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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.
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President Trump's First 100 Days, April 2025
President Trump's First 100 Days, April 2025
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
The Longest 100 Days — The clash between Donald Trump's determination to rule and his inability …
The Longest 100 Days — The clash between Donald Trump's determination to rule and his inability …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's polling has already collapsed
Trump's polling has already collapsed
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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.
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Canadians keep Liberal Party and Mark Carney in power as country digs in on Trump's trade war
Canadians keep Liberal Party and Mark Carney in power as country digs in on Trump's trade war
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will lose his own seat in Parliament
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre will lose his own seat in Parliament
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Laura Dhillon Kane / Bloomberg:
Canada Conservative Leader Poilievre Loses His Own Seat in Election, CBC Projects
Canada Conservative Leader Poilievre Loses His Own Seat in Election, CBC Projects
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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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100 days of magnitude — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — Good Tuesday morning.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: A growing majority says Trump has made the economy worse, with most skeptical of his tariff plans
CNN Poll: A growing majority says Trump has made the economy worse, with most skeptical of his tariff plans
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Trump looked unbeatable on the economy. Then he launched a trade war.
Trump looked unbeatable on the economy. Then he launched a trade war.
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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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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.
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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.
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Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens — 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. Federal supremacy with respect to immigration, national security, and foreign policy is axiomatic.
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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.
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Most take Trump's Canada, Greenland and third-term ideas seriously — and oppose them, poll finds
Most take Trump's Canada, Greenland and third-term ideas seriously — and oppose them, poll finds
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Mark Carney: democracy's unTrump — America's 47th president plays unwitting ally to non-populists everywhere except at home — “I would like to thank Donald Trump without whom this would not have been possible.” Mark Carney, Canada's 24th prime minister, was too tactful on Monday …
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Live Updates: Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada's Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform
Mickey Djuric / Politico:
Mark Carney elected Canada's prime minister
Mark Carney elected Canada's prime minister
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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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Trump's team has disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds, top Democrats say
Trump's team has disrupted some $430 billion in federal funds, top Democrats say
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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 …

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 …
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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 …

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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Trump Recasts Mission of Justice Dept.'s Civil Rights Office, Prompting ‘Exodus’ — Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump's agenda.
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US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier — A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been “lost” at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.
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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.
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House Republicans still debating how to pull back on Medicaid expansion
House Republicans still debating how to pull back on Medicaid expansion
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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 …

I Can't Believe Anyone Thinks Trump Actually Cares About Antisemitism — About a decade ago, conservatives would often denounce Muslim immigration on the grounds that it threatened Western progress on gay rights. This posture, sometimes called homonationalism, got its start in Europe …
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Yonat Shimron / RNS:
550 US rabbis sign letter condemning Trump's antisemitism policy
550 US rabbis sign letter condemning Trump's antisemitism policy
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Congressional watchdog agency will investigate Trump's hollowing out of CFPB — A congressional watchdog agency is investigating President Donald Trump's efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, CNN has learned, responding to Senate Democrats who are also demanding …
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DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets — Two members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have been given accounts on classified networks that hold highly guarded details about America's nuclear weapons, two independent sources tell NPR.
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Lab Animals Face Being Euthanized as Trump Cuts Research — Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized. — On April 1, the Trump administration's effort to slash government funding arrived in Morgantown …
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