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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.
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Musk slams key Trump adviser Navarro as tariffs bite — Elon Musk blasted top Trump administration trade adviser Peter Navarro overnight, calling out his education and lack of corporate credentials. — Why it matters: The two-day rout in the stock market this week, after Trump announced sweeping …
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Washington Examiner, KTVZ-TV, Daily Mail and Mediaite


President Trump's Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense. It's Also Based on an Error.
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CNBC, Lawyers, Guns & Money, To the Contrary, The Gateway Pundit, Asia Times, Reuters and Washington Post

Lesotho, a Small African Nation, Expects a Big Hit From Trump's Tariffs
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CBS News, Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg

Musk Hopes US, Europe Move to Zero-Tariff Free-Trade Zone
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New York Times, NBC News, Forbes, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Politico and Washington Times

EXCLUSIVEAmericans deliver shock verdict on Trump's controversial new tariffs
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Twitchy, The Post Millennial and Reuters


Americans Were Souring on Trump's Economic Plans Even Before Tariff Bloodbath
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Politico, New York Times, Bloomberg, Raw Story, The Hill, al.com, Scripps News and The Daily Beast

There Are No Adults in the Room — A brief note on the inherent media problem with covering galactically stupid policies.
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Paul Krugman

The Theories Behind the Trump Shock
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, American Enterprise Institute, Gideon's Substack, IJR and Reason


138. Abrego Garcia, Constructive Custody, and Federal Judicial Power — Federal courts don't have jurisdiction over foreign prisons. That doesn't mean that they're powerless when the U.S. government wrongly removes someone from the United States. — Welcome back to “One First,” an …
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New York Times
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Trump Admin Dismisses Judge's Order to Bring Back Man Accidentally Sent to El Salvador — “We suggest the judge contact President Bukele,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt … “We suggest the judge contact President Bukele because we are unaware of the judge having jurisdiction …
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Bloomberg, American Greatness, The National Pulse, The Gateway Pundit and NPR


Trump administration argues judge can't order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador — A federal judge didn't have the authority to order the Trump administration to broker the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S. to a notorious El Salvador prison …
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‘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.
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Firing of National Security Agency Chief Rattles Lawmakers — Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who was also the head of U.S. Cyber Command, was one of several national security officials fired on the advice of a conspiracy theorist. — As soon as word spread that President Trump had fired Gen. Timothy D. Haugh …
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Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger — The firing of the head of the National Security Agency was only the latest move that has eroded the country's fortifications against cyberattacks, especially those targeting elections. — When President Trump abruptly fired …
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CBS News

McConnell calls out Trump for hiring ‘amateur isolationists’ at Pentagon, firing NSA director
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New York Post


DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data — DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED. — Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency …
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KTVZ-TV, TechCrunch and Washington Post, more at Techmeme »


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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Jerry Nadler on Trump's university attacks: 'He doesn't give a damn about antisemitism'
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The Independent and Fox News

Obama on Trump: ‘Imagine if I had done any of this’
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Observer-Dispatch, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, RedState, The Guardian, The Root, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, ABC News and The Hill


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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House deficit hawks rise up against Senate budget blueprint
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Roll Call, The Hill, NPR, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, National Review and NOTUS


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.


The History Books Purged From the Naval Academy's Library — We now have a list of the 381 books that have been removed from the U.S. Naval Academy's Nimitz Library in Annapolis, Maryland. Many of the books in the list fall under categories such as Critical Race Theory, Gender and Ethnic Studies, LGBTQ Studies, etc.
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These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library
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CBS News, The Moderate Voice, El Paso Matters, Daily Nous and The Post Millennial


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.


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.
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Haaretz, The Irish Times, KTVZ-TV, Metro.co.uk, Reuters, NPR, Al Jazeera and Drop Site News


U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says — Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump administration's dismantling of foreign aid affects its disaster response.
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New York Post
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Jaguar Land Rover suspends shipments to US after Trump tariffs — The company, which exports almost a quarter of its production to the U.S., is pausing shipments in April as it works out longer-term solutions. — Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), U.K.-based luxury automaker, said it will “pause” …
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Associated Press, The Guardian, New York Times, Reuters, The Times, Engadget, The Verge, City A.M. and Wausau


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.
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The Guardian