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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The real reason Trump is destroying the economy  —  The Trump administration's tariffs are, by every reasonable account, an economic catastrophe in the making.  So why are they happening?  —  One explanation is that this is simply democracy at work.  President Donald Trump campaigned …
Discussion: The Economist
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump sued over China tariffs  —  President Trump was sued Thursday over the 20 percent tariffs he imposed on Chinese goods in the weeks leading up to Wednesday's broader announcement.  —  It marks the first known legal challenge against Trump's tariffs, which have fulfilled a campaign promise and rattled financial markets.
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Carney hits back at Trump's auto tariffs, warns U.S. trade action will ‘rupture the global economy’  —  ‘We must respond with both purpose and force,’ Liberal leader says after Trump takes aim at Canada again  —  Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump's move …
Discussion: Breitbart and d2176
Washington Post:
Trump contradicts aides, talking points on purpose of global tariffs  —  Investors and global leaders have been trying to understand the purpose of sprawling new import duties.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday contradicted his top aides on the purpose of his sprawling new global tariff regime …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Raw Story
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump just imposed the largest tax hike since 1942 without congressional approval  —  Trump's tariffs are a tax by another name, and the power to levy taxes lies with Congress.  —  The full economic impact of the shockingly large “reciprocal” tariffs that President Donald Trump announced …
Politico:
Republicans play powerless as Trump tariff fears sweep across the globe  —  While GOP lawmakers could stop the presidential levies, they made clear they would not do so anytime soon.  —  Faced with President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs, Wall Street traders voted with their dollars Thursday …
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Top Republican leads bill to reassert Congress' tariff power amid Trump trade war  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior Republican lawmaker from the farm-heavy state of Iowa, is spearheading new legislation that would reassert Congress' authority over tariffs amid President Donald Trump's trade war escalation.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Donald Trump's Ego Melts the Global Economy
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:   Trump administration ramps up farm aid discussions amid tariff fallout
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Trump's new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT's
NBC News:
Republicans weigh using the power of Congress to rein in Trump on tariffs
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Why Trump's “Liberation Day” Tariffs are Illegal
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tariffs Send Dow to 1600-Point Decline, Dollar Slumps
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
National Security Agency and Cyber Command chief Gen. Timothy Haugh ousted  —  The director of the NSA, the powerful wiretapping and cyber espionage service, was fired and reassigned Thursday, according to U.S. officials.  —  just now  —  The director of the powerful wiretapping …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command Is Ousted  —  No reason was given for the removal of Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, but the far-right activist Laura Loomer had called for his ouster in a meeting with President Trump, an official said.  —  The head of the National Security Agency …
NBC News:
California, Connecticut and Washington lose federal grant funding for local libraries and museums  —  Sydney Carruth and Ryan J. Reilly  —  Several states were notified this morning the federal grant funding they rely on to operate local libraries and museums has been terminated.
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NBC News:
Coalition of 19 states sues to block Trump's election order
Discussion: The Hill
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Fox in the Henhouse: Senate Set to Confirm Anti-Voting Lawyer Harmeet Dhillon to Top Voting Rights Post
Cheyenne Haslett / Associated Press:
RFK Jr. announces HHS reinstating some programs, employees cut by mistake  —  He didn't indicate when the reinstatements would happen.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs …
Discussion: The Independent
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Alexander Tin / CBS News:
RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested Thursday that around 20% of the job cuts by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency will be wrong and need to be corrected.
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Blocks H.H.S. From Terminating $11 Billion in Public Health Grants  —  A coalition of states sued over the Trump administration's unexpected move to cut off the funds, which they said imperiled everything from childhood vaccination programs to opioid addiction treatment.
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Jacob Rosen / CBS News:
Federal judge temporarily blocks $11 billion in Trump administration's cuts to public health funding
Discussion: Yale Daily News
New York Times:
Trump Administration Set to Pause $510 Million for Brown University  —  The administration has now targeted five schools' federal funding as part of a pledge to combat what it considers to be antisemitism on university campuses.  —  The Trump administration intends to block $510 million …
Robert King / Politico:
Senate confirms Dr. Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid  —  He will oversee how physicians are paid through Medicare.  —  Dr. Mehmet Oz, the heart surgeon turned daytime television star, has a new job — overseeing the nation's largest health insurance programs.
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Lauren Weber / Washington Post:
Oz confirmed to oversee health insurance for millions of Americans
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reuters
Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Eugene Robinson Leaves the Washington Post After Jeff Bezos' ‘Significant Shift’ to Opinion Section  —  “I wish nothing but the very best for the paper and for all of you.  I won't be a stranger,” the political columnist tells his colleagues after 45 years at WaPo
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Pulitzer Winner Quits Washington Post and Slams Bezos
Discussion: Fox News and Crikey
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The American Age Is Over  —  1. Canada  —  Fittingly, it was the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, who declared the official time of death. … And just like that, the age of American empire, the great Pax Americana, ended.  —  Share  —  We cannot overstate what has just happened.
Discussion: Reuters
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
South Korean court removes president from office, says he violated duties  —  The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law, a decision expected to exacerbate political divisions.  —  Just now
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Officials Could Be Held in Contempt for Deportation Flights, Judge Says  —  Judge says administration ‘acted in bad faith’ in removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members under wartime law  —  WASHINGTON—A federal judge said he was considering whether to hold Trump administration officials …
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Matt Taibbi / Racket News:
A Response to a Member of Congress  —  Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Democrat of California, accused me of serial sex offenses in a public hearing, then said my lack of response was “telling.”  It's listed below  —  1,746  —  Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a Democrat representing California's 37th district …
Steve Beynon / Military.com:
Army Planners Are Weighing Force Reductions of Up to 90,000 Active-Duty Soldiers  —  The Army is quietly considering a sweeping reduction of up to 90,000 active-duty troops, a move that underscores mounting fiscal pressures at the Pentagon and a broader shift in military strategy away from Europe …
Max Kozlov / Nature:
Exclusive: Trump White House directs NIH to study ‘regret’ after transgender people transition … - Max Kozlov  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  As the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) continues to defund nearly every research project on transgender health …
Discussion: The Daily Signal
The Straits Times:
Radio Free Europe says US switches off satellite transmitting Russia broadcast  —  PRAGUE - The head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said on April 3 that the US government had switched off a satellite that transmitted its Russian-language programme into Russia.
 
 
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Reuters:
Trump's tariffs set to drive up bar bills and wipe out spirits jobs
Discussion: Scripps News and Wausau
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
In O.C., former Vice President Harris says she'll stay politically active: 'I'm not going anywhere'
Discussion: Daily Mail
New York Times:
Workers Forced to Leave Foreign Policy Center as Trump Presses Shutdown
Discussion: Wausau
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Now Musk Is Boosting Claims Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Was ‘Stolen’
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate GOP budget plan hits stumbling block
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Hungary to pull out of ‘political’ ICC as Netanyahu visits Budapest
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
YouTube removes ‘gender identity’ from hate speech policy
David A. Super / The Hill:
The hidden patterns in Trump's executive orders
Reuters:
Stellantis says it will temporarily lay off 900 US workers following tariff announcement
CNN:
White House fires three NSC staffers after president meets with far-right activist Laura Loomer
 

 
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In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises “significant antitrust problems”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Financial Times:
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