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Bryan Mena / CNN:
US economy goes into reverse from Trump's abrupt policy shifts — The US economy just had its worst quarter since 2022 as President Donald Trump's significant policy changes unnerved consumers and businesses. — Gross domestic product, which measures all the goods and services produced in the economy …
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Washington Post, Axios, USA Today, Scripps News, Washington Times, The Independent and The Contrarian
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Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter — The reading fell short of the 0.4% growth that economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected — The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of 2025, as businesses rushed to stock up on imports ahead of tariffs and consumers eased their pace of spending.
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
US economy shrinks in first quarter of Trump 2.0 amid sweeping tariffs — Drop comes amid a huge fall in consumer sentiment which in April dropped 32% to lowest level since 1990 recession — The US economy shrank in the first three months of Donald Trump's second term as the president sought …
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Reuters, Fox News, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. economy shrank 0.3% in the first quarter as Trump policy uncertainty weighed on businesses — The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of 2025, fueling recession fears at the start of President Donald Trump's second term in office as he wages a potentially costly trade war.
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Associated Press, Fox Business, MeidasTouch News, Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Hill and Breitbart
The Bulwark:
How to Prepare For Trump's Next 1,361 Days — There is room for hope and cause for alarm about the road ahead. — Bad business days loom, Reuters reports: … Sounds bad, but probably nothing a few more whiplash-inducing tariff changes won't fix. You've got to let the guy cook, right?
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Yahoo Finance, Breitbart and Fox News
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
US economy contracts in the first quarter; tariffs unleash flood of imports — The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter, weighed down by a deluge of goods imported by businesses eager to avoid higher costs, underscoring the disruptive nature of President Donald Trump's often chaotic tariff policy.
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City A.M., Politico, Los Angeles Times, Breitbart and Cafe Hayek
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Shrank in First Quarter, in Reading Clouded by Messy Trade Data
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NPR
Associated Press:
Wisconsin high court suspends Milwaukee judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities. The FBI took Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan into custody on Friday morning at the county courthouse.
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David Thomas / Reuters:
Wisconsin judge arrested in immigration case retains top conservative lawyer
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The Hill, Washington Post, MSNBC, Townhall, One America News Network, RedState, The Post Millennial, Twitchy, Raw Story, Fox News and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Judge says she's ‘shocked’ Florida attorney general defied her order on immigration arrests
Judge says she's ‘shocked’ Florida attorney general defied her order on immigration arrests
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Fox News, Reason and Orlando Sentinel
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Donald Trump, You're No Franklin Roosevelt — There is no question that Donald Trump's ambition in the first 100 days of his return to the Oval Office was to set a new standard for presidential accomplishment. To rival, even surpass, the scope of Franklin Roosevelt's efforts nearly a century ago …
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Letters from an American, National Review, The Daily Wire, CBS News, NPR, Washington Monthly, The Atlantic and Steady
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves — The right-wing billionaire's platform has recently lost about 10 percent of its European user base. — Europeans are fleeing X en masse, according to a new report from Elon Musk's social media platform.
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Matt Binder / Mashable:
Elon Musk's X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months
Elon Musk's X lost 11 million users in the EU over the past 5 months
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New York Daily News
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump is losing his war on democracy — Trump's power grabs are dangerous. But he's going about them all wrong — and facing effective resistance as a result. … In the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term, his administration has proven exceptionally good at breaking things.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Says He Could Free Abrego Garcia From El Salvador, but Won't — Trump's comments undermined previous statements by his top aides and were a blunt sign of his administration's intention to double down and defy the courts. — President Trump, whose administration has insisted …
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CNN, The Hill, Baltimore Sun, Townhall, Zeteo, New York Post, The Wrap, Twitchy, Axios, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Rolling Stone, Deadline, Reuters, Breitbart and Washington Times
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Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Trump's knuckle sandwich
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Mediaite, Al Jazeera, Daily Mail, RedState, LADbible, Raw Story and PolitiFact
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers unnerved by Trump's intensifying fight with judiciary
GOP lawmakers unnerved by Trump's intensifying fight with judiciary
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Rolling Stone
Politico:
Capitol agenda: The megabill has mega issues — Republicans' drive toward the “big, beautiful bill” is starting to hit some big potholes. As lawmakers get into gear on extending President Donald Trump's tax cuts, cracks are deepening on critical issues, including Medicaid …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
House Republican says no way to party's proposal to overhaul federal worker pension
New York Times:
Paramount Board Clears Possible Path for Settling Trump's ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit — Paramount's interest in settling has dismayed CBS's news division. The executive producer of “60 Minutes” abruptly resigned last week. — Lawyers for President Trump and Paramount, the parent of CBS News …
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The Hill, HotAir, The Contrarian, Los Angeles Times and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Julia Angwin / New York Times:
Musk's Parting Gift: The Construction of a Surveillance State — Elon Musk may be stepping back from running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration …
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Trump's Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows — Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue. — Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent …
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Gross Domestic Product, 1st Quarter 2025 (Advance Estimate) — Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025 (January, February, and March), according to the advance estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Washington Examiner, New York Post and IJR
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Republicans pull passenger vehicle fee after GOP blowback — Pushback from House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson saying the fee wasn't a priority, proved to be too much to keep it in the markup. — A controversial measure to charge $20 on cars to help pay for Trump administration priorities …
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Ars Technica, The Independent and Washington Times
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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements — New language in antisemitism bill clarifies First Amendment protections — Senate Republicans added an amendment to bipartisan legislation addressing rising antisemitism …
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Jewish Insider
Joe Cash / Reuters:
‘Never kneel’: China taps Korean War and AI memes to hit back at Trump tariffs — China is leveraging its propaganda machine to hit back at U.S. tariffs, rolling out videos using Cold War imagery to lambaste “imperialists” and send a simple message - capitulation to bullies is dangerous, and we won't back down.
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USA Today
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump Predicts China Would ‘Eat’ Tariffs, Lessening US Impact
Trump Predicts China Would ‘Eat’ Tariffs, Lessening US Impact
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The Daily Wire, Associated Press, Fox Business, Forbes, New York Times, The Independent, 404 Media, Blaze Media, Metro.co.uk, CNBC and masslive.com
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump demands states obey law he just announced via tweet — 🏙️ 🚕 💨 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.
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Scripps News
New York Times:
Trump Fires Biden Appointees, Including Doug Emhoff, From Holocaust Museum — “Holocaust remembrance and education should never be politicized,” Mr. Emhoff said in reaction to the removal of him and senior Biden White House officials from the board that oversees the museum.
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New York Times:
Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines — In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents …
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The Texas Tribune and STAT
Ilana Arougheti / Kansas City Star:
Kansas woman went to KC for a green card interview. Now, she faces deportation … When Rosmery Alvarado, 42, arrived in Kansas City on Wednesday with her husband and daughter to attend a spousal interview for her green card application, everyone had a bad feeling.
New York Times:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett Recuses Herself in a Charter School Case — The justice will not participate in oral argument, deliberations or vote. She gave no explanation. — When the justices take the bench for oral arguments on Wednesday, one seat will be empty: Justice Amy Coney Barrett …
CNN:
Gaza edges closer to famine as Israel's total blockade nears its third month — Sitting inside her fly-infested tent in Gaza City, Iman Rajab sifts clumps of flour through a sieve, over and over again. — She found the half-bag of flour in a garbage dumpster. It is crawling with pests and shows clear signs of contamination.
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Reuters
Andrea Pitzer / New York Magazine:
Trump and Bukele's Concentration Camp — CECOT is no regular prison. It is also a warning. — Like Donald Trump, Nayib Bukele ran for president by vowing to use extreme methods to punish those he deems terrorists. Though the murder rate in El Salvador had already fallen by half …
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New York Post, NPR and CNN
ABC News:
FULL TRANSCRIPT: Trump's exclusive 100 days broadcast interview with ABC News — President Donald Trump sat down with ABC News' Terry Moran in the Oval Office. — ABC News Exclusive: President Donald J. Trump sits down with Anchor and Senior National Correspondent Terry Moran, April, 29 …
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New York Times, The Moscow Times, Mediaite, Newsbusters, The Kyiv Independent, CBS News, Axios, LADbible, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, HuffPost and Baltimore Sun
Politico:
What's in those trade ‘proposals on paper’ countries have sent the White House? Depends who you ask. — While the Trump administration has been bragging about a number of potential trade deals, foreign officials say discussions are much more tentative. — White House officials have boasted …
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Reuters
Chris Stein / The Guardian:
Trump border pick accused of ‘cover-up’ over death of man beaten by US agents — Former top official calls for Rodney Scott to be blocked from CBP role over handling of investigation into Anastasio Hernández Rojas's death — Rodney Scott, Donald Trump's nominee to lead Customs and Border Protection …
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The Hill
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court considers endorsing country's first religious public charter school — Oklahoma's Republican attorney general says the proposal to launch a Catholic virtual charter school violates the Constitution's First Amendment. — WASHINGTON — A case that could weaken the separation …
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USA Today, Bloomberg, Washington Post, The Hill, New York Times, NPR, ABC News, American Greatness, CBS News, Deseret News, Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Signal, Slate, WCNC-TV and HuffPost
Axios:
Exclusive: When Speaker Johnson is willing to “step in” on tariffs — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La) said Wednesday at an Axios News Shapers event that he'd call President Trump before stepping in if he ever felt the administration's tariff policy had begun to encroach on Congress' constitutional powers.
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Politico, HuffPost, Washington Times, Raw Story, Fox News, New Republic, Washington Examiner and The Hill


