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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Town Hall Bursts Into Laughter When He Says He Hasn't Made Any Mistakes  —  NOTHING BUT WINNING  —  The president said there's nothing he would have done differently during his first 100 days in office.  —  Donald Trump's first 100 days back in office have been marked by chaos …
Discussion: The Independent and Mediaite
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Spooked By Trade Wars, Trump Officials Hoard Supplies: ‘It Would Be Stupid Not To!’
Discussion: Semafor
Axios:
Senate GOP leaders succeed in protecting Trump tariffs
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:   Trump is Terrified of Tariff Blowback
NBC News:
A bipartisan measure to undo Trump's global tariffs fails in the Senate
New York Times:
The Fight Against Trump Isn't a Movement, but It's Gaining Momentum
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump's Power Grab.  —  The first 100 days of President Trump's second term have done more damage to American democracy than anything else since the demise of Reconstruction.  Mr. Trump is attempting to create a presidency unconstrained by Congress or the courts …
Discussion: The Hill and Mischiefs of Faction
Vanessa Yurkevich / CNN:
The last boats without crippling tariffs from China are arriving.  The countdown to shortages and higher prices has begun  —  New York CNN —  Some of the last cargo ships carrying Chinese goods without crippling tariffs are currently drifting into US ports.  Come next week, though, that will change.
Discussion: Saywhat Politics and HotAir
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Danielle Kaye / New York Times:
As a Tariff Loophole Closes, Sellers Who Import From China Brace for Chaos
Wall Street Journal:
The Rush to Beat Tariffs Is Distorting the Economy. There's More to Come.
Discussion: The Dispatch, Cafe Hayek and Bloomberg
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Chris Krebs kicked off CBP's Global Entry program  —  Chris Krebs', President Donald Trump's former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, membership in Global Entry has been revoked.  Krebs, who has repeatedly attested to the security of the 2020 election …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Ex-Trump Official Targeted for Investigation Loses Global Entry Status  —  Chris Krebs, a cybersecurity official in the first Trump administration, had declared that the 2020 election was conducted securely.  —  Chris Krebs, the former cybersecurity official in President Trump's first term whom …
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Paul Krugman:
It's Trump's Economy Now  —  Many people have complained about New York Times headlines, with reason.  All too often an equivocating, sanewashing headline belies the excellent reporting that follows.  But yesterday the Times got it right about the first-quarter decline in GDP …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Haagen-Dazs and Buddha: Elon Musk waxes philosophical on his time with Trump  —  Musk reflected on what it has been like at the center of the U.S. DOGE Service.  At times, the man running the show wondered aloud how the show even started.  —  Elon Musk sat down in the Roosevelt Room late Wednesday afternoon …
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Washington Post:
As Musk steps back, DOGE looks to Congress to finish what it started
Discussion: The Independent
Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
‘Bumbling f-king idiot’ Steve Witkoff shouldn't be leading Iran, Russia negotiations, allies and insiders say  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, former real estate attorney and investor Steve Witkoff, has left administration insiders distressed by his approach …
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:
‘Bumbling F*cking Idiot!’ White House Insider Slams Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Over Solo Putin Meetings
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Board Opened Search for a CEO to Succeed Elon Musk  —  With profits and stock price sinking, board members told Musk he needed to spend more time at company  —  About a month ago, with Tesla's stock sinking and some investors irritated about Elon Musk's White House focus …
Emily Mullin / Wired:
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research  —  NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola.  Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s department.
Discussion: The Bulwark
Washington Post:
RFK Jr. will require shift in how new vaccines are tested, HHS says  —  The potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, sparking concerns among medical experts.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends …
Wired:
DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations  —  A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.
Discussion: The Independent and Breitbart
Joel Khalili / Wired:
Trump's Quest for Crypto Riches Is a Constitutional Scandal Waiting to Happen  —  The largest investors in Donald Trump's crypto coin have been promised a private audience with the president.  The arrangement could put Trump at odds with the Constitution and add fuel to calls for his impeachment, experts say.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants a New Air Force One So Badly He's Refurbishing a Qatari Plane  —  The luxury plane is being outfitted in Texas for Trump's use as his frustration mounts with Boeing  —  President Trump is done waiting for Boeing .  —  Frustrated by delays on Boeing's work to deliver a new Air Force One …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theories  —  Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to learn about President Trump's debunked claims that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
Discussion: Yahoo News
Washington Post:
Trump wants voters to prove citizenship.  Arizona tried that and bungled it.  —  The state requires voters to prove their citizenship.  An error led to chaos, suspicion and confusion, signaling broader challenges for Republican-led efforts across the country.
Christopher Cann / USA Today:
Thousands to rally against Trump, Musk in nationwide May Day protests  —  Protests against what organizers are calling a “billionaire takeover” are planned in every U.S. state.  —  Across the U.S., thousands of people are expected to participate in protests against the Trump administration …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Exclusive: Fox & Friends Icon Steve Doocy On Why He's Moving to a New Role  —  After 6,828 days of waking up at 3:30 a.m., Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy decided he wanted to sleep in a bit.  —  Doocy has co-hosted Fox News' flagship morning show since its inception nearly 30 years ago.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The New Culture of the Right: Vital, Masculine and Intentionally Offensive  —  The left has dictated culture for decades.  Jonathan Keeperman is trying to change that.  —  Ross Douthat: There's been a lot of talk about a vibe shift since Donald Trump's election and return to office …
Ismael M. Belkoura / STAT:
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths  —  Non-profits scramble to continue program despite ‘devastating’ loss of federal support  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has cancelled federal participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and W
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: White House launches Drudge-style website to promote Trump  —  The White House has launched a new Drudge Report-like website devoted to promoting pro-Trump news stories.  —  Why it matters: The site, called White House Wire, represents the administration's latest effort to circumvent …
 
 
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
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New York Post:
Harvard finally admits in its Oct. 7 report that woke politics have wrecked the school
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NPR:
Trump's VA strands thousands of veterans by ending a key mortgage program
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Republicans wave off recession fear, just as Democrats did on inflation
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Conor Sen / Bloomberg:
US Economic Weakness Is Being Exaggerated - For Now
Washington Post:
Trump ran on boosting prosperity. Now, economic uncertainty grows.
Ed Cara / Gizmodo:
RFK Jr. Goes Full Tinfoil, Pledges to Stop Chemtrails in Latest Dr. Phil Interview
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Announces Agreement to Establish United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory
Karina Tsui / CNN:
Trump says he ‘could’ bring Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador, but won't
 

 
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