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4:30 PM ET, April 9, 2025

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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump's Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated  —  It is a fool's errand to try to rationalize President Trump's obsession with tariffs.  —  This is not to say that people haven't tried.  There are any number of theories that seek to explain Trump's preoccupation with tariffs and trade wars.
Discussion: PBS NewsHour
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Markets Slide Further as U.S. Imposes Punishing Tariffs  —  President Trump's latest moves included a 104 percent tariff on Chinese goods.  Stocks and bonds slumped as Beijing hit back with its own levies and European leaders prepared retaliation measures.  —  Here's the latest.
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, increases China tariffs to 125%  —  President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90-day pause on most of his new tariffs, and a lowering of the “reciprocal tariff” rate to 10%, effective immediately, he said on Truth Social.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries, hits China harder with 125% … President Donald Trump on Wednesday dropped tariffs under his new trade plan to 10% on imports from most countries, as he announced a 90-day pause for higher, so-called reciprocal tariffs that took effect on many countries this week.
Axios:
Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for everyone but China  —  President Trump paused the sweeping reciprocal tariffs the U.S. imposed on dozens of countries this week, saying dozens had reached out to negotiate new trade deals.  —  Why it matters: Economists said the tariffs …
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
China slaps 84% retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods in response to Trump
HuffPost:
Donald Trump Backs Down On His Trade War Against The World
Reuters:
Has Trump cancelled Christmas? China's decorations makers report no US orders
Discussion: American Thinker
Brian Evans / CNBC:
Dow futures tumble 700 points as China hits back at Trump's tariffs, Apple shares decline: Live updates
Eli Stokols / Politico:
As the trade war rattles bond markets, Trump advises to ‘BE COOL’
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Politico:
House GOP leaders move to quash vote on Trump's global tariffs
Discussion: MSNBC
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Steve Doocy: Major GOP donors ‘terrified’ after Trump tariffs
Discussion: Mediaite
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
It's Republicans' Fault
Discussion: The Atlantic
New York Times:
How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You  —  Databases that Elon Musk's team is trying to access include more than 300 personal details about members of the U.S. public.  —  The federal government knows your mother's maiden name and your bank account number.
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Wired:
Elon Musk's DOGE Is Getting Audited  —  The General Accountability Office's audit examines DOGE's handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED.  —  The General Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Discussion: Federal News Network
Felix Salmon / Axios:
The bond market plunges as crisis brews  —  The price of U.S. Treasury bonds is plunging, in what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called “deleveraging convulsions.”  The effect is to raise borrowing costs just as recession fears spike.  —  Why it matters: The last thing America needed …
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Emese Bartha / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Treasury Yields Jump as Trump Tariffs Fuel Bond Selloff
Reuters:
FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives  —  Trump appointee replaced by US army secretary Daniel Driscoll, four people familiar with the matter said  —  The FBI director Kash Patel was quietly removed as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Kash Patel removed as acting ATF director, replaced by Army Secretary, sources say  —  FBI Director Kash Patel was removed as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and replaced by U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, four people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism  —  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it will begin screening immigrant's social media for evidence of antisemitic activity as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and ABC News
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USCIS:
DHS to Begin Screening Aliens' Social Media Activity for Antisemitism  —  WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens' antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.
New York Times:
How Trump Is Putting Law Firms in a No-Win Situation  —  As Willkie Farr & Gallagher learned, cutting a deal with the White House can avert a financially punitive executive order.  But doing so can draw internal rebukes and external criticism.  —  Willkie Farr & Gallagher last week became …
Discussion: The Hill
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Some elite Trump supporters are having regrets.  We asked them why.  —  President Donald Trump's tariffs haven't only demolished trillions in wealth and raised the chance of a global recession.  They've also led some prominent Trump supporters to wonder whether they made a huge mistake.
Bloomberg:
About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record  — Men were accused of ties to Tren de Aragua criminal gang  — US court records show just a few charges for serious crimes  —  Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire independent regulators  —  The cases test the boundaries of presidential power and involve Gwynne Wilcox of the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection  —  Just now  —  The Trump administration on Wednesday asked …
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and CBS News
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Multiple federal judges temporarily halt Trump's Alien Enemies Act removals  —  UPDATE: This report was expanded and updated, with the final update at 2:10 p.m. April 9.  —  In two lawsuits filed in the two days since the U.S. Supreme Court limited Alien Enemies Act litigation to habeas corpus proceedings …
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Wall Street Journal:
Dollar Confidence Crisis Is Here, Deutsche Bank Warns  —  The broad selloff in U.S. stocks and bonds, and the continuing decline in the dollar, represents a “simultaneous collapse in the price of all U.S. assets,” analysts at Deutsche Bank said Wednesday.  They warned that “unchartered territory” lies ahead.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Gabbard's Pick to Run Counterterrorism Center Aided Start of a Right-Wing Paramilitary Group  —  When Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, went looking for someone to head the National Counterterrorism Center, she landed on Joe Kent, a former Green Beret, past CIA officer …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Many lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are heading for the exit  —  At least half of the front-line attorneys in the solicitor general's office plan to leave, people familiar with the matter said, as Trump's emergency requests pile up at the high court.
 
 
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