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New Republic:
“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 delusionaly about how everything is just great.
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's Tariff Madness Can Be Stopped.  Here's How.  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 4 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Discussion: New York Times
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Trump's Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates With 34% Tariffs  —  The Chinese government said it would match President Trump's tariff, and also barred a group of American companies from doing business in China.  —  China has struck back at President Trump on Friday.
Ruxandra Iordache / CNBC:
China to impose 34% retaliatory tariff on all goods imported from the U.S. … WATCH NOW  —  China's Finance Ministry on Friday said it will impose a 34% tariff on all goods imported from the U.S. starting on April 10, following duties imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration earlier this week.
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 …
Financial Times:
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.
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.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The real reason Trump is destroying the economy
Discussion: The Economist
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Ego Melts the Global Economy
more at Techmeme »
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump just imposed the largest tax hike since 1942 without congressional approval
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:   Trump administration ramps up farm aid discussions amid tariff fallout
Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Trump's Next Tariffs Target Could Be Foreign-Made Medicines
Discussion: Forbes
Wall Street Journal:
Trump and His ‘Little Disturbance’ From Tariffs
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 …
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command
Discussion: UPI and 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
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New York Times:
Jubilation in South Korea After President Who Declared Martial Law Is Ousted  —  The nation's top court unanimously upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol, clearing the way for the election of a new president.  —  Here's the latest.  —  South Korea's top court voted unanimously to dismiss …
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: Punchbowl News and The Independent
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Sophie Gardner / Politico:   Which jobs were cut at CDC? Here's a list.
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 …
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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 …
Discussion: 19FortyFive
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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:   Social Security faces thousands more job cuts even with service in tailspin
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 and Lawyers, Guns & Money
NPR:
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.
Politico:
Boasberg signals he may hold Trump officials in contempt over deportation flights  —  The federal judge grilled a DOJ lawyer about whether the administration had tried to evade a court order.  —  A frustrated federal judge is strongly considering holding Trump administration officials …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Officials Could Be Held in Contempt for Deportation Flights, Judge Says
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Trump Picks Golf Dinner Over Dignified Transfer of U.S. Troops' Bodies  —  VALUES  —  Trump flew to the Saudi-funded event in Florida on Friday.  —  Rather than attend the dignified transfer of the bodies of four U.S. Army soldiers who died on a training mission in Lithuania …
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
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: Crooks and Liars, Fox News and Crikey
Jill Lepore / New York Times:
The Failed Ideas That Drive Elon Musk  —  President Trump has reportedly told cabinet members that Elon Musk may soon leave the administration.  If and when he goes, what will he leave behind?  —  Mr. Musk has long presented himself to the world as a futurist.
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
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
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.
 
 
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Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Sidelines Justice Dept. Legal Office, Eroding Another Check on His Power
Axios:
Dozens of anti-Trump protests planned across Colorado on Saturday
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Examiner
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
When American Soldiers Were in Trouble, Our Allies Showed Up
Wall Street Journal:
Law Firm Kirkland & Ellis in Talks With White House to Avoid Executive Order
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
US Senate Republican calls top Democrat Chuck Schumer ‘Fuhrer’
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Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
New York Times:
Workers Forced to Leave Foreign Policy Center as Trump Presses Shutdown
Discussion: Wausau
NBC News:
California, Connecticut and Washington lose federal grant funding for local libraries and museums
Discussion: USA Today, The Hill and STAT
Taylor Lorenz / User Mag:
YouTube removes ‘gender identity’ from hate speech policy
 

 
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After CBS aired two 60 Minutes segments, Trump calls on CBS to lose its license and asks FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to “impose the maximum fines and punishment”

David Folkenflik / NPR:
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