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New York Times:
After a Blowout Week, Wall Street Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos — The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week's major sell-off. — There was little rest on Wall Street this weekend.
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Wall Street Journal and Fortune
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CNBC:
Dow futures fall 1,500 points Sunday as Trump tariff market rout escalates: Live updates — U.S. stock futures dropped on Sunday evening as the White House remained defiant even after a two-day historic stock market rout that followed President Donald Trump's rollout of shockingly high tariff rates on most key U.S. trading partners.
Hakyung Kim / CNBC:
Trump not trying to crash market with tariffs, says White House economic advisor … A crashing stock market is not part of an intentional strategy by President Donald Trump, White House National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told ABC's “This Week” on Sunday.
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Politico, HuffPost, ABC News and Daily Caller News Foundation
New York Times:
Stocks in Asia Fall Sharply, Extending a Rout Caused by Trump's Tariffs — Futures on the S&P 500, which allow investors to trade the index before regular trading begins on Monday, added to last week's sell-off. — Financial markets were hit hard by another wave of selling at the start …
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CBS News
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Unbowed, Is Enacting Change on Scale Rarely Seen Before — Financial markets, universities, law firms and world leaders are reeling from the president's agenda, but White House officials say this was always the plan — WASHINGTON—And it's only been 77 days.
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump administration to markets: Don't expect a rescue
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Bloomberg, The Hill, USA Today, Washington Times and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Dow futures tumble as the massive market sell-off continues
Dow futures tumble as the massive market sell-off continues
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The Hill, Bloomberg, Reuters, The Independent, Associated Press and New York Times
John Helton / Associated Press:
Democrats hammer Trump for his weekend of golf as stocks tumble
Democrats hammer Trump for his weekend of golf as stocks tumble
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Wall Street Journal
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump defends tariffs as markets plunge: 'I don't want anything to go down'
Trump defends tariffs as markets plunge: 'I don't want anything to go down'
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, CNN and Raw Story
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans looking to retire aren't concerned about day-to-day markets, dismisses concerns about a potential recession
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans looking to retire aren't concerned about day-to-day markets, dismisses concerns about a potential recession
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Fortune, Washington Examiner, Semafor and Washington Times
Associated Press:
Trump advisers say 50-plus countries have reached out for tariff talks with White House
Trump advisers say 50-plus countries have reached out for tariff talks with White House
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The Hill, Washington Times, Boston Herald, Wausau, Al Jazeera, Human Events and Fortune
Hakyung Kim / CNBC:
Commerce Secretary Lutnick doesn't back down in face of market sell-off: ‘The tariffs are coming’
Commerce Secretary Lutnick doesn't back down in face of market sell-off: ‘The tariffs are coming’
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CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post and The Independent
NBC News:
Meet the Press - April 6, 2025
Meet the Press - April 6, 2025
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HuffPost, RedState, The Wrap, The Hill, Business Insider, Bloomberg and The American Conservative
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal
Trump's Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal
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The Guardian, Semafor, Al Jazeera and Daily Mail
Cecilia Vega / CBS News:
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador — Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of 238 Venezuelan migrants who were flown from the U.S. to a maximum security prison in El Salvador three weeks ago.
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WISH-TV, The Independent and Associated Press
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Associated Press:
Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was ‘wholly lawless’ — The U.S. government's decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be “wholly lawless,” a federal judge wrote Sunday in a legal opinion explaining …
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New York Times, CNN, Townhall, Washington Examiner, New York Daily News and RedState
Avery Lotz / Axios:
DOJ suspends attorney who said Maryland man's deportation was a mistake
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CBS News, RedState, UPI, The Guardian, Washington Times, Raw Story, Associated Press, New York Times, NBC News, The Independent and Politico
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Judge to Trump: Yes, You Really Do Have to Undo ‘Lawless’ Deportation to El Salvador
Judge to Trump: Yes, You Really Do Have to Undo ‘Lawless’ Deportation to El Salvador
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The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
Danny Nguyen / Politico:
Kennedy announces support for measles vaccine amid outbreak — The statement is a surprising turn for the health secretary and comes amid reports of a second child's death. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who spent years promoting debunked theories and sowing doubts about the safety …
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STAT, Fox News, Axios, One America News Network, WAGA-TV and Hollywood Life
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Reuters:
Second child dies of measles in Texas, media reports
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STAT, Washington Post, New York Post and Los Angeles Times
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Second measles death reported in Texas
Second measles death reported in Texas
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Axios, The Texas Tribune, Rolling Stone, Bloomberg, New York Daily News, The Bulwark, The Guardian and Wausau
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Kennedy Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of Measles
Kennedy Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of Measles
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STAT, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, PBS NewsHour, The Hill, Fortune, WISH-TV, WCCB Charlotte's CWWCCB …, Forbes, Vanity Fair, Breitbart, UPI, NewsNation, Mercury News, Lawyers, Guns & Money and CNN
NBC News:
Treasury Sec. Bessent says 'there doesn't have to be a recession': Full interview — Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent exclusively joins Meet the Press days after President Donald Trump unveiled expansive tariffs on the United States' largest trading partners.
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Fortune, New York Post, USA Today, Scripps News and The Daily Wire
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Bessent calls tariffs ‘a one-time price adjustment’
Bessent calls tariffs ‘a one-time price adjustment’
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Newsbusters, Axios, Mediaite and Breitbart
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Exclusive: how the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat — Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the making — Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz included a journalist …
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The Register, RedState, Mediaite, The Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, CBS News, TechCrunch, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
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Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: The Resistance arrives
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Republican senator floats using violence against journalists who report ‘fake news’ — Markwayne Mullin recounted how a reporter fatally shot a former congressman in 1890, adding there might be less “fake news ... if we could still handle our differences that way.”
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Molly Young / Oklahoman:
Sen. Mullin suggests ‘fake news’ would decline if violence could ‘still’ settle disputes
Sen. Mullin suggests ‘fake news’ would decline if violence could ‘still’ settle disputes
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Times-Standard and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad — Since Trump took office, the park service — an agency charged with preserving American history — has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
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Rolling Stone
Tom Sherwood / Washington City Paper:
Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C. — President Donald Trump for years has lusted after a big military parade over which he could preside—just like he sees leaders do in other mostly authoritative countries. — During his first term in 2018 …
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Try that in a small town — ICE disappeared a mother and 3 children. Neighbors of Trump's Border Czar said hell no. … If you want to support independent media during these dark times for democracy, become a paid subscriber today. … Principal Jaime Cook describes one of the third graders …
The Atlantic:
The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked — Interior Secretary Doug Burgum likes chocolate-chip cookies—preferably freshly baked and still warm. — This peculiar fact became the talk of the Department of Interior in recent weeks after his chief of staff, JoDee Hanson …
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Raw Story
Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. — A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
Diana Ramirez-Simon / The Guardian:
Chinese woman detained by US border patrol in Arizona dies by suicide — Officials reportedly didn't publicly acknowledge death until inquiries were made about woman, 52, who overstayed visa — A woman being detained in Arizona by US border patrol for overstaying her visa has died by suicide …
