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7:20 AM ET, April 29, 2025

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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 …
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Trump looked unbeatable on the economy.  Then he launched a trade war.  —  After campaigning on lower prices, Donald Trump spent his first 100 days focused on tariffs that threaten to raise the cost of living.  —  On his first day back in power, President Donald Trump promised Americans …
John Avlon / The Bulwark:   Are You Better Off Than You Were 100 Days Ago?
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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Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Live Updates: Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada's Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform  —  CBC/Radio Canada, the national broadcaster, projected a win for the Liberal Party in an extraordinary election that was dominated by President Trump's threats to Canada's sovereignty and its economy.
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.
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
Ben Leonard / Politico:
House Republicans still debating how to pull back on Medicaid expansion  —  House Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie said Monday he still wants to mark up of his panel's portion of the GOP megabill next week, but major disagreements remain unresolved surrounding how deeply to slash Medicaid.
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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.
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
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Trump administration probes Harvard Law Review for alleged race-based discrimination  —  The Trump administration is probing financial ties, oversight procedures, selection policies and other documentation for both membership and article publication.  —  The Trump administration on Monday opened …
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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
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
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Chuck Schumer is listening — but he's still sure he was right  —  “I felt I did the right thing,” Schumer said of his decision to vote with Republicans to avert a government shutdown, which infuriated Democrats.  —  In the weeks since Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer infuriated …
Discussion: Twitchy, RedState, CNN and Bloomberg
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
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Government Actually Threatens Wikipedia's Editorial Freedom; Self-Proclaimed Free Speech Warriors Suddenly Have Other Plans  —  When Trump officials want to censor speech, they don't quite say “we want to censor speech” (after all, they pretend to be the party that “brought free speech back.")
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act  —  Here's a puzzle: How do you write a law that's so badly designed that (1) the people it's meant to help oppose it, (2) the people who hate regulation support it, and (3) everyone involved admits it will be abused?
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Karl Rove Guts Donald Trump in Scathing Fox News Interview: ‘In Very Bad Shape’  —  RAPID FAIL  —  The former adviser to former Vice President Dick Cheney said Americans no longer trust the president on the economy.  —  Fox News analyst Karl Rove tore into President Donald Trump …
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Finds the University of Pennsylvania Has Violated Title IX  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its finding that the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
Why the MAGA world won't turn its back on Hegseth  —  MAGAworld's repeated races to defend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth help illuminate what it takes for the president's most hardcore supporters to truly have your back.  —  The big picture: Agreeing with President Trump on policy isn't enough …
Robert Frank / CNBC:
Donald Trump Jr. co-founds new private members club, Executive Branch, with a $500,000 fee … WATCH NOW  —  A new private membership club in Washington, D.C., co-founded by Donald Trump Jr., is charging a $500,000 membership fee — and there's already a waiting list.
Discussion: Mediaite and Axios
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
CNN:
‘A great friend’: Audio undercuts Trump US attorney nominee's disavowal of alleged Nazi sympathizer  —  Ed Martin, the Trump-appointed interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia and nominee to serve in the role permanently, says he now regrets praising a Capitol rioter …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Dem Says ICE Took Florida Mom From Baby, Unlawfully Deported Her To Cuba  —  “The separation of mother and daughter was so sudden and traumatic that their infant daughter was taken to the hospital,” Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) told Trump.  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) …
Discussion: Hartford Courant
 
 
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Aidin Vaziri / San Francisco Chronicle:
'If you're a fascist, get a Tesla': Neil Young targets Elon Musk in new song
Discussion: Raw Story
Chip Rotolo / Pew Research Center:
White evangelicals continue to stand out in their support for Trump
Discussion: Religion Unplugged
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump executive order requires truck drivers to speak English
Mackenzie Wilkes / Politico:
House education committee Republicans release plans for GOP megabill
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Matt Stoller / BIG:
House GOP Proposes Eliminating Key Antitrust Law
Discussion: Reuters
Oriana González / NOTUS:
FDA Leaves the Door Open to Reimposing Restrictions on Abortion Pills
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Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Republicans tee up federal worker benefit cuts to pay for tax cuts
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Far-right fight groups endorse ‘youth clubs’ targeting US young men and boys
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump lashes out against “fake polls” as his approval ratings sink
The Guardian:
Ice seeking out unaccompanied immigrant children to deport or prosecute
Discussion: Axios
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Judge questions US Defense Department role in Venezuelans' deportations
Discussion: Raw Story
U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar:
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