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11:30 AM ET, April 29, 2025

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Punchbowl News:
Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers  —  Amazon doesn't want to shoulder the blame for the cost of President Donald Trump's trade war.  —  So the e-commerce giant will soon show how much Trump's tariffs are adding to the price of each product, according to a person familiar with the plan.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
White House blasts Amazon over tariff cost report: ‘Hostile and political act’ … WATCH NOW  —  The White House on Tuesday slammed Amazon for reportedly planning to display the cost of President Donald Trump's tariffs next to the total price of products on its site.
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Bessent: No supply chain shocks ahead from tariffs  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters on Tuesday that President Trump's trade policy would not result in shortages of consumer goods, as some economists and CEOs have warned.  —  Why it matters: Triple-digit tariffs …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Amazon displaying tariff prices “hostile and political,” White House says  —  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Amazon's reported plan to display the breakdown of how much tariffs are adding to the price of each good as a “hostile and political act” on Tuesday.
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CBC News:
Canada election: Liberals will form next government, CBC News projects  —  Too soon to say whether it will be a minority or majority  —  Canada Votes 2025: Election night results and analysis  —  Canadians will vote on April 28 in an election that will determine the next prime minister.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Mark Carney: democracy's unTrump
Discussion: MeidasTouch News
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Live Updates: Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada's Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform
Paul Krugman:
Trump is the Godfather in Reverse
Discussion: Bloomberg and Politico
CNN:
Canada will ‘never’ yield to Trump's threats as Prime Minister Carney declares election victory
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will lose his own seat in Parliament
CBC News:
Liberal Bruce Fanjoy topples Pierre Poilievre in Carleton
Laura Dhillon Kane / Bloomberg:
Canada Conservative Leader Poilievre Loses His Own Seat in Election, CBC Projects
Wall Street Journal:
At 100 Days, Trump 2.0 Is in Trouble  —  The tariff shock he's unleashed could sink his second term.  —  Click for Sound  —  Presidential second terms are rarely successful, and on the evidence of his first 100 days Donald Trump's won't be different.  The President needs a major reset …
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
An Unsustainable Presidency  —  Shortly before taking office, Donald Trump promised …
Discussion: NBC News
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump vowed to end wars, equalize trade. He's delivered something else.
Discussion: CBS News and Politico
Popular Information:
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family  —  On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.  The family's father, who is undocumented …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Exclusive: Most Americans see Trump as “dangerous dictator,” poll says  —  A majority of Americans say President Trump is a “dangerous dictator” who poses a threat to democracy and believe he's overstepped his authority by actions such as the mass firing of federal employees, a new survey says.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's polling has already collapsed  —  💨 💨 ✈️ 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.  If you aren't one already …
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Steven Sparks / Reuters:
Most Americans oppose Trump 3rd term, taking control of Greenland and Canada: POLL  —  A majority take Trump at his word when he talks about his potential actions.  —  President Donald Trump walks down the colonnade to the Oval Office after arriving on Marine One at the White House in Washington, April 27, 2025.
Discussion: ABC News
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Most take Trump's Canada, Greenland and third-term ideas seriously — and oppose them, poll finds
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Politico
Punchbowl News:
4/29/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers  —  Schatz moves quickly to lock up whip race  —  Gaming out reconciliation … President Donald Trump will travel to Michigan today to mark his 100th day in office. … Appropriations Democrats have created a …
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Shawn Donnan / Bloomberg:
The US Factory Where Trump Previewed His Tariffs in 2017 Is Now in China  —  The president celebrated the first 100 days of his first term at a Pennsylvania factory that's since closed.  —  When Donald Trump set out to mark the 100th day of his first term in 2017, he headed for a wheelbarrow factory …
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.
New York Times:
Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump's Crypto Firm … The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump's presidential inauguration.  —  “ZMoney” was Zachary Folkman, an entrepreneur who once ran …
Discussion: The Dispatch
Gleb Tsipursky / The Hill:
Trump's federal return-to-office orders are massively backfiring  —  Chaos, frustration, and a deep sense of unease have swept through countless federal offices ever since President Trump announced a blanket return-to-office mandate.  —  For many employees, it feels like an unexpected reversal …
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Medicaid mucks up the megabill  —  Republicans are hitting a major roadblock in drafting their “big, beautiful” megabill: Divisions over how deeply to cut Medicaid are threatening to upend the timeline for advancing President Donald Trump's tax agenda.
New York Times:
National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration  —  The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles.  It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.  —  The Trump administration has dismissed …
Discussion: Reuters and E&E News
Washington Post:
Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts  —  Civil rights director Harmeet K. Dhillon redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.”  —  The new head of the Justice Department's civil rights division …
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA's Premiere Conspiracy Theorist Becomes the Target of One  —  Mike Flynn has long pushed QAnon.  But now, the conspiracists are coming after him.  —  Flynn-kenstein's Monster  —  FEW AMERICANS HAVE DONE MORE to mainstream conspiracy theories than Michael Flynn, the retired Army general …
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Move to Block Inquiries Into Trump Admin Amid Signal Scandal  —  Mike Johnson has Republicans ready to halt Democrats' ability to force votes on whether to demand information from the Trump administration … The move comes as Democrats push resolutions demanding answers …
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Angry Florida voters hold ‘empty chair’ town halls for absent Republicans  —  Republican committee advises against holding town halls as cases of lawmakers berated over federal cuts go viral  —  Angry voters are holding empty chair town halls as Republican members of Congress are refusing to hold those meetings with constituents.
Discussion: Townhall, Fox News and The Hill
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
This Is Palantir's Justification for Building ICE's Master Database  —  Over the last few weeks multiple media outlets have reported on data analytics company Palantir's closer collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the agency carries out Trump's mass deportation efforts.
Discussion: Reuters
 
 
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Discussion: Axios and Baltimore Sun
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Congressional watchdog agency will investigate Trump's hollowing out of CFPB
Adam Gurri / Liberal Currents:
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Washington Post:
Trump is marking 100th day in office with rally in Michigan
Discussion: The Hill and Mercury News
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
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Discussion: RNS, The Forward and Raw Story
CNN:
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