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Peter Navarro / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's tariffs will fix a broken system  —  Next we must tackle the barrage of non-tariff weapons used to strangle American exports  —  The writer is President Trump's senior counsellor for trade and manufacturing  —  The international trade system is broken — and Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff doctrine will fix it.
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Washington Post:
Musk made direct appeals to Trump to reverse sweeping new tariffs  —  The world's richest person, a key Trump adviser and political donor, was ultimately unsuccessful.  —  Just now  —  Over the weekend, as Elon Musk launched into a barrage of social media posts criticizing …
CNBC:
Trump threatens new 50% tariffs on China if Beijing doesn't remove retaliatory duties: Live updates
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Willing to Take the Pain
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
140. The Disturbing Myopia of Trump v. J.G.G.  —  In normal times, it might be possible to defend the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling on Monday vacating a pair of temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act case.  But these aren't normal times.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” an …
Discussion: Reason and Talking Points Memo
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's New 5-4 Bailout for Trump Couldn't Be More Ominous  —  The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major victory on Monday night, lifting a restraining order that had prevented the mass deportation of migrants to an El Salvador prison under an 18th century wartime law.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court's Block on Venezuelan Deportations
Discussion: HotAir, Breitbart and Washington Times
Politico:
Trump asks Supreme Court to block judge's order requiring US to bring back man who was wrongly deported  —  The Trump administration has described Abrego Garcia's deportation both as an “administrative error” and a “clerical error.”  —  The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court …
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USA Today:
Supreme Court puts hold on order that deported Maryland man must be returned to US  —  Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily placed on hold a judge's order that the Trump administration must bring back to the United States a Maryland father it had mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
Wall Street Journal:
The Case of Wrongful Migrant Deportation
Discussion: Reason
Washington Post:
Supreme Court briefly pauses order to return deportee from El Salvador
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
Axios:
1 big thing: 🥵 Scoop: New donor plea  —  Republicans admit President Trump's tariffs are spiking their blood pressure.  Their Wall Street donors are feeling it too, with some giving top GOP lawmakers an earful this weekend.  —  Why it matters: Trump is making it clear he won't tolerate …
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Wire
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check Trump's trade authority  —  Seven Republican senators, including Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the Senate's president pro tempore, and Sen. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), the former Senate Republican leader, have signed on to a bipartisan bill that would require Congress …
Axios:
Scoop: Trump issues veto threat on tariff bill
CNN:
How actual ‘fake news’ caused a market whiplash  —  New York CNN —  An errant post on X may have just shaken the stock market, showing how influential — and unreliable — the social media platform can be.  —  Unsourced “headlines” about a potential “90-day pause in tariffs” …
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Wall Street Journal:
The False Tariff Headline That Sent Stocks on a $2 Trillion Ride  —  Misinformation on a White House official's remarks triggers a short-lived rally  —  A wild stock-market swing based on false information added $2.4 trillion in value and erased it almost as quickly Monday morning.
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family  — Dearborn attorney Amir Makled was detained and questioned at Detroit Metro Airport about his clients and asked to surrender his cellphone.  — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stated …
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
US Justice Dept mobilized armed Marshals to warn ex-lawyer over congressional testimony, letter shows  —  The U.S. Justice Department sent armed U.S. Marshals to deliver a letter warning a fired career pardon attorney about testifying to congressional Democrats, her lawyer said in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
RFK's Anti-Vax Flock Turns on Him  —  RFK's biggest fans turn on him  —  For vaccine opponents, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s appointment as secretary of health and human services represented something close to nirvana.  It was a chance, finally, to take on Big Pharma and to bring …
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Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters
Elijah Westbrook / CBS News:
MTA, feds reach agreement that could keep NYC congestion pricing tolls in place into the fall  —  The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement that could keep New York City congestion pricing in place into the fall.  —  Once the agreed-to timeline expires …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself  —  Donald Trump may finally get his long-desired military parade through the streets of Washington.  —  The Washington City Paper, citing an unnamed D.C. source, reports that the president has chosen June 14, 2025 …
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Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
DOGE Goons Cause Major Crash to Social Security Site  —  TECH SUPPORT NEEDED  —  Elon Musk's crew of young goons have caused a massive cyber disruption.  —  Elon Musk's DOGE goons crashed the Social Security Administration website Monday when an apparent “anti-fraud upgrade” went badly wrong.
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New York Times:
Nearly 150 Students Have Had Visas Revoked and Could Face Deportation  —  Dozens of schools, including the University of California and Harvard, said the Trump administration ended the visas of their students in recent days.  For many, the reasons are unclear.
Associated Press:
RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water  —  The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water was long considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.  —  / Source: The Associated Press
Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's Secret Weapon: the US Marshals Service  —  “The risk to people's civil rights is enormous.”  —  As if Elon Musk didn't already have enough advantages, between his billions and his leverage over President Donald Trump, he appears to have another ace up his sleeve: the US Marshals Service.
Discussion: Raw Story
Steve Inskeep / NPR:
UAW President Shawn Fain explains why he supports Trump's tariffs  —  President Trump's announcements on tariffs have dismayed many of his erstwhile supporters on Wall Street.  The suddenness — and steepness — of the tariffs announced last Wednesday prompted some global manufacturers …
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Turns Out Trump Lied About Those Deportations to El Salvador … 60 Minutes' Cecelia Vega on Sunday confirmed what anyone who's been paying attention already suspected: An overwhelming majority of the Venezuelan men that Trump deported to a Salvadoran megaprison have no criminal record whatsoever.
 
 
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump to undergo annual physical exam on Friday
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Roll Back Array of Gun Control Measures
Diana Stancy / Fox News:
JD Vance honors his mother at White House for reaching 10 years sobriety
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Axios:
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Discussion: New Yorker and Scripting News
ABC News:
Former clerk for judge who tossed Trump's classified docs case now in senior DOJ position
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