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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.
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.
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.”
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.
South China Morning Post:
Breaking | China hits back at US with 34% tariff on American imports in retaliation for Trump's duties
Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Trump's Next Tariffs Target Could Be Foreign-Made Medicines
Discussion: The Hill and Forbes
Dharna Noor / The Guardian:
‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs package
CNBC:
Dow drops 1,400 points, Nasdaq set to close in bear market as Trump tariff sell-off worsens: Live updates
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘Everyone is terrified’: Business and government officials are afraid to cross Trump on tariffs
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:   Swiss Indignant to Make the Top 10 of Trump's Tariffs List
Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:
China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Powell sees tariffs raising inflation and says Fed will wait before further rate moves
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 …
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Reuters:   Trump layoffs begin to erode FDA drug review system
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: Democracy Docket
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
NC Voters Must Fix Ballots in 15 Days, Court Rules
Discussion: Twitchy
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.
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 …
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
US judge to hear lawsuit of man deported to El Salvador in error  —  A U.S. judge in Maryland is scheduled to hear arguments on Friday over the erroneous deportation of a Salvadoran man who was flown to El Salvador last month as part of an agreement by President Donald Trump's administration …
Discussion: Axios, USA Today and 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
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 …
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
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
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Lauren Rosenthal / Bloomberg:
US Weather Agency Websites Set to Vanish With Contract Cuts
Discussion: KTVZ-TV
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
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.
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.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
More Republicans back bill giving Congress a say on tariffs  —  A bipartisan bill to give Congress a vote on new tariffs is gaining notable GOP backing.  Sens. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Jerry Moran of Kansas signed on as cosponsors of the bill …
Discussion: The Hill and Spectrum News
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.
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.
 
 
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Associated Press:
The Energy Department identifies thousands of nonessential positions at risk of DOGE cuts
CBS News:
Bernie Sanders warns the U.S. is now a “pseudo-democracy”
Discussion: Jacobin
John Sexton / HotAir:
Antifa's Disrupts UC Davis Event While Police Stand By and Do Nothing
Discussion: UC Davis, Fox News and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time
Politico:
RFK Jr.'s staff cuts leave health workers scrambling
Diane Harris / New York Times:
How to Protect Your Retirement Savings Now as Markets Plunge
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Paul Krugman:
How a Con Man President Is Destroying Confidence
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and C-SPAN.org
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Lamps Are Going Out Around Us
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Social Security faces thousands more job cuts even with service in tailspin
Discussion: The Independent
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