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7:20 PM ET, February 1, 2025

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New York Times:
Elon Musk's Team Now Has Full Access to Treasury's Payments System  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk's representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Trump launches trade war against Canada with with 25 per cent tariff on most goods  —  U.S. president slaps 25% tariff on most Canadian goods  —  Canada braces for threatened U.S. tariffs  —  President Donald Trump launched a trade war against Canada on Saturday by imposing a 25 per cent tariff …
The United States Senate Committee on Finance:
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System  —  In New Letter to Treasury Secretary Bessent, Wyden Warns That Political Meddling in Treasury Payments Risks Severe Economic Damage, Calls Out Dangerous Conflicts …
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Did you hear about the Friday coup?  —  The Handbasket is 100% subscriber-funded.  If you want to support independent media during these dark times for democracy, become a paid subscriber today.  —  Story updated 4:35pm ET  —  This week felt like the first battle of a long war—and that's because it was.
Discussion: Tusk
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers  —  The new levies on America's top trade partners could drive prices higher for cars, electronics, lumber and more, threatening to crimp an economy that the president has vowed to improve.
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Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Canada Poised to Retaliate Against Trump Tariffs, Rethink US Reliance  — Freeland, a candidate for PM, calls for tariffs on Tesla cars  — Levies will first hit goods easy to substitute, minister says  —  Canada is set to introduce escalating retaliatory counter-tariffs to try …
Washington Post:
Trump signs order imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China  —  It's the first official action of the president's second-term trade war.  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, the nation's three largest trading partners …
Wall Street Journal:
The Dumbest Trade War in History  —  Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason.  —  President Trump will fire his first tariff salvo on Saturday against those notorious American adversaries . . . Mexico and Canada.  They'll get hit with a 25% border tax, while China, a real adversary, will endure 10%.
Business Today:
‘Make them pay’: Canada puts Trump's ‘first friend’ Elon Musk's Tesla in the crosshairs of tariff war  —  Canada's EV adoption rate is outpacing that of the U.S., with nearly 17% of new cars sold in the third quarter of 2024 being fully electric, compared to just 8% in the US.  —  Business Today Desk
API:
API Statement on Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
Discussion: UPI, Atlantic Council and DNyuz
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, raising prospect of higher costs for US consumers
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Trump tariffs will cost U.S. households $830 a year, study says
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Eric Reinhart / New Republic:
The RFK Jr. Op-Ed the Los Angeles Times Didn't Want You to Read  —  Editors note: As The New Republic reported on Friday, the Los Angeles Times—currently in a race to the bottom with The Washington Post to determine which of the two venerable institutions can sell out to Donald Trump the hardest …
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
The Truth About Democrats, According to Amy Klobuchar  —  Let's skip the happy talk: Democrats are in a dark place.  It's not merely that Donald Trump has rolled back into Washington with an everything-everywhere-all-at- once approach to grabbing power.  The new president is buoyed by eager …
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Griffin Eckstein / Salon:   “There is no common ground with fascists”: Progressives rip Klobuchar's call for bipartisanship
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee  —  The DNC's chair election marks a first step for a party looking to fill a void of leadership after the 2024 election.  —  Ken Martin, the longtime leader of the state Democratic Party organization in Minnesota …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Who Is Ken Martin, the New Leader of the D.N.C.?
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid  —  Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.  —  Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut …
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government  —  Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now  —  I've long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the rise and return of Donald Trump if it was happening overseas in a foreign country …
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.  Chopra was one of the more important regulators …
Kos / Daily Kos:
Red states love Trump—and mooching off the federal funds he wants to cut  —  West Virginia is one the nation's most reliably Republican states, as is Louisiana.  Voters there overwhelmingly pulled the lever for Donald Trump in 2024, striking a decisive blow against former Vice President Kamala Harris …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Washington Post:
Army helicopter was alerted to plane's presence two minutes before collision
Discussion: New York Post
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Amanda Terkel / NBC News:
Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations in new ‘rotation program’
Kathianne Boniello / New York Post:
Rebecca Lobach ID'd as female soldier inside doomed Black Hawk during DC crash  —  The U.S. Army has identified the female soldier in the doomed Black Hawk helicopter which crashed into an American Airlines flight this week, killing more than 60 people.  —  Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, of Durham …
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Rolling Stone:
Air Traffic Control Offices Are in Chaos in Trump's New Administration
Discussion: DNyuz, Reason and The Post Millennial
 
 
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
A Storied Newspaper Prepares to Print Its Own Obituary
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Rachel Uranga / Los Angeles Times:
Trump administration sued for halting legal aid for detained immigrants
Discussion: DNyuz
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Strike averted at Costco as Teamsters reach a tentative deal
CNN:
Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show
Discussion: The Independent
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Ken Martin elected next DNC chair
 Earlier Items: 
CBS News:
Trump says he ordered precision military air strikes on ISIS leaders in Somalia
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Greene suggests throwing out foreign outlets: ‘American media first’
Discussion: Mediaite
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
N.Y. Hospital Stops Treating 2 Children After Trump's Trans Care Order
Discussion: IJR
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
The tragic air collision revealed Trump's rancid, irredeemable character once again
Discussion: Townhall and Axios
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Musk's DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI ‘Aligned With Our Faith’
National Press Club:
National Press Club Statement On Pentagon's Decision to Remove Media Organizations from Workspaces
Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
Pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Trump's disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’, legal experts say
 

 
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