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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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Trump Tax Cut, Debt Limit Plan Advances Amid Tariff Turmoil — Senate Republicans took a major step toward enacting President Donald Trump's tax cut agenda and increasing the debt ceiling that could inject a small degree of certainty into financial markets roiled by the president's tariff policies.
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Axios, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Daily Caller News Foundation and Semafor


‘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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Wall Street Journal, Mediaite and Raw Story


Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session — Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past hardened Democratic opposition toward …
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New York Times, NBC News, Wausau, HuffPost, Associated Press and Politico


Senate Approves G.O.P. Budget Plan After Overnight Vote-a-Thon — Republicans pushed through their blueprint for tax and spending cuts after Democrats forced them to cast politically painful votes into the early morning on every element of President Trump's agenda.
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Fate of the Filibuster Emerges as a Central Issue in Senate Budget Fight
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Roll Call, Fox News, The Nevada Independent, The Federalist, Politico, NBC News, Washington Post and Slate


Buffett denies social media rumors after Trump shares wild claim that investor backs president crashing market — WATCH NOW — Warren Buffett went on the record Friday to deny social media posts after President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social a fan video that claimed the president …
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Trump headlining $1 million a person super PAC dinner as stocks sink over tariffs
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HuffPost, Today's Edition Newsletter, Daily Mail and Raw Story

Friday's stock market comes after a historically bad day as investors react to Trump's tariff plan
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Wall Street Journal, The Independent, Raw Story, WCCB Charlotte's CWWCCB …, Forbes, Associated Press, Fortune and The Hill

As stock market continues plummeting over tariffs, Trump spends the day at his golf course
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Raw Story, alicublog, Wall Street Journal and Associated Press

MSNBC Host: Trump's Treasury Sec ‘Looking for an Exit Door’
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Drezner's World, Raw Story, KTVZ-TV, New Republic, The Wrap and HuffPost


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 and Heatmap News


Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up for Core Values — As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn't be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out opposing voices.
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Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda
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Obama says he is ‘deeply concerned’ with the Trump administration's targeting of students, journalists and law firms
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President Trump's Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense. It's Also Based on an Error. — President Trump on Wednesday announced tariffs on practically every foreign country (and some non-countries), ranging from a 10 percent minimum all the way up to 50 percent.
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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, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, PoliticusUSA and New York Post


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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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Federal News Network
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U.S. Peace Corps says Musk's DOGE has arrived at its HQ — Members of Elon Musk's cost-cutting team arrived at Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, the agency told Reuters, a signal it could become the latest U.S. government agency to face job cuts. — “Staff from the Department …
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Fox Business and The Guardian

IRS plans to cut up to 25% of staff, starting with closing its civil rights office, AP sources say
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WAGA-TV, Fox News, GovExec.com and Wausau


Judge orders Trump administration to bring back Md. man mistakenly deported — U.S. officials have argued in court records that the United States is powerless to effectuate his return because he is now in Salvadoran custody, and that Kilmar Abrego García's lawyers have “not clearly shown” that he would face harm in the prison.
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The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says


Hundreds of law firms, former judges sign onto briefs in support of Perkins Coie — Hundreds of law firms and former judges have signed onto friend-of-the-court briefs in support of Perkins Coie as the law firm challenges President Trump's executive order targeting it.
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Hundreds of law firms back Perkins Coie in fight against Trump sanctions
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CourtListener and Daily Caller News Foundation


Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers — The justices allowed the Trump administration to temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants, which helped place teachers in poor and rural areas. — The Supreme Court on Friday let the Trump administration temporarily …
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Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants
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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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New court decision in a disputed North Carolina race means 65,000 votes are a step closer to be being thrown out
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Democracy Docket, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart, HotAir, Talking Points Memo, American Greatness, Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit and Democrats


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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RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers. That wasn't true.
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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 …


George Santos Should Get Seven Years for Campaign Fraud, US Says — Trump's $1.6 Trillion Corporate Pledge Parade: What's Real, What's Not … Year of Elections
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New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order — New York's stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration's threats. — The New York State Education Department on Friday issued a defiant response …
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Chicago Tribune


Montana GOP censures 9 Senate Republicans for working with Dems — HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Republican Party announced Friday it is censuring nine state senators after “repeated alignment with Senate Democrats” this legislative session. — A press release claims the senators …