Trump's Tariffs Bump Into Reality as Economic Strategy Wavers  —  President Trump has said his punishing tariffs would force companies to build factories in the United States.  But it is far from clear that they will have the effects he predicted.  —  阅读.体中 …

Trump approval falls, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 100 days, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: April 19-22, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll  —  Findings from the latest Economist/YouGov poll about:  — How much Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen in the past month  — Whether Americans …

Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer  —  The move was intended to circumvent a lack of cellphone service in much of the Pentagon and enable easier communication between Hegseth and other Trump officials, said people familiar with the matter.

Judge orders return of 2nd migrant deported to El Salvador  —  The judge in the case referenced the similar case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.  —  A Salvadoran soldier stands guard at the CECOT prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025.  —  A federal judge in Maryland has ordered …

Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy  —  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.  A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law.

100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency  —  At the Social Security Administration, lawyers, statisticians and other high-ranking agency officials are being sent from the Baltimore headquarters to regional offices to replace veteran claims processors who have been fired or taken buyouts from the Trump administration.

U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish  —  A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.  —  The personal cellphones of dozens of current and former Barnard College employees pinged Monday evening …

The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor  —  Martin's career is dotted with ethical and professional questions, records show.  Some of the most serious ones about the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. have remained buried …

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton becomes the first to launch a bid for Dick Durbin's Senate seat  —  Stratton, who came into office alongside Gov. JB Pritzker in 2018, announced on Thursday she will seek Durbin's spot in the Senate.  —  CHICAGO — And the race is officially on.

Trump to Sign Executive Order Targeting University Accreditors  —  Move is latest in effort to remake higher education after the president and other Republicans have long criticized the accreditation process  —  President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday to shake …

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

Fearing Trump's Visa Crackdown, College Students Race to Scrub Op-Eds  —  Campus newspapers confront ethics debates as international students try to remove their names and opinions from past articles  —  The Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper at one of America's most prominent universities …

‘Russian peace in all its glory’ — Mass Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills 10, injures 90  —  Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated.  —  Ten people were killed and 90 civilians, including six children, were injured in a large-scale Russian missile …

The US Has Spent Over $500,000 on YouTube Ads to Discourage Irregular Migration  —  A WIRED investigation reveals that the US Department of Homeland Security has deployed at least 30 YouTube ads since April 1 to threaten irregular migrants with deportation and a ban on reentry.

A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters.  So Why Did They Get Blamed for It?  —  When a bomb threat coincided with a pro-Palestine student protest at Barnard College last month, the New York City Police Department arrested nine demonstrators.  By the next day, local and national media had picked up the story.

Wife of wrongly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia forced into safe house after government posts address online  —  Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family's address on social media  —  The wife of a wrongly deported Salvadoran father living …

Trump Offers Private Dinner to Top 220 Investors in His Memecoin  —  The offer, which caused President Trump's memecoin to surge in price, was his family's latest effort to profit from cryptocurrencies.  —  The flashy online announcement called it “the most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the World …

High-Ranking Tren de Aragua Member in Custody on Terrorism and International Drug Distribution Charges  —  For Immediate Release  —  Case Marks First Instance of TdA Member Charged with Terrorism Related Crimes  —  A five-count superseding indictment has been unsealed today charging …

D.N.C. Will Send More Cash to Red States, Aiming to Strengthen Party's Reach  —  A 50-state program announced by the Democratic Party seeks to build on past efforts and help recruit candidates to take on Republicans in less-friendly terrain.  —  The Democratic National Committee is pledging …

Trump Finds Another Country to Accept His Mass Deportations  —  The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to deport immigrants to Rwanda who can't be sent back to their country of origin due to fears of prosecution.  —  The Handbasket newsletter reported Tuesday that a State Department cable sent …

White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On  —  Over the past two months, the Trump administration has taken steps to eliminate regulations addressing climate change, pull back funding for climate programs and cancel methods used to evaluate how climate change is affecting American society and its economy.

In Defense of Everything-Bagel Liberalism  —  Critics warned that the Biden administration put so many conditions on the grants it offered to semiconductor manufacturers that the centerpiece of its industrial policy would fail.  Those conditions turned out to be key to the program's success.

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