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Trump trade team chases 90 deals in 90 days. Experts say good luck with that  Reuters Trump has 90 days to do 150 trade deals. Financial markets aren’t buying it  CNN Here’s what happened during Trump’s 12th week in office  Fox News Trump

Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for campus protests  Financial Times Immigration Judge Rules Khalil Can Be Deported, but Legal Hurdles Remain  The New York Times Nazis enjoy more rights in Trump’s US: Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers blast deportation verdict  Times of India

Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs  BBC

The war in Ukraine is now largely being fought with drones. Ukraine made 2 million last year. Drone makers churn them out in factories and mom-and-pop operations like one in a Kyiv basement apartment. (Image credit: Anton Shtuka for NPR)

Bill Maher reveals Trump was ‘gracious and measured’ at White House meeting, says he’s not the man seen on TV  Fox News

White House moves Obama portrait for painting of Trump after assassination attempt  NBC News

Trump ‘optimistic’ China will make tariff deal, White House says  Fox Business

Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs  Financial Times Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs  CNN Trump exempts smartphones and computers from new tariffs  The Indian Express Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs  CNBC Trump Exempts Phones, Computers, Chips

Iran says “indirect talks” over the country’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme are under way with US officials.

US and Iran begin critical nuclear talks as Trump threatens war  CNN Iran says its foreign minister, Witkoff only spoke directly for ‘a few minutes’  The Times of Israel Iran, US hold high-level talks in Oman under shadow of regional tensions  Reuters Opinion