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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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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 …
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Trump threatens new 50% tariffs on China if Beijing doesn't remove retaliatory duties: Live updates
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In Response to Trump, E.U. Prepares to Vote on Retaliatory Tariffs
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Global Leaders Rush to Woo Trump, Hoping to Sway Him on Tariffs
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EU Commission proposes 25% counter-tariffs on some US imports, document shows
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Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?
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Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce Alien Enemies Act for rapid deportations for now — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for now, handing the White House a significant victory that will let immigration officials rely …
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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 …
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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.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review

Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court's Block on Venezuelan Deportations
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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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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.
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Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Order Requiring Return of Wrongly Deported Migrant
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Chief Justice Pauses Order to Return Wrongfully Deported Man
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Supreme Court briefly pauses order to return deportee from El Salvador
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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 …
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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 …
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Scoop: Trump issues veto threat on tariff bill
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Bessent: Federal layoffs will help fill factory jobs created by Trump tariffs
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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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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.
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How a false X post about pausing tariffs led to multi-trillion-dollar market swings
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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 …


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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DOJ accused of ‘abuse of power’ after sending armed US Marshals to whistleblower's home
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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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Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters
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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 …
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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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White House denies a military parade is scheduled for Trump's birthday
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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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 …
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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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