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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Republicans reel as Dem over-performances hit a swing state and MAGA country  —  Democrats clinched a landslide victory in Wisconsin and made inroads in two deep-red Florida districts, spelling trouble for Republicans.  —  Republicans emerged from Tuesday's elections on shaky footing.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Wakeup Call in Wisconsin  —  Democrats have done well in special elections since Donald Trump's inauguration, but until this week we hadn't had any statewide contests to really assess how the administration's radical reshaping of U.S. government was landing with the public.
Wall Street Journal:
The MAGA Backlash Arrives  —  Republicans hold two Florida House seats despite a sharp swing to the Democrats, but Democrats easily keep their Wisconsin Supreme Court majority.  —  Democrats solidified their 4-3 progressive majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the ramifications are nationwide.
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Musk said Wisconsin would decide the fate of Western civilization.  Now he says he ‘expected to lose.’  —  The Musk-backed Brad Schimel got thumped Tuesday night.  —  Republicans lost decisively in Tuesday night's Wisconsin Supreme Court election.  Elon Musk is still saying everything is going according to plan.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The Biggest Loser in Wisconsin
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, Despite Musk's Millions
New York Times:
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Results
The Guardian:
Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
A message to Musk  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Embed:
Discussion: New Republic, National Review and NOTUS
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon  —  The president is pleased with Musk but the decision comes as the tech mogul increasingly looks like a political liability.  —  President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping …
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65  —  A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable.  At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.  —  Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor …
Washington Post:
Hunter Biden tax informant set to control IRS criminal division  —  The Trump administration has placed a political appointee in charge of tax investigations, in a break with longtime precedent.  —  Just now  —  The Trump administration is amassing influence over criminal investigations at the IRS …
Discussion: Tax Notes
Bloomberg:
Trump Tariff Plans Still in Limbo Ahead of Rose Garden Event  —  President Donald Trump's deliberations over his plans to impose reciprocal tariffs are coming down to the wire, with his team said to be still finalizing the level and scope of new import taxes he is slated to unveil on Wednesday afternoon.
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Reuters:
Trump to escalate global trade tensions with new reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners
Rolling Stone:
Inside Trump and RFK Jr.'s Health Agency ‘Bloodbath’  —  Current and former staffers say that after thousands of people were laid off, the future of agencies like the CDC and FDA are uncertain: ‘Shitshow is an understatement’  —  The Trump administration gutted federal health agencies on Tuesday morning …
Discussion: The Hill and ABC News
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Max Kozlov / Nature:
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
Discussion: Science and STAT
Wired:   Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson's Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH
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Nia-Malika Henderson / Bloomberg:
Cory Booker's 25-Hour Speech Was a Stunt. It Worked.
Alvaro Murillo / Reuters:
Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa  —  Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like “a Roman emperor.”
Discussion: New York Times and Axios
Paul Krugman:
Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness  —  From Apocalypse Now: … Today, according to Trump and co., is Liberation Day — the day Trump will announce big new tariffs on top of the substantial tariffs he's already slapped on steel, aluminum and autos.  —  Nobody knows much about the details …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Khaya Himmelman / Talking Points Memo:
Schiff Will Place Hold On Ed Martin Nom Citing ‘Demolished’ Firewalls Between WH And DOJ  —  Senate Judiciary Committee member Adam Schiff (D- CA) announced on Tuesday his intention to place a hold on the nomination of President Donald Trump's nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin.
Discussion: NBC News and The Gateway Pundit
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:   Trump-Allied Prosecutor Looks to Undermine Biden Pardons
Washington Post:
White House studying cost of Greenland takeover, long in Trump's sights  —  It's the most concrete effort yet to turn President Donald Trump's desire to acquire the Danish territory into actionable policy, despite widespread international outrage.  —  Just now
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press and HuffPost
Evelyn Douek / The Atlantic:
Can I Teach the First Amendment If I Only Have a Green Card?  —  Protections on free speech look weaker than they did when I became a permanent resident.  —  Starting this week, I once again have the privilege of teaching law students about the First Amendment, a subject in which Americans rightly take great pride.
Discussion: Just Security and Fortune
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Where the right's defense of free speech ends
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Post:
How the Trump administration took aim at Maine  —  Maine has faced investigations and arbitrary reversals of funding, turning it into a test case for the Trump administration's approach to perceived adversaries.
Fred Lambert / Electrek:
Tesla (TSLA) announces 336,681 deliveries, far worse than expected  —  Tesla (TSLA) has released its Q1 2025 production and delivery numbers.  The automaker confirmed it delivered 336,681 electric vehicles during the first three months of the year — far below expectations.
New York Times:
Inside Elite Law Firms, Protests and Quitting After Trump Deals  —  The discontent does not appear to be resonating with leaders at Paul Weiss and Skadden, but it could hamstring their recruitment efforts.  —  Ever since the elite law firms Paul Weiss and Skadden reached deals with President Trump …
Discussion: Washington Post and Above the Law
Reuters:
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally  —  U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Discussion: Politico and Defense One
David Frum / The Atlantic:
No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers  —  American farmers are pleading for exemptions from President Donald Trump's tariffs.  Republican members of Congress from farm states are working to deliver the relief farmers want.  But farmers do not deserve special treatment and should not get it.
Chris Isidore / CNN:
Tesla sales plunge: Biggest decline in history  —  Tesla sales plunged 13% in the first three months of this year, as the company reported the largest drop in deliveries in its history by far, amid backlash against CEO Elon Musk and as growing competition from other automakers' electric vehicles took …
Coco Gong / The Princetonian:
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants  —  The University has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds.  The sale, first reported on by Bloomberg on Tuesday afternoon, follows the Trump administration's freezing …
Jesse Zanger / CBS News:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams corruption case dismissed with prejudice, judge rules  —  New York City Mayor Eric Adams' historic federal corruption case has been dropped.  —  Judge Dale Ho has agreed to the U.S. Department of Justice's request to drop the charges against Adams, but he did so “with prejudice.”
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Man to plead guilty to attempting to kill Kavanaugh at home  —  A California man will plead guilty to attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh by showing up outside his home in 2022 with weapons, his lawyers said Wednesday.  —  Lawyers for Nicholas Roske announced …
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M. Gessen / New York Times:
Unmarked Vans.  Secret Lists.  Public Denunciations.  Our Police State Has Arrived.  —  “It's the unmarked cars,” a friend who grew up under an Argentine dictatorship said.  He had watched the video of the Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's abduction.
Discussion: Jewish Insider
Adam Bonica / On Data and Democracy:
Does Higher Turnout Now Help Republicans?  A Data-Driven Analysis of Partisan Turnout Dynamics (Part 1)  —  A provocative claim has been echoing through Democratic circles since the 2024 election, recently amplified in a New York Times interview with prominent data strategist David Shor …
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court upholds FDA's rejection of fruit-flavored vape liquids  —  Companies had sued the FDA, saying it unfairly shifted its standards for approving e-cigarette liquids popular with teens.  The Supreme Court unanimously backed the agency.  —  just now
New York Times:
Amazon Said to Make a Bid to Buy TikTok in the U.S.  —  The e-commerce giant put in a last-minute offer for the popular video app, according to three people familiar with the talks.  TikTok faces a Saturday deadline to change its ownership structure.  —  Amazon has put in a last-minute bid …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
In a new book, top Biden aide describes ‘out of it’ president before Trump debate  —  Ron Klain tells author Chris Whipple then president could not focus and obsessed about foreign leaders ahead of debate that ended his campaign  —  In a new book, Joe Biden's former White House chief …
Discussion: New York Post, Fox News and CBS News
NBC News:
‘We were lied to:’ Two women the Trump administration tried to send to El Salvador prison speak out  —  The women's accounts raise questions about the thoroughness of the administration's vetting of migrants it has sent to the notorious prison.  —  On March 15, the Trump administration loaded …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk Can't Take the Heat
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Key House Republican opposes Medicaid cuts
Discussion: OpenTheBooks
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
A Senate Blockbuster Looms in Texas, as Paxton Prepares to Challenge Cornyn
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Emails Confirm Social Security Administration Canceled Maine Contracts As Political Payback
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Cuomo attacks mayoral rivals as aiding ‘forces of antisemitism,’ sparking outrage
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
McMorrow enters Michigan Senate race, citing ‘fear and anger and uncertainty right now’
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
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Melanie Mason / Politico:
Xavier Becerra announces bid for California governor
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attorney Studied Options for Third Presidential Term
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Outside a Social Security office, fear, lines and misinformation
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Elon Musk is the autopen
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Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Disgraced ex-NYC Councilman Dan Halloran arrested at Miami airport with thousands of child sex abuse videos on phone
 

 
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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
A US judge orders the White House to lift access restrictions imposed on the AP while the AP's lawsuit moves forward

Josh Xiao / Bloomberg:
Two influential Chinese bloggers say China is considering a ban on Hollywood movies as part of a set of measures to retaliate against Trump's tariffs

Joshua Rothman / New Yorker:
How AI could hollow out the media business, which employed under 50K US journalists in 2023, while enhancing some news reporting, including by processing data
 
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