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Time:
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's ‘100 Days’ Interview With TIME — President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on April 22. — Over the course of the interview, Trump discussed a wide range of issues, including his trade war and the economy …
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Washington Post:
Trump's immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds — President Donald Trump's approval ratings on immigration, relatively strong in the early weeks of his second term, have dipped into negative territory, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll …
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ABC News, New York Daily News, Washington Times, The Hill, The Independent and Washington Examiner
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: I ‘love the concept’ of millionaire tax hike, but ‘may not be acceptable to the public’ — President Trump in an interview published Friday said he loves the “concept” of raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for some of his policy proposals in a sweeping piece of legislation but acknowledged …
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Bloomberg, NBC News, Alternet.org, Ace of Spades HQ, Fox News, The Independent, Washington Times, New York Post and Americans for Tax Reform
USA Today:
Trump's first 100 days: Here's 100 things that have changed (so far)
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Blaze Media and New York Times
Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump says he would ‘love’ to send violent American citizens to foreign prisons
Trump says he would ‘love’ to send violent American citizens to foreign prisons
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Los Angeles Times
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump says he's negotiated 200 trade deals — but won't say with whom
Trump says he's negotiated 200 trade deals — but won't say with whom
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CNN, Fusion Magazine, Rolling Stone and National Review
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: 'I'm really not trolling' with talk of Canada as 51st state
Trump: 'I'm really not trolling' with talk of Canada as 51st state
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New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, CBC News, Global News, Whiskey Riff, Washington Examiner, Politico, Fortune and CityNews Toronto
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Sees Trade Deals Getting Done in Three to Four Weeks
Trump Sees Trade Deals Getting Done in Three to Four Weeks
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New York Times, Reuters, ABC News, Axios, Middle East Monitor, Raw Story and The Japan Times
New York Times:
Hegseth's Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities — The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat …
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Wall Street Journal:
Polygraph Threats, Leaks and Infighting: Pentagon Chaos Rattles Hegseth — Defense secretary has chastised top military officers and staffers as he seeks to quiet a storm he helped create — WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was rattled. — Word had leaked that he was planning …
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The Bulwark, ABC News, Salon, New York Post, So What, Townhall, The Independent, WBAL Baltimore News, Raw Story and Mediaite
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon's security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer …
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emptywheel, Lawyers, Guns & Money, WTTG-TV, The Gateway Pundit, PBS NewsHour, ABC News and Washington Examiner
Politico:
Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth's office: 'It's a free-for-all'
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
Reuters:
Hegseth used Signal app connected to ‘dirty line’ on personal computer in Pentagon office: Sources
Hegseth used Signal app connected to ‘dirty line’ on personal computer in Pentagon office: Sources
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Raw Story
Zack Stanton / Politico:
Playbook: A WHCD like none other
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Elon Musk and DOGE's Savings May Be Erased by New Costs — An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk's cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year. — President Trump and Elon Musk promised taxpayers big savings …
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Hartford Courant
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Elon Musk leaves legacy of self-destruction at DOGE — Elon Musk arrived in Washington as the most powerful political outsider ever, brimming with Silicon Valley swagger and bipartisan buy-in for his goal of streamlining the federal government. — He's leaving with his reputation in tatters …
Illia Novikov / Associated Press:
Trump says ‘Crimea will stay with Russia’ as he seeks end to war in Ukraine — President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Friday that “Crimea will stay with Russia,” the latest example of the U.S. leader pressuring Ukraine to make concessions to end the war while it remains under siege.
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CNN:
A frustrated Trump privately concedes ending the Ukraine war has been harder than he thought
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Fox News, New York Times, HuffPost, Raw Story, Mediaite, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Kyiv Independent, CNBC and The Japan Times
Time:
Exclusive: Inside Trump's First 100 Days
Exclusive: Inside Trump's First 100 Days
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HuffPost, Alternet.org, The Independent, Reuters and Blaze Media
New York Times:
Trump Directs Justice Dept. to Investigate ActBlue, Democrats' Cash Engine — The president ordered an inquiry into ActBlue, the main Democratic fund-raising platform, in his latest move using the government to target political opponents. — President Trump on Thursday directed …
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Washington Times, Florida Politics, The Guardian, Blaze Media, New York Magazine, The Daily Wire, HotAir and Politico
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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump to target Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue with DOJ probe
Trump to target Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue with DOJ probe
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Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer — President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.
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WTTG-TV, Plain Dealer, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, Mediaite and The Hill
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
The president's latest pardon: ‘Lady Trump’
The president's latest pardon: ‘Lady Trump’
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Daily Mail, The Independent, UPI, The Nevada Independent, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem — The day after Donald Trump's election last year, three Georgetown Law students started a political movement to brace for impact. — The students texted each other, started organizing, and eventually discovered …
Washington Post:
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions — Nearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after its promoters said top buyers could join the president for dinner. — Buyers have poured tens of millions …
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Fox Business, Wall Street Journal, CBS News and Alternet.org
New York Times:
The Zuckerbergs Founded Two Bay Area Schools. Now They're Closing. — Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, opened the schools to help communities of color. Some families wonder if the shutting of the schools is related to his D.E.I. retrenchment.
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Althouse, Palo Alto Daily Post and Fortune
Eva Wen / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
A Milwaukee judge is accused of helping a man evade ICE. What do legal experts have to say? — A Milwaukee County judge is under FBI investigation for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade ICE agents. — Legal experts are dubious that the judge's actions constitute a crime, with intent being a key factor.
Renee Anderson / CBS News:
George Santos faces sentencing today on Long Island. Here's how long he faces behind bars. — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos faces sentencing Friday on Long Island. He pleaded guilty last August to federal wire fraud and identity theft charges, admitting he exaggerated or fabricated large parts of his backstory.
Jim Acosta / The Jim Acosta Show:
Pull the Plug on the White House Correspondents Dinner — I'm sorry Washington. But it's time to pull the plug on “Nerd Prom.” At least for now. — The White House Correspondents Dinner, in its current form, sends exactly the wrong message at a critical time for the free press in the United States.
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The Contrarian, The Hill, Deadline, Mock Paper Scissors, HuffPost, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone
New York Times:
We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention. What We Saw Was a Warning to Us All. — A young woman walked casually down a public street only to find herself suddenly surrounded by masked law enforcement officers in plain clothes. Without explanation — and in the absence of criminal charges …
Washington Post:
White House ousts trade official over alleged ties to ‘Anonymous’ author — George Bogden, a senior aide at Customs and Border Protection, was pushed aside after officials circulated a photo of him at Miles Taylor's wedding. — The White House ousted a top customs official earlier …
JoNel Aleccia / Associated Press:
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry — The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat.
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New York Daily News
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Lisa Murkowski reveals the ugly nature of Trump's rule — 🌻 🏡 🌸 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Trump Victim I Can't Stop Thinking About — I understand why Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become the face of Donald Trump's monstrous policy of sending migrants to a gulag in El Salvador. In a court filing, the administration's own lawyers initially admitted that his deportation was an …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Chart of the week: Young people are anti-Trump again — If it's Friday, it's time for the Chart of the Week! I was going to write about Trump's sinking approval ratings on economics and immigration, and about the stock market, but I already wrote about that this week so I decided to do something new instead.
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Teen Vogue and The Independent
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Coming Economic Nightmare … i remember the little stickers on restaurant menus. — In the 1970s, it cost much more to print a menu than it does today. Restaurants did not change them often. When prices rose, they'd retain their old menu—but affix little stickers with the new, handwritten prices atop the previous ones.
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy — Allegation against Rinaldo Nazzaro, founder of the Base, could shed new meaning on group's efforts inside Ukraine — Alleged former members of an international neo-Nazi terrorist organization are claiming …
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LewRockwell
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Why 72% of American Jews disapprove of Trump — American Jews continue to reject Donald Trump overwhelmingly. — A new poll from the Mellman Group finds: … The disapproval extends, but not as overwhelmingly, to how Trump is “handling antisemitism.” … Think about it.
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Newsmax, Jewish Insider, PoliticusUSA, The Forward, Mediaite and The Hill
USA Today:
Exclusive: DOJ memo offers blueprint to Tren de Aragua deportation plan — Trump administration officials directed law enforcement nationwide to pursue suspected gang members into their homes, in some cases without any sort of warrant, according to a copy of the directive exclusively obtained by USA TODAY.
