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10:40 AM ET, April 29, 2025

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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.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: ‘Hostile and political act’ … WATCH NOW  —  The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump's tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
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 …
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
An Unsustainable Presidency  —  Shortly before taking office, Donald Trump promised …
Discussion: NBC News
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Soften Blow of Automotive Tariffs
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Live Updates: Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada's Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Canada's conservative leader Pierre Poilievre loses his own seat in election collapse
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: ABC News
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Most take Trump's Canada, Greenland and third-term ideas seriously — and oppose them, poll finds
Discussion: Raw Story, Politico and The Hill
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: Salon, Mediaite and The Independent
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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
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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Marist Poll:
President Trump's First 100 Days, April 2025  —  Plurality Gives Trump a Grade of “F” at 100-Day Mark... Job Approval Rating Slips to 42%  —  At the 100-day mark of President Donald Trump's second term in office, a plurality of Americans give his performance a failing grade.
Popular Information:
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family  —  On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.  The family's father, who is undocumented …
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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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 …
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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
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's polling has already collapsed  —  💨 💨 ✈️ 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.  If you aren't one already …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The thermostat comes for Trumpism
Discussion: NBC News and IJR
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 …
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.
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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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Congressional watchdog agency will investigate Trump's hollowing out of CFPB  —  A congressional watchdog agency is investigating President Donald Trump's efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CNN has learned, responding to Senate Democrats who are also demanding …
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 and The Hill
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
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 …
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: RNS and Raw Story
John Kelly / CBS News:
Despite Trump's promised cuts, U.S. spent about $220 billion more in first 100 days than last year  —  Despite promises to cut spending during the campaign and his first few months in office, President Trump's federal government has spent about $220 billion more in his first 100 days compared to the same time period last year.
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Move to Block Inquiries Into Trump Admin Amid Signal Scandal  —  Mike Johnson has Republicans ready to halt Democrats' ability to force votes on whether to demand information from the Trump administration … The move comes as Democrats push resolutions demanding answers …
Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
Remembering Paul Volcker amid today's destruction of government  —  Paul Volcker was a towering figure in every respect.  His career in government, capped by service as chairman of the Federal Reserve, had been courageous and exemplary.  Widely and accurately lauded as the man …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump vowed to end wars, equalize trade.  He's delivered something else.  —  As the White House tries to capitalize on the 100-day marker, the administration is facing failures on more traditional foreign policy fronts.  —  In just over three months, Donald Trump has threatened …
Discussion: CBS News and Politico
 
 
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A 100-Day Honeymoon from Hell
Discussion: CNN
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Joseph Shapiro / NPR:
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John Kruzel / Reuters:
US Supreme Court fight may shape Trump's ability to fire Fed chair
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Trump Is More Likely to Get a Third Impeachment Than a Third Term
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Trump's federal return-to-office orders are massively backfiring
Patty Morin / Fox News:
My daughter was murdered by an illegal immigrant. Sen. Van Hollen's El Salvador visit was a slap in the face
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Unfit to Be the Ruler of a Free People: The Anti-American Presidency of Donald Trump
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The Guardian:
‘They disappear them’: families of the detained liken Trump's US to Latin American dictatorships
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Trump is marking 100th day in office with rally in Michigan
Discussion: The Hill and Mercury News
Jack Jenkins / RNS:
Rev. William Barber arrested in Capitol Rotunda after praying against Republican-led budget
Discussion: The Independent
Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Irish woman living in US for decades detained by immigration officials
Discussion: Global News and The Irish Times
 

 
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