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• White House to remove magnolia tree dating to Andrew Jackson

  30-03-2025 23:52 via thehill.com
  
  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 poses a safety hazard.“The bad news is that everything must come to an end, and this tree is in terrible condition,
  
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• Ex-British Ambassador to US who criticized Trump urges Starmer not to concede on retaliatory tariffs

  30-03-2025 23:05 via thehill.com
  
  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 UK should avoid giving Trump “wins.”Darroch — who famously called Trump “inept” and “dysfunctional” as ambassador during Trump’s first term — warned that conceding to Trump will signal weakness and might invite additional threats of tari
  
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• Republicans look to avert humiliation in Florida special election

  30-03-2025 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  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 the Republican base ahead of Tuesday. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s America PAC spent roughly $10,200 in the race earlier this week and dropped another $66,000 i
  
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• Burgum says ‘they certainly have room for’ Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore

  30-03-2025 22:17 via thehill.com
  
  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he “certainly” believes that there’s enough room on Mount Rushmore for President Trump’s face.Burgum joined Trump’s daughter-in-law and new Fox News host Lara Trump for an interview that aired on her show “My View with Lara Trump” on Saturday.His appearance came just days after Trump signed an executive order that gave Burgum the power to determine if public monuments, memorials or statues removed during the Biden admi
  
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• Burgum says 'they certainly have room for' Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore

  30-03-2025 22:17 via thehill.com
  
  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he “certainly” believes that there’s enough room on Mount Rushmore for President Trump’s face.Burgum joined Trump’s daughter-in-law and new Fox News host Lara Trump for an interview that aired on her show “My View with Lara Trump” on Saturday.His appearance came just days after President Trump signed an executive order that gave Burgum the power to determine if public monuments, memorials or statues removed during the
  
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• Goldberg on risk of legal action from Trump administration: 'I don’t get bullied'

  30-03-2025 22:01 via thehill.com
  
  Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, brushed off the risk of a legal threat from the Trump administration after he reported on a Signal group chat featuring top Trump administration officials.“Jeffrey, I don't have to tell you this, the administration has taken legal action against news organizations,” NBC News’s Kristen Welker said Sunday on “Meet the Press,” following clips of Trump administration officials slamming Goldberg. “Are you
  
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• Warner: 'No question' information shared in Signal chat was 'classified'

  30-03-2025 21:47 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said there is “no question” that the information shared on the Signal group chat with high-level defense officials was classified.“Absolutely,” Warner said in an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” when asked whether the information in the group chat, which inadvertently included The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, was classified.  “It was of such a nature,
  
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• Former Trump intel official says 'risk of loss' from Signal could have been 'profound'  

  30-03-2025 21:43 via thehill.com
  
  Sue Gordon, the former deputy director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration, said the “risk of loss” from the Signal group chat could have been “profound.”Gordon joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where she was asked to weigh in on top Trump administration officials using the app to coordinate its attack against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.“There is nothing about the information that has to do with operations that i
  
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• Former Trump intel official says ‘risk of loss’ from Signal could have been ‘profound’  

  30-03-2025 21:43 via thehill.com
  
  Sue Gordon, the former deputy director of national intelligence in the first Trump administration, said the “risk of loss” from the Signal group chat could have been “profound.”Gordon joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where she was asked to weigh in on top Trump administration officials using the app to coordinate its attack against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.“There is nothing about the information that has to do with operations that i
  
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• Gabbard, Ratcliffe 'lied repeatedly' about Signal chat messages, Bennet says

  30-03-2025 21:14 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said on Sunday that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe “lied repeatedly” about messages in a Signal group chat in which top members of the Trump administration discussed an attack on Yemen.“Intelligence officials told your committee this week that no classified information was shared. Do you believe that Directors Ratcliffe and Gabbard were truthful when they testified before your committee?” NBC N
  
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• Stefanik predicts new Columbia leader 'won't last' because 'they still don't get it'

  30-03-2025 21:04 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) predicted on Sunday the new acting president of Columbia University “won’t last” after the prestigious institution lost its second leader in recent months to scrutiny of its handling of pro-Palestinian protests and antisemitism on campus.Columbia’s former interim president, Katrina Armstrong, resigned Friday amid a tussle with the Trump administration over federal funding and its response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus. C
  
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• Trump says he's 'not joking' about a possible third term

  30-03-2025 20:10 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said Sunday he’s “not joking” about serving a possible third term, marking the second time in less than three weeks that he's floated the idea.“I'm hearing — you don't sound like you're joking. I've heard you joke about this a number of times,” NBC News’s Kristen Welker said during a phone call with the president, discussing a third term for Trump.“No, no I'm not joking,” Trump responded, acc
  
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• GOP lawmaker says Signal chat information being considered unclassified is ‘surprising’

  30-03-2025 18:58 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Mike Turner (Ohio), former chair of the House Intelligence panel, said it’s “surprising” that the Trump administration is considering the information leaked in a Signal group chat about plans to attack the Houthi rebels is considered "not a big deal."Turner joined ABC News’s “This Week” on Sunday, where he was asked about the messages Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent to the group. Hegseth originally said no war plans were discussed in the gr
  
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• Democrats reject advice to ‘play dead,’ vow hard fight against Trump’s domestic agenda

  30-03-2025 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  A month ago, James Carville, the highly influential Democratic strategist, advised his party to “play dead” and allow President Trump and his Republican allies who control Congress to self-destruct under the weight of unpopular policies.House Democrats are rejecting the strategy outright. Heading into the high-stakes battle over Trump’s sweeping domestic agenda, Democratic leaders are instead launching a forceful, in-your-face battle over the GOP’s plans for tax
  
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• Democrats reject advice to 'play dead,' vow hard fight against Trump’s domestic agenda

  30-03-2025 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  A month ago, James Carville, the highly influential Democratic strategist, advised his party to “play dead” and allow President Trump and his Republican allies who control Congress to self-destruct under the weight of unpopular policies.House Democrats are rejecting the strategy outright. Heading into the high-stakes battle over Trump’s sweeping domestic agenda, Democratic leaders are instead launching a forceful, in-your-face battle over the GOP’s plans for tax
  
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• UAW president: ‘Deplorable’ that Trump stripped union rights for federal workers

  30-03-2025 17:54 via thehill.com
  
  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, just after Trump signed an executive order limiting numerous federal agency employees from unionizing and telling the government it can’t participate in collective bargaining.The UAW president celebrated Trump’s recent tariffs on car imports, noting that it would b
  
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• Trump 'very angry' at Putin's remarks on Zelensky

  30-03-2025 17:46 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said he is “very angry, pissed off” at remarks Russian President Vladimir Putin made Friday about Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, suggesting he is not a legitimate leader.
  The president threatened to slap a new tariff on Russia if it is at fault for stalling an end "to bloodshed."“If I feel, if we're in the midst of a negotiation, you could say that I was very angry, pissed off, when Putin said yesterday that — you know, when Putin started getting in
  
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• Goldberg pushes back on Waltz: 'Phone numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones’

  30-03-2025 16:59 via thehill.com
  
  Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, on Sunday pushed back against an earlier claim from national security adviser Mike Waltz about a group chat in which top Trump administration officials discussed an attack on Yemen.Waltz had claimed earlier this week that Goldberg’s phone number was “sucked in” to his phone via “somebody else’s contact.”“This isn’t ‘The Matrix,’ phone numbers don’t just get sucked into other p
  
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• Goldberg pushes back on Waltz: 'Phone numbers don’t just get sucked into other phones'

  30-03-2025 16:59 via thehill.com
  
  Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic, on Sunday pushed back against an earlier claim from national security adviser Mike Waltz about a group chat in which top Trump administration officials discussed an attack on Yemen.Waltz claimed earlier this week that Goldberg’s phone number was “sucked in” to his phone via “somebody else’s contact.”“This isn’t ‘The Matrix,’ phone numbers don’t just get sucked into other phon
  
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• Wes Moore: Trump order over Smithsonian museums is ‘deeply disrespectful’

  30-03-2025 16:48 via thehill.com
  
  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said President Trump’s order looking to control the “divisive narratives” at Smithsonian museums and federal sites is “deeply disrespectful.”Moore joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where host Dana Bash asked about Trump’s recent order, which cites an exhibit at the American Art Museum titled “Stories of Race and American Sculpture” and references the National Museum of African American Histor
  
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• Wes Moore: Trump order on Smithsonian museums is 'deeply disrespectful'

  30-03-2025 16:48 via thehill.com
  
  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said President Trump’s order looking to control the “divisive narratives” at Smithsonian museums and federal sites is “deeply disrespectful.”Moore joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where host Dana Bash asked about Trump’s recent order, which cites an exhibit at the American Art Museum titled “Stories of Race and American Sculpture” and references the National Museum of African American Histo
  
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• Fewer Americans confident in Trump's handling of economy: Poll

  30-03-2025 16:33 via thehill.com
  
  Americans in a new poll say they are not feeling confident in President Trump's handling of the economy amid his administration's escalation of his trade war through sweeping changes in regulations for imports and exports.The CBS News poll found that 52 percent of Americans say they disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy, while 49 percent say they approve. Fifty-six percent also said they disapprove of Trump's handling of inflation, while 44 percent saying they approve.Most respondents sa
  
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• Musk to visit CIA to discuss government efficiency

  30-03-2025 14:53 via thehill.com
  
  Tech billionaire Elon Musk is set to visit the CIA to discuss government efficiency, according to the agency.A CIA spokesperson said in a statement that Musk was invited by CIA Director John Ratcliffe "to meet with him at the Agency to discuss government efficiency."In the first few months of President Trump’s second term, Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have attempted to slash their way through the federal government, offering buyouts to and laying off workers en m
  
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• 'SNL' Cold Open spoofs Signal chat controversy with Trump officials adding teens to group text

  30-03-2025 14:15 via thehill.com
  
  "Saturday Night Live” spoofed the recent Trump administration Signal group chat controversy in the latest Cold Open.The sketch starts with three teenage girls, played by Mikey Madison, Ego Nwodim and Sarah Sherman, texting in a group chat about topics like a boy’s haircut and another girl’s clothes. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is played by Andrew Dismukes, then cuts into the text conversation.“FYI – Green light on Yemen raid!” he adds in the group
  
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• Musk's influence faces first big test in Wisconsin

  30-03-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday will put Elon Musk’s political and financial influence to the test after he poured millions of dollars in the race to support a conservative candidate.Musk has spent $12 million through his America PAC to support Brad Schimel over liberal candidate Susan Crawford in a race that will determine the partisan tilt on the state Supreme Court. Building America’s Future, a group that has previously received funding from Musk, has added $4.7 million t
  
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• Democrats ramp up town halls in GOP districts

  30-03-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Democrats are ramping up their aggressive strategy of conducting town halls in Republican-held districts, vying to exploit the GOP’s advised moratorium on the events to make inroads with frustrated voters, pick up battleground seats, and flip control of the House in next year’s midterms.A number of Democrats who ventured this month into GOP territory said they liked what they saw: anxious voters who are up in arms over both President Trump's dismantling of the federal governmen
  
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• Trump admin lays off most of Institute of Peace in latest federal purge

  30-03-2025 05:10 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration has reportedly fired a majority of employees at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) over the weekend, with termination letters landing in personal email accounts starting Friday evening.Only senior officials and staffers abroad remain employed at the organization that used to tout 300 workers, according to the Associated Press.“The dismissal of U.S. Institute of Peace employees in the dark of night is unconscionable and deeply troubling. The Institute’s employ
  
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• Trump on if auto companies raise costs due to tariffs: 'I couldn’t care less'

  30-03-2025 03:53 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Saturday denied reports alleging he urged auto CEOs not to raise costs amid tariffs on foreign-made cars, instead doubling down on his decision to increase levies in an effort to create an American manufacturing boom.“I couldn’t care less if they raise prices, because people are going to start buying American-made cars,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News.“I couldn’t care less. I hope they raise their prices, because if they do, people are g
  
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• Trump golfs with Finland's president amid icy relationship with EU

  30-03-2025 00:46 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump joined the leader of Finland, a member of the European Union (EU), for a round of golf Saturday, despite trade tensions with the executive body, which recently announced levies on agricultural products and clothing items imported from the United States slated to take effect in mid-April.“President Stubb and I look forward to strengthening the partnership between the United States and Finland, and that includes the purchase and development of a large number of badly needed I
  
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