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Dow futures fall 1,500 points Sunday as Trump tariff market rout escalates: Live updates — U.S. stock futures dropped on Sunday evening as the White House remained defiant even after a two-day historic stock market rout that followed President Donald Trump's rollout of shockingly high tariff rates on most key U.S. trading partners.
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Bloomberg, The Independent and Fox News
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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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HuffPost, ABC News, Boston Herald and Daily Caller News Foundation


After a Blowout Week, Wall Street Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos — The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week's major sell-off. — There was little rest on Wall Street this weekend.
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Fortune


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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HuffPost, Bloomberg, USA Today, The Hill, Washington Times and The Gateway Pundit


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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Axios, Rolling Stone, The Bulwark, The Texas Tribune, Bloomberg, The Guardian, New York Daily News and Wausau
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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.
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Washington Post, STAT, New York Post and Los Angeles Times


Kennedy announces support for measles vaccine amid outbreak — The statement is a surprising turn for the health secretary and comes amid reports of a second child's death. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who spent years promoting debunked theories and sowing doubts about the safety …
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STAT, Fox News, Axios, One America News Network, WAGA-TV and Hollywood Life

Kennedy Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of Measles
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, STAT, The Hill, PBS NewsHour, Fortune, UPI, WISH-TV, WCCB Charlotte's CWWCCB …, Breitbart, Forbes, Vanity Fair, Lawyers, Guns & Money, CNN, NewsNation, Mercury News and Off the Kuff


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.
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Fortune, Scripps News, The Daily Wire, New York Post, USA Today and The American Conservative
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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.
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Fortune and Semafor

Bessent calls tariffs ‘a one-time price adjustment’
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Newsbusters, Axios, Business Insider, Mediaite and Breitbart


Judge says deportation of Maryland man to an El Salvador prison was ‘wholly lawless’ — The U.S. government's decision to arrest a Maryland man and send him to a notorious prison in El Salvador appears to be “wholly lawless,” a federal judge wrote Sunday in a legal opinion explaining …
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New York Times, CNN, New York Daily News, Townhall, Washington Examiner, RedState and Associated Press
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DOJ suspends attorney who said Maryland man's deportation was a mistake — A federal judge on Sunday slammed the government over its “grievous error” in wrongly deporting a Salvadorian national and refused to lift her order demanding he be returned to the U.S.
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CBS News, The Guardian, RedState, UPI, Washington Times, Associated Press, Raw Story, Politico, The Independent, NewsNation, New York Times and NBC News


Judge to Trump: Yes, You Really Do Have to Undo ‘Lawless’ Deportation to El Salvador
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The Hill and The Gateway Pundit


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 …
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Mediaite, Raw Story, The Daily Wire, TechCrunch, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, CBS News and Washington Examiner
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Playbook: The Resistance arrives — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — Good Sunday morning. Zack Stanton here. Tough loss for Duke fans. Get in touch. — DRIVING THE DAY — TALKER: “How the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg got added to the White House Signal group chat …


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
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Rolling Stone


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 …
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Raw Story


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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Raw Story and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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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One America News Network, Breitbart, UPI, RedState, Associated Press, Townhall, Reuters, Fox News, New York Post, Washington Examiner and The Hill
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Washington revokes all South Sudanese visas in repatriation row
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Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Raw Story and USA Today


Democrats see growing number of young progressive challengers — A growing number of Democratic incumbents are facing primary challenges from younger progressives, underscoring generational and ideological rifts within the party. — At least three long-serving members of the House …
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Punchbowl News
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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 …
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The Hill, New York Times and HuffPost
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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 …


Washington worries Trump could bail out Zuckerberg — With a historic antitrust suit looming against Meta, could the company get a reprieve from its new ally in the White House? — Less than two weeks before the start of a landmark antitrust trial against tech giant Meta …
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Washington Examiner, more at Techmeme »


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 …
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ABC News, Fox News, NBC News, Daily Bruin, Mercury News and Los Angeles Times


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.
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Rolling Stone