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9:30 PM ET, April 5, 2025

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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is.  It's Everywhere.  —  It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend's …
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Washingtonian:
PHOTOS: Check Out These Signs at the “Hands Off!”  Protest in DC  —  Tens of thousands of people rallied on the National Mall to vent frustration at Trump and Musk.  —  In what was billed as a “national day of action,” more than 1,300 “Hands Off!” protests took place in all 50 states …
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies  —  Crowds of people angry about the way President Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying …
Axios:
In photos: “Hands Off!” protesters rally against Trump across the U.S.  —  Protesters across the U.S. rallying as part of the “Hands Off!” movement on Saturday are taking to the streets, state capitals, federal buildings, congressional offices and city centers to protest the Trump administration.
Rolling Stone:
Anti-Trump Protesters Assemble in Every State and Cities Worldwide
Discussion: USA Today
CBS News:
“Hands Off!” demonstrations protest Trump, Musk across U.S.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders  —  Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senior Justice Dept. Lawyer Put on Leave After Questioning Trump Administration
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deportees
Discussion: CBS News and Reuters
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
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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
CNN:
White House advisers have kept Laura Loomer at bay for months.  Then, Trump invited her in  —  President Donald Trump arranged for far-right activist Laura Loomer to join him in the Oval Office this week for an extraordinary meeting that preceded a shake-up of his national security leadership …
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
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New York Times:
Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger
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 …
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CNN:
DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A scary quote for the GOP on Trump and tariffs
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
As Trump tariffs sink in, conservatives challenge whether they're legal
Discussion: Reason
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Lesotho, a Small African Nation, Expects a Big Hit From Trump's Tariffs  —  The amount of manufactured goods exported from Africa to the United States is minuscule.  But for Lesotho, the impact of a stunning 50 percent tariff is enormous.  —  The nation that the Trump administration slapped …
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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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New York Times:
Trump Family's Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out  —  The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president's Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.  —  The financial market meltdown was underway …
Discussion: Raw Story and Chicago Tribune
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.
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Al Green says he'll present articles of impeachment against Trump in next 30 days  —  Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said he will bring articles of impeachment against President Trump in the next 30 days, telling protestors at an anti-Trump rally in Washington that he does not “deserve” to hold the executive office.
New York Times:
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On  —  The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers.  The video appears to contradict Israel's version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading.  Now in Office, He Trades Freely.  —  Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., who campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, has emerged as one of the most active stock traders in the freshman class.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Doug Emhoff publicly criticizes his law firm for coming to agreement with Trump administration  —  Speaking at a charity gala dinner Thursday night in Los Angeles, former second gentleman Doug Emhoff condemned the decision by his law firm to preemptively come to an arrangement …
 
 
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CNN:
How Trump's tariffs are changing — or not — lives around the world
Discussion: Mother Jones and CBS News
Mother Jones:
This 15-Year-Old Just Scorched Team Trump in a Frankly Amazing Interview
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
It Is Happening Here  —  Trump is following the playbook of autocrats around the world — and it could change America forever.
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
 Earlier Items: 
Donato Paolo Mancini / Bloomberg:
Musk Hopes US, Europe Move to Zero-Tariff Free-Trade Zone
Poppy Mcpherson / Reuters:
U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
Discussion: Associated Press and New York Post
New York Times:
Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentence
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
 

 
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