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6:25 PM ET, April 5, 2025

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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Lawyer Who Criticized Administration in Court Is Put on Leave  —  Erez Reuveni is the latest in a series of career officials who have faced punitive action after refusing to comply with a directive they deemed illegal or unethical.  —  A senior Justice Department immigration lawyer …
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
138. Abrego Garcia, Constructive Custody, and Federal Judicial Power  —  Federal courts don't have jurisdiction over foreign prisons.  That doesn't mean that they're powerless when the U.S. government wrongly removes someone from the United States.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an …
Discussion: New York Times
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Admin Dismisses Judge's Order to Bring Back Man Accidentally Sent to El Salvador  —  “We suggest the judge contact President Bukele,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt … “We suggest the judge contact President Bukele because we are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction …
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Trump administration argues judge can't order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador  —  A federal judge didn't have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A scary quote for the GOP on Trump and tariffs  —  What if Trump is willing to go down with the tariff ship — and take his party with him?  —  Just now  —  Perhaps the most infamous quote Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) ever offered about Donald Trump came in May 2016.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Musk slams key Trump adviser Navarro as tariffs bite  —  Elon Musk blasted top Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro overnight, calling out his education and lack of corporate credentials.  —  Why it matters: The two-day rout in the stock market this week, after Trump announced sweeping …
Erica Pandey / Axios:   Tariffs bring overnight economic chaos
Associated Press:
‘Hands Off!’ protests against Trump and Musk are planned across the US  —  Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk plan to rally across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
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CBS News:
“Hands Off!” demonstrations protest Trump, Musk across U.S.
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Firing of National Security Agency Chief Rattles Lawmakers  —  Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who was also the head of U.S. Cyber Command, was one of several national security officials fired on the advice of a conspiracy theorist.  —  As soon as word spread that President Trump had fired Gen. Timothy D. Haugh …
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New York Times:
Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger  —  The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country's fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections.  —  When President Trump abruptly fired …
Discussion: CBS News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell calls out Trump for hiring ‘amateur isolationists’ at Pentagon, firing NSA director
Discussion: New York Post
Makena Kelly / Wired:
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS.  It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data  —  DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.  —  Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency …
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
House deficit hawks rise up against Senate budget blueprint  —  Three Republicans said they would oppose the plan in the House, nearly enough to tank it.  —  Several House conservatives blasted the latest GOP budget plan just hours after the Senate Republicans approved it early Saturday morning …
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Associated Press:   Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans
Washington Post:
Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda  —  In a campus speech, the former president said universities should be prepared to lose federal funds to defend academic freedom, rather than be “intimidated.”  —  Just now  —  Former president Barack Obama called …
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Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants  —  The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information.  But immigration officials now say they're seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without authorization.
Kevin M. Levin / Civil War Memory:
The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library  —  We now have a list of the 381 books that have been removed from the U.S. Naval Academy's Nimitz Library in Annapolis, Maryland.  Many of the books in the list fall under categories such as Critical Race Theory, Gender and Ethnic Studies, LGBTQ Studies, etc.
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Jenny Kleeman / The Guardian:
I was a British tourist trying to leave America.  Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre  —  Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime.  But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE.
Poppy Mcpherson / Reuters:
U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says  —  Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration's dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response.
Discussion: New York Post
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Giedrė Peseckytė / Politico:
Jaguar Land Rover suspends shipments to US after Trump tariffs  —  The company, which exports almost a quarter of its production to the U.S., is pausing shipments in April as it works out longer-term solutions.  —  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), U.K.-based luxury automaker, said it will “pause” …
 
 
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Al Green says he'll present articles of impeachment against Trump in next 30 days
New York Times:
Trump Family's Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out
Discussion: Raw Story and Chicago Tribune
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
New York Times:
Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentence
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: A dispatch from the trade war front lines
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Fox News:
Dems slam Elon Musk, Melania Trump with xenophobic attacks: ‘Go back to South Africa!’
Discussion: The Guardian
Lindsay Ellis / Wall Street Journal:
Big Law Firms Struck a Truce With Trump—and Set Off a Clash With Recruits
Discussion: The Guardian
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 4, 2025  —  The stock market rout continued today.  As expected, China announced …
Discussion: New York Times and The Mahablog
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Montana GOP censures 9 Senate Republicans for working with Dems
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
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Will Oremus / Washington Post:
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