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3:40 AM ET, April 5, 2025

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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
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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Washington Post:
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 …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
‘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.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Ted Cruz warns Trump tariffs could be ‘terrible for America’
CNBC:
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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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Trump headlining $1 million a person super PAC dinner as stocks sink over tariffs  —  As stocks continued to slide after markets opened, President Trump is speaking at a $1 million dollar-a-person candlelight dinner Friday at Mar-a-Lago, according to an invitation reviewed by CBS News.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Raw Story
Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: Axios, Associated Press and CBS News
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Associated Press:
The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says
Washington 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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Reuters:
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 …
Discussion: Fox Business and The Guardian
Shannon Osaka / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Electrek and Heatmap News
New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
New court decision in a disputed North Carolina race means 65,000 votes are a step closer to be being thrown out
Carolina Journal:
Appeals Court orders new vote calculations in NC Supreme Court election dispute
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants  —  A divided Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration by allowing officials to block $65 million in teacher development grants frozen over concerns they were promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.
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Politico:
Supreme Court, in a win for Trump, lets admin cancel $65M in teaching grants
Discussion: Blaze Media and Tennessee Star
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
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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Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Hill and KTVZ-TV
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
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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Bloomberg:
George Santos Should Get Seven Years for Campaign Fraud, US Says  —  Former US Representative George Santos should be sentenced to more than seven years in prison for committing fraud while campaigning for Congress, federal prosecutors said.  —  A “significant” sentence is needed to protect …
Discussion: Fox News
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Troy Closson / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Chicago Tribune, Forbes and Axios
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Associated Press:
China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says  —  President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
Anthony L. Fisher / MSNBC:
It's a terrifying time for free speech and civil liberties in Trump's America  —  We don't have to imagine what Trump would do with wartime powers.  He's already doing it, and U.S. citizens could be next.  —  President Donald Trump is running headlong into his radical reimagining of America …
New York Times:
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sent Back to Prison After Child Assault Charge  —  Jonathan Braun, a drug smuggler, on Friday made an obscene gesture toward people in the courtroom and complained about his legal representation.  —  A violent felon whose sentence was commuted by President Trump …
Discussion: Daily Mail, Mediaite, Raw Story and CNBC
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
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 …
 
 
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James Rothwell / Telegraph:
Germany considers withdrawing 1,200-ton gold stockpile from US in riposte to Trump
Discussion: Bloomberg
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Nearly half of National Weather Service offices are critically understaffed, experts warn
Discussion: WAGA-TV
Nidia Cavazos / CBS News:
DACA recipient and Kansas City father of 3 deported to Mexico despite valid documentation
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 2025
Discussion: The 19th and HuffPost
Abby Springs / Data For Progress:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Leads Chuck Schumer in Hypothetical 2028 Matchup by 19 Points
 Earlier Items: 
Alex Fitzpatrick / Axios:
Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Columbia University's new campus patrol officers appointed by New York Police Department
Discussion: New York Times
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court allows Trump to freeze dozens of teacher training grants
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
Lauren Rosenthal / Bloomberg:
US Weather Agency Websites Set to Vanish With Contract Cuts
Ben Quinn / The Guardian:
Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault
 

 
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
People magazine launches its first standalone app, featuring a TikTok-style interface and exclusive content; e.l.f. Beauty is the app's launch sponsor

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Gannett says it will stop publishing its workforce demographic and diversity data and has removed diversity mentions from its website, citing Trump's EO on DEI

Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
How Patch transitioned from human-curated local newsletters, which were shut down in November 2023, to AI-generated newsletters, which have 400K+ subscribers

 
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