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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon  —  The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.  —  President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping …
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Dasha Burns / Politico:
Waltz's team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world  —  It's a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration's national security team relies on Signal.  —  National security adviser Mike Waltz's …
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Republicans reel as Dem over-performances hit a swing state and MAGA country  —  Democrats clinched a landslide victory in Wisconsin and made inroads in two deep-red Florida districts, spelling trouble for Republicans.  —  Republicans emerged from Tuesday's elections on shaky footing.
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Wall Street Journal:
The MAGA Backlash Arrives  —  Republicans hold two Florida House seats despite a sharp swing to the Democrats, but Democrats easily keep their Wisconsin Supreme Court majority.  —  Democrats solidified their 4-3 progressive majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the ramifications are nationwide.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The Biggest Loser in Wisconsin
Jordain Carney / Politico:
McConnell breaks with party to reject Trump's Canada tariffs  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell privately indicated to Sen. Tim Kaine he would back the Virginia Democrat's resolution to undo President Donald Trump's Canada tariffs.  Kaine told reporters Wednesday that the former GOP leader told …
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Paul Krugman:
Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness  —  From Apocalypse Now: … Today, according to Trump and co., is Liberation Day — the day Trump will announce big new tariffs on top of the substantial tariffs he's already slapped on steel, aluminum and autos.  —  Nobody knows much about the details …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg:
Trump Tariff Plans Still in Limbo Ahead of Rose Garden Event
New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Unveils Sweeping Tariffs on All Imports
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Frank Luntz: Booker marathon speech ‘may have changed the course of political history’  —  Longtime GOP pollster Frank Luntz said Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) “may have changed the course of political history” with his marathon speech breaking the Senate's record for the longest floor speech in its history.
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Dani Blum / New York Times:
The Physiology of Cory Booker's 25-Hour Senate Speech
Nia-Malika Henderson / Bloomberg:
Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech Was a Stunt. It Worked.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Why Cory Booker's Speech Matters
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Jesse Zanger / CBS News:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams corruption case dismissed with prejudice, judge rules  —  New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped.  —  Judge Dale Ho has agreed to the U.S. Department of Justice's request to drop the charges against Adams, but he did so “with prejudice.”
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Associated Press:
Judge dismisses corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden tax informant set to control IRS criminal division  —  The Trump administration has placed a political appointee in charge of tax investigations, in a break with longtime precedent.  —  Just now  —  The Trump administration is amassing influence over criminal investigations at the IRS …
Discussion: Fortune, al.com and Tax Notes
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback  —  Acting commissioner Leland Dudek called Maine Gov. Janet Mills a “petulant child” for defying Donald Trump.  —  WASHINGTON ― Emails show that the Social Security Administration canceled contracts …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Leaked Emails Expose Trump's Devastating Revenge Plot on Dem. Governor
NBC News:
‘We were lied to:’ Two women the Trump administration tried to send to El Salvador prison speak out  —  The women's accounts raise questions about the thoroughness of the administration's vetting of migrants it has sent to the notorious prison.  —  On March 15, the Trump administration loaded …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Times:
Inside Elite Law Firms, Protests and Quitting After Trump Deals  —  The discontent does not appear to be resonating with leaders at Paul Weiss and Skadden, but it could hamstring their recruitment efforts.  —  Ever since the elite law firms Paul Weiss and Skadden reached deals with President Trump …
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New York Times:
Read the Letter to the Chairman of Paul Weiss
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Isidore / CNN:
Tesla sales plunge: Biggest decline in history  —  Tesla sales plunged 13% in the first three months of this year, as the company reported the largest drop in deliveries in its history by far, amid backlash against CEO Elon Musk and as growing competition from other automakers' electric vehicles took …
Washington Post:
How the Trump administration took aim at Maine  —  Maine has faced investigations and arbitrary reversals of funding, turning it into a test case for the Trump administration's approach to perceived adversaries.
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk Can't Take the Heat  —  The numbers say anti-Tesla protests are working.  So do Musk's increasingly unhinged actions.  —  Elon Musk has a simple diagnosis of what's ailing America: It's being destroyed by empathy.  In a long interview with Joe Rogan, in numerous tweets …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Fauci allies, Covid vaccine officials get ax at NIH  —  The removals have gutted FDA and NIH leadership.  —  As an anti-vaccine activist, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent years attacking Anthony Fauci and sowing doubts about the successful effort he led to develop a Covid vaccine.
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Politico:
Top Trump FDA official Brenner hits pause on Novavax Covid-19 vaccine decision
Discussion: Public
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Supreme Court confronts South Carolina bid to defund Planned Parenthood  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a case testing whether South Carolina was legally allowed to cut off Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood.  —  South Carolina restricted Planned Parenthood from participating …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:   The Supreme Court struggles with whether to wound Medicaid to spite Planned Parenthood
Fred Lambert / Electrek:
Tesla (TSLA) announces 336,681 deliveries, far worse than expected  —  Tesla (TSLA) has released its Q1 2025 production and delivery numbers.  The automaker confirmed it delivered 336,681 electric vehicles during the first three months of the year — far below expectations.
Alvaro Murillo / Reuters:
Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa  —  Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like “a Roman emperor.”
New York Times:
Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.  —  The e-commerce giant put in a last-minute offer for the popular video app, according to three people familiar with the talks.  TikTok faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership structure.  —  Amazon has put in a last-minute bid …
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Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65  —  A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable.  At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.  —  Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor …
M. Gessen / New York Times:
Unmarked Vans.  Secret Lists.  Public Denunciations.  Our Police State Has Arrived.  —  “It's the unmarked cars,” a friend who grew up under an Argentine dictatorship said.  He had watched the video of the Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's abduction.
Discussion: Jewish Insider
Ale Franqueza / Migrant Insider:
ICE Raids Idaho Lawmaker's Farm  —  State Rep. Stephanie Mickelsen was reported to ICE for speaking out against Trump's immigration policies.  —  An Idaho Republican state representative has accused her own party of weaponizing federal immigration authorities against her after she publicly …
Discussion: InvestigateWest
Reuters:
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally  —  U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Discussion: Politico and Defense One
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump approval falls to 43%, lowest since returning to office, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 43%, the lowest since his return to office, as Americans soured on his tariff moves and his administration's handling of information about a military strike in Yemen, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Discussion: 19FortyFive and Forbes
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
How to leak to a journalist  —  Planning to leak?  Read these tips first.  —  There's a lot out there to leak.  —  The second Trump administration, historically unfriendly to the press, has thrown Washington into chaos.  Tens of thousands of federal employees have been placed on leave …
Jenny Gross / New York Times:
N.Y.U. Cancels Doctor's Speech at the Last Minute, Citing Anti-Government Tone  —  Dr. Joanne Liu, an N.Y.U. graduate, said the cancellation of her presentation on humanitarian crises was a sign of the climate of fear at U.S. universities.  —  The night before Dr. Joanne Liu was scheduled …
Discussion: Democracy Now
 
 
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Senate unveils new blueprint for mega-MAGA package
Discussion: Associated Press
Cate Cadell / Washington Post:
Top House Democrat urges FBI probe of Musk's China ties
Discussion: The Hill
NBC News:
Hakeem Jeffries threatens lawsuit over delayed Texas special election
Discussion: Washington Examiner and RedState
Robert Wright / Financial Times:
Denmark's Maersk buys Panama Canal railway
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 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Exclusive: DOGE official at DOJ bragged about hacking, distributing pirated software
Discussion: Ars Technica
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
HHS fires entire staff of program that helps low-income people afford heat and air conditioning
Discussion: KTVZ-TV
Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
‘He repels people’: DeSantis tears into Fine after Florida special election underperformance
Coco Gong / The Princetonian:
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
Discussion: Breitbart
Evelyn Douek / The Atlantic:
Can I Teach the First Amendment If I Only Have a Green Card?
Discussion: Just Security and Fortune
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
In a new book, top Biden aide describes ‘out of it’ president before Trump debate
 

 
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