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Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Weighs Helping Farmers as Trump Escalates Trade War  —  The Trump administration has discussed providing financial aid for farmers who may be subject to retaliation by America's trading partners.  —  Ahead of President Trump's plan to impose sweeping tariffs across the globe this week …
Discussion: El País and The Guardian
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Jason Furman / New York Times:
There's One Problem With Trump's Tariffs: They Make Absolutely No Sense
Discussion: Forbes and Fortune
New York Times:
Le Pen Barred From French Presidential Run After Embezzlement Ruling  —  The court decision barred the far-right leader Marine Le Pen from seeking office for five years, jeopardizing her plans for the 2027 election.  She can appeal.  —  Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader …
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Astha Rajvanshi / NBC News:
France's far-right leader Le Pen sentenced to prison and banned from office in embezzlement trial  —  Le Pen may still appeal the four-year sentence, two years of it suspended, and five-year political ban, which came after she was found guilty of misusing $3 million to pay party staff.
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Marine Le Pen Could Be Banned From France Election if She's Found Guilty of Embezzlement
Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg:
Marine Le Pen Barred From 2027 French Presidency Run
Associated Press:
Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him  —  Elon Musk gave out $1 million checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin Supreme Court election that the tech billionaire cast …
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Musk Gives $1 Million Checks to Voters Amid Wisconsin Court Race
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Wisconsin Voters See State Supreme Court Race as Referendum on Trump
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He 'Couldn't Care Less' if Car Prices Go Up  —  If 25% tariff on imported vehicles makes foreign cars more expensive, president says, that would boost sales of U.S.-made vehicles  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said he “couldn't care less” if foreign automakers raise their prices …
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Jack Blanchard / Politico:   Playbook: World braces for Trump's ‘Liberation Day’
Paul Krugman:   MAGA is Bad for Business
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Goldman Sachs sees Trump tariffs spiking inflation, stunting growth and raising recession risks
Discussion: Forbes, KTVZ-TV, Axios and Semafor
emptywheel:
Trump's Threats to the Constitution Are Happening in Real Time, Not (Just) in a Third Term  —  There is no doubt in my mind that the intent of the Trump team is to retain power indefinitely, via whatever means.  —  To fight that effectively, you should focus your action and words …
Discussion: NBC News
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NBC News:
Trump won't rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Says He's ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution
Luke Garrett / NPR:   Trump is ‘not joking’ about third term, though Constitution says he can't serve
John F. Harris / Politico:
The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will  —  The lessons we can take from how easily institutions have folded to Trump's remarkable revenge campaign.  —  One after another, a parade of the wealthiest and most elite institutions in American life since …
Discussion: RedState
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Wall Street Journal:   The Democrats Who Are Fighting—and Winning—Against Trump in Court
CNN:
Trump is using the power of government to punish opponents. They're struggling to respond
Discussion: New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Waltz Is Losing Support Inside the White House  —  Although Trump decided not to fire his national security adviser over the Signal group chat, Waltz's position is tenuous, officials say  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has decided for now not to fire his national security adviser …
Steve Vladeck / One First:
136. Setting the Record Straight on the Anti-Trump Injunctions  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a weekly newsletter that aims to make the U.S. Supreme Court more accessible to all of us.  —  Every Monday morning, I'll be offering an update on goings-on at the Court ("On the Docket"); …
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Axios:
American progress in peril  —  The U.S. is freezing research funding, canceling projects, firing thousands of federal scientists and creating an atmosphere of uncertainty that scientists warn could slam the brakes on progress.  —  Why it matters: America has enjoyed decades of dominance …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
America's Future Is Hungary  —  MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán.  But he's left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.  —  flashy hotels and upmarket restaurants now dominate the center of Budapest, a city once better known for its shabby facades.
Don Bacon / New York Times:
I'm a Republican Who Still Supports Ukraine.  America Must Not Give In to Putin.  —  Three years on, the war for Ukraine continues to burn, consuming lives and the wealth of nations.  The diplomatic rupture last month in the Oval Office beamed live around the world ignited a fierce debate …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
CNN:
Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks  —  The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Israeli forces.
Discussion: CBS News, KTVZ-TV, Reuters and Al Jazeera
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado … A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed …
New York Times:
‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status  —  The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already approved for entry before President Trump took office.  But Mr. Trump is making one exception.
Joe Lofaro / CTV News:
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation  —  A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.  Dr. Joanne Liu, the former international president …
Aaron Wiener / Washington Post:
Scores of child-care centers at risk after Trump officials gut federal office  —  Child-care centers in federal buildings are at risk of lower quality and higher costs after the closure of the GSA office overseeing them.  —  Families with children enrolled in scores of child-care centers …
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:
Where Do You Draw the Line?  —  While I concede the legality of the administration's move against Rumeysa Öztürk, I reject its morality and prudence.  —  Last year, a Turkish graduate student at Tufts University named Rumeysa Öztürk co-wrote an op-ed …
 
 
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Americans are spending less as they brace for new tariffs
Discussion: Raw Story
Damien Cave / New York Times:
How Trump Supercharged Distrust, Driving U.S. Allies Away
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
First-quarter GDP growth will be just 0.3% as tariffs stoke stagflation conditions, says CNBC survey
Christopher Mathias / MSNBC:
Don't think 'it can't happen here' — it's already happening
Financial Times:
Why Norway is edging towards a fresh EU membership bid
Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
As Trump Squeezes the Immigrant Work Force, Employers Seek Relief
Michael I. Kotlikoff / New York Times:
Universities Should Not be Afraid of Contentious Ideas
 Earlier Items: 
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Universities Should Challenge Trump's Speech-Based Deportations of Students in Court [Updated]
Discussion: Persuasion and Drezner's World
Axios:
Scoop: Trump to visit Saudi Arabia in May for first foreign trip, sources say
Gregory R.C. Hasman / Albuquerque Journal:
AFR, feds investigate ‘arson’ after part of GOP NM headquarters set on fire
Discussion: Breitbart and Townhall
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Trump's Latest Bid to Rewrite Reality
Discussion: The Guardian and Newsbusters
Ashley Soular / Republican Party of New Mexico:
Deliberate Arson Targets GOP Headquarters in Albuquerque
 

 
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