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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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On Data and Democracy:
Does Higher Turnout Now Help Republicans?  A Data-Driven Analysis of Partisan Turnout Dynamics (Part 1)  —  Data analysis reveals Democrats' problem isn't high turnout—it's losing the mobilization battle  —  A provocative claim has been echoing through Democratic circles since the 2024 election …
The Bulwark:
A Wakeup Call in Wisconsin  —  And a much needed one at that.  —  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.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Republican Randy Fine wins Florida special election for Waltz seat  —  Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) has won the special election for Florida's 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Democrat Josh Weil in what became a closely contested race in the deep-red district.
Alex Burness / Bolts:
Liberals Defend Wisconsin Supreme Court, Beating Back Elon Musk
Wall Street Journal:
The MAGA Backlash Arrives
New York Times:
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Results  —  ‹ See all Wisconsin state results  —  Wisconsin voters will choose a new State Supreme Court justice in an election that will determine whether liberals retain a 4-to-3 majority or whether conservatives take control of the state's judiciary.
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Liberal Wins Wisconsin Court Race, Despite Musk's Millions  —  Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat in a race that shattered spending records and maintained a liberal majority on the court.  —  Susan Crawford, the liberal candidate for a pivotal seat …
The Guardian:
Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate  —  Liberal judge says victory is against ‘unprecedented attack on our democracy’ after defeating Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history  —  Susan Crawford won the race for a seat …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, defying Elon Musk
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Trump, Musk
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 1, 2025  —  Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.  —  For more than 25 hours he held the floor of the Senate, not reading from the phone book or children's literature, as some of his predecessors have done, but delivering a coherent, powerful speech about the meaning of America …
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Associated Press:
Watch the moment when Cory Booker ended his 25-hour speech, the longest in Senate history
Jordain Carney / Politico:
So long, Strom: Cory Booker breaks Thurmond's Senate record with 25-hour speech
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
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
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Bloomberg:
Trump Tariff Plans Still in Limbo Ahead of Rose Garden Event
Reuters:
Trump to escalate global trade tensions with new reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners
Washington Post:   What do Trump's ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs mean for you?
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: Axios
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Yan Zhuang / New York Times:   Nobel Laureate and Ex-Leader of Costa Rica Says U.S. Revoked His Visa
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 …
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Adam Schiff places hold on Ed Martin's nomination to be D.C. U.S. attorney  —  President Trump's controversial choice to be the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., Ed Martin, faces an uncertain future, as a Senate Democrat plans to put an indefinite hold on his nomination.
Discussion: The Hill, Politico, Raw Story and NBC News
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:   Trump-Allied Prosecutor Looks to Undermine Biden Pardons
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Elon Musk is the autopen
Discussion: LewRockwell
Senator Schiff:
STATEMENT: Sen. Schiff Announces Hold on D.C. U.S. Attorney Nominee Ed Martin
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: Associated Press and HuffPost
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say  —  Trump's national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis.  But new revelations about his team's operational security are piling up in the inbox.  —  Just now  —  Members of President Donald …
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Federal judge dismisses corruption case against New York Mayor Adams  —  A federal judge in New York agreed that the Justice Department should dismiss a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.  —  NEW YORK — A judge on Wednesday dismissed a corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams …
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Erica Orden / Politico:
Judge dismisses Eric Adams case, denying DOJ an opportunity to revive it later
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.
Max Kozlov / Nature:
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs … - Max Kozlov  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  On health economist Jay Bhattacharya's first day as head of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) …
Discussion: Science and STAT
Wired:
Doctor Behind Award-Winning Parkinson's Research Among Scientists Purged From NIH  —  Leading scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the US's leading medical research agency, were swept up Tuesday in the Trump administration's latest firing blitz.  —  Several top scientists charged …
Discussion: CBS News
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rules FDA properly rejected fruit-flavored vape liquids  —  Companies sued the Food and Drug Administration, saying the agency unfairly shifted its standards for approving e-cigarette liquids popular with teens.  —  The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Food …
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
David Frum / The Atlantic:
No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers  —  They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.  —  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.
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Bice: Elon Musk group removes video from $1M winner after she says she got money to ‘vote’  — Elon Musk's super PAC replaced a video featuring a $1 million giveaway winner who said she got the money, in part, to vote.  — Experts suggest that offering money in exchange for voting …
Discussion: Associated Press, emptywheel and Forbes
Jesse Coburn / ProPublica:
Representatives Demand Housing Agency Halt Any Cryptocurrency Experiments  —  Following reporting by ProPublica, three Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee have warned HUD against using crypto, which they said could be “dangerous, speculative, and harmful to working families.”
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Some Conservative Voices Raise Alarm Over Trump's Immigration Tactics  —  The cracks in support show how seriously some conservatives are taking the administration's aggressive and at times slapdash tactics.  —  Influential figures on the right have largely cheered on the opening months of the Trump presidency.
Discussion: Raw Story, Vox and Breitbart
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 …
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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Melanie Mason / Politico:
Xavier Becerra announces bid for California governor
John Liu / Bloomberg:
China Restricts Companies From Investing in US as Tensions Rise
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M. Gessen / New York Times:
Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.
Discussion: Jewish Insider
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Where the right's defense of free speech ends
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Attorney Studied Options for Third Presidential Term
Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Disgraced ex-NYC Councilman Dan Halloran arrested at Miami airport with thousands of child sex abuse videos on phone
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
Why We Train With Allies—Even When It's Dangerous
Discussion: New York Times, Salon and The Hill
New York Times:
Columbia Campus Occupation Could Have Ended Without Police, Report Says
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Dozens of free measles vaccine clinics close in Texas as federal funding is cut
Discussion: STAT
J.J. McCorvey / NBC News:
Entire staff responsible for utility assistance included in HHS cuts, sources say
Discussion: NPR and Roll Call
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
He Got Clemency From Trump. Now He's Facing Charges of Injuring a Child.
Discussion: Mercury News and Mediaite
 

 
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Axios:
Sources: G/O Media sold business news brand Quartz and commerce site The Inventory to software firm Redbrick, the fourth Quartz ownership change in seven years

Joseph Bambridge / Politico:
OpenAI and Google reject the UK's proposal to allow training AI on copyrighted work without permission unless rights holders opt out to “reserve their rights”

Katie Campione / Deadline:
WGA members “overwhelmingly” ratify a new three-year deal with CBS News that includes AI protections and is modeled after a recent ABC News contract
 
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