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The Guardian:
Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’  —  President calls films ‘national security threat’ and claims he called on commerce department to immediately enact tariff  —  Donald Trump on Sunday announced on his Truth Social platform a 100% tariff on all movies …
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Scott Bessent / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Three Steps to Economic Growth
Discussion: The Hill and Semafor
Reuters:
Trump says Hollywood ‘dying’; orders 100% tariff on non-US movies to save it
Washington Post:
Trump says trade deals ‘could very well be’ announced this week  —  President Donald Trump told reporters Sunday that deals with some trading partners “could very well be” announced this week, raising the prospect of an easing of the “Liberation Day” tariffs he announced last month.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
‘60 Minutes’ Thumbs Its Nose at Trump With Scathing Segment
Discussion: The Contrarian, Fox News and CBS News
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels
Fox News:
Trump says Mexican president is afraid of cartels after she rejected his offer to send US troops to Mexico
Discussion: RedState and CNN
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked  —  A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned.
Associated Press:
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say  —  Israel approved plans on Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, in a move that if implemented would vastly expand Israel's operations …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Netanyahu Says Pounding Gaza Again Will Finish Hamas.  Not Everyone Agrees.  —  It is not clear how the Israeli prime minister's plan to add tens of thousands of soldiers will fundamentally alter a dynamic seen over 18 months of conflict.  —  As Israel gears up to add tens of thousands …
New York Times:
Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump  —  The president's older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing deals, many of which will financially benefit their father.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kristin Wright / NPR:
An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters  —  An exhibit showing victims of gun violence has been taken down at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice has confirmed.
Discussion: Washington Post and Townhall
Andres Picon / Politico:
Conservatives have long dreamed of passing a bill to shred tons of regulations.  They may be closer than ever.  —  “For those who say it would make a radical change ... I'd say, ‘Thank heaven above for that,’” says Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee.  —  Conservative Republicans have spent …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Punchbowl News:
5/5/25 ☀️ AM: … Happy Cinco de Mayo. … During the last week …
Discussion: Roll Call
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
In New York, a GOP congressman is shelled with questions about Trump during raucous town hall  —  Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district unloaded a barrage of criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around …
Discussion: The Hill
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Washington Post:
These 6 Republican ‘red lines’ could complicate Trump's policy plans  —  “Some of these are clearly in conflict,” one former Republican aide said.  —  As Republican lawmakers hammer out a “big, beautiful bill” to enact President Donald Trump's policy plans, they're running into a problem: their colleagues' growing list of red lines.
Discussion: Semafor and Press Herald
Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
Trump Team Set to Dissolve Reagan-Era Transnational Crime Unit  —  Task forces that specialize in fighting organized crime, drug cartels and human traffickers were told to shut down by Sept. 30, according to documents and people familiar with the matter  —  The Trump administration is …
Associated Press:
Trump says he'll reopen Alcatraz prison for 'America's most ruthless and violent Offenders'  —  President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.
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Associated Press:
Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany  —  Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945.  After decades of division and its revival …
Al Jazeera:
Rwanda confirms talks with US over receiving deported migrants  —  Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe says the ‘ongoing’ discussions are ‘still in the early stages’.  —  Rwanda's foreign minister has confirmed his country has entered discussions to receive immigrants deported from the United States …
Discussion: Axios and Reuters
Axios:
Scoop: Trump plans to announce D.C. will host 2027 NFL Draft  —  President Trump plans to announce Monday that Washington, D.C., will host the 2027 NFL Draft, with the aim of holding it on the National Mall, Axios has learned.  — The announcement is expected to be made with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell …
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean?  —  The administration has accused the university of lacking viewpoint diversity.  Harvard is fighting its demands, but embracing the vague term.  —  The billion-dollar standoff between the Trump administration …
Giorgio Leali / Politico:
Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump's war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’  —  The European Commission chief and the French president are trying to woo American researchers with a new program called “Choose Europe for Science.”  —  PARIS ― European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen …
Miles Bryan / Vox:
Trump promised his tariffs would create jobs.  They're already destroying them.  —  Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley was once synonymous with America's industrial might.  —  The region was known for its booming manufacturing economy anchored by companies like Mack Trucks and Bethlehem Steel …
Eric Levitz / Vox:
How Trump could make Americans permanently poorer  —  The immediate costs of President Donald Trump's trade war are fairly clear.  Prices for imported goods are rising while economic growth is slowing.  Manufacturers are slashing orders, small businesses with Chinese suppliers are on the brink …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The most disturbing aspect of Trump's first 100 days  —  Too many American businesses are acting like he's already a dictator  —  Almost everything Donald Trump does becomes a bizarre, larger-than-life spectacle.  —  But precisely for that reason, it's important to remember that “normal” …
Meaghan Tobin / New York Times:
China's Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs  —  As a U.S. tax loophole ends, the apparel makers that sell to America are forced to consider alternative markets or cheaper locations in and outside China.  —  Liu Miao has sold clothing on Amazon to wholesale buyers in the United States for the past five years.
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
A New Trend in Global Elections: The Anti-Trump Bump  —  In voting in Canada and Australia, right-wing parties that borrowed from the MAGA playbook were punished.  Elsewhere, President Trump is having a more complex impact.  —  The Trump factor is shaping global politics, one election at a time …
Discussion: Reuters, Semafor and Bloomberg
 
 
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