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1:35 PM ET, April 30, 2025

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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.
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Fox Business
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.
Axios:
U.S. economy shrinks at 0.3% rate in first Trump-era GDP report  —  The U.S. economy contracted at an annualized 0.3% rate in the first quarter, as a rush to import goods ahead of President Trump's tariffs weighed on economic growth, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Democrats and Decrypt
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Trump Blames Biden After U.S. Economy Shrinks Amid Tariff War  —  Underlying economic growth remained solid in early 2025, but tariffs and uncertainty are expected to cause a further slowdown.  —  The chaotic start to President Trump's second term roiled the economy at the beginning of the year …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump blames Biden after GDP shrinks in first quarter, says growth will ‘take a while’
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:   U.S. economy shrank in early 2025 as tariffs sapped growth and imports surged
Max Zahn / ABC News:
US economy shrank at start of Trump's 2nd term
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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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
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 …
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
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
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:   Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Could Bring Back Wrongly Deported Man, but Won't
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Trump's knuckle sandwich
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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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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 …
Discussion: al.com and New Statesman
New York Times:
Paramount Board Clears Possible Path for Settling Trump's ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit  —  Paramount's interest in settling has dismayed CBS's news division.  The executive producer of “60 Minutes” abruptly resigned last week.  —  Lawyers for President Trump and Paramount, the parent of CBS News …
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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump targets NYT with new legal threat over CBS News lawsuit coverage
Amanda Friedman / Politico:
Trump renews attacks on CBS' ‘60 Minutes’ amid mediation talks for lawsuit
Discussion: The Hill, Townhall and @amuse
John Wilkerson / STAT:
STAT+: GOP Senator Collins says Trump's layoffs of scientists, cuts to biomedical research ‘must be reversed’  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, rebuked the Trump administration for cutting federal biomedical research funding …
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Daniel Desrochers / Politico:   The Senate is poised to again reject Trump's tariffs
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson cracks door to congressional action on tariffs
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Raw Story
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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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
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
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: Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Still no Epstein files”: MAGA conspiracy theory in crisis after victim's death  —  It's getting tougher to believe that Trump will expose the secret satanic Democratic cabal ruling the world  —  It seemed as though QAnon was everywhere a few years ago, but in recent months …
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
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 …
Financial Times:
Top Trump adviser struggles to soothe investors in talks after market tumult  —  Stephen Miran met hedge funds and big asset managers after tariffs sparked Wall Street turmoil  —  Donald Trump's top economic adviser Stephen Miran struggled to reassure leading bond investors in a meeting …
 
 
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