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2:25 PM ET, April 1, 2025

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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.  —  The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Innocent (in a Brutal Prison) Abroad  —  Big night for developments in the field of White House mass-deportation rake steps.  Let's get right into it.  Happy Tuesday.  —  Ordeal of Innocence  —  by William Kristol  —  Last night, Nick Miroff of the Atlantic reported …
Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Admits Deporting the Wrong Guy to El Salvador Mega Prison. They Still Won't Bring Him Home
Discussion: WBUR and Mediaite
Wired:
The CDC Has Been Gutted  —  Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force.  Experts say people will die.  —  Thousands of federal employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Discussion: Politico and Mother Jones
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Justine Calma / The Verge:
Hundreds of scientists accuse Donald Trump of censorship  —  The US risks losing a generation of scientists under Donald Trump's draconian targeting of universities and federal agencies, scientists warn in an open letter. … More than 1,900 scientists and engineers have signed a letter saying they …
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Trump Pauses Dozens of Federal Grants to Princeton  —  The Trump administration has sought to punish universities financially, saying they have not done enough to combat antisemitism or comply with other administration priorities.  —  The Trump administration moved this week to suspend dozens …
Discussion: Axios, Associated Press and Bloomberg
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Cory Booker Has Been Bashing Trump on Senate Floor for 17 Straight Hours  —  Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said as he began speaking on the Senate floor Monday night that he intended to disrupt “the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able,” citing his belief that “our nation is in crisis.”
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Inside Cory Booker's Plan To Disrupt ‘Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor
Associated Press:
New Jersey Sen. Booker presses his marathon speech against Trump's agenda past 18 hours and counting
New Republic:
Trump Hit by Brutal New Polls on Econ as GOP Tariff Panic Goes Nuclear  —  President Donald Trump is set to announce that he'll impose sweeping new global tariffs on imports, and congressional Republicans are already scrambling wildly to try to shield their states and districts from the fallout.
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
D-Day for Musk: Democrats in Special Elections Target Trump's DOGE Chief  —  Special Elections Reveal Trump's Weak Spot: Elon Musk  —  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Trumpeting new tariffs he hopes will return industry to America, President Donald Trump has called April 2 “Liberation Day.”
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats Have Problems. Turning Out for Special Elections Isn't One of Them.
New York Times:
Turnout Strong as Wisconsin Decides Key Court Contest
Discussion: Twitchy
US Department of Justice:
Attorney General Pamela Bondi Directs Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the following statement:  —  “Luigi Mangione's murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
DOJ to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO Brian Thompson murder case
Jacqueline Sweet / Rolling Stone:
Top Trump USAID Staffer Accused of Violent Outbursts, Racist Remarks  —  Ten people who knew Jeremy Lewin expressed concerns about his new position due to troubling behavior in his youth … Jeremy Lewin recently became deputy administrator for policy and programs for what's left of USAID …
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and Townhall
Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food  —  Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
Dasha Burns / Politico:
'I don't know anyone that isn't pissed off at him': Trump world turns on Lutnick  —  As ‘Liberation Day’ nears, patience for the Commerce secretary is wearing thin across the Trump administration.  —  Inside the White House, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been perhaps the biggest proponent of …
Camille Gijs / Politico:
EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump's mega tariffs  —  Brussels sees America's transatlantic trade surplus in services as its Achilles' heel.  —  BRUSSELS — It's one thing to hit Harley-Davidson motorbikes and bourbon whiskey.  It's another to go after Silicon Valley or Wall Street.
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Brian Barrett / Wired:
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show  —  The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.  —  The DOGE-affiliated acting president …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Immigrant removals continue slide under Trump, new data show  —  The Trump administration's pace of removing immigrants from the U.S. continues to lag behind Joe Biden's pace last year, even as detentions have jumped under President Trump, new numbers show.  —  Driving the news …
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McKenzie Funk / ProPublica:
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”  —  Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump's immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and to keep them safe.
Mia Sato / The Verge:
Elon Musk's $1 million handout winners are connected to Republican causes  —  Nicholas Jacobs and Ekaterina Diestler were presented with giant checks, but they're not exactly random voters. … On Sunday, a few thousand people in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gathered to hear Elon Musk speak …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Alabama Can't Prosecute Those Who Help With Out-of-State Abortions, Judge Rules  —  The state attorney general had raised the possibility of charging doctors with criminal conspiracy for recommending abortion care out of state.  —  Alabama cannot prosecute doctors and reproductive health organizations …
Jacqueline Howard / CNN:
23 states, DC sue Trump administration over billions in lost public health funding  —  Democratic attorneys general and governors in 23 states and Washington, DC, have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Bloomberg:
Federal Workers Get Second Musk Buyout Offer  —  Some federal departments are offering employees a second chance to accept a buyout offer, the latest effort to downsize the US government amid a wave of cuts spearheaded by Elon Musk.  —  The Transportation Department gave workers through April 7 …
Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Rahm Emanuel is coming to Wall Street  —  The Scoop  —  Rahm Emanuel, a veteran Democratic leader and political brawler widely seen as a 2028 presidential contender, is coming to Wall Street.  Emanuel, who served most recently as Joe Biden's ambassador to Japan, is rejoining investment …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Ten weeks that shook the world  —  On many fronts, and with deliberate haste, America is vaporising its soft power  —  Civilisations are not murdered, said the historian Arnold Toynbee.  They die from suicide.  Though military clout and geographic fortune will sustain America, its republic is flirting with Toynbee's script.
Ian Dunt / Striking 13:
Want to know how Trump gets in?  Just look at the coverage of Le Pen  —  The press takes a leading role destroying the rule of law  —  The truth of the Marine Le Pen story is simple.  She fucked around.  She got found out.  —  What did she actually do?
Kathryn Anne Edwards / Bloomberg:
The Coming Recession Will Be Self-Inflicted  —  The looming economic contraction will be unique in past-war America in that it will be the first directly caused by White House policy.  —  The US economy is plodding toward a recession, a result of the Trump administration's pursuit …
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants' Social Media  —  The order comes as President Trump expands deportation efforts, including of students who have spoken out in support of Palestinians during Israel's war in Gaza.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
Discussion: Racket News
 
 
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Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Trump taps ex-Rep. Anthony D'Esposito for Labor IG
Discussion: Washington Examiner
NBC News:
Some federal agencies launch a new ‘deferred resignation’ effort to encourage workers to leave their jobs
Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Dr. Oz ‘Disavows’ Support for Transgender Care, Assuaging a Senator's Concerns
Discussion: Fox News
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson ignites GOP fury with hardball tactics
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
Millions of Women Will Lose Access to Contraception as a Result of Trump Aid Cuts
NIH News Release:
Jay Bhattacharya Begins Tenure as 18th Director of the National Institutes of Health
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lisa Jarvis / Bloomberg:
Big Pharma Needs to Get Off the Sidelines
Discussion: STAT and Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Rachel Cohrs Zhang / Bloomberg:
Fauci's Successor Put on Leave as RFK Jr. Reshapes Agencies
Discussion: CBS News, New York Post and Axios
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
When ‘Owning The Libs’ > The Constitution
New York Times:
Doug Emhoff's Law Firm Is Said to Be Trump's Next Target
Discussion: Raw Story
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Divergence From the Interests of Capital
Sewell Chan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Center for Public Integrity Is Shutting Down
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Garrett Shanley / The Independent Florida Alligator:
'Ladapo's a charlatan': Florida surgeon general's tenure at UF is lackluster, colleagues say
Discussion: Raw Story
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Cutting Off NPR and PBS
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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