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Axios:
Scoop: Trump issues veto threat on tariff bill  —  President Trump would veto the legislation introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would limit the president's authority to unilaterally impose tariffs, according to a White House statement seen by Axios.
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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.
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.
Eric Rosenbaum / CNBC:
‘This is the Trump recession,’ CEOs say, with tariff price increases, job losses coming: CNBC survey
Discussion: Wausau and Mediaite
Reuters:
Trump threatens additional tariffs on China, terminates talks
Popular Information:   Trump tariffs, corporations cower
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Businesses, conservative lawyers planning legal challenge to Trump's tariffs
Discussion: Bloomberg and Forbes
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Ackman warns of “economic nuclear winter” from Trump's tariffs
Lauren Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump Orders Four Mile Military Parade for His 79th Birthday  —  SHOW OF FARCE  —  The president was previously forced to abandon plans for a procession in Washington, D.C., due to its colossal price tag.  —  President Donald Trump is making plans for a military parade in Washington …
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Tom Sherwood / Washington City Paper:
Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C.  —  President Donald Trump for years has lusted after a big military parade over which he could preside—just like he sees leaders do in other mostly authoritative countries.  —  During his first term in 2018 …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:   Trump Plans $92 Million Military Parade—Honoring Himself
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Hubris Is Off the Charts
Discussion: New York Post
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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CNN:
Trump asks Supreme Court to block order requiring US to bring back man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
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 …
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Axios:   1 big thing: Trump's dark opening to Golden Age
Graig Graziosi / The Independent:
Musk again distances himself from Trump tariffs by scoffing at Lutnick's attempt to explain duties on penguin island
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 …
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
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
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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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Voters Suddenly Shocked at How Badly He Screwed Them
Discussion: Raw Story
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump swipes at California's Dems while celebrating Dodgers  —  President Trump on Monday welcomed the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House.  —  Trump celebrated the Dodgers' victory over the New York Yankees last October, praising the team's resilience, talent and “movie star” looks.
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Reuters:
US appeals court blocks Trump from removing Democrats from labor boards
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.
Discussion: New Republic, Mediaite and WISH-TV
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David Gilbert / Wired:
‘Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down’: Donald Trump's Return-to-Office Mandate Is Going Terribly  —  Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED the return-to-office order has resulted in widespread chaos, plummeting productivity, and significantly reduced services to the public.
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.
Washington Post:
RFK Jr. visits Texas after second child dies of measles amid outbreak  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R), a medical doctor, called on top health officials to “unequivocally” endorse measles vaccinations before “another child dies.”  —  A second child has died of measles amid an outbreak in West Texas …
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 …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Harriet Tubman reference removed from National Parks' Underground Railroad web page  —  The National Parks Service (NPS) has removed a reference to abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its webpage dedicated to the Underground Railroad.  —  For years, the Parks' page on the Underground Railroad featured a prominent photo of Tubman.
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.
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Musk's DOGE team can access government data for now, appeals court rules  —  A divided federal appeals court set aside a court order that had blocked the government downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and led by Elon Musk from seizing sensitive data from the Treasury Department …
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.
Discussion: Wausau
Reuters:
Exclusive: US admiral at NATO fired in expanding national security purge  —  U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, who holds a senior position in NATO, has been fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top officials by the Trump administration, three sources told Reuters on Monday.
Julia Payne / Reuters:
EU Commission proposes 25% counter-tariffs on some US imports, document shows  —  The European Union flag pattern with the word “tariffs” is seen in this illustration taken April 7, 2025.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Purchase Licensing Rights  —  The European Commission proposed counter-tariffs …
 
 
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Ben Leonard / Politico:
Trump pollster finds Medicaid cuts unpopular among Trump voters
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Reuters:
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April Rubin / Axios:
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