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Dow tumbles more than 600 points, S&P 500 posts biggest loss since December as Trump says tariffs will proceed — The S&P 500 retreated on Monday, extending February's rout and turning red for the year after President Donald Trump's confirmation of forthcoming tariffs ratcheted up economic concerns.
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Car Prices Are Poised for $12,000 Surge on Trump's New Tariffs — Auto bosses warn Trump administration of economic consequences — Companies rush to stockpile parts, engines in US warehouses — Impending tariffs on Canada and Mexico risk driving up US car prices by as much as $12,000 …
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Gizmodo, New York Post, Daily Kos and Raw Story


Dow tumbles 650 points as Trump confirms tariffs on Mexico and Canada will start Tuesday — New York CNN — US stocks slid Monday as investors braced for President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on Canada and Mexico to go into effect by the midnight deadline.
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Exclusive: Honda to produce next Civic in Indiana, not Mexico, due to US tariffs, sources say — Honda (7267.T) has decided to produce its next-generation Civic hybrid in the U.S. state of Indiana, instead of Mexico, to avoid potential tariffs on one of its top-selling car models, according to three people familiar with the matter.


Industries Brace for Trump Tariffs Taking Effect on Tuesday — President Trump could still choose to pause the tariffs he is threatening to put on America's largest trading partners Tuesday, but industries are preparing for the worst. — When President Trump announced last week …
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Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, with ‘no room’ for delay
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Stocks tumble after Trump says long-threatened tariffs are coming
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Boycott The Donald Trump Show — Playing captive to the lies he'll tell at his coming address to Congress is weak, conveys weakness, and surrenders the whole national stage to him. — ∙ Paid — There's one form of mass anger sweeping the country, and it's all directed at Donald Trump …
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Majority disapproves of Trump job performance ahead of address to Congress: Survey
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Emerson Polling and USA Today

The Democrats Should Boycott Trump's Speech to Congress This Week
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Twitchy

Trump is all-in on DOGE. It's a political gamble.
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New York Magazine and Raw Story

Senate Democrats express regret over Rubio confirmation votes
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Fox News, Raw Story, Blaze Media, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, Breitbart and Axios

Government shutdown looms as Trump tries to assert new spending powers
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Raw Story, Bloomberg and New York Post


What a Weekend for Putin! — It was a hell of a weekend for bad men getting what they paid for out of Donald Trump. And while we'll focus on Vladimir Putin here, we don't want to fully ignore venture capitalist David Sacks, Donald Trump's “crypto czar,” who seemingly stands …
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New Republic, Raw Story and Washington Post
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White House seeks plan for possible Russia sanctions relief, sources say — The United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as President Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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New Republic, The Kyiv Independent and Axios

Trump turns toward Russia, breaking with decades of U.S. policy
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Wall Street Journal, Reason, Mediaite, The American Conservative and CNN


U.S. Hitting Brakes on Flow of Arms to Ukraine — Military financing has been stopped, and officials are meeting to consider suspending another type of assistance — The Trump administration has stopped financing new weapons sales to Ukraine and is considering freezing weapons shipments …
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RedState, Daily Caller News Foundation and Semafor
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Trump's ‘indecency’ endangers transatlantic alliance: French PM
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Daily Mail


France's prime minister tears into Trump's attack on Zelenskyy as a staggering show of ‘brutality’
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New Jersey Online, Althouse and ABC News


Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr. — Thomas Corry resigned over disagreements with the HHS secretary and his approach to the measles outbreak. — The top spokesperson at the Health and Human Services Department has abruptly quit after clashing with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Top FBI official forced out after criticizing Trump pursuit of agents who investigated Jan. 6 — James Dennehy, the head of the FBI's New York office, is out one month after he urged colleagues to “dig in” after the new administration requested the names of all agents who worked on Capitol riot cases.


Ukraine's Zelenskyy says end of war with Russia is ‘very, very far away’ — A deal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia “is still very, very far away,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding that he expects to keep receiving American support despite his recent fraught relations with U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Zelenskyy, Trump spar anew about Russia's war on Ukraine
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Associated Press, The Kyiv Independent, The Free Press and The Gateway Pundit

Senate Republican: Putin ‘killing anyone who disagrees with him’
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New Republic, Washington Examiner and RedState


Musing About Then vs. Now at Celebration of Katharine Graham — A premiere for a documentary about the longtime publisher of The Washington Post had people talking about changes at the paper, and in Washington. — On Sunday evening, as well-heeled guests trickled out of a screening of …
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Washington Post, Axios and CBS News
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Where Jeff Bezos Went Wrong With The Washington Post
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New York Magazine and CBS News

LA Times to display AI-generated political rating on opinion pieces
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The Hill and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »


Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings — For the second time in a week, Elon Musk's government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success. — Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds …
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New Republic, Gizmodo, New York Magazine and Raw Story


DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases on key weather buildings … - It was designed to integrate multiple forecasting centers in one building to improve operating efficiency. … - Two ex-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials also confirmed the list.
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Politico, The Verge, Breaking the News and Washington Post


Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber — President's move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species — Donald Trump has ordered that swathes of America's forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species …
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Axios, Heatmap News, E&E News, UPI and New York Times


CFPB to Employees: When We Said Stop Work, We Didn't Mean Stop Work! — The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing. So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA. — Russell Vought speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on his nomination to lead …


Trump, Chip Maker TSMC Expected to Announce $100 Billion Investment in U.S. — It is the latest effort by Trump to persuade companies to make big investments in the U.S. — WASHINGTON—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. intends to invest $100 billion in chip-manufacturing plants …
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Flights to Reagan National Airport in D.C. receive false collision alerts while landing — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after several airliners on approach to land at Washington Reagan National Airport Saturday morning received what appear to be false alarms from their onboard Traffic Collision Avoidance System.
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Fox News


Treasury Department Announces Suspension of Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Against U.S. Citizens and Domestic Reporting Companies — The Treasury Department is announcing today that, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties …
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Rolling Stone, Associated Press, The Lever, Washington Examiner, New Republic, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and The Daily Wire


Donald Trump Is Backed by the Business Elite — Over lunch last week with a friend of mine — a major technology investor who has been an ardent Democrat — the talk quickly turned to politics. Like many businessmen, he refuses to air his views publicly to avoid drawing fire. In private, he's more forthcoming.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money


Atlanta Fed's GDPNow Estimate Falls Again — The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's running forecast for first-quarter gross domestic product slid again on Monday. — The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow estimate now calls for a first-quarter GDP decline of 2.8%, down from a decline of 1.5% on Friday.
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Talking Points Memo