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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 …
New York Times:
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.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A scary quote for the GOP on Trump and tariffs  —  What if Trump is willing to go down with the tariff ship — and take his party with him?  —  Just now  —  Perhaps the most infamous quote Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) ever offered about Donald Trump came in May 2016.
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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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 4, 2025  —  The stock market rout continued today.  As expected, China announced …
Discussion: New York Times and The Mahablog
Associated Press:
China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
China says ‘market has spoken’ after Trump tariffs spark global stocks rout
Discussion: Wausau and KOIN.com
Lindsay Ellis / Wall Street Journal:
Big Law Firms Struck a Truce With Trump—and Set Off a Clash With Recruits  —  Law students at top schools reconsider offers at Skadden and other firms while associates cancel interviews in protest  —  Campus recruiting is the newest front in the Trump-induced turmoil at some of the country's most prominent law firms.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
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.
Discussion: Business Insider
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Hundreds of law firms back Perkins Coie in fight against Trump sanctions
Discussion: CourtListener and Reuters
Washington Post:
Obama calls on citizens, colleges and law firms to resist Trump agenda  —  In a campus speech, the former president said universities should be prepared to lose federal funds to defend academic freedom, rather than be “intimidated.”  —  Just now  —  Former president Barack Obama called …
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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.
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants  —  The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information.  But immigration officials now say they're seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without authorization.
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
Jenny Kleeman / The Guardian:
I was a British tourist trying to leave America.  Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre  —  Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime.  But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE.
The Kyiv Independent:
US embassy's response to Russia's Kryvyi Rih attack ‘unpleasantly surprising,’ Zelensky says.  —  The U.S. Embassy to Ukraine's response to Russia's attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on April 4, which killed 19 people and injured 68, was “unpleasantly surprising,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 5.
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New York Times:
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On  —  The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers.  The video appears to contradict Israel's version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
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
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John Ismay / New York Times:
These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library
Discussion: Daily Nous
Kevin Corinth / American Enterprise Institute:
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.
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers.  That wasn't true.  —  The health department has no plan to mass reinstate employees it cut earlier this week.  —  When HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday that he planned to rehire 20 percent of the employees he'd just terminated …
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Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
You're Not Crazy.  America Has Gone Mad  —  American politics has become so insane that being reasonable feels like a malady, and MAGA agrees. … This is an oft-quoted passage from Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism.  And it's one that has proven especially popular …
Bloomberg:
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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Associated Press:
‘Hands Off!’ protests against Trump and Musk are planned across the US  —  Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk plan to rally across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
KECI:
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 …
James Rothwell / Telegraph:
Germany considers withdrawing 1,200-ton gold stockpile from US in riposte to Trump  —  Berlin may remove bullion from New York because of concerns Washington is no longer a reliable partner, according to reports  —  Germany is considering removing an enormous stockpile of gold from a vault …
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Obama's Blistering New Takedown of Trump Gives Dems a Way Forward
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Reuters:
Treasury's Bessent: Market drop a ‘Mag 7’ problem, not a MAGA one, he says in Tucker Carlson interview
Discussion: Reuters
Associated Press:
In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence
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US consumers rush to buy big-ticket items before Trump's tariffs kick in
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Reuters:
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Discussion: Fox Business and The Guardian
Anthony L. Fisher / MSNBC:
It's a terrifying time for free speech and civil liberties in Trump's America
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Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.'s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
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