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3:55 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.
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.
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Businesses, conservative lawyers planning legal challenge to Trump's tariffs
Discussion: Bloomberg and Forbes
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Democrats question law firms over ‘shakedown’ deals with Trump administration
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reason
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
Washington Post:
Trump asks Supreme Court to block order returning 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.  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court …
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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 …
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
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
‘This is a Path of Perfect Lawlessness’: Court Condemns Trump Over Wrongful Deportation
Discussion: Law & Crime
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  —  SHOW OF FARCE  —  The president was previously forced to abandon plans for a procession in Washington, D.C., due to its colossal price tag.  —  President Donald Trump is making plans for a military parade in Washington …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Hubris Is Off the Charts
Discussion: Al Jazeera and New York Post
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's tariffs insanity begins to fracture the MAGA cult  —  🏌️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   After President Donald Trump's tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars …
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:   1 big thing: Trump's dark opening to Golden Age
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
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.
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
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 …
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.
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Columbia's Former President Undergoes Heated Government Questioning in Closed-Door Session  —  Relations remain tense as the school negotiates over federal funding  —  Closed-door government questioning of Columbia University's recently departed interim president indicates …
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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
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.
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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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.
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
‘This is the Trump recession,’ CEOs say, with tariff price increases, job losses coming: CNBC survey … WATCH NOW  —  The market has been through a housing crash, a dotcom bubble, a global pandemic, and the twin headwinds of the Russia-Ukraine war and runaway inflation in recent history …
 
 
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Peter Smith / Associated Press:
US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts
Discussion: Washington Post
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’
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Appeals Court Reinstates 2 Leaders of Federal Boards Fired by Trump
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Trump pollster finds Medicaid cuts unpopular among Trump voters
Discussion: Boston Herald and New York Times
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Musk's DOGE team can access government data for now, appeals court rules
Discussion: Bloomberg
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
Luke O'Brien / Mother Jones:
The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Paul Krugman:
Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump tariffs, corporations cower
Mark Olalde / ProPublica:
Trump Said Cuts Wouldn't Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.
 

 
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