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3:35 PM ET, April 4, 2025

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Washington Post:
Inside President Trump's whirlwind decision to blow up global trade  —  Why did Trump impose tariffs?  Inside the advice that shaped his decision.
Discussion: Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
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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.
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.
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.
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  —  The tariff comes into effect on April 10 and is part of a raft of measures that includes more rare earths controls  —  China will impose a 34 per cent tariff on imported American goods …
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Ted Cruz warns Trump tariffs could be ‘terrible for America’  —  Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz is warning about major risks for the American economy and its automotive industry thanks to President Donald Trump's trade war, saying it could result in the biggest tax hike in a “long, long time.”
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's Tariff Madness Can Be Stopped.  Here's How.  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 4 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package
Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Trump's Next Tariffs Target Could Be Foreign-Made Medicines
Discussion: The Hill and Forbes
Scott Horsley / NPR:
The job market remains incredibly healthy — but the tariff storm could upend things
CNBC:
Dow drops 1,400 points, Nasdaq set to close in bear market as Trump tariff sell-off worsens: Live updates
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Powell sees tariffs raising inflation and says Fed will wait before further rate moves
Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:
China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘Everyone is terrified’: Business and government officials are afraid to cross Trump on tariffs
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
How Trump's latest tariffs could affect your wallet
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Federal Reserve chief says Trump tariffs likely to raise inflation and slow US economic growth
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
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 …
Carolina Journal:
Appeals Court orders new vote calculations in NC Supreme Court election dispute  — The North Carolina Court of Appeals split, 2-1, in ordering the state elections board to recalculate vote totals in the disputed 2024 state Supreme Court election.  — Voters with incomplete registration records …
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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
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Budget experts of all stripes howl about Senate Republicans' price tag ‘abuse’  —  Senate GOP leaders claim they have the power to assert their own price tag for their “big, beautiful bill” to pass President Donald Trump's agenda.  Off Capitol Hill, unlikely allies are sounding the alarm.
Discussion: NOTUS and National Review
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The GOP has an Orwellian solution to pay for Trump's tax cuts
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
Jordain Carney / Politico:
More Republicans back bill giving Congress a say on tariffs
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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: Washington Examiner and 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
Jill Lepore / New York Times:
The Failed Ideas That Drive Elon Musk  —  President Trump has reportedly told cabinet members that Elon Musk may soon leave the administration.  If and when he goes, what will he leave behind?  —  Mr. Musk has long presented himself to the world as a futurist.
Andrew Freedman / Axios:
Canceled contract means NOAA research websites slated to go dark  —  The early cancellation of an Amazon Web Services contract means that a slew of NOAA websites are slated to go dark beginning at midnight, sources told Axios.  —  Why it matters: This mainly would affect NOAA's research division …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Siddarth S / Reuters:
Global brokerages raise recession odds; J.P.Morgan sees 60% chance  —  J.P.Morgan ratcheted up its odds for a U.S. and global recession to 60%, as brokerages scrambled to revise their forecast models with tariff distress threatening to sap business confidence and slow down global growth.
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 …
Reuters:
Thai arrest warrant issued for American academic on royal insult charges  —  A Thai court issued an arrest warrant for an American academic on charges of insulting the monarchy, a rare use of the country's “lese majeste” law against a foreigner, according to a document reviewed by Reuters on Friday.
Paul Krugman:
How a Con Man President Is Destroying Confidence  —  Chaos and incompetence are bad.  Who knew?  —  1,185  —  Normally, I don't believe in confidence.  —  In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, “confidence” was the first refuge of scoundrels.  That is, the supposed need to retain …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and C-SPAN.org
 
 
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Trump's war on veterans targets program to help them keep their homes
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Confusion and despair as health agency workers tally their losses
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Criminal law expert discusses book on Fourth Amendment in digital age
Bloomberg:
Stocks Hit Session Lows in Second Day of Tariff Turmoil
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