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10:55 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: HotAir, The Mahablog and PBS NewsHour
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New York Times:
From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’: Inside Trump's Reversal on Tariffs  —  Economic turmoil, particularly a rapid rise in government bond yields, caused President Trump to reverse course on the steep levies.  —  For the past week, President Trump has been urging calm in the face …
Wall Street Journal:
Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect  —  Treasury secretary helped persuade president to take time to negotiate with trading partners in face of pressure from business leaders  —  President Trump finally blinked.  —  It took a week for the plunge in the stock …
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Will Consider Exempting Some U.S. Companies From Tariffs  —  President Trump said Wednesday that he's considering granting some U.S. companies an exemption from his tariff program.  “There are some that have been hard,” Trump told reporters when asked about companies requesting exemptions.
NBC News:
A ‘disaster’: Gretchen Whitmer's talk on tariffs and meeting with Trump anger fellow Democrats  —  The Michigan governor tried to play nice with Trump.  Instead, there's a sense in the party that she got played when the president used her as a bipartisan Oval Office prop.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries, hits China harder with 125%
New York Times:
Live Updates: Markets Slide Further as U.S. Imposes Punishing Tariffs
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Another one bites the dust
Brian Beutler / Off Message:   We Don't Have Dictators In America  —  What's missing from the fight over Trump's tariff fiasco.
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump pauses most of his new tariffs for 90 days, increases China tariffs to 125%
Lloyd Lee / Business Insider:
Trump's team and supporters justify abrupt tariff reversal: It's ‘The Art of the Deal,’ dummy
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump announces pause in tariffs; markets jump
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Trump Orders DOJ To Investigate Prominent Critic in Shocking Oval Office Remarks: 'I Think He's Guilty of Treason'  —  President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor over his “anonymous” essay and book hammering Trump during his first term.
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship  —  RESTORING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum revoking any active security clearance held by Chris Krebs and his associates.
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:   Addressing Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:   Addressing Risks Associated with an Egregious Leaker and Disseminator of Falsehoods
New York Times:
Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk  —  After more than an hour of labored negotiations with conservative holdouts, House G.O.P. leaders yanked their blueprint for the president's tax and spending package, lacking the votes to pass it.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Johnson scraps vote on Trump budget blueprint in face of conservative opposition
Scott Wong / NBC News:
House votes to rein in federal judges amid Trump's attacks on the courts
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:
US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission  —  The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE's work with federal agencies.  —  An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service …
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
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Kash Patel Quietly Removed as Acting ATF Director After Ghosting Gig  —  CANNED  —  He has been replaced by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll after he reportedly did not show face in an ATF facility for weeks.  —  FBI Director Kash Patel has been quietly removed as the acting director …
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Reuters:   FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  Overregulation chokes the American economy and stifles personal freedom.
Discussion: The Daily Wire
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John-John Williams IV / The Baltimore Banner:
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window  —  The arrest was captured on camera by her daughter  —  This Monday started off like any other day for Karen Cruz Berrios.  —  The 18-year-old and her mother — Elsy Noemi Berrios, 52 …
Discussion: Reuters
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Trump signs order targeting law firm behind $787.5m Fox defamation suit  —  Order punishes Susman Godfrey, which helped Dominion Voting Systems get millions from Fox for 2020 election lies  —  Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday punishing the law firm that helped Dominion …
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Anna Bower / Default:
Energy Dept. Instructs Employees to Gather Info on Deals with Law Firms
Discussion: Law & Crime and Reason
CNN:
Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas.  Then she voted in Hawaii  —  As Tulsi Gabbard completed her transformation from a Hawaii Democratic politician to a MAGA surrogate last year, she put down stakes in a far redder state.  Gabbard and her husband bought a home outside of Austin …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Wire
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Pool Filter  —  Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned—an unsettling development in the Trump administration's escalating war on the press.  —  At approximately six-thirty on Tuesday evening, Joseph Morton …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Emily Peck / Axios:
Social Security backs off cuts to phone services amid outcry  —  After weeks of confusion and outcry, the Social Security Administration said it is backing off its announced drastic cuts to phone services.  —  Why it matters: The changes would've strained an already backlogged agency …
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
US Justice Dept bars its attorneys from participating in American Bar Association events  —  The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday barred its attorneys from traveling to or speaking at American Bar Association events, in the latest salvo by President Donald Trump's administration …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:   Read the DOJ memo barring employees from participating in American Bar Ass'n events
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: UPI and ABC News
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USCIS:
DHS to Begin Screening Aliens' Social Media Activity for Antisemitism
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump  —  Just over a month ago, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell, four sources told CBS News.  It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president.
Discussion: Mediaite
Science:
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University  —  Trump administration fires staff for flagship U.S. climate assessment  —  After April Fools' Day purge, U.S. health agencies spiral into chaos  —  Sifter  —  Gene editing fixes DNA—and treats incurable lung and liver disease
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court lets Trump remove independent regulators, for now  —  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 Board.  —  just now  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr …
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Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Trans pilot falsely blamed in D.C. plane crash sues conservative influencer  —  Military pilot Jo Ellis said she had to hire private armed security for her family because of the false claims, which went viral on social media.  —  A transgender military pilot filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday …
Discussion: HuffPost and New York Times
 
 
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Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Joy Behar suggests America could face martial law with ‘dictator’ Trump
Discussion: Newsbusters and Mediaite
Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats launch campaign to oust Musk by June
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