Trump tariff collection for freight shipments delayed by Customs ‘glitch’ … An alert from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday notified users of a glitch in the system that is used to exempt freight from tariffs, including shipments from China that were already on the water …

Trump's draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research  —  The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices …

US fires Greenland military base chief for ‘undermining’ Vance  —  The head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark.  —  The US military's Space Operations Command …

Government Spending Continues to Climb Even as DOGE Touts Cuts  —  Musk team's $150 billion in savings barely dents $6.8 trillion in spending largely on autopilot, WSJ analysis finds  —  Cumulative total spending since Trump's inauguration compared with the same periods in 2023 and 2024

US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952  —  Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy.  —  Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday …

Fox News Accidentally Wrecks Trump's Tariff Spin as MAGA Panic Worsens  —  After President Trump's supposed tariff “pause,” we still have a 10 percent tariff on most global imports; the trade war with China is intensifying; and markets have plunged again.  Fox News figures are aggressively spinning the …

DOJ defies return plan deadline for wrongfully deported Maryland man  —  The Department of Justice told a federal judge on Friday that it was “impracticable” to meet a court-ordered deadline on how it plans to return a Maryland resident whom the Trump administration erroneously deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

An Uprising at a Big Law Firm Targeted by Trump  —  [Editor's note, April 11, 2025, 1:40 p.m.: This story has been updated to reflect President Trump's announcement of an agreement with Kirkland & Ellis, A&O Sherman, Simpson Thatcher, and Latham & Watkins.]  —  MORE THAN 500 ASSOCIATES …

State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’  —  “It's very 'Handmaid's Tale'-esque,” one official said.  —  The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” …

The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X  —  The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.  —  The Social Security Administration …

AI Slop Farms Are Churning Out Fake Heartwarming Videos About Trump Figures  —  Machine-made YouTube videos are racking up views while fooling the MAGA faithful.  —  The judge demanded that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt remove her cross necklace, but soon he was humiliated.

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She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her  —  President Trump's immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine.  She fears arrest if she is deported there.  —  President Trump's immigration …

Small plane crashes in Boca Raton, Florida; all 3 on board killed  —  One man on the ground suffered non-life-threatening injuries.  —  Emergency crew inspects the site of a small plane crash, April 11, 2025 in Boca Raton, Fla.  —  All three people on board a small plane were killed …

“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline  —  While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump's slashing of public health infrastructure.

Immigration judge to decide whether U.S. can deport former Columbia student protester Mahmoud Khalil  —  Activist Mahmoud Khalil, who has been targeted for deportation for his role in Columbia University campus protests against Israel, is expected to appear in an immigration courtroom in Louisiana Friday.

Am I Still Allowed to Tell the Truth in My Class?  —  Recent orders from the Trump administration run a real risk of muzzling professors like me who teach about the racism of the country's past.  —  Scholars of racism face a peculiar accusation: that studying racism causes racism.

Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People  —  President Donald Trump's firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Faces ‘Insider Trading’ Probe Calls Over Stock Buys  —  Democrats are calling for an investigation into  —  's purchase of stocks during the recent market dip following President  —  on April 2.  —  On Thursday, Texas Democratic Representative Gregorio Casar said …

How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives  —  One of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency lieutenants working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing dubious claims about noncitizens voting, apparently using access to data …

Top U.S. Prosecutor in New Jersey, a Trump Loyalist, Targets Governor  —  Alina Habba said she was investigating Gov. Philip D. Murphy and the state's attorney general over immigration policy.  She called the inquiry a “warning for everybody.”  —  The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey …

Federal judge refuses to block immigration enforcement operations in houses of worship  —  A federal judge on Friday refused to block immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations at houses of worship in a lawsuit filed by religious groups over a new policy adopted by the Trump administration.

Florida's DOGE agency asks university faculty to hand over research  —  A letter sent last week asks colleges to compile a list of all research and grants.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis' office has asked colleges and universities across Florida to hand over detailed information on grants received …

How Politicians Get Their Bad Ideas  —  I alluded Wednesday to a schism in Democratic ranks over how to attack Trump for tariffing and menacing the United States into economic collapse. … The substantive difference here is, for most purposes, larger than the political one.