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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison — The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction …
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Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act — The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process—and, in many cases, under false pretenses. — Throughout the fall and winter, Alexis Romero de Hernández struggled to accept a grim new routine.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump administration admits ‘error’ in deporting Maryland resident to El Salvador — The Department of Justice says it has no recourse now that the man is in his home country, where he'd previously feared torture and persecution. — The Trump administration acknowledged late Monday …
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Washington Examiner, UPI, Raw Story, Twitchy, ABC News, The Independent and The Guardian
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Admits Deporting the Wrong Guy to El Salvador Mega Prison. They Still Won't Bring Him Home — DOUBLING DOWN — Despite the “error,” the federal government doesn't plan to bring him home and says the courts can't make them. — The Trump administration admitted …
Josh Marcus / The Independent:
Trump admin accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian mega-prison and says it can't get him back
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison
Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison
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New York Times:
U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’
U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump claims a Michael Jordan tattoo is evidence of Venezuelan gang membership
Trump claims a Michael Jordan tattoo is evidence of Venezuelan gang membership
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Mercury News, Raw Story, Miami Herald and ABC News
Senator Cory Booker / Senator Cory Booker on YouTube:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America's Moral Moment on the Senate Floor — Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has taken the Senate floor and is speaking as long as he is physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed a...
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Inside Cory Booker's Plan To Disrupt ‘Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor — A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening — and he doesn't plan on leaving it any time soon. In a text message to TPM, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said he was about to begin speaking for as long as he could stand.
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C-SPAN.org:
U.S. Senate — The Senate will vote to advance President Trump's nomination of Matthew Whitaker …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrat will block Trump's VA nominees to protest cuts
Senate Democrat will block Trump's VA nominees to protest cuts
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Booker bids for a marathon anti-Trump speech
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Booker talks through the night in marathon floor speech to protest Trump
Booker talks through the night in marathon floor speech to protest Trump
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CNN:
Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions
Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions
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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.
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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 …
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Politico
Politico:
Thousands laid off as Kennedy and Musk take aim at health agencies — Overnight notices hit civil service leaders as well as the rank and file. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making good on his promise to lay off thousands of employees across the government's health care agencies.
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STAT:
HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Begins Layoffs at CDC, FDA and Other Health Agencies
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Bloomberg
Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
FDA's top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
FDA's top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
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Bloomberg and The Daily Signal
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 …
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Washington Post:
Trump aides draft tariff plans as some experts warn of economic damage — The president's team is exploring using trillions of dollars in new import revenue for a tax dividend or refund, people familiar with the matter said. — White House aides have drafted a proposal to impose tariffs …
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New York Times:
Markets Remain Uneasy as Trump Prepares to Impose Sweeping ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
Markets Remain Uneasy as Trump Prepares to Impose Sweeping ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Times, Breitbart, The Hill, Associated Press and Bloomberg
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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Punchbowl News:
4/1/25 ☀️ AM: … President Donald Trump is on the brink of levying a sweeping set of new tariffs against an unidentified number of countries. Trump's actions are rattling financial markets, business leaders and foreign officials. — Now House and Senate Republicans are beginning …
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New Republic, The Hill, Politico, CBS News and Raw Story
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Democrats Sue to Block Trump Bid to Control Elections
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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 …
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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 …
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Vimal Patel / New York Times:
As Republicans Target Colleges, Harvard Cower — Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism. The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway. — The Trump administration has turned campaign promises …
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Washington Post:
Massive layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies — The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services. — April 1, 2025 — The Fix — Analysis — Aaron Blake
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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 …
Axios:
Trump's “Art of the Deal” hits new hurdles — President Trump's global dealmaking blitz is facing new obstacles, with early optimism eclipsed by broken ceasefires, pissed-off allies and thinning patience at home and abroad. — Why it matters: Ten weeks isn't a long time in foreign policy.
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Drezner's World, Raw Story, CNN and The Kyiv Independent
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.
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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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.
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“At some point …
David Gilbert / Wired:
The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla's Defense — After weeks of “Tesla Takedown” protests, extremist groups are showing up to back Elon Musk's beleaguered car company. — Over the weekend, thousands of people joined the “Tesla Takedown” protest movement at the company's showrooms across the country.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
DOJ to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO Brian Thompson murder case … Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday said she had ordered federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case against Luigi Mangione in connection with the December slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.
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Sewell Chan / Columbia Journalism Review:
Center for Public Integrity Is Shutting Down — Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group. — The Center for Public Integrity, a thirty-six-year-old nonprofit newsroom in Washington, DC …
New York Times:
Doug Emhoff's Law Firm Is Said to Be Trump's Next Target — The firm, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, also employs a top investigator for the congressional committee that documented President Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. — The law firm that employs Doug Emhoff …
