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Axios

U.S. and Iran see Saturday's nuclear talks as test of whether other side wants a deal [25d]
Schumer mounts TV comeback after party revolt [25d]
Burnout hits Senate GOP after furious 2025 workload [25d]
Scoop: Gabbard installs skeptic of military action against Iran to key intel job [25d]
Pentagon removes Greenland base commander after Vance visit [25d]
Despite tariffs, Trump misses crucial factor to a China trade war [25d]
China raises U.S. tariff to 125%, won't go higher [25d]
Xi's counterpunch: How China will ensure the trade war hurts the U.S. [25d]
The world's hot new trade is "sell America" [25d]
Young Americans' favorite podcasts reveal a stark partisan split [25d]
How the mighty bond market pushed Trump tariff pivot [25d]
Scoop: Trump envoy Witkoff travels to Russia to meet Putin [25d]
Egg prices rise to all-time highs ahead of Easter [25d]
Trump threatens to hit Mexico with more tariffs and sanctions over Texas water treaty dispute [25d]

Salon

Detained Tufts student details "unsanitary, unsafe, and inhumane" ICE conditions in new filing [25d]
Gold might be an investment worth considering now [25d]
"Your Friends & Neighbors" lets Jon Hamm sell you the life you can’t afford [25d]
"Sacramento" makes a hilarious, heartfelt case for California's capital [25d]
Thanks to factory farming, bird flu is a ticking time bomb [25d]
"Tariff surcharges" hit shoppers as Trump's trade war plays out [25d]
"I will come after them hard": Alina Habba investigating NJ governor for snubbing ICE [25d]
Legal expert stunned by Supreme Court's "extraordinary unanimous rebuke" of Trump [25d]
Trump unleashes his harshest retribution on "disloyal" Republicans [25d]
The winners of Trump's tariff "game show" are in for a rude surprise [25d]
MAGA's war on empathy exposes misogynist fears [25d]
As DOGE slashes services, disability advocates fight to maintain government lifelines [25d]
Women live longer — but Trump's tariffs might derail their retirement plans [25d]
Supreme Court orders feds to facilitate return of man sent to El Salvador prison [26d]
"Terminate their fiscal lives": Trump admin cancels some immigrants' Social Security numbers [26d]

The Drudge Report

Horror in Greece as bomb explodes in central Athens... [25d]
WEEKEND: Furious Coachella campers reveal hellhole conditions as iconic festival descends into mayhem... [25d]
Boebert shocks MAGA with 'inappropriate' minidress at Trump dinner... [25d]
Glamorous reporter sets White House briefing room alight with very strange question... [25d]
Mysterious triangular tower at Area 51 discovered... [25d]
Trump Heads to Physical, Putting Focus on 78-Year-Old's Health... [25d]
Competence questions pose risk to political image... [25d]
Removes Portrait of Predecessor -- Replaces With Himself... [25d]
Measles Outbreak Update: Infections Surge by Triple Digits... [25d]
Supremes order The Don to bring back mistakenly deported man... [25d]
Sent to mega-prison in El Salvador... [25d]
MAGA Beekeeper Admits Cost Him Half His Business... [25d]
UPDATE: China Launches Major Retaliation... [25d]
Deep cuts to health research put lab animals at risk, scientists say... [25d]
Boarding passes, check-in could be scrapped in air travel shake-up... [25d]
Millionaires, get ready: New Zealand slashes hurdles for golden visas! [25d]
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants... [25d]
Smashed into car on way down... [25d]
USA already making concessions to Iran before talks... [25d]
Witkoff threatens to partition Ukraine 'like Berlin after WW2'... [25d]
U.S. pastor abducted at gunpoint while delivering sermon in S Africa... [25d]
CONSUMER SENTIMENT TUMBLES [25d]
'TARIFF SURCHARGES' HIT GOODS [25d]
Mahmoud Khalil case: Judge decides COLUMBIA activist can be deported... [25d]
THIS MEMES WAR! [25d]
BEIJING UNLEASHES A.I. MOCKERY OF MAGA... [25d]
Mega volcano set to EXPLODE; Dozens of quakes destabilize center... [25d]
BIG LAW NATIONALIZED? $600M in new deals with five law firms... [25d]
DOJ Lobbies for Release of Ex-FBI Informant Accused of Lying About Bidens... [25d]
Suspected bomb strikes near offices of Greek railway company... Developing... [25d]
Maya Angelou Out but 'MEIN KAMPF' Stays at Naval Academy Library... [25d]
References past work with 'retarded' to FDA staff... [25d]
WEEKEND: USA moves Patriot defenses to Middle East with dozens of C-17 flights... [25d]
Pro-Palestinian protesters pelted with eggs while blocking traffic... [25d]
Will Republicans Hike Tax on Millionaires? [25d]
Mortgage rates surge over 7%... [25d]
Liquidity worsens in $29T Treasury market as volatility soars... [25d]
State tells employees to snitch on 'anti-Christian bias'... [25d]
Germany hides 'Black Zero' statue as era of spending begins... [25d]
'Idiots' face prison time for destroying park's 140 million-year-old rock formation... [25d]
Dems ask SEC to probe market manipulation... [25d]
153 aviation disasters so far this year... [25d]
RFK Jr suggests ripping away govt health care from people who eat doughnuts, guzzle soda, smoke... [25d]
Boebert shocks MAGA with 'inappropriate' minidress at Trump dinner... [25d]
FISHY? [25d]
PIGEON TOPS A FOX! [25d]
CONSUMER SENTIMENT TUMBLES [25d]
Smashed into car on way down... [25d]
153 aviation disasters in 3 months... [25d]
DEL REY RETURNS WITH COUNTRY LULLABY... [25d]
CALLS OUT JD VANCE EYELINER... [25d]
DOLLAR PUMMELED [25d]
DIMON ALARM [25d]
Boca Raton plane crash's bizarre flight path... [25d]
2 FEARED DEAD... [25d]
STUDY: Congressional Speeches Have Never Been Less Evidence-Based... [25d]
MAGA Beekeeper Admits Cost Him Half His Business... [25d]
Mysterious triangular tower at Area 51 discovered... [25d]
8-Hour Vacation? Meet Travelers Who Love 'Extreme Day Trips'... [25d]
Furious Coachella campers reveal hellhole conditions as iconic festival descends into mayhem... [25d]
CONSUMER SENTIMENT TUMBLES [25d]
Kaitlan Collins Is CNN's 'Joyful Warrior' Covering Trump 2.0... [25d]
Millionaires, get ready: New Zealand slashes hurdles for golden visas... [25d]
Trump Heads to Physical, Putting Focus on 78-Year-Old's Health... [25d]
UPDATE: MTG Scooped Up Tanking Stocks and Made Profit After Tariff Pause... [25d]
BLACKROCK Fink says recession near... [25d]
DOLLAR PUMMELED... [25d]
GOLD RECORD... [25d]
Immigrants to be classified as dead to pressure them to 'self-deport'... [25d]
The Menendez Brothers Became Model Prisoners. Will That Free Them? [25d]
SURVEY: Average Person Panics When Phone Battery Drops To 38%... [25d]
Secret to Great Sex Sleeping in Separate Rooms? [25d]
'I Need to Buy Your Car Back': Tariffs Cause Chaos at Dealerships... [25d]
Deep cuts to health research put lab animals at risk, scientists say... [25d]
The Beauty Salon Recession Indicator... [25d]
Inside Russell Brand's 'all-American dad' makeover... [25d]
Pentagon Removes Commander of Greenland Base After Vance Visit... [25d]
They fled authoritarian countries. Here they're experiencing deja vu... [25d]
What's Wrong With APPLE? [25d]
SIEMENS Executive Killed Alongside Family in Hudson River Helicopter Crash... [25d]
Competence questions pose risk to Trump's political image... [25d]
Khalil ruling to test tactic of sending detainees to Louisiana... [25d]
Testing habit of staying invested no matter how rocky it gets... [25d]
Communists Launch Major Retaliation... [25d]
Dollar Slides to Multiyear Lows... [25d]
NJ DA Habba Announces Investigation Into Dem Gov Murphy... [25d]
STOCKS STAY MANIC [25d]
One of Hawaii's Priciest Homes for Sale HitsMarket for $45 Million... [26d]
ABERCROMBIE Boss Facing Sex-Crimes Trial Has Dementia... [26d]
THIS MEMES WAR! [26d]
BEIJING UNLEASHES AI MOCKERY OF MAGA... [26d]
73% of Americans financially stressed... [26d]
People more worried about their jobs now than during pandemic... [26d]
Supremes order Trump to bring back mistakenly deported man... [26d]
Sent to mega-prison in El Salvador... [26d]

The New Republic

Measles Is Spreading, and RFK Jr. Is Praising Quacks [25d]
Trump Scores Massive Win as Judge Rules He Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil [25d]
Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs [25d]
Five Big News Stories You Missed During Trump’s Tariffs Whiplash [25d]
Karoline Leavitt Reveals Shocking Logic on Wrongly Deported Immigrant [25d]
What the Supreme Court Got Wrong About Habeas Petitions [25d]
Trump Plans Potentially Deadly Cuts for Weather Research [25d]
Trump Brags as Even More Law Firms Crumble to His Every Whim [25d]
Trump DOJ Fights Judge on Returning Man ICE Accidentally Deported [25d]
Trump Trade Rep. Fumbles Key Question on How Much Tariffs Will Cost [25d]
Manufacturing Workers Are Pissed at Trump Over Tariffs, New Poll Says [25d]
Trump Is Begging China to Make a Deal Over Tariffs [25d]
Trump’s Plan to Control Greenland Exposes Just How Clueless He Is [25d]
Republican Has New Theory for Measles Outbreak—and It’s the Worst Yet [25d]
Trump Gets Devastating Review in Consumer Confidence Poll [25d]
Alina Habba Launches Alarming Investigation Into Democratic Governor [25d]
Stephen Miller Wins This Week’s Stalin Prize for Totalitarian Flattery [25d]
Greenland Base Commander Fired After Email Slamming JD Vance [25d]
Trump Unveils Disgusting New Plan to Force Immigrants to Leave [25d]
Trump Gives us All Whiplash With Threat of New Tariffs—Now on Mexico [25d]
Trump’s Trade War Gets Dramatically Worse as China Hits Back [25d]
Transcript: Fox Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Spin as Tariff Panic Grows [25d]
Democrats Are Embracing AI for the Dumbest Possible Reason [25d]
Why Billionaire Trumpers Love This Dire Wolf Rubbish [25d]
The Surprising History of the Ideology of Choice [25d]
Trump and RFK Jr. Want to Make America Poisoned Again [25d]
Fox News Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Tariff Spin as MAGA Panic Worsens [25d]

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