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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.
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.
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.
Axios:
U.S. economy shrinks at 0.3% rate in first Trump-era GDP report
Discussion: Bloomberg, Democrats and Decrypt
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:   U.S. economy shrank in early 2025 as tariffs sapped growth and imports surged
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
US economy shrinks in first quarter of Trump 2.0 amid sweeping tariffs
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump blames Biden after GDP shrinks in first quarter, says growth will ‘take a while’
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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Reuters and The Daily Signal
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
New York Times:
Behind Trump's Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador's Most Feared Prison
Discussion: CBS News and Techdirt
Reuters:
SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison
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  —  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 …
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 …
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Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
The Senate is poised to again reject Trump's tariffs  —  The Senate appears on track to once again reject tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff agenda, with several key Republican senators confirming they will vote Wednesday to overturn his sweeping use of executive power to impose a 10 percent global levy.
Discussion: CBS News
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson cracks door to congressional action on tariffs
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
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 …
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New York Times:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett Recuses Herself in a Charter School Case
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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 …
April Rubin / Axios:
Trump targets NYT with new legal threat over CBS News lawsuit coverage  —  President Trump on Wednesday said the New York Times should be held liable for “interference” in his ongoing lawsuit against CBS News.  —  Why it matters: The threat is the latest Trump has made against a news outlet whose coverage …
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New York Times:
Paramount Board Clears Possible Path for Settling Trump's ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit
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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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.
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: The Hill, Florida Politics and NPR
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 …
Politico:
‘Are you out of your fricking mind?’  Republicans balk at new passenger car fee proposal  —  A proposal to create a new $20 fee on most passenger cars to help pay for Trump administration priorities may already be in danger thanks to Republicans loathe to create a new fee.
Discussion: Ars Technica, Raw Story and The Hill
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Politico:
Capitol agenda: The megabill has mega issues
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Hill
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
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.
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
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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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Federal campaign finance agency won't have enough members to enforce the law
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Debunking 100 Trump false claims from his first 100 days
Discussion: Mediaite
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Deserves a ‘Pass’ as Data Shows GDP Contracted
Discussion: Associated Press
Financial Times:
Top Trump adviser struggles to soothe investors in talks after market tumult
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Still no Epstein files”: MAGA conspiracy theory in crisis after victim's death
John Wilkerson / STAT:
STAT+: GOP Senator Collins says Trump's layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research ‘must be reversed’
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Trump Refuses to Fold a Losing Hand
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Trump's Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows
Discussion: Florida Politics
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Trump's support sinks in Georgia as economic fears rise
 

 
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