Pennsylvania Governor Says Arson Attack Targeted His Residence  —  Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said his official residence in the state capital was targeted in an arson attack while he and his family were asleep early Sunday morning, forcing them to evacuate.

Commerce Secretary Lutnick says tariff exemptions for electronics are only temporary  —  Lutnick said “semiconductor tariffs” will likely come in “a month or two.”  —  Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks with ABC News while appearing on ‘This Week’ April 13, 2025.

DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress  —  Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised.  But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.  —  Last week, Elon Musk indicated for the first time that his Department …

Russian Attack on Sumy in Ukraine Kills and Wounds Dozens  —  The midmorning strike hit as Ukrainians were celebrating Palm Sunday, officials said.  It appeared to be the deadliest attack on civilians this year and came as the Trump administration pushes for a cease-fire.

American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk's Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell  — Odyssey: Rümeysa Öztürk's arrest and detention reveal what President Donald Trump's deportation campaign looks like on the street level.

Trump Has Added Risk to the Surest Bet in Global Finance … Investors buy U.S. Treasury bonds on the assumption that, come what may, the federal government will endure.Jason Andrew for The New York Times  —  There are not many certainties in the world of money, but this traditionally has been one of them …

The Trump Tariffs Just Got Even Worse  —  Higher costs, uncertainty and crony capitalism, oh my  —  So no, I'm not up in the middle of the night obsessing about tariffs.  It's mid-morning here.  Still, I didn't plan a tariff post today; Part I of my financial crisis primer will be going up in a few hours.

Cassidy praises Kennedy for promoting measles vaccination amid outbreak  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) applauded Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for promoting measles vaccination amid a deadly outbreak in Texas.  —  Since the start of the spread …

How Brexit, a Startling Act of Economic Self-Harm, Foreshadowed Trump's Tariffs  —  Britain's decision to leave the European Union in 2016 was sold to voters as a magic bullet that would revitalize the country's economy.  Its impact is still reverberating.  —  Britain has watched President …

Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport  —  An email sent by the Department of Homeland Security instructs people in the US on a temporary legal status to leave the country.  But who the email actually applies to—and who actually received it—is far from clear.

Trump DOJ Flips Off SCOTUS in Brazen Update on Deported Dad  —  ‘BARBARIANS’  —  A senior department official stated that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained under the sovereign authority of El Salvador.  —  The Trump administration is continuing to seemingly do everything it can to avoid securing …

The Attack on International Students  —  Marco Rubio's twitter bio used to boast that he was banned from China.  He won the honor partly for his criticism of how China suppressed pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong and its dismal human rights record against Uyghur minorities.

Trump Has Found His Class Enemy  —  The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.  —  even the educated mind, or perhaps especially the educated mind, is skilled at deflecting harsh realities.  That's why so many white-shoe lawyers …

White House releases results from President Trump's physical  —  The White House released the results of President Trump's physical on Sunday, in which the White House physician detailed that the president “remains in excellent health.”  —  “His active lifestyle continues to contribute significantly …

Trump tariff plans bring concern about prices, financial impact, but GOP base sees jobs long-term — CBS News poll  —  Amid a tumultuous week in the markets, the outlook on President Trump's trade and tariff policy hinges not just on what Americans think will happen, but when.

Trump officials push immigrant gang message, but sometimes don't back it up in court  —  As U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cracks down on immigration, its officials have repeatedly publicly identified detainees as gang leaders or even terrorists, without attempting to back those inflammatory claims up in court.

Transcript: Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” April 13, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of an interview with Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on April 13, 2025.

Be Not Afraid  —  Fear defines us.  Not by its presence, but by how we respond to it.  —  There are two kinds of fear.  The first is primal.  It grips us when lightning strikes too close or when the crack of a bullet signals imminent danger.  In those moments, our bodies freeze, and our focus narrows.

The rise of end times fascism  —  The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism.  Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them  —  The movement for corporate city states cannot believe its good luck.