trump will unveil plans to place reciprocal tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners on Wednesday.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:U.S. airstrikes kill at least 3 around Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Houthis say
Suspected U.S. airstrikes have struck around Yemen’s rebel-held capital overnight into Monday morning.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Musk PAC spends big and goes door to door in Wisconsin Supreme Court race
Elon Musk and his political operatives have tried to shape the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ways that are not immediately obvious but could be critical to Tuesday’s outcome.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:4 things to know about Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement sentence and the political impact
French far-right leader Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office, a major political earthquake. The ruling, which takes effect immediately, is likely to bar her from running in France’s next presidential election.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Base’s anger puts Democratic Party leaders on shaky ground
The Democratic base is angry. Not just at Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the “Make America Great Again” movement. Democrats are mad at their own leaders they view as outmatched and out of touch.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Israel tells Palestinians to evacuate Rafah amid new proposed hostage deal
Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said on Monday, as the military issued new evacuation orders and said "intense operations" were planned in the south of the enclave.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:IN PHOTOS | Celebrating Eid al-Fitr
Worshippers are marking the end of Ramadan with Eid al-Fitr celebrations around the world.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement, barred from running in 2027 France election
A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case, with a sentence that barred her from public office for five years with "immediate effect."
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Bodies of 15 aid workers recovered in Gaza; 1 still missing
Fifteen emergency and aid workers from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defence and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave in the sand, though a ninth worker is still unaccounted for, the Red Cross said.
Published on: March 31, 2025 | Source:Fact check: Can you ‘erase’ your student debt because DOGE accessed federal loan databases?
Don’t trust videos saying you can erase your student loans by filing a student privacy law complaint.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Great Lakes region loses power due to freezing rain while Tennessee braces for high winds
Freezing rain brought down trees and power lines in Michigan and Wisconsin, cutting electricity for thousands of people Sunday in the upper Great Lakes region, while forecasters said severe weather was on its way to Tennessee.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Musk: Wisconsin Supreme Court race 'might decide the future of America and Western Civilization'
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday stressed the importance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, saying it could determine “the future of America and Western Civilization.” Musk reposted a report from a right-wing social media account suggesting if Democrats win the Supreme Court seat, they would “redraw up districts and add seats for Democrats.” “1000%,”...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source: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.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after he pushed back on NBC host Kristen Welker over the matter. “A GREAT...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:White House to remove magnolia tree dating to Andrew Jackson
The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jackson’s home in Tennessee. President Trump announced Sunday that, after consulting with the Executive Residence Staff and the National Park Service, the administration has decided to replace the tree, saying it...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:How Trump’s steep tariffs on imported vehicles may affect car prices and the auto industry
Some car buyers have been rushing to showrooms across the country this weekend, as automakers brace for Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on vehicles and auto parts made outside the United States. The tariffs kick in on Thursday and could raise some car prices by thousands of dollars. Business journalist and author Micheline Maynard joins Lisa Desjardins to discuss.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Trump says he’s ‘not joking’ about a third term as president
In our news wrap Sunday, Trump said he is considering a third term despite the Constitution banning it, the growing Texas measles outbreak is sparking concern in Washington and putting a spotlight on RFK Jr., crews are fighting to contain wildfires in the Carolinas, ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas hit another roadblock, and actor Richard Chamberlain has died at age 90.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Aid group describes unfolding crisis in Southeast Asia after deadly earthquake
A new 5.1 magnitude aftershock rattled survivors of Friday’s devastating earthquake as rescuers worked frantically to pull survivors from the rubble in Myanmar’s second-largest city. In neighboring Thailand, more bodies were pulled from a collapsed building in Bangkok. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Jeremy Stoner of Save the Children about the effects of the quake in Thailand and Myanmar.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:New Mexico GOP says its office was damaged in 'deliberate act of arson'
The Republican Party of New Mexico said its office in Albuquerque was damaged in a “deliberate act of arson.” The organization said in a statement that someone had spray-painted the words “ICE=KKK” on the outside of its headquarters, calling it a “horrific attack” that was “fueled by hatred and intolerance” that was directed toward the...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:How journalist Masih Alinejad survived multiple assassination plots by Iran
Earlier this month, two men were convicted in a plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist and women’s rights activist living in New York. Her attempted assassination was orchestrated by the Iranian government, part of more than a decade of violent plots targeting its critics abroad. Lisa Desjardins speaks with Alinejad about how she sees these times in the U.S. and Iran.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:The history and symbolism of Washington’s iconic cherry blossoms
The Tidal Basin, the entry point to Washington, D.C. and home to the Jefferson Memorial, is at its most colorful and vibrant this weekend. The city’s historic cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Lisa Desjardins has more on the history and symbolism behind these national treasures.
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Ex-Danish leader: 'Nothing is stopping the Americans' from having more bases in Greenland
Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said there is nothing that’s stopping the Americans from setting up more bases in Greenland amid the territory’s fight to not be acquired by the U.S. Thorning-Schmidt joined CNN on Sunday, where she was asked about what the Trump administration wants from Greenland, the land owned by Denmark. “There...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Ex-British ambassador to US who criticized Trump urges Starmer not to concede on retaliatory tariffs
Former United Kingdom Ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take a robust stance against President Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs, saying the U.K. should avoid giving Trump “wins.” Darroch — who famously called Trump “inept” and “dysfunctional” as ambassador during Trump’s first term — warned that conceding...
Published on: March 30, 2025 | Source:Republicans look to avert humiliation in Florida special election
Republicans are pulling out all the stops ahead of the special election in Florida’s 6th Congressional District as worries of a narrower-than-expected margin grow in the district President Trump won by more than 30 points in November. Trump called into two tele-town halls for state Sen. Randy Fine (R) in an effort to drive out...
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