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Steve Vladeck / One First:
140. The Disturbing Myopia of Trump v. J.G.G.  —  In normal times, it might be possible to defend the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling on Monday vacating a pair of temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act case.  But these aren't normal times.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an …
Discussion: Reason and Talking Points Memo
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 …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's New 5-4 Bailout for Trump Couldn't Be More Ominous  —  The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major victory on Monday night, lifting a restraining order that had prevented the mass deportation of migrants to an El Salvador prison under an 18th century wartime law.
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.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court's Block on Venezuelan Deportations
Discussion: HotAir, Breitbart and Washington Times
Washington Post:
Supreme Court briefly pauses order to return deportee from El Salvador
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
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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Politico:
Bessent flew to Florida to lobby Trump on tariff message  —  Bessent flew to Florida on Sunday to encourage Trump to start putting more emphasis on talking about his endgame.  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flew to Florida Sunday to encourage President Donald Trump to focus his message …
Discussion: USA Today, The Hill, Raw Story and Forbes
CNBC:
Trump threatens new 50% tariffs on China if Beijing doesn't remove retaliatory duties: Live updates
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Willing to Take the Pain
Discussion: The Hill
Victoria Guida / Politico:
‘How Ugly Is This Going to Be?’  —  A roundtable of POLITICO reporters discuss where Trump's tariffs may be headed.
Discussion: Euronews and Daily Mail
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Axios:
1 big thing: 🥵 Scoop: New donor plea  —  Republicans admit President Trump's tariffs are spiking their blood pressure.  Their Wall Street donors are feeling it too, with some giving top GOP lawmakers an earful this weekend.  —  Why it matters: Trump is making it clear he won't tolerate …
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Wire
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 …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump issues veto threat on tariff bill
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  —  Misinformation on a White House official's remarks triggers a short-lived rally  —  A wild stock-market swing based on false information added $2.4 trillion in value and erased it almost as quickly Monday morning.
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family  — Dearborn attorney Amir Makled was detained and questioned at Detroit Metro Airport about his clients and asked to surrender his cellphone.  — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated …
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.
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Elijah Westbrook / CBS News:
MTA, feds reach agreement that could keep NYC congestion pricing tolls in place into the fall  —  The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement that could keep New York City congestion pricing in place into the fall.  —  Once the agreed-to timeline expires …
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Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
DOGE Goons Cause Major Crash to Social Security Site  —  TECH SUPPORT NEEDED  —  Elon Musk's crew of young goons have caused a massive cyber disruption.  —  Elon Musk's DOGE goons crashed the Social Security Administration website Monday when an apparent “anti-fraud upgrade” went badly wrong.
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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 …
Associated Press:
RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water  —  The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water was long considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.  —  / Source: The Associated Press
Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's Secret Weapon: the US Marshals Service  —  “The risk to people's civil rights is enormous.”  —  As if Elon Musk didn't already have enough advantages, between his billions and his leverage over President Donald Trump, he appears to have another ace up his sleeve: the US Marshals Service.
Discussion: Raw Story
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Turns Out Trump Lied About Those Deportations to El Salvador … 60 Minutes' Cecelia Vega on Sunday confirmed what anyone who's been paying attention already suspected: An overwhelming majority of the Venezuelan men that Trump deported to a Salvadoran megaprison have no criminal record whatsoever.
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 …
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 …
 
 
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