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8:05 PM ET, April 7, 2025

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Peter Navarro / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's tariffs will fix a broken system  —  Next we must tackle the barrage of non-tariff weapons used to strangle American exports  —  The writer is President Trump's senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing  —  The international trade system is broken — and Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff doctrine will fix it.
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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.
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.
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 …
CNBC:
Trump threatens new 50% tariffs on China if Beijing doesn't remove retaliatory duties: Live updates
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
Peter Navarro says Vietnam's 0% tariff offer is not enough: 'It's the nontariff cheating that matters'
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:   European Union Slaps 25% Tariffs On United States In Retaliation
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
After President Donald Trump's tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars …
Discussion: Axios
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Washington Post:
Supreme Court briefly pauses order to return deportee from El Salvador  —  Judge Paula Xinis gave the Trump administration until midnight Monday to return Kilmar Abrego García, who was deported despite a court order forbidding it.
USA Today:
Supreme Court puts hold on order that deported Maryland man must be returned to US  —  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily placed on hold a judge's order that the Trump administration must bring back to the United States a Maryland father it had mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Chief Justice Pauses Order to Return Wrongfully Deported Man
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
CNN:
How actual ‘fake news’ caused a market whiplash  —  New York CNN —  An errant post on X may have just shaken the stock market, showing how influential — and unreliable — the social media platform can be.  —  Unsourced “headlines” about a potential “90-day pause in tariffs” …
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Wall Street Journal:
The False Tariff Headline That Sent Stocks on a $2 Trillion Ride
Discussion: Deadline and Fortune
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump's trade authority  —  Seven Republican senators, including Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the Senate's president pro tempore, and Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), the former Senate Republican leader, have signed on to a bipartisan bill that would require Congress …
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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.
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
RFK's Anti-Vax Flock Turns on Him  —  RFK's biggest fans turn on him  —  For vaccine opponents, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as secretary of health and human services represented something close to nirvana.  It was a chance, finally, to take on Big Pharma and to bring …
Discussion: Ars Technica, STAT and Politico
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Washington Post:
RFK Jr. visits Texas after second child dies of measles amid outbreak
Associated Press:
RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water  —  U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump tariffs, corporations cower  —  During the Biden administration, corporate executives regularly expressed their displeasure with policies they opposed.  Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos, for example, blasted the Biden administration in May 2022 for excessive stimulus spending, which he blamed for inflation.
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David Goldman / CNN:
Jamie Dimon sounds the alarm bell on tariffs
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 …
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.
Discussion: Task & Purpose
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Politico:
Trump fires a top US military official to NATO
Discussion: VINnews
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now  —  The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for now, handing the White House a significant victory that will let immigration officials rely …
Axios:
Trump says U.S. holding nuclear talks with Iran in surprise announcement  —  President Trump said Monday that the U.S. had been holding “direct talks” with Iran and that a “very big meeting” involving “very high-level” officials will be taking place this Saturday.
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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 …
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” …
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.
Anastasia Edel / The Atlantic:
Why America's Oligarchs May Regret Their Obedience  —  Putin's Russia shows what happens when billionaire businessmen choose to back a strongman.  —  When tech billionaires and crypto moguls hailed Donald Trump's reelection and flocked to his inauguration ceremony and ball …
Supreme Court of the United States:
PROCEEDINGS AND ORDERS  —  Application (24A949) to vacate injunction entered by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, submitted to The Chief Justice.  —  Letter of applicant Kristi Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al. filed.
Discussion: Reason
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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.  But while there's less hate, there's also fewer lolz.  —  Amy Brown was not screaming.  She was not crying.  She was not throwing up.  —  But on Bluesky she said that she was doing all three, simultaneously.
Discussion: New Yorker
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Paul Krugman:
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David Brooks / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Raw Story and OutsideTheBeltway