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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

‘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.

In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence  —  Day after day, Chinese rescue teams haul children and elderly people from collapsed buildings as cameras beam the thanks of grateful survivors around the world.  Russian medical teams show off …

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.

US embassy's response to Russia's Kryvyi Rih attack ‘surprisingly disappointing,’ 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.

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.

April 4, 2025  —  The stock market rout continued today.  As expected, China announced retaliatory tariffs in response to those President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday.  Chinese leaders say they will impose a 34% tariff on all U.S. goods imported into China next Thursday.

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” …

You're Not Crazy.  America Has Gone Mad … This is an oft-quoted passage from Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism.  And it's one that has proven especially popular in the years since the rise of Trump and explosion of global authoritarianism.  —  I open with it here because I …