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House Republican moves to rein in tariff powers — Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he plans to introduce a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation aimed at reclaiming Congress' authority over tariffs, becoming the first House Republican to openly challenge the powers President Donald Trump …
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“Horrifying”: Trump's Weird, Confused Rant to Media as Markets Tanked — After President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from all over the globe, prompting the markets to implode, he took a question about it on Thursday. He ranted and rambled delusionally about how everything is just great.
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The Hill, Associated Press, ABC News, Politico, Washington Examiner, New York Times, MeidasTouch News and Raw Story


Trump Shares Video About How He Is ‘Purposely Crashing the Stock Market’ — Several close allies of the president told Rolling Stone they were “at a loss for words” when asked about the video … Economists are warning that the president's actions are putting not just the United States …
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New York Times, Forbes, Blaze Media, New York Magazine and Raw Story


Gavin Newsom angles for California exemptions to Trump trade war — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he is pursuing agreements with other countries to ensure California is exempted from retaliatory tariffs aimed at the U.S. — Why it matters: President Trump's “Liberation Day” tariffs spurred global blowback.


‘Everyone is terrified’: Business and government officials are afraid to cross Trump on tariffs — While lobbyists, business leaders, and lawmakers are worried about Donald Trump's tariffs, there's a culture of fear in Washington preventing many from speaking out.
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Raw Story

Buffett denies social media rumors after Trump shares wild claim that investor backs president crashing market
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Fortune, New Republic, Gizmodo, Mediaite and Wausau


Dow drops 1,400 points, Nasdaq set to close in bear market as Trump tariff sell-off worsens: Live updates — The stock market took another pounding Friday after China retaliated with new tariffs on U.S. goods, further lending credibility to fears of a trade war that could spark a global a recession.
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Breaking | China hits back at US with 34% tariff on American imports in retaliation for Trump's duties
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Wall Street thinks Trump's tariffs will eat Main Street alive
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Center for Strategic … and Yahoo Finance

Trump's Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs
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China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S.


Inside President Trump's whirlwind decision to upend global trade — Ultimately, Trump resolved to follow his own instincts — and was surrounded by senior officials who enabled him. — Not long after President Donald Trump's inauguration, the administration's economic staff went to work …
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The Guardian, The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
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America's astonishing act of self-harm — Trump's tariffs will upend the global economic order and tarnish US prosperity — If it endures, Donald Trump's decision on April 2 2025 to enact sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on US trade partners will go down as one of the greatest acts of self-harm in American economic history.
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Persuasion, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Wealth of Nations, Reason and To the Contrary


Appeals Court Orders Thousands of Voters to Verify Information in Contested N.C. Election — The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November. The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation. — In the prolonged legal battle …
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Raw Story and Washington Post
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Appeals Court orders new vote calculations in NC Supreme Court election dispute
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Democracy Docket, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, The Hill, Axios, El Paso Matters, Slate, American Greatness and WCCB Charlotte's CWWCCB …


Judge finds FEMA withholding grants in violation of court order — A federal judge Friday ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to disburse millions of dollars of grants to Democratic-led states, finding the administration's withholding of the funds breached his previous ruling.
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Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants
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The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says — A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison …
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USA Today, NPR, Reuters, Washington Examiner, The Hill, New York Times, Mediaite, Daily Caller News Foundation, Associated Press, KTVZ-TV, Townhall, CBS News and UPI
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Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.'s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance — Peter Marks says the new health secretary's team wants to show vaccines aren't safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments — The top vaccine regulator ousted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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The Hill


A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled — Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again. — Just now — Over the past few years, electric vehicle manufacturing facilities producing lithium batteries …
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Electrek


Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault — Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police — The comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault.
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Hundreds of law firms back Perkins Coie in fight against Trump sanctions — The largest U.S. firms did not join a court filing supporting Perkins Coie and denouncing President Trump's orders targeting firms. — just now — More than 500 law firms on Friday denounced President Donald Trump's campaign …
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CourtListener, Daily Caller News Foundation and Reuters
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About 500 law firms sign brief challenging Trump's executive orders targeting the legal community
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Business Insider, Politico, Reuters, The Hill and Stanford Law School

Carville: Law firms making deals with Trump will be remembered as ‘collaborators’
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Washington Examiner, RedState and Daily Caller News Foundation


Poll: AOC leads Schumer in head-to-head New York primary matchup by double digits — The liberal group Data For Progress conducted the survey of likely Democratic voters. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is leading Chuck Schumer by double digits in a new head-to-head poll of the 2028 New York primary.


Trump Skips Return Of Dead U.S. Soldiers To Play Golf And Boost His Business Instead — The four Army soldiers died in a training exercise in Lithuania. Trump chose to attend his personal business partners' dinner Thursday and play golf Friday. — WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump skipped …
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Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, Mediaite, New Republic and Daily Kos
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Obama says he is ‘deeply concerned’ with the Trump administration's targeting of students, journalists and law firms — His comments came on the same day that former Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke out against the administration. — Former President Barack Obama said he is …
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CNN, HuffPost, The Hill and The National Pulse
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Conversation At Hamilton College
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ABC News, Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, The Hill and Breitbart


Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever — Almost two dozen repositories of research and public health data supported by the National Institutes of Health are marked for “review” under the Trump administration's direction …


IRS will cut 25% of its employees, eliminating its civil rights office — The tax agency began telling employees about the coming reduction in emails sent Friday. — Just now — The Internal Revenue Service plans to eliminate nearly a quarter of its workforce in layoffs starting Friday …
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Federal News Network and GovExec.com


RFK Jr. Says He's Rehiring Thousands Of People He Mistakenly Fired — The cuts were a mistake he'd always planned to make, Kennedy said in head-scratching remarks. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, told reporters Thursday that he plans …
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The Guardian, Raw Story, Washington Times, New Republic, CNN and Daily Kos


Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs — New tariffs threaten massive price hikes on gaming hardware and other consumer goods — Switch 2 pre-orders were supposed to begin on April 9. No longer. In an unprecedented move, Nintendo announced on Friday that it's halting pre-orders …
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Trump's Jewish Cover Story … The Trump administration wants you to know that it's just looking out for Jews. In recent weeks, the White House has cited anti-Semitism as the motivation for many of its controversial moves, whether deporting foreign students who allegedly engaged …
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The Forward and MPR News


Fate of the Filibuster Emerges as a Central Issue in Senate Budget Fight — Some Republicans are uneasy that their party is pursuing a tactic that could weaken the filibuster and backfire in the future. — Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader …
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Washington Post, Politico, Punchbowl News, Slate, The Federalist and NBC News


Trump's VA is ending a rescue program that's saved 17,000 military veterans' homes — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that it will end a mortgage-rescue program designed to help veterans who have fallen behind on their mortgages keep their homes.


Top Prosecutor Spoke at Event Attended by January 6 Seditionists Who Are Appealing Their Convictions — US Attorney Ed Martin compared January 6 rioters to Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. — The Trump administration's top prosecutor for Washington, DC …
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Politico, Associated Press and Wausau