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.

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 …

Trump administration says wrongly deported man is alive in El Salvador prison  —  The U.S. government continued to refuse to provide any details about whether it has taken any steps to return him to the United States.  —  The Trump administration confirmed Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia …

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 …

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 …

Police say they are investigating an arson attack at the Pennsylvania governor's residence  —  Police said Sunday that officers evacuated Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family from the official governor's residence after someone set fire to the building.  No one was injured and the fire was extinguished, according to authorities.

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.

Russian strike kills at least 34, injures 117 in Sumy on Palm Sunday  —  Editor's Note: This is a developing story.  —  A Russian ballistic missile strike killed dozens of people in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on the morning of Palm Sunday, Sumy Mayor Artem Kobzar reported on April 13.

Don't Be Fooled: RFK Jr. Is Still Talking Down Vaccines  —  THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED in Texas and more than five hundred have gotten sick in what is shaping up as the largest single measles outbreak in decades.  And somehow Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still hasn't provided a firm …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Harvard Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Threat to Cut Funding  —  The administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that the university receives.  —  Two groups representing Harvard professors sued the Trump administration on Friday, saying that its threat …