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New York Times:
Live Updates: Wall Street Slumps Further as Trump Defends His Tariffs — The S&P 500 tumbled, entering bear market territory, after more losses in Asia and Europe. President Trump said he would not back off his trade war, reinforcing fears of a global economic downturn. — Here's the latest.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 6, 2025 (Sunday) — After President Donald Trump's tariff announcements on April 2 wiped $5 trillion dollars from the stock market, the Republican Party is scrambling. — Farmers, who were a part of Trump's base, are “struck and shocked” by the tariffs, the president …
David Goldman / CNN:
Jamie Dimon sounds the alarm bell on tariffs — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has issued a blunt warning about President Donald Trump's tariff policy: It threatens to raise prices, drive the global economy into a downturn and weaken America's standing in the world.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Hubris Is Off the Charts — Hey Siri, is it a good thing to open the week with market experts issuing reminders about where the stock exchange circuit-breaker points are? Happy Monday. — Hubris Flourishes — by Andrew Egger — DOGE burning down the federal government.
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
As the markets fell, Trump putted — The stock markets have lost more than $6 trillion in value since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs. But on Sunday the president won — at golf. — OUTSIDE TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB, JUPITER — The stock markets have lost more than $6 trillion …
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Jamie Dimon / JPMorganChase:
Chairman and CEO Letter to Shareholders — Annual Report 2024 — View all CEO Letters — We are champions of banking's essential role in a community - its potential for bringing people together, for enabling companies and individuals to attain their goals, and for being a source of strength in difficult times.
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Trump tariffs, corporations cower — During the Biden administration, corporate executives regularly expressed their displeasure with policies they opposed. Amazon chairman Jeff Bezos, for example, blasted the Biden administration in May 2022 for excessive stimulus spending, which he blamed for inflation.
Tom Sherwood / Washington City Paper:
Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C.
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
‘This is the Trump recession,’ CEOs say, with tariff price increases, job losses coming: CNBC survey
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Brent Neiman / New York Times:
Why Trump's Tariff Math Is a Joke
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Ackman warns of “economic nuclear winter” from Trump's tariffs
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Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Starts to Speak Out Against Trump's Tariffs
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Graig Graziosi / The Independent:
Musk again distances himself from Trump tariffs by scoffing at Lutnick's attempt to explain duties on penguin island
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NBC News:
Stocks plunge again as Trump tariffs continue to reverberate through markets
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Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Created an Economic Sinkhole. He Doesn't Care
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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Stocks plunge to start week as Trump digs in on tariffs
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Hugh Son / CNBC:
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Trump tariffs will boost inflation, slow an already weakening U.S. economy
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Trump: Tariffs sparking investment in US
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Wall Street Journal:
Canaries in the Trump Tariff Mine
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Cecilia Vega / CBS News:
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador — Andry Hernandez Romero, a gay makeup artist who came to the United States last year in search of asylum, is one of 238 Venezuelan migrants who were flown from the U.S. to a maximum security prison in El Salvador three weeks ago.
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Cecilia Vega / CBS News:
U.S. sent 238 migrants to Salvadoran mega-prison; documents indicate most have no apparent criminal records
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Washington Post:
Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff — The worsening problems come as Elon Musk's DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website. — Retirees and disabled people are facing chronic website outages …
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Washington Post:
Trump asks Supreme Court to block order returning deportee from El Salvador — Judge Paula Xinis gave the Trump administration until midnight Monday to return Kilmar Abrego García, who was deported despite a court order forbidding it. — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court …
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David Brooks / The Atlantic:
I Should Have Seen This Coming — When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won. — Listen to more stories on Hark
New York Times:
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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Paul Krugman:
Political Styles of the Rich and Clueless — There are none so blind as those that will not see — As we wait to see what fresh hell awaits us this week, one obvious question is, who put these malevolent clowns in power? — The short answer is ignorant people. But political ignorance takes two different forms.
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
Peter Navarro says Vietnam's 0% tariff offer is not enough: 'It's the nontariff cheating that matters' — WATCH NOW — White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said Monday that an offer by Vietnam to eliminate tariffs on U.S. imports would not be enough for the administration to lift its new levies announced last week.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's tariffs insanity begins to fracture the MAGA cult — 🏌️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever. Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers. If you aren't one already …
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David Strom / HotAir:
55% of Leftists Say Assassinations At Least ‘Somewhat’ Justified — But, in fact, they DO approve of violence, or at least think that violence can be justified to achieve political goals in the United States. — I've written a number of pieces about how the left has embraced violence …
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Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. — A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
Christian Paz / Vox:
Trump's tariffs risk destroying his winning coalition — As markets tank and the prospect of higher prices becomes more real, the future of President Donald Trump's winning coalition might be on a precipice, too. — Trump's tariff policy, unpopular with the American public in general …
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Among some Ariz. retirees, views on Trump tariffs split along party lines
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Schatz expands holds to more than 300 Trump nominees — Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is expanding his holds on President Trump's nominees to include an additional 50 names — along with a batch of bipartisan foreign affairs bills, Axios has learned. — Why it matters …
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