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1:40 PM ET, April 6, 2025

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CNN:
‘Hands Off!’ protesters across US rally against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk  —  Millions of people took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across all 50 states and globally on Saturday, organized by a pro-democracy movement in response to what they call a …
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Mandy Taheri / Newsweek:
Trump-Stronghold The Villages in Florida Holds Large ‘Hands Off!’  Rally  —  Nearly 2,000 residents of the retirement community known as  —  , 20 miles south of Ocala, Florida, joined thousands across the United States in a “Hands Off!” protest against President
Juliana Kim / NPR:
Nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protests erupt against Trump and Musk
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:   You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It's Everywhere.
Washington Post:
Mass protests across the U.S. signal opposition to Trump, Musk
Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Second measles death reported in Texas  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to attend the child's funeral, which is scheduled for Sunday.  —  Another child with measles in Texas has died, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed late Saturday night, though the exact cause of death is under investigation.
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Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas  —  It is the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade.  If the outbreak continues at the current pace, the nation may lose its “elimination” status.  —  3 MIN READ  —  How Measles Attacks an Unvaccinated Child  —  ADVERTISEMENT  —  Got a Tip?
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NBC News:   Justice Department places attorney who struggled to explain Maryland man's deportation on leave
Washington Post:
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad  —  Since Trump took office, the park service — an agency charged with preserving American history — has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Exclusive: how the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat  —  Internal investigation cleared the national security adviser Mike Waltz, but the mistake was months in the making  —  Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Waltz included a journalist …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
GOP Rep: Adversaries are “laughing at us” over NSA firings  —  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) slammed the decision to fire Gen. Timothy Haugh, the National Security Agency director and head of U.S. Cyber Command, without any explanation as “heartbreaking” Sunday.  —  The big picture: Haugh …
Discussion: HuffPost and New York Times
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CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Don Bacon on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” April 6, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of an interview with Rep. Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on April 6, 2025.  —  MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Nebraska …
CNN:   White House advisers have kept Laura Loomer at bay for months. Then, Trump invited her in
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Doge's attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says  —  Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapse  —  Office closures, staffing and service cuts, and policy changes at the Social Security Administration …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Pamela Herd / Can We Still Govern?:
As Savings Disappear, Social Security is Also Under Threat  —  Many Americans are watching their retirement savings melt away because of President Trump's disastrous trade policies.  In normal downturns, they could at least reassure themselves that Social Security would always be there.
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump administration to markets: Don't expect a rescue  —  If there was one consistent message from Trump administration economic officials Sunday morning, it was this: We're not worried about the stock market plunging, and the cavalry isn't coming to save you from tariffs, either.
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Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Defending America's Security through Visa and Travel Restrictions on South Sudan  —  It is time for the Transitional Government of South Sudan to stop taking advantage of the United States.  Enforcing our nation's immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States.
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Robert Ilich / CNN:
Elon Musk hopes for ‘zero-tariff situation’ between US and EU  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man and the face of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, said Saturday that he hopes for a “zero-tariff situation” between Europe and the United States.
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Barry Levitt / The Daily Beast:
James Carville Reveals New Way to Shame Trump ‘Collaborators’  —  HALL OF SHAME  —  The Democratic strategist warned that history won't be kind to those complicit in the president's “anti-patriotic” power grab.  —  James Carville has had enough.  —  On the latest episode of his Poltiicon podcast …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump tariffs based on massive error, conservative think tank says  —  The formula used by the Trump administration to levy reciprocal tariffs contains a serious math error that over-inflates the impact by about a factor of four, economists at the American Enterprise Institute said.
Pieter Haeck / Politico:
France suggests targeting Big Tech's data use in response to US tariffs  —  French Economy and Finance Minister Eric Lombard has suggested striking back against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs broadside by more strictly regulating U.S. Big Tech's use of data.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Valerie Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted  —  Leonardo Baez and Nora Avila-Guel's bakery in the Texas community of Los Fresnos is a daily stop for many residents to share gossip over coffee and pick up cakes and pastries for birthdays, office parties or themselves.
NBC News:
Trump portrait artist says career is in peril after president accuses her of distorting his likeness  —  Sarah Boardman's niece said the artist's loved ones rallied around her on social media, with some changing their cover photos to the portrait of Trump that Boardman had created.
Discussion: Raw Story and TMZ.com
 
 
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Michael Barnard / CleanTechnica:
China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech
Washington Post:
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Dave Collins / Associated Press:
NY public schools tell Trump administration they won't comply with DEI order
Washington Post:
Younger Democrats want to force an uncomfortable conversation about age
The Atlantic:
The Cabinet Secretary Who Likes His Cookies Freshly Baked
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Bondi on lawsuits against Trump's actions: 'That's the real constitutional crisis'
David French / New York Times:
Don't Roll Your Eyes at Due Process
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Trump's Next Target: Poverty-Stricken Kids
Didi Tang / Associated Press:
Foreign journalists at US-backed media fear being sent to repressive homelands after Trump's cuts
New York Times:
A Playbook for Standing Up to President Trump
Angie Orellana Hernandez / Washington Post:
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
Annie Karni / New York Times:
He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.
Discussion: Raw Story