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2:25 PM ET, March 31, 2025

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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Estimates Imply That Burden of Tariffs Could Fall Heavily on Consumers  —  A White House trade adviser projected that tariffs would raise about $6 trillion over the next decade.  But raising so much revenue for the government conflicts with the administration's goal of reshoring manufacturing.
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump to Unveil Country-Based Tariffs April 2 in Rose Garden … President Donald Trump will announce his reciprocal tariff push on Wednesday during an event in the White House Rose Garden, his top spokeswoman said.  —  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the announcement would feature “country-based” tariffs.
Discussion: Reuters, Axios and Al Jazeera
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: Raw Story, El País and The Guardian
Jason Furman / New York Times:
There's One Problem With Trump's Tariffs: They Make Absolutely No Sense
Discussion: Quartz, Forbes and Fortune
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:   Trump's Tariff Agenda Bets on Americans Giving Up Cheap Goods
Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027  —  Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office  —  The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for president in 2027 after a court found …
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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.
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 …
David Broder / Jacobin:
Stopping Marine Le Pen From Running Is a Bad Idea
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Republican Operative Nicholas Jacobs Locks Twitter After Elon Musk Check Controversy  —  Jacobs received a $1M check from Musk at a rally in support of Brad Schimel  —  Nicholas Jacobs, chair of the Wisconsin College Republicans and a rising GOP operative, has locked his Twitter account …
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Associated Press:
Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Elon Musk PAC Winner Links $1M Prize to Voting, Fueling Vote-Buying Accusations
Discussion: Mother Jones and Votebeat
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
John Roberts created a monster.  It's about to eat him.  —  ✍️ ⚖️ ✍️ 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: Raw Story
Associated Press:
The issues where Trump's approval is strongest and weakest, according to a new AP-NORC poll  —  Immigration remains a strength for President Donald Trump, but his handling of tariffs is getting more negative feedback, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It's What Republicans Do.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
AP-NORC:
Trump scores better marks with the public on immigration than the economy
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fox News
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 …
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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Trump Science Funding Cuts May Hurt Economy, Experts Say  —  Since World War II, U.S. research funding has led to discoveries that fueled economic gains.  Now cutbacks are seen as putting that legacy in jeopardy.  —  President Trump's tariffs could drive up prices.
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
DOGE Accesses Federal Payroll System Over Objections of Career Staff  —  Elon Musk's team gains visibility into sensitive information about hundreds of thousands of government workers despite security concerns raised by IT officials.  —  Members of Elon Musk's cost-cutting Department …
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NPR:
DOGE staffer who shared Treasury data now has more access to government systems
Discussion: Fortune
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Christian Paz / Vox:
Is this the Democrats' Tea Party moment?
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
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 …
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.
Nicole Russell / Yahoo News:
I'm tired of being mocked and hated because I'm a conservative woman  —  As a conservative woman living in Texas, I often feel like I'm living a dual reality.  I'm a mom and a writer, but that's not all.  I go to church, laugh with friends and wave at my neighbors while we are walking our dogs.
Paul Krugman:
MAGA is Bad for Business  —  One odd feature of U.S. politics is that businesspeople, especially small business owners, always seems to believe that they will do better under Republicans, even though history shows that business does better under Democrats.  Small business owners supported Trump …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Veronika Melkozerova / Politico:
Putin to conscript 160,000 more Russians for war with Ukraine  —  Ukraine warned the Kremlin is preparing for a massive new military offensive.  —  KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered another 160,000 Russian citizens be called up to serve in the military, Russian news agency Interfax reported Monday.
Discussion: Politico
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Don Bacon / New York Times:
I'm a Republican Who Still Supports Ukraine. America Must Not Give In to Putin.
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and Raw Story
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 Raw Story
Leah Juliett / Teen Vogue:
Chuck Schumer Is Pushing Young People Away From the Democratic Party With His Toothless Leadership  —  In this op-ed, a former Schumer staffer explains why they blame their former boss for the party's failures.  —  I walked away from my job as a writer for Senator Chuck Schumer after realizing …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans  —  The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.  “Recent reports in the media that the …
Discussion: Plain Dealer
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 …
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Why Trump Says He's ‘Not Joking’ About a Third Term  —  Donald Trump's interest in seeking an unconstitutional third term as president, like many of his most dangerous or illegal ideas, began as a joke.  Trump would muse on the stump that he deserved an extra term because he was robbed of his first …
Noor Qurashi / Daily Mail:
Toddler is kicked out of nursery ‘for being transphobic’ - as families blast school's ‘insanity’  —  A toddler has been kicked out of nursery after being accused of transphobia, new figures reveal.  —  The child, aged either three or four, was suspended for 'abuse against sexual orientation …
Discussion: Human Events and Townhall
Pew Research Center:
Most Americans Say They Are Tuned In to News About the Trump Administration  —  Far fewer are hearing about the administration's relationship with the media than was the case early in Trump's first term  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Far fewer are hearing …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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.
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court likely to side with Catholic Charities seeking exemption from state taxes  —  The Supreme Court signaled Monday it is poised to side with Catholic Charities in a dispute over whether religiously affiliated groups are entitled to an exemption from certain state taxes …
 
 
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel to reoccupy 25% of Gaza to press Hamas to release hostages, official says
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New Republic:
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Reuters:
China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says
Discussion: Bloomberg
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Lucy McBath suspends bid for governor as husband battles cancer
Pascal Sabino / Bolts:
Missouri Officials Seize Control of St. Louis Police, in Latest Bid to Shutter Local Reforms
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump White House plans to shake up briefing room seating, flexing power over press corps
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump's insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in America
Aaron Wiener / Washington Post:
Scores of child-care centers at risk after Trump officials gut federal office
John F. Harris / Politico:
The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will
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