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5:15 PM ET, April 6, 2025

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Hakyung Kim / CNBC:
Trump not trying to crash market with tariffs, says White House economic advisor … A crashing stock market is not part of an intentional strategy by President Donald Trump, White House National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told ABC's “This Week” on Sunday.
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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.
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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Reuters:
Second child dies of measles in Texas, media reports  —  A second child with measles has died in Texas as hundreds of cases of the infectious disease have been recorded in recent weeks, prompting U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to visit the state, media outlets reported on Sunday.
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Kennedy Attends Funeral of the Second Child to Die of Measles in Texas  —  The health secretary said he went to the Gaines County, Texas, to console the family.  He has faced harsh criticism for his handling of the crisis and tepid endorsement of vaccination.
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Associated Press:
DOJ places attorney on leave after struggling in Maryland migrant case  —  Pam Bondi said DOJ lawyers must “zealously advocate” for the administration.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Judge to Trump: Yes, You Really Do Have to Undo ‘Lawless’ Deportation to El Salvador
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
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
The Atlantic:
The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked  —  Interior Secretary Doug Burgum likes chocolate-chip cookies—preferably freshly baked and still warm.  —  This peculiar fact became the talk of the Department of Interior in recent weeks after his chief of staff, JoDee Hanson …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Treasury Sec. Bessent says 'there doesn't have to be a recession': Full interview  —  Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent exclusively joins Meet the Press days after President Donald Trump unveiled expansive tariffs on the United States' largest trading partners.
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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Washington Post:
Younger Democrats want to force an uncomfortable conversation about age  —  Many complain the party is dominated by an older generation of leaders who have lost touch with Americans' day-to-day struggles.  —  Just now  —  LOS ANGELES — Democrat Saikat Chakrabarti decided to challenge …
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Democrats see growing number of young progressive challengers
Discussion: Punchbowl News
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: The Hill, 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
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Robert Ilich / CNN:
Elon Musk hopes for ‘zero-tariff situation’ between US and EU
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.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Pieter Haeck / Politico:
Starmer vows to ‘shelter British business from the storm’ of US tariffs  —  British prime minister promises to “turbocharge” plans to improve the U.K.'s competitiveness this week.  —  U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government is ready to use industrial policy to mitigate the impact …
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 …
Robert Costa / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders says U.S. under Trump is facing “unprecedented level of danger”  —  Ever since President Trump took office, surrounded by some of the richest men in the world, Senator Bernie Sanders has been sounding the alarm: “This country today faces an unprecedented level of danger …
Discussion: Townhall, Breitbart and The Independent
David French / New York Times:
Don't Roll Your Eyes at Due Process  —  Last month a federal court of appeals judge made a startling assertion.  “Nazis,” she said, “got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act” than people suspected of being members of a Venezuelan gang.  —  You might think those words …
Discussion: To the Contrary
 
 
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Telegraph:
Apple's collapse proves cosying up to Trump is no guarantee of safety
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Will Wound Free Trade, but the Blow May Not Be Fatal
Discussion: Semafor and Daily Mail
Eugene Volokh / Reason:
“The Trump Administration's Unconstitutional Hate Mail to Harvard,” by Prof. Genevieve Lakier (Chicago)
CNN:
GOP rift grows over Cornyn's Senate seat as Trump pressured to take sides
Discussion: Raw Story
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
For Republicans, Tariffs Pose a Risk Like No Other
Discussion: Raw Story
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
Washington worries Trump could bail out Zuckerberg
Michael Barnard / CleanTechnica:
China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech
Washington Post:
Worries grow over risks to Americans as Trump cuts health, safety agencies
 Earlier Items: 
Pieter Haeck / Politico:
France suggests targeting Big Tech's data use in response to US tariffs
Discussion: Bloomberg
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
Valerie Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
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