President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”

Professor Barbara F. Walter, a renowned expert on civil wars around the world, warns that the United States meets key criteria for nations heading toward major political violence. We ignore the warning signs at our own peril, according to the author of “How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them.” American history shows that the fight to save democracy will have to come from the bottom up, Walter says. “Protest and peaceful resistance works,” she adds. “Don't voluntarily comply with orders that are illegal. Don't help Donald Trump implement his agenda–don’t preemptively comply.”

Trump has promised to unveil a massive tariff plan Wednesday, which he dubbed “Liberation Day.”

Trump promised caps on credit card rates — but his regulators are helping banks kill state initiatives to impose those caps.