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Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison  —  The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction …
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Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act  —  The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process—and, in many cases, under false pretenses.  —  Throughout the fall and winter, Alexis Romero de Hernández struggled to accept a grim new routine.
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Admits Deporting the Wrong Guy to El Salvador Mega Prison.  They Still Won't Bring Him Home  —  DOUBLING DOWN  —  Despite the “error,” the federal government doesn't plan to bring him home and says the courts can't make them.  —  The Trump administration admitted …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump administration admits ‘error’ in deporting Maryland resident to El Salvador  —  The Department of Justice says it has no recourse now that the man is in his home country, where he'd previously feared torture and persecution.  —  The Trump administration acknowledged late Monday …
Josh Marcus / The Independent:
Trump admin accidentally sent Maryland father to Salvadorian mega-prison and says it can't get him back
Discussion: New York Post
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison
Discussion: Scripps News and WUSA
New York Times:
U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’
Discussion: The Hill
Senator Cory Booker / Senator Cory Booker on YouTube:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America's Moral Moment on the Senate Floor  —  Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has taken the Senate floor and is speaking as long as he is physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed a...
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Inside Cory Booker's Plan To Disrupt ‘Business As Usual’ On The Senate Floor  —  A member of the U.S. Senate took the floor at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evening — and he doesn't plan on leaving it any time soon.  In a text message to TPM, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said he was about to begin speaking for as long as he could stand.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrat will block Trump's VA nominees to protest cuts
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Booker bids for a marathon anti-Trump speech
Discussion: USA Today
New York Times:
Cory Booker Slams Trump's Policies in Marathon Senate Floor Speech
Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food  —  Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people.
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Politico:
Thousands laid off as Kennedy and Musk take aim at health agencies  —  Overnight notices hit civil service leaders as well as the rank and file.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is making good on his promise to lay off thousands of employees across the government's health care agencies.
Discussion: USA Today, Daily Mail and Forbes
STAT:
HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies  —  As many as 10,000 — one-quarter of the department — are expected to be let go  —  Layoff notices began arriving early Tuesday for thousands of employees of the sprawling Department of Health and Human Services and its subsidiary agencies, with
Discussion: Axios and GovExec.com
New York Times:   Trump Administration Begins Layoffs at CDC, FDA and Other Health Agencies
Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
FDA's top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Daily Signal
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
D-Day for Musk: Democrats in Special Elections Target Trump's DOGE Chief  —  Special Elections Reveal Trump's Weak Spot: Elon Musk  —  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Trumpeting new tariffs he hopes will return industry to America, President Donald Trump has called April 2 “Liberation Day.”
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Punchbowl News:
4/1/25 ☀️ AM: … President Donald Trump is on the brink of levying a sweeping set of new tariffs against an unidentified number of countries.  Trump's actions are rattling financial markets, business leaders and foreign officials.  —  Now House and Senate Republicans are beginning …
Dasha Afanasieva / Bloomberg:
Republican Anxiety Grows as Florida Races Test Trump Strength
Discussion: Washington Post, HotAir and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Trump aides draft tariff plans as some experts warn of economic damage  —  The president's team is exploring using trillions of dollars in new import revenue for a tax dividend or refund, people familiar with the matter said.  —  White House aides have drafted a proposal to impose tariffs …
Discussion: Forbes, Raw Story and The Independent
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New York Times:
Stocks Mark Worst Month in Years as Trump's Tariffs Loom
Brian Barrett / Wired:
DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building, Court Filings Show  —  The documents reveal a DOGE affiliate is attempting to transfer the headquarters of an independent think tank, the United States Institute of Peace, to the government at no cost.  —  The DOGE-affiliated acting president …
Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Jacqueline Sweet / Rolling Stone:
Top Trump USAID Staffer Accused of Violent Outbursts, Racist Remarks  —  Ten people who knew Jeremy Lewin expressed concerns about his new position due to troubling behavior in his youth … Jeremy Lewin recently became deputy administrator for policy and programs for what's left of USAID …
Discussion: Townhall
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
As Republicans Target Colleges, Harvard Cower  —  Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism.  The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway.  —  The Trump administration has turned campaign promises …
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is at stake in race that's drawn powerful political interests  —  Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation's political fights …
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Supreme Court race is MAGA movement's first test since Trump win
David Gilbert / Wired:
The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla's Defense  —  After weeks of “Tesla Takedown” protests, extremist groups are showing up to back Elon Musk's beleaguered car company.  —  Over the weekend, thousands of people joined the “Tesla Takedown” protest movement at the company's showrooms across the country.
Dasha Burns / Politico:
'I don't know anyone that isn't pissed off at him': Trump world turns on Lutnick  —  As ‘Liberation Day’ nears, patience for the Commerce secretary is wearing thin across the Trump administration.  —  Inside the White House, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been perhaps the biggest proponent of …
Washington Post:
Massive layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies  —  The move comes after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement of a sweeping reduction of the Department of Health and Human Services.  —  April 1, 2025  —  The Fix  —  Analysis  —  Aaron Blake
Kathryn Anne Edwards / Bloomberg:
The Coming Recession Will Be Self-Inflicted  —  The looming economic contraction will be unique in past-war America in that it will be the first directly caused by White House policy.  —  The US economy is plodding toward a recession, a result of the Trump administration's pursuit …
Discussion: Raw Story, Fortune, El País and ABC News
Axios:
Trump's “Art of the Deal” hits new hurdles  —  President Trump's global dealmaking blitz is facing new obstacles, with early optimism eclipsed by broken ceasefires, pissed-off allies and thinning patience at home and abroad.  —  Why it matters: Ten weeks isn't a long time in foreign policy.
Camille Gijs / Politico:
EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump's mega tariffs  —  Brussels sees America's transatlantic trade surplus in services as its Achilles' heel.  —  BRUSSELS — It's one thing to hit Harley-Davidson motorbikes and bourbon whiskey.  It's another to go after Silicon Valley or Wall Street.
McKenzie Funk / ProPublica:
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”  —  Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump's immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and to keep them safe.
Discussion: “At some point …
Andrew Freedman / Axios:
Scoop: NOAA operations impaired by Commerce chief's approval mandate  —  A Commerce Department requirement to have Secretary Howard Lutnick approve many NOAA contracts or extensions is slowing the agency's operations to a crawl, current and former NOAA staff tell Axios.
Discussion: The Guardian
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Trump's Risky Move on Tariffs  —  When Americans feel pain, presidents get the blame.  —  It was an odd note in his recent speech to Congress when President Donald Trump suggested that Americans might feel a bit of pain from his economic policies.  —  The president who had promised …
 
 
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House GOP leaders move to kill proxy-voting effort
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Europe Turns a Blind Eye to Erdogan's Crackdown Because It Needs Turkey
U.S. Senate:
Floor Proceedings  —  3:00 p.m.: Convene and proceed to executive session to resume consideration …
Discussion: Scripps News
Garrett Shanley / The Independent Florida Alligator:
'Ladapo's a charlatan': Florida surgeon general's tenure at UF is lackluster, colleagues say
Discussion: Raw Story
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Cutting Off NPR and PBS
Anne Applebaum / Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum:
The Hungarian Model  —  The corruption and stagnation in our future
Discussion: The Atlantic
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Immigrant removals continue slide under Trump, new data show
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