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8:15 AM ET, April 15, 2025

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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here  —  Between the path of outright defiance of the Supreme Court and following its order to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador's infamous Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), the Trump administration has chosen a third way …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Trump told us the horrifying reason why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not back in the U.S.  —  We are approaching one month since the United States illegally sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the CECOT “terrorism” prison in El Salvador on the third March 15 flight that took people to the prison.
Caroline Foreback / CBS News:
Maryland senator requests meeting with Salvadoran president to discuss deported Maryland man  —  Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen requested a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele during his visit to the United States to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported.
Chris Van Hollen:
Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump & Bukele Plot US Citizen Detention In Salvadoran Torture Camps, While Defying Supreme Court Via Gibberish Responses To Reporters
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Is Defying The Supreme Court
Harvard University President:
The Promise of American Higher Education  —  For three-quarters of a century, the federal government has awarded grants and contracts to Harvard and other universities to help pay for work that, along with investments by the universities themselves, has led to groundbreaking innovations across …
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Michael Casey / Associated Press:
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism  —  The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus.
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
The Great Fightback?  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Tuesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, wishing a happy Tax Day to all who celebrate.  —  WHAT TRUMP DOES AT 3 A.M.: It seems your Playbook author is not the only nerd in Washington obsessing …
The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Will Fight Trump's Demands
New York Times:
Columbia Activist Arrested by ICE at His Appointment for Citizenship  —  Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, has lived in the United States for 10 years and was arrested in Vermont.  He has not been charged with a crime.  —  Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstrations …
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Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Palestinian Student Leader Was Called In for Citizenship Interview — Then Arrested by ICE
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Every Part of This ICE Arrest Is Horrific—Especially the Location
Discussion: The Independent and CNN
abc7NY:
Columbia University student arrested, detained by DHS agents, lawyer says
Discussion: Twitchy
Politico:
Tariff carve-outs underscore weak US position in China trade war: ‘This is going to get really ugly’  —  With its electronics exceptions, the United States has demonstrated that it is more willing to bend than the Chinese.  —  The White House says it has the upper hand in its trade war with China.
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Colby Smith / New York Times:
The Dollar Keeps Falling as Its ‘Safe Haven’ Status Is Questioned
Punchbowl News:
Why President Trump isn't signing many laws … Trump and Republican congressional leaders often claim his new administration has been the most productive in recent memory.  —  Except when it comes to passing laws.  —  Trump has signed fewer bills into law at this point in his presidency …
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Punchbowl News:
4/15/25 ☀️ AM:  —  News: NRCC gets on track with $21M raised in March
Discussion: Politico
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event  —  Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:   AP Blocked from Trump's Oval Office Press Gaggle — Ignoring Recent Court Ruling
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New York Times:
White House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS  —  Trump administration officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.  —  The White House is planning to ask Congress to claw …
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Politico:
White House to send Congress a formal request to nix $9.3B for PBS, State Department
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Vibe Shifts Against the Right  —  Alex Kaschuta's podcast, “Subversive,” used to be a node in the network between weird right-wing internet subcultures and mainstream conservatism.  She hosted men's rights activists and purveyors of “scientific” racism, neo-reactionary online personalities …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jenna McLaughlin / NPR:
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data  —  In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Greene Bought Market Dip Before Trump Paused Tariffs, Profiting From the Rally  —  The Georgia congresswoman purchased at least tens of thousands of dollars in stock the day before and the day of President Trump's pause of a sweeping set of tariffs that sent the market soaring.
Bloomberg:
China Orders Boeing Jet Delivery Halt as Trade War Expands … Beijing has also asked that Chinese carriers halt any purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from US companies, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing matters that are private.
Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Taylor Lorenz claims she did not call Luigi Mangione ‘morally good’  —  Former Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz sparked backlash Sunday night following her appearance on CNN's MisinfoNation, where she discussed the growing online fascination, particularly among women, with Luigi Mangione …
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
JD Vance drops Ohio State's national championship trophy at White House celebration  —  WASHINGTON ― It was nearly a disastrous late-game turnover.  —  JD Vance fumbled the college football National Championship Trophy as he tried to hoist it up during a White House celebration …
 
 
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Eric Boehm / Reason:
Feds Borrowed $1.3 Trillion in the First 6 Months of This Fiscal Year
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Discussion: ABC News, The Federalist and UPI
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Politico:
FEMA denies Washington state disaster relief from bomb cyclone, governor says
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OPM plans to spend nearly $42 million to relocate a few hundred employees
NVIDIA:
NVIDIA to Manufacture American-Made AI Supercomputers in US for First Time
Zeyi Yang / Wired:
A Cybersecurity Professor Disappeared Amid an FBI Search. His Family Is ‘Determined to Fight’
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Republican attempt to steal a state supreme court election, explained
Discussion: Slate and USA Today
US Department of Justice:
Albuquerque Man Charged in Connection with Arson Attacks on Tesla Dealership and Republican Party of New Mexico Office
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump urges the FCC to punish ‘60 Minutes’ over reports on Greenland and Ukraine
 

 
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