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Axios

U.S. and Iran see Saturday's nuclear talks as test of whether other side wants a deal [7d]
Schumer mounts TV comeback after party revolt [7d]
Burnout hits Senate GOP after furious 2025 workload [7d]
Scoop: Gabbard installs skeptic of military action against Iran to key intel job [7d]
Pentagon removes Greenland base commander after Vance visit [7d]
Despite tariffs, Trump misses crucial factor to a China trade war [7d]
China raises U.S. tariff to 125%, won't go higher [7d]
Xi's counterpunch: How China will ensure the trade war hurts the U.S. [7d]
The world's hot new trade is "sell America" [7d]
Young Americans' favorite podcasts reveal a stark partisan split [7d]
How the mighty bond market pushed Trump tariff pivot [7d]
Scoop: Trump envoy Witkoff travels to Russia to meet Putin [7d]
Egg prices rise to all-time highs ahead of Easter [7d]
Trump threatens to hit Mexico with more tariffs and sanctions over Texas water treaty dispute [7d]

Salon

Detained Tufts student details "unsanitary, unsafe, and inhumane" ICE conditions in new filing [7d]
Gold might be an investment worth considering now [7d]
"Your Friends & Neighbors" lets Jon Hamm sell you the life you can’t afford [7d]
"Sacramento" makes a hilarious, heartfelt case for California's capital [7d]
Thanks to factory farming, bird flu is a ticking time bomb [7d]
"Tariff surcharges" hit shoppers as Trump's trade war plays out [7d]
"I will come after them hard": Alina Habba investigating NJ governor for snubbing ICE [7d]
Legal expert stunned by Supreme Court's "extraordinary unanimous rebuke" of Trump [7d]
Trump unleashes his harshest retribution on "disloyal" Republicans [7d]
The winners of Trump's tariff "game show" are in for a rude surprise [7d]
MAGA's war on empathy exposes misogynist fears [7d]
As DOGE slashes services, disability advocates fight to maintain government lifelines [7d]
Women live longer — but Trump's tariffs might derail their retirement plans [7d]
Supreme Court orders feds to facilitate return of man sent to El Salvador prison [8d]
"Terminate their fiscal lives": Trump admin cancels some immigrants' Social Security numbers [8d]

The Drudge Report

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

The New Republic

Measles Is Spreading, and RFK Jr. Is Praising Quacks [7d]
Trump Scores Massive Win as Judge Rules He Can Deport Mahmoud Khalil [7d]
Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs [7d]
Five Big News Stories You Missed During Trump’s Tariffs Whiplash [7d]
Karoline Leavitt Reveals Shocking Logic on Wrongly Deported Immigrant [7d]
What the Supreme Court Got Wrong About Habeas Petitions [7d]
Trump Plans Potentially Deadly Cuts for Weather Research [7d]
Trump Brags as Even More Law Firms Crumble to His Every Whim [7d]
Trump DOJ Fights Judge on Returning Man ICE Accidentally Deported [7d]
Trump Trade Rep. Fumbles Key Question on How Much Tariffs Will Cost [7d]
Manufacturing Workers Are Pissed at Trump Over Tariffs, New Poll Says [7d]
Trump Is Begging China to Make a Deal Over Tariffs [7d]
Trump’s Plan to Control Greenland Exposes Just How Clueless He Is [7d]
Republican Has New Theory for Measles Outbreak—and It’s the Worst Yet [7d]
Trump Gets Devastating Review in Consumer Confidence Poll [7d]
Alina Habba Launches Alarming Investigation Into Democratic Governor [7d]
Stephen Miller Wins This Week’s Stalin Prize for Totalitarian Flattery [7d]
Greenland Base Commander Fired After Email Slamming JD Vance [7d]
Trump Unveils Disgusting New Plan to Force Immigrants to Leave [7d]
Trump Gives us All Whiplash With Threat of New Tariffs—Now on Mexico [7d]
Trump’s Trade War Gets Dramatically Worse as China Hits Back [7d]
Transcript: Fox Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Spin as Tariff Panic Grows [7d]
Democrats Are Embracing AI for the Dumbest Possible Reason [7d]
Why Billionaire Trumpers Love This Dire Wolf Rubbish [7d]
The Surprising History of the Ideology of Choice [7d]
Trump and RFK Jr. Want to Make America Poisoned Again [7d]
Fox News Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Tariff Spin as MAGA Panic Worsens [7d]

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