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4:35 PM ET, April 7, 2025

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New York Times:
Live Updates: Wall Street Slumps Further as Trump Defends His Tariffs  —  The S&P 500 tumbled, entering bear market territory, after more losses in Asia and Europe.  President Trump said he would not back off his trade war, reinforcing fears of a global economic downturn.  —  Here's the latest.
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump issues veto threat on tariff bill  —  President Trump would veto the legislation introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would limit the president's authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, according to a White House statement seen by Axios.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House will give Trump ‘space’ on tariffs, Johnson says  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that the House will provide President Donald Trump with “space” to carry out his massive global tariff regime, even as some GOP lawmakers openly plead with Trump to negotiate off-ramps before the levies kick in on Wednesday.
Steve Inskeep / NPR:
UAW President Shawn Fain explains why he supports Trump's tariffs  —  President Trump's announcements on tariffs have dismayed many of his erstwhile supporters on Wall Street.  The suddenness — and steepness — of the tariffs announced last Wednesday prompted some global manufacturers …
David Goldman / CNN:
Jamie Dimon sounds the alarm bell on tariffs  —  JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has issued a blunt warning about President Donald Trump's tariff policy: It threatens to raise prices, drive the global economy into a downturn and weaken America's standing in the world.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:   Trump tariffs, corporations cower
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Democrats question law firms over ‘shakedown’ deals with Trump administration
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reason
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Businesses, conservative lawyers planning legal challenge to Trump's tariffs
Discussion: Bloomberg and Forbes
Reuters:
Trump threatens additional tariffs on China, terminates talks
The Economic Times:
Trump considering a 90-day pause in tariffs for all countries except China: White House
Jamie Dimon / JPMorganChase:
Chairman and CEO Letter to Shareholders
Politico:
Trump asks Supreme Court to block judge's order requiring US to bring back man who was wrongly deported  —  The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia's deportation both as an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.”  —  The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
‘This is a Path of Perfect Lawlessness’: Court Condemns Trump Over Wrongful Deportation
Discussion: Law & Crime
CNN:
Trump asks Supreme Court to block order requiring US to bring back man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Cecilia Vega / CBS News:
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
Discussion: New Republic and Mediaite
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself  —  Donald Trump may finally get his long-desired military parade through the streets of Washington.  —  The Washington City Paper, citing an unnamed D.C. source, reports that the president has chosen June 14, 2025 …
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Lauren Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for His 79th Birthday
Discussion: Washington Times
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Hubris Is Off the Charts
Discussion: Al Jazeera and New York Post
Julia Payne / Reuters:
EU Commission proposes 25% counter-tariffs on some US imports, document shows  —  The European Union flag pattern with the word “tariffs” is seen in this illustration taken April 7, 2025.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights  —  The European Commission proposed counter-tariffs …
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:   European Union Slaps 25% Tariffs On United States In Retaliation
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-lawyer over congressional testimony, letter shows  —  The U.S. Justice Department sent armed U.S. Marshals to deliver a letter warning a fired career pardon attorney about testifying to congressional Democrats, her lawyer said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Wausau
Washington Post:
Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff  —  The worsening problems come as Elon Musk's DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website.  —  Retirees and disabled people are facing chronic website outages …
David Brooks / The Atlantic:
I Should Have Seen This Coming  —  When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left.  The reactionary fringe has won.  —  Listen to more stories on Hark
Discussion: Raw Story and OutsideTheBeltway
Reuters:
Exclusive: US admiral at NATO fired in expanding national security purge  —  U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, who holds a senior position in NATO, has been fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top officials by the Trump administration, three sources told Reuters on Monday.
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Politico:   Trump fires a top U.S. military official to NATO
David Gilbert / Wired:
‘Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down’: Donald Trump's Return-to-Office Mandate Is Going Terribly  —  Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED the return-to-office order has resulted in widespread chaos, plummeting productivity, and significantly reduced services to the public.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
After President Donald Trump's tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars from the stock market, the Republican Party is scrambling.  —  Farmers, who were a part of Trump's base, are “struck and shocked” by the tariffs, the president of the South Dakota Farmers Union told Lauren Scott …
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Axios:   1 big thing: Trump's dark opening to Golden Age
Washington Post:
RFK Jr. visits Texas after second child dies of measles amid outbreak  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R), a medical doctor, called on top health officials to “unequivocally” endorse measles vaccinations before “another child dies.”  —  A second child has died of measles amid an outbreak in West Texas …
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Schatz expands holds to more than 300 Trump nominees  —  Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is expanding his holds on President Trump's nominees to include an additional 50 names — along with a batch of bipartisan foreign affairs bills, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
ABC News:
Former clerk for judge who tossed Trump's classified docs case now in senior DOJ position  —  A former law clerk to Judge Aileen Cannon is now with the Justice Department.  —  President Donald Trump crosses the South Lawn after exiting Marine One at White House in Washington, April 6, 2025.
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
Peter Navarro says Vietnam's 0% tariff offer is not enough: 'It's the nontariff cheating that matters'  —  WATCH NOW  —  White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said Monday that an offer by Vietnam to eliminate tariffs on U.S. imports would not be enough for the administration to lift its new levies announced last week.
Peter Smith / Associated Press:
US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts  —  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced Monday that it is ending a half-century of partnerships with the federal government to serve refugees and children, saying the “heartbreaking” …
Discussion: USCCB, Axios and Washington Post
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Harriet Tubman reference removed from National Parks' Underground Railroad web page  —  The National Parks Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad.  —  For years, the Parks' page on the Underground Railroad featured a prominent photo of Tubman.
Paul Krugman:
Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless  —  As we wait to see what fresh hell awaits us this week, one obvious question is, who put these malevolent clowns in power?  —  The short answer is ignorant people.  But political ignorance takes two different forms.
 
 
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Ashwin Rodrigues / Wired:
Bluesky Can't Take a Joke  —  Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads.
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Supreme Court of the United States:
PROCEEDINGS AND ORDERS  —  Application (24A949) to vacate injunction entered …
Discussion: Axios and Reason
Andrea Hsu / NPR:
They had left their DEI roles. Trump still fired them
Discussion: Breitbart
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Out of power in Congress, Democrats spotlight Trump's Justice Department with ‘shadow hearing’
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
Trump pollster finds Medicaid cuts unpopular among Trump voters
Discussion: Boston Herald and New York Times
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Musk's DOGE team can access government data for now, appeals court rules
Discussion: Bloomberg and Associated Press
April Rubin / Axios:
Exclusive: House Democrats probe Elon Musk's conflicts of interest with NASA
Discussion: Raw Story and Blue Virginia
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump swipes at California's Dems while celebrating Dodgers
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The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI
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