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11:15 PM ET, April 3, 2025

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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.
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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 …
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
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
Trump's new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT's  —  ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude all recommend the same “nonsense” tariff calculation. … When President Donald Trump began yesterday's announcement of the White House's latest trade policy brandishing a novelty-sized cardboard sign labeled …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Jets Off to Watch Golf as U.S. Economy Goes Up in Flames  —  TRUMPENOMICS  —  The stock market is in free fall, but the president is headed to Florida.  —  President Donald Trump's response to a tanking U.S. stock market—brought on by his sweeping tariff announcement Wednesday—is to fly to Florida.
The Economist:
President Trump's mindless tariffs will cause economic havoc  —  But the rest of the world can limit the damage  —  If you failed to spot America being “looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far” or it being cruelly denied a “turn to prosper”, then congratulations …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:   Trump administration ramps up farm aid discussions amid tariff fallout
NBC News:
Republicans weigh using the power of Congress to rein in Trump on tariffs
John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Carney hits back at Trump's auto tariffs, warns U.S. trade action will ‘rupture the global economy’
Discussion: Breitbart
Paul Krugman:
Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Why Trump's “Liberation Day” Tariffs are Illegal
Discussion: Raw Story
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Donald Trump's Ego Melts the Global Economy
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump's ‘Reciprocal’ Tariff Formula Is All About Trade Deficits
Brian Barrett / Wired:
The Trump Tariffs Are How Everything Works Now
New York Times:
Trump Fires 6 N.S.C. Officials After Oval Office Meeting With Laura Loomer  —  During the 30-minute meeting, the far-right activist excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser.  —  President Trump fired six National …
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CNN:
White House fires three NSC staffers after president meets with far-right activist Laura Loomer  —  The White House has fired at least three National Security Council staffers, three sources familiar with the move told CNN.  —  The firings came after Laura Loomer, the far-right activist …
Axios:
Scoop: Multiple firings on Trump's National Security Council after Loomer visit  —  Several members of President Trump's embattled National Security Council have been fired, a U.S. official and a second source familiar told Axios on Thursday.  —  Why it matters: The firings come …
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 …
Discussion: NBC News
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
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
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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Politico:
Boasberg signals he may hold Trump officials in contempt over deportation flights
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Boasberg Inches Closer To Finding Trump Officials in Contempt Over Venezuelan Deportation Flights
Discussion: CBS News and ABC News
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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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
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: USA Today and Washington Examiner
Reuters:
Stellantis says it will temporarily lay off 900 US workers following tariff announcement  —  Stellantis NV (STLAM.MI) said on Thursday it was temporarily laying off 900 workers at five U.S. facilities after President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced, and temporarily pausing production …
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Michael Wayland / CNBC:
Stellantis idles plants in Mexico and Canada due to tariffs
Associated Press:
Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states  —  The states' lawsuit seeks to immediately stop $11 billion in cuts.  —  A federal judge will temporarily block President Donald Trump's administration from cutting billions in federal dollars …
Discussion: The Hill, WAGA-TV, Blaze Media and Wausau
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Jacob Rosen / CBS News:   Federal judge temporarily blocks $11 billion in Trump administration's cuts to public health funding
Zach Montague / New York Times:   Judge Blocks H.H.S. From Terminating $11 Billion in Public Health Grants
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 …
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Fox in the Henhouse: Senate Set to Confirm Anti-Voting Lawyer Harmeet Dhillon to Top Voting Rights Post  —  The U.S. Senate is set to confirm Harmeet Dhillon, a veteran lawyer with a history of attacking voting rights, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division.
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Lily Meier / Bloomberg:
‘Oh Sh-t’: RH Chief Is Shocked as Tariffs Drag Down Stock 44% … “Oh sh-t.”  That was RH Chief Executive Officer Gary Friedman's reaction to what was happening to the luxury furniture maker's stock price on Wednesday evening.  —  Donald Trump had just announced plans for an avalanche …
Discussion: CNBC, HuffPost, Quartz, Fortune and Fox Business
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.
Jamie Grierson / The Guardian:
Donald Trump ordered to pay £626,000 legal costs after Steele dossier lawsuit  —  US president had sued over denied allegations he took part in ‘perverted’ sex acts but UK case was thrown out last year  —  Donald Trump has been ordered by a judge in England to pay more than £620,000 …
 
 
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Max Kozlov / Nature:
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Discussion: The Daily Signal
New York Times:
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