Trump softens tariff tone amid empty shelves warning, market slump  —  President Trump got a scare from CEOs and markets on Monday.  On Tuesday, he blunted some of his sharpest threats — signaling a softer stance on China and retreating from fiery rhetoric targeting the Fed.

Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos  —  Hitting the road today, but I have time for a note on the news that moved markets yesterday.  Bloomberg reports: … Investors liked this report, but it was, if you think about it, deeply disturbing on two levels.

‘60 Minutes’ Chief Resigns in Emotional Meeting: ‘The Company Is Done With Me’  —  The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.  —  CBS News entered a new period of turmoil on Tuesday …

ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid  —  Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.  —  ×  —  A man is detained by officers with the U.S. Department …

Harvard Plans to Use Trump's Haste Against Him as It Fights Funding Cut  —  Harvard's lawyers suggest the administration was sloppy when it froze billions in federal funding.  A mundane but crucial law is essential to the university's case against the government.

Trump unlikely to dismiss Hegseth, but officials are troubled by disarray in Pentagon chief's inner circle  —  A defiant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth booked himself on the television network where he used to work as a host Tuesday morning in a bid to address the fallout over revelations …

Tesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political Backlash  —  Net income drops 71% in first quarter  —  Tesla's net income slid 71% in the first quarter, as the company struggled to overcome competitive pressure overseas and a reputational hit from Chief Executive Elon Musk's polarizing role in the Trump administration.

3 ways Trump's immigration crackdown could hit U.S. citizens  —  Trump administration officials are suggesting their immigration crackdown could expand to include deporting convicted U.S. citizens and charging anyone — not just immigrants — who criticizes Trump's policies.

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.  —  Note: Five-day moving average.  Views are only shown up to 400,000.  Source: X  —  When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022, he promised to create a free speech haven and named himself a “free speech absolutist.”

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: ‘The cruelty is apparent’ … We rely on your support to make local news available to all  —  Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2025.  Donate today  —  Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations

Americans sour on Trump's handling of the economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Americans elected President Donald Trump in hopes that he would fight inflation and boost the U.S. economy, but as he approaches his 100th day in office they are giving the Republican poor marks for his handling of both, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.

Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right.  We Should Say So.  —  Throughout the Trump era I've been firmly in the camp unaffectionately dismissed as ‘alarmist’ by most commentators.  Put simply: It is that bad.  Liberal democracy is in danger.  Facism is a reasonable term for what we're fighting.

The Trump Administration's War on Children  —  The administration is quietly putting America's children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.  —  The clear-cutting across …

Palin Loses Libel Retrial Against New York Times  —  After two hours of deliberation, a jury rejected Sarah Palin's claim that a 2017 editorial defamed her.  —  A federal jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential nominee …

HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline's Program for LGBTQ Youth  —  In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.  —  The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline …

US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement  —  A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same. … A US State Department cable was sent from the American Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 13th with some major news …

The courage to be decent  —  One of the more pernicious effects of authoritarianism is to make the everyday participation in civic life we take for granted feel subversive.  The goal isn't to police all behavior at all times.  It's to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior.

Trump administration unwinds efforts to investigate Russian war crimes  —  Several initiatives intended to hold Moscow accountable for war crimes in Ukraine have been vacated, including a bipartisan intelligence coordinator office.  —  The Trump administration has been engaged in a concerted effort …

The Biden Official Who Doesn't Oppose Trump's Student Deportations  —  Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for “opening the door” to the Trump Administration's professed campaign to tackle antisemitism.  —  After Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023 …

Press Freedom Center: Federal judge's ruling in VOA case a win for First Amendment  —  PRESS RELEASE  —  WASHINGTON, April 22 — National Press Club President Mike Balsamo issued the following statement today on a federal judge's ruling in the Voice of America case:

National Science Foundation Terminates Hundreds of Active Research Awards  —  The agency targeted grants focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as research on misinformation.  —  Casey Fiesler, an information science professor at the University of Colorado Boulder …

EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe's digital rules  —  The European Commission issued the first fines under its Digital Markets Act on Wednesday, slapping tech giants Apple and Meta with penalties for breaching the EU's new digital rulebook.

Trump Promised ‘Big, Beautiful’ Deals.  Delivering Has Been Tougher.  —  So far, the goals of many of President Trump's negotiations have been unrealized, even those he said would be accomplished in a matter of days or weeks.  —  阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.

When government thinks you're dead, it upends lives.  DOGE may make it worse.  —  Elon Musk's team has pushed to move millions of Social Security numbers into the agency's deaths database, raising the risk of errors.  —  When Richard VanMetter tried to buy a sandwich, he didn't realize he was dead.

Senate Republican Toadies Won't Quit Hegseth  —  Donald Trump is responsible for nominating the single most disastrous, obviously unfit secretary of defense in history, Pete Hegseth.  His myriad faults—from a widely discussed drinking problem to lack of executive management to affinity …

DOJ cancels grants for gun-violence and addiction prevention, victim advocacy  —  In an email to staff, the head of the Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs said the canceled grants did not align with Trump administration priorities.  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday canceled hundreds …

What DEI threatens isn't merit.  It's monopoly.  —  A few days ago, Jonathan Berk, a professor of finance at the Graduate School of Business, responded to a piece by professor Elliott White Jr., an assistant professor of earth system science, writing that DEI has no place at Stanford.

He disappeared after detention.  Now ICE is silent on the fate of Venezuelan man  —  A Venezuelan man has disappeared into the U.S. immigration system.  His family is looking for answers.  —  Where is their brother?  Where is her boyfriend?  —  Neiyerver Adrian Leon Rengel, 27 …

U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false  —  Jose Hermosillo was held in a detention facility for undocumented immigrants for 10 days.  In his first media interview, he tells his story.  —  On April 8, Jose Hermosillo, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen …

Sanders says Arkansas in ‘dire need of federal assistance,’ but Trump says no  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Gov. Sarah Sanders said Arkansas is in “dire need of federal assistance” in an appeal letter last week after the federal government denied help after last month's damaging storms.

EPA starts layoffs of environmental justice employees  —  The agency previously announced a rollback of environmental regulation, eliminated some probationary workers and put other workers on administrative leave.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency continued its staffing shake-up Monday …

Rubio and Witkoff bail on crucial Ukraine talks amid Crimea split  —  Donald Trump's peace proposal involves a potential lifting of sanctions and informal U.S. recognition of Russia's control over Crimea.  That's a nonstarter for Kyiv.  —  LONDON — British plans to host a summit Wednesday …

Gorsuch, Roberts side with left-leaning Supreme Court justices in immigration ruling  —  Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion in the 5-4 court case - a possible sign of the court's thinking as it gears up to hear high-profile immigration cases next month