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9:05 AM ET, April 29, 2025

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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Exclusive: Most Americans see Trump as “dangerous dictator,” poll says  —  A majority of Americans say President Trump is a “dangerous dictator” who poses a threat to democracy and believe he's overstepped his authority by actions such as the mass firing of federal employees, a new survey says.
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Wall Street Journal:
At 100 Days, Trump 2.0 Is in Trouble  —  The tariff shock he's unleashed could sink his second term.  —  Click for Sound  —  Presidential second terms are rarely successful, and on the evidence of his first 100 days Donald Trump's won't be different.  The President needs a major reset …
CBC News:
Canada election: Liberals will form next government, CBC News projects  —  Too soon to say whether it will be a minority or majority  —  Canada Votes 2025: Election night results and analysis  —  Canadians will vote on April 28 in an election that will determine the next prime minister.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Mark Carney: democracy's unTrump  —  America's 47th president plays unwitting ally to non-populists everywhere except at home  —  “I would like to thank Donald Trump without whom this would not have been possible.”  Mark Carney, Canada's 24th prime minister, was too tactful on Monday …
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Live Updates: Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada's Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will lose his own seat in Parliament
Phil Helsel / NBC News:
Canadians keep Liberal Party and Mark Carney in power as country digs in on Trump's trade war
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens  —  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 and Policy.
Discussion: Mediaite
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens  —  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 and Policy.  Federal supremacy with respect to immigration, national security, and foreign policy is axiomatic.
Punchbowl News:
4/29/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers  —  Schatz moves quickly to lock up whip race  —  Gaming out reconciliation … President Donald Trump will travel to Michigan today to mark his 100th day in office. … Appropriations Democrats have created a …
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump's team has disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds, top Democrats say
Discussion: The Hill and House Committee …
CNN:
US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier  —  A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been “lost” at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.
Washington Post:
Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts  —  Civil rights director Harmeet K. Dhillon redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.”  —  The new head of the Justice Department's civil rights division …
Discussion: Civil Discourse …
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’  —  Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump's agenda.
New York Times:
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration  —  The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles.  It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.  —  The Trump administration has dismissed …
Discussion: Reuters and E&E News
New York Times:
Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump's Crypto Firm … The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump's presidential inauguration.  —  “ZMoney” was Zachary Folkman, an entrepreneur who once ran …
Discussion: The Dispatch
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New York Times:   Shadowy Crypto Companies Make Inroads in U.S. Under Trump
Shawn Donnan / Bloomberg:
The US Factory Where Trump Previewed His Tariffs in 2017 Is Now in China  —  The president celebrated the first 100 days of his first term at a Pennsylvania factory that's since closed.  —  When Donald Trump set out to mark the 100th day of his first term in 2017, he headed for a wheelbarrow factory …
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Medicaid mucks up the megabill  —  Republicans are hitting a major roadblock in drafting their “big, beautiful” megabill: Divisions over how deeply to cut Medicaid are threatening to upend the timeline for advancing President Donald Trump's tax agenda.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Punchbowl News:
Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers  —  Amazon doesn't want to shoulder the blame for the cost of President Donald Trump's trade war.  —  So the e-commerce giant will soon show how much Trump's tariffs are adding to the price of each product, according to a person familiar with the plan.
Discussion: New York Times
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NPR:
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets  —  Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two independent sources tell NPR.
Steven Sparks / Reuters:
Most Americans oppose Trump 3rd term, taking control of Greenland and Canada: POLL  —  A majority take Trump at his word when he talks about his potential actions.  —  President Donald Trump walks down the colonnade to the Oval Office after arriving on Marine One at the White House in Washington, April 27, 2025.
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Karoline Leavitt Refuses to Rule Out Arrest of Supreme Court Judges … The Trump administration is open to arresting Supreme Court judges, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told it on Monday morning.  —  “You guys arrested a Milwaukee County Circuit judge …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
I Can't Believe Anyone Thinks Trump Actually Cares About Antisemitism  —  About a decade ago, conservatives would often denounce Muslim immigration on the grounds that it threatened Western progress on gay rights.  This posture, sometimes called homonationalism, got its start in Europe …
Discussion: Raw Story and RNS
Washington Post:
FBI, national security agencies using polygraphs for ‘leak’ hunts  —  Current and former officials say the crackdown is creating a climate of fear and harming national security.  —  National security agencies across the Trump administration are ramping up investigations into alleged leaks to the news media …
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Anthes / New York Times:
Lab Animals Face Being Euthanized as Trump Cuts Research  —  Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research.  But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized.  —  On April 1, the Trump administration's effort to slash government funding arrived in Morgantown …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Boston Globe
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Angry Florida voters hold ‘empty chair’ town halls for absent Republicans  —  Republican committee advises against holding town halls as cases of lawmakers berated over federal cuts go viral  —  Angry voters are holding empty chair town halls as Republican members of Congress are refusing to hold those meetings with constituents.
Discussion: Townhall, Fox News, The Hill and Bloomberg
The Guardian:
‘They disappear them’: families of the detained liken Trump's US to Latin American dictatorships  —  Mounting stories of ‘forced disappearances’ of Venezuelans in the US have left their loved ones distraught and disbelieving  —  Neiyerver Rengel's captors came one sunny spring morning …
Discussion: Washington Post
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Irish woman living in US for decades detained by immigration officials  —  Cliona Ward, who had returned from trip to Ireland, held over criminal record from almost 20 years ago  —  An Irish woman who has lived legally in the US for four decades has been detained by immigration officials …
Discussion: Global News and The Irish Times
Tony Dokoupil / CBS News:
Noem says she's “very confident” suspects in purse theft are undocumented migrants  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said she's “very confident” that the two people arrested in connection with the theft of her purse are in the country illegally.  —  “These are career criminals,” …
Jack Jenkins / RNS:
Rev. William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget  —  WASHINGTON (RNS) — Prominent pastor and anti-poverty activist the Rev. William Barber and two others were arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday (April 28) …
Discussion: The Independent
 
 
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Adam Gurri / Liberal Currents:
Unfit to Be the Ruler of a Free People: The Anti-American Presidency of Donald Trump
Washington Post:
Trump is marking 100th day in office with rally in Michigan
Discussion: CNN
CBC News:
Liberal Bruce Fanjoy topples Pierre Poilievre in Carleton
Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle:
'If you're a fascist, get a Tesla': Neil Young targets Elon Musk in new song
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Trump administration probes Harvard Law Review for alleged race-based discrimination
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump executive order requires truck drivers to speak English
Robert Frank / CNBC:
Donald Trump Jr. co-founds new private members club, Executive Branch, with a $500,000 fee
Discussion: Mediaite and Axios
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Dem Says ICE Took Florida Mom From Baby, Unlawfully Deported Her To Cuba
Discussion: Reuters and Hartford Courant
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Finds the University of Pennsylvania Has Violated Title IX
 

 
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