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5:55 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.
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans looking to retire aren't concerned about day-to-day markets, dismisses concerns about a potential recession  —  Bessent's comments come after President Donald Trump warned that the “economic revolution” won't “be easy” in a social media post.
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 in Texas of Girl Who Died of Measles  —  The health secretary has faced harsh criticism for his handling of the multistate outbreak, embrace of alternative treatments and tepid endorsement of vaccination.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation's health secretary …
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Associated Press:
DOJ places attorney on leave after struggling in Maryland migrant case
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
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
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 …
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Pamela Herd / Can We Still Govern?:   As Savings Disappear, Social Security is Also Under Threat
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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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Try that in a small town  —  ICE disappeared a mother and 3 children.  Neighbors of Trump's Border Czar said hell no. … If you want to support independent media during these dark times for democracy, become a paid subscriber today. … Principal Jaime Cook describes one of the third graders …
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CNN:
‘Hands Off!’ protesters across US rally against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk
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
Diana Ramirez-Simon / The Guardian:
Chinese woman detained by US border patrol in Arizona dies by suicide  —  Officials reportedly didn't publicly acknowledge death until inquiries were made about woman, 52, who overstayed visa  —  A woman being detained in Arizona by US border patrol for overstaying her visa has died by suicide …
Barbara A. Sheehan / The Harvard Crimson:
Three Harvard Students, Two Recent Grads Had Visas Revoked  —  Three Harvard students and two recent graduates have had their student visas revoked amid the Trump administration's push to deport international students involved in pro-Palestine protests, according to an email …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Republican senator floats using violence against journalists who report ‘fake news’  —  Markwayne Mullin recounted how a reporter fatally shot a former congressman in 1890, adding there might be less “fake news ... if we could still handle our differences that way.”
Discussion: Oklahoman
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
Telegraph:
Apple's collapse proves cosying up to Trump is no guarantee of safety  —  The big tech giant's cosy relationship with the president has failed to protect it from trade war chaos  —  For years, Tim Cook has become something of a horse-whisperer figure in his dealings with Donald Trump.
 
 
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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)
New York Post:
Elon Musk appears to break with Trump admin on tariffs — as he slams Peter Navarro and says he wants ‘zero tariff situation’ with Europe
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: 
David French / New York Times:
Don't Roll Your Eyes at Due Process
Discussion: To the Contrary
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
Valerie Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted
New York Times:
A Playbook for Standing Up to President Trump
 

 
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
People magazine launches its first standalone app, featuring a TikTok-style interface and exclusive content; e.l.f. Beauty is the app's launch sponsor

Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
Gannett says it will stop publishing its workforce demographic and diversity data and has removed diversity mentions from its website, citing Trump's EO on DEI

Kendra Barnett / Adweek:
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