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4:40 PM 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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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.
The Economist:
America may be just weeks away from a mighty economic shock  —  Trade between China and America is already sinking  —  Editor's note (April 30th 2025): America's gdp shrank by an annualised 0.3% in the first quarter because businesses rushed to import goods before tariffs took effect.
Discussion: Axios
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Trump Blames Biden After U.S. Economy Shrinks Amid Tariff War  —  Underlying economic growth remained solid in early 2025, but tariffs and uncertainty are expected to cause a further slowdown.  —  The chaotic start to President Trump's second term roiled the economy at the beginning of the year …
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.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says he'll blame Biden again for 2nd quarter GDP after blaming him for Q1 drop
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
U.S. economy shrank in early 2025 as tariffs sapped growth and imports surged
Discussion: City A.M.
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 …
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New York Times:
Behind Trump's Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador's Most Feared Prison … As they addressed reporters inside the Oval Office in mid-April, President Trump and his Salvadoran counterpart appeared to be operating in lock step.  —  The United States had just deported more than 200 migrants …
New York Times:
El Salvador Is Said to Have Spurned U.S. Request for Return of Deported Migrant  —  It remained unclear whether the diplomatic effort was a genuine bid by the White House to address the plight of the immigrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.  —  The Trump administration recently sent …
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 …
Chris Stein / The Guardian:
Trump hits out at journalist in tense TV interview to mark 100 days in office - US politics live
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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NBC News:
Judge orders Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi to be released
Ana Ley / New York Times:
Columbia Student Who Was Arrested at Citizenship Interview Is Freed
Politico:
Collins says Trump's research cuts ‘must be reversed’  —  Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins slammed the Trump administration for slashing research funding at the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday and demanded the cuts be reversed.  Collins, a Maine Republican …
Discussion: Roll Call and The Hill
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Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
The Senate is poised to again reject Trump's tariffs
Discussion: CBS News
John Wilkerson / STAT:
STAT+: GOP Senator Collins says Trump's layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research ‘must be reversed’
Discussion: Maine Beacon
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
Jeffries Wants Dems to Put an End to the El Salvador Trips  —  [Note: This article has been updated to include a new response from the office of Hakeem Jeffries.]  —  HOUSE MINORITY LEADER Hakeem Jeffries was asked Monday whether Democrats should continue to advocate for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia …
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Fox News:
‘I am afraid’: Another protective order filing against deported ‘Maryland man’ championed by Dems surfaces
Discussion: Baltimore Sun
Axios:
Trump on possible toy shortage: “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30”  —  President Trump appeared to acknowledge Wednesday that toy shortages are possible as his tariff hikes ripple through the economy.  —  Why it matters: American retailers are growing worried …
Discussion: The Independent
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Paul Bois / Breitbart:
Robert De Niro's Son Comes Out as Transgender at Age 29  —  Robert De Niro's 29-year-old son Airyn (formerly Aaron) has come out as transgender after beginning hormone treatment in 2024.  —  Born via surrogate with the acclaimed actor's ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith, Airyn told Them magazine …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump is losing  —  In the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term, his administration has proven exceptionally good at breaking things.  The Department of Government Efficiency's total demolition of USAID, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s depopulation of America's public health agencies …
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: Breitbart
Bloomberg:
Amazon Denies Tariff Label Plans After Trump Called to Complain … “The team that runs our ultra low cost Amazon Haul store has considered the idea of listing import charges on certain products,” the company said in a statement.  “Teams discuss ideas all the time.
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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 …
Discussion: HuffPost
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 …
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.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Three House Democrats ask to be removed from Trump impeachment resolution  —  A trio of House Democrats asked to be removed as co-sponsors of a resolution to impeach President Trump, a sign that many in the party do not want to go down the path of trying to remove the president from office — at least at the current moment.
Discussion: Townhall
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.
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Trump fires Biden appointees, including Doug Emhoff, from the Holocaust Museum board  —  The Trump administration has fired at least some of former President Joe Biden's appointees to the board that oversees the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, including former second gentleman Doug Emhoff.
Reuters:
SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison  —  Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison.  —  Detainees at the Bluebonnet immigrant detention center in the small city of Anson …
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
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: 87-year-old Holmes Norton eyes Oversight bid  —  Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is eyeing a run to be the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: The 87-year-old is the second most senior member of the panel, though her age would undoubtedly be a significant obstacle.
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Supreme Court appears ready to bless the country's first public religious charter school  —  The justices heard arguments on an Oklahoma court decision last year that rejected a state contract to open St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.  —  The Supreme Court's conservative …
Financial Times:
Top Trump adviser struggles to soothe investors in talks after market tumult  —  Stephen Miran met hedge funds and big asset managers after tariffs sparked Wall Street turmoil  —  Donald Trump's top economic adviser Stephen Miran struggled to reassure leading bond investors in a meeting …
Politico:
Trump-Ukraine minerals deal hits yet another late snag  —  Ukraine and the United States planned to sign a long-awaited minerals deal Wednesday — before yet another last-minute obstacle threatened to scupper the plan.  —  As Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko traveled …
 
 
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