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11:15 AM ET, April 30, 2025

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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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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.
Discussion: Bloomberg
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
How to Prepare For Trump's Next 1,361 Days  —  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?  Happy Wednesday.  —  Days 101 to 1,461 Matter Too  —  by William Kristol
Discussion: Yahoo Finance, Breitbart and Fox News
Axios:
U.S. economy shrinks at 0.3% rate in first Trump-era GDP report  —  The U.S. economy contracted at an annualized 0.3% rate in the first quarter, as a rush to import goods ahead of President Trump's tariffs weighed on economic growth, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Decrypt
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.
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.
Max Zahn / ABC News:
US economy shrank at start of Trump's 2nd term
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
U.S. economy shrinks 0.3% in first quarter as Trump trade wars disrupt businesses
Discussion: Associated Press
The Economist:   America may be just weeks away from a mighty economic shock
New York Times:
Trump Signs Executive Order Walking Back Some Auto Tariffs
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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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Tirade at Reporter Wrecks His Own Case Against Abrego Garcia  —  President Donald Trump grew angry as a reporter persistently questioned him about his refusal to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia from a prison in El Salvador—and in so doing, Trump accidentally demolished his whole case …
NBC News:
Judge orders Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi to be released  —  Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. permanent resident who was raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was detained during his April 14 naturalization interview in Vermont.  —  A judge ordered Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi …
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Politico:
Judge frees Columbia student activist whom Trump administration wants to deport  —  Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested by immigration authorities as part of a crackdown on foreign students who were legally studying in the United States.  —  BURLINGTON, Vermont — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered …
Discussion: Reuters, VTDigger and The City
Moriah Balingit / Associated Press:
The US government has a new policy for terminating international students' legal status
Discussion: WBEZ Chicago and Mercury News
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Trump, Who Owes His Freedom to Due Process, Is Destroying It for Everyone Else  —  The president owes his freedom to due process.  Now, he's shredding this foundational American right for the rest of us  —  Donald Trump owes his continued freedom — and very likely his second term as president …
Discussion: Florida Politics and NPR
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   GOP lawmakers unnerved by Trump's intensifying fight with judiciary
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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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:   Trump's first 100 days illustrate his strengths and mindset —decisive, bold, and in a hurry
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.
Discussion: New Statesman
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 …
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.
Discussion: Mashable and New York Daily News
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson cracks door to congressional action on tariffs
Discussion: Axios
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.
Discussion: Scripps News
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 …
John Wilkerson / STAT:
STAT+: GOP Senator Collins says Trump's layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research ‘must be reversed’  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, rebuked the Trump administration for cutting federal biomedical research funding …
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
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 …
Discussion: Florida Politics
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Could Bring Back Wrongly Deported Man, but Won't  —  Where Things Stand  — Deportations: President Trump said that he does have the ability to bring back Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador …
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Evan Perez / CNN:
Exclusive: FBI reassigns agents from iconic photo of them kneeling during George Floyd protest  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reassigned several agents who were photographed kneeling with demonstrators during a 2020 protest in the wake of police killing of George Floyd, people briefed on the matter told CNN.
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: New York Post and IJR
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.
Discussion: Reuters
 
 
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