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Washington Post:
Inside President Trump's whirlwind decision to upend global trade  —  Ultimately, Trump resolved to follow his own instincts — and was surrounded by senior officials who enabled him.  —  Not long after President Donald Trump's inauguration, the administration's economic staff went to work …
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New Republic:
“Horrifying”: Trump's Weird, Confused Rant to Media as Markets Tanked  —  After President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from all over the globe, prompting the markets to implode, he took a question about it on Thursday.  He ranted and rambled delusionally about how everything is just great.
Financial Times:
America's astonishing act of self-harm  —  Trump's tariffs will upend the global economic order and tarnish US prosperity  —  If it endures, Donald Trump's decision on April 2 2025 to enact sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on US trade partners will go down as one of the greatest acts of self-harm in American economic history.
New Republic:   Transcript: Trump's Tariff Madness Can Be Stopped. Here's How.
CNBC:
Dow drops 1,400 points, Nasdaq set to close in bear market as Trump tariff sell-off worsens: Live updates  —  The stock market took another pounding Friday after China retaliated with new tariffs on U.S. goods, further lending credibility to fears of a trade war that could spark a global a recession.
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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Trump's Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs  —  The Chinese government said it would match President Trump's tariff, and also barred a group of American companies from doing business in China.  —  China has struck back at President Trump on Friday.
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Gavin Newsom angles for California exemptions to Trump trade war  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he is pursuing agreements with other countries to ensure California is exempted from retaliatory tariffs aimed at the U.S.  —  Why it matters: President Trump's “Liberation Day” tariffs spurred global blowback.
South China Morning Post:
Breaking | China hits back at US with 34% tariff on American imports in retaliation for Trump's duties
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Ted Cruz warns Trump tariffs could be ‘terrible for America’
Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package
Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:
China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.
Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
North Carolina judges side with Republican colleague in close Supreme Court election  —  A North Carolina appeals court sided Friday with the trailing Republican candidate in an extremely close state Supreme Court election, a ruling that could flip the result of the nation's only 2024 race that is still undecided.
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New York Times:
Appeals Court Orders Thousands of Voters to Verify Information in Contested N.C. Election
Discussion: Washington Post
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
NC Voters Must Fix Ballots in 15 Days, Court Rules
Discussion: Twitchy
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
New court decision in a disputed North Carolina race means 65,000 votes are a step closer to be being thrown out
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Republican moves to rein in tariff powers  —  Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he plans to introduce a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation aimed at reclaiming Congress' authority over tariffs, becoming the first House Republican to openly challenge the powers President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
More Republicans back bill giving Congress a say on tariffs
Discussion: The Hill and Spectrum News
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Congress has power over tariffs, but stopping Trump isn't likely as of now
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘Everyone is terrified’: Business and government officials are afraid to cross Trump on tariffs
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says  —  A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison …
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Washington Post:
Judge orders Trump administration to bring back Md. man mistakenly deported
Discussion: Fox News and Axios
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
US judge to hear lawsuit of man deported to El Salvador in error
Discussion: USA Today and KTVZ-TV
Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.'s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance  —  Peter Marks says the new health secretary's team wants to show vaccines aren't safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments  —  The top vaccine regulator ousted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
National Security Agency and Cyber Command chief Gen. Timothy Haugh ousted  —  The director of the NSA, the powerful wiretapping and cyber espionage service, was fired and reassigned Thursday, according to U.S. officials.  —  just now  —  The director of the powerful wiretapping …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command Is Ousted
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault  —  Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police  —  The comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Poll: AOC leads Schumer in head-to-head New York primary matchup by double digits  —  The liberal group Data For Progress conducted the survey of likely Democratic voters.  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading Chuck Schumer by double digits in a new head-to-head poll of the 2028 New York primary.
Washington Post:
IRS will cut 25% of its employees, eliminating its civil rights office  —  The tax agency began telling employees about the coming reduction in emails sent Friday.  —  Just now  —  The Internal Revenue Service plans to eliminate nearly a quarter of its workforce in layoffs starting Friday …
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Lauren Rosenthal / Bloomberg:
US Weather Agency Websites Set to Vanish With Contract Cuts  —  The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could snarl operations at several labs.
Discussion: KTVZ-TV
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
The job market remains incredibly healthy — but the tariff storm could upend things  —  The American labor market just provided a bit of reassuring economic news at the end of a rocky week.  —  U.S. employers added 228,000 jobs in March.  That's about twice the number added the previous month …
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. Job Growth Strong Amid Trade War Worries
Ethan Gach / Kotaku:
Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs  —  New tariffs threaten massive price hikes on gaming hardware and other consumer goods  —  Switch 2 pre-orders were supposed to begin on April 9.  No longer.  In an unprecedented move, Nintendo announced on Friday that it's halting pre-orders …
Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Trump's Next Tariffs Target Could Be Foreign-Made Medicines  —  President Trump wants to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States.  Experts warn that tariffs could result in shortages and higher prices for generic drugs.  —  The drug industry got a temporary reprieve …
Discussion: The Hill and Forbes
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New York Times:   Swiss Indignant to Make the Top 10 of Trump's Tariffs List
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Obama says he is ‘deeply concerned’ with the Trump administration's targeting of students, journalists and law firms  —  His comments came on the same day that former Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke out against the administration.  —  Former President Barack Obama said he is …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever  —  Almost two dozen repositories of research and public health data supported by the National Institutes of Health are marked for “review” under the Trump administration's direction …
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
Trump's Jewish Cover Story … The Trump administration wants you to know that it's just looking out for Jews.  In recent weeks, the White House has cited anti-Semitism as the motivation for many of its controversial moves, whether deporting foreign students who allegedly engaged …
Discussion: MPR News
NPR:
Trump's VA is ending a rescue program that's saved 17,000 military veterans' homes  —  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that it will end a mortgage-rescue program designed to help veterans who have fallen behind on their mortgages keep their homes.
Discussion: Daily Kos and MBA
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge finds FEMA withholding grants in violation of court order  —  A federal judge Friday ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to disburse millions of dollars of grants to Democratic-led states, finding the administration's withholding of the funds breached his previous ruling.
 
 
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