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10:05 PM ET, April 5, 2025

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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is.  It's Everywhere.  —  It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend's …
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Washingtonian:
PHOTOS: Check Out These Signs at the “Hands Off!”  Protest in DC  —  Tens of thousands of people rallied on the National Mall to vent frustration at Trump and Musk.  —  In what was billed as a “national day of action,” more than 1,300 “Hands Off!” protests took place in all 50 states …
Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies  —  Crowds of people angry about the way President Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying …
New York Times:
Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump  —  Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.  —  They came out in defense of national parks and small businesses …
Rolling Stone:
Anti-Trump Protesters Assemble in Every State and Cities Worldwide
Discussion: USA Today
CBS News:
“Hands Off!” demonstrations protest Trump, Musk across U.S.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders  —  Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
Discussion: CNN, The Independent and Raw Story
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senior Justice Dept. Lawyer Put on Leave After Questioning Trump Administration  —  Where Things Stand  — Department of Justice: A senior Justice Department immigration lawyer was put on indefinite leave Saturday after questioning the Trump administration's decision …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Steve Vladeck / One First:
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 …
Discussion: New York Times
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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
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 …
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Trump administration argues judge can't order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Makena Kelly / Wired:
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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CNN:
DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service
Discussion: Washington Examiner
CNN:
White House advisers have kept Laura Loomer at bay for months.  Then, Trump invited her in  —  President Donald Trump arranged for far-right activist Laura Loomer to join him in the Oval Office this week for an extraordinary meeting that preceded a shake-up of his national security leadership …
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
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New York Times:
Trump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger
Discussion: CBS News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell calls out Trump for hiring ‘amateur isolationists’ at Pentagon, firing NSA director
Discussion: New York Post
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
As Trump tariffs sink in, conservatives challenge whether they're legal  —  The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal nonprofit, has filed a complaint on behalf of a small stationery company in Florida.  —  Just now  —  A growing number of conservatives are challenging President Donald …
Discussion: Reason
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A scary quote for the GOP on Trump and tariffs
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.
New York Times:
Trump Family's Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out  —  The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president's Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.  —  The financial market meltdown was underway …
Discussion: Raw Story and Chicago Tribune
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.
Kevin M. Levin / Civil War Memory:
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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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
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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Donato Paolo Mancini / Bloomberg:
Musk Hopes US, Europe Move to Zero-Tariff Free-Trade Zone
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Al Green says he'll present articles of impeachment against Trump in next 30 days  —  Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) said he will bring articles of impeachment against President Trump in the next 30 days, telling protestors at an anti-Trump rally in Washington that he does not “deserve” to hold the executive office.
Discussion: RedState
Annie Karni / New York Times:
He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading.  Now in Office, He Trades Freely.  —  Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., who campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, has emerged as one of the most active stock traders in the freshman class.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Doug Emhoff publicly criticizes his law firm for coming to agreement with Trump administration  —  Speaking at a charity gala dinner Thursday night in Los Angeles, former second gentleman Doug Emhoff condemned the decision by his law firm to preemptively come to an arrangement …
 
 
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CNN:
How Trump's tariffs are changing — or not — lives around the world
Discussion: Mother Jones and CBS News
Mother Jones:
This 15-Year-Old Just Scorched Team Trump in a Frankly Amazing Interview
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
It Is Happening Here  —  Trump is following the playbook of autocrats around the world — and it could change America forever.
 Earlier Items: 
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
Poppy Mcpherson / Reuters:
U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
Discussion: Associated Press and New York Post
Giedrė Peseckytė / Politico:
Jaguar Land Rover suspends shipments to US after Trump tariffs
Lindsay Ellis / Wall Street Journal:
Big Law Firms Struck a Truce With Trump—and Set Off a Clash With Recruits
Discussion: The Guardian
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad
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New York Times:
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
 

 
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Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple produced $22B worth of iPhones in India in the 12 months ended March 2025, up nearly 60% YoY, and now makes 20% of its iPhones in the country

Martine Paris / Forbes:
Sam Altman says ChatGPT users had doubled in the past few weeks and that “10% of the world uses our systems”, which would peg the number closer to 800M users

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