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Trump Offers An Uneasy World No Reassurance In Word Salad Oval Office Remarks — WASHINGTON ― With a world economy on edge since he declared a trade war with the rest of the planet last week, President Donald Trump offered no reassuring words Monday and instead provided yet more evidence …
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Trump has no idea what he has unleashed — There is no school of foreign policy realism or trade mercantilism that could explain the US president's actions — We should trust in Donald Trump's instincts, says Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.


Trump says EU must buy $350B of US energy to get tariff relief — Brussels' zero-for-zero tariff offer not enough, U.S. president says, but indicates he's open to a deal if the bloc commits to closing the trade deficit in goods. — The European Union will have to commit to buying $350 billion …


In a World of Pete Hegseths, Be a Maya Angelou — We may be spiraling into an uncertain future of lawlessness, economic meltdown, and social instability, but at least we've got the galaxy-brain takes of our leaders to sustain us. On the vice president's mind this morning:
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‘The opposite of what Americans voted for’: Market turmoil causes Trump backlash — With the markets in chaos as a result of Trump's tariffs, the president is facing the most sustained criticism of his term from within the GOP. — During the first two turbulent months of President Donald Trump's term …
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Musk made direct appeals to Trump to reverse sweeping new tariffs
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Transcript: Unwell Trump Rages at China, GOP as Allies Turn on Tariffs
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Trump Officials Try to Calm Markets by Pointing to Talks on Tariffs
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Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs
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Trump's refusal to blink on tariffs raises the risks of an ugly endgame
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Musk calls Navarro “moron” as trade spat intensifies — Elon Musk escalated his war of words with Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday, calling him “truly a moron” and “dumber than a sack of bricks” over comments about Musk's businesses. — Why it matters: The gloves are off …
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Navarro: ‘I guarantee no recession, OK?’
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Musk Calls Navarro a ‘Moron’ in Escalating Tariff Fight
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I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants' Tax Information With ICE — The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service's efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes. — The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to help homeland security officials find immigrants …
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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 …
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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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‘A Path of Perfect Lawlessness’
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Supreme Court halts a judge's order to reinstate federal probationary workers — The case focuses on judge's requirement that employees fired by the Trump administration be fully reinstated while litigation continues. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday halted …
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Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers
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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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Exclusive: Musk's DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say — Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency's communications …
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Trump promises $1 trillion in defense spending for next year — President Donald Trump this week unveiled plans for a $1 trillion defense budget next year, a massive increase that he claimed will provide the country with unmatched military strength for years to come.
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US forces' exit from Polish city key to arming Ukraine is latest shift of burden to Europe — The U.S. Army is pulling forces out of a site near Poland's border with Ukraine that has been instrumental in getting Western arms into the war-torn country, military officials said this week.
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Attack of the Quack-Industrial Complex — By now it's obvious to anyone willing to see — which many people still aren't — that Donald Trump is, in practice, waging war against American greatness. And the attack is taking place on multiple fronts. — For the past few days everyone …
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Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order — The Trump administration plans to fine migrants under deportation orders up to $998 a day if they fail to leave the United States and to seize their property if they do not pay, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.
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FBI creates multiagent bodyguard team to protect Dan Bongino — The former pro-Trump podcaster is the first deputy director to have a security detail. Full-time protection could require up to 20 agents, former officials said. — The FBI has issued a call for agents to voluntarily serve …


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Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels — The administration has increased surveillance flights over Mexico as it tries to track the powerful cartels that dominate the fentanyl trade. — The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels …
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Trump admin ousts another female military leader — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, who served as the U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee, the Pentagon confirmed to Axios. — The big picture: Chatfield joins …
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Federal Workers Receive Another ‘Deferred Resignation’ Offer Ahead Of Layoffs — The administration is using the threat of additional firings to pressure more employees into taking their “Fork in the Road” deal. — Federal employees are receiving fresh “deferred resignation” …
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Lutnick's Strategy Flummoxes Business Leaders and White House Aides — Some executives have come away from meetings with the commerce secretary confused and exasperated — WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has tried to sell President Trump's trade agenda to American companies for months.
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Influencer Who Bought Trump a Rolex Has Lost Over $10M Since Tariffs Hit the Market: 'It's So Bad' — “It's bad, I'm not gonna lie to you” — Just months after gifting President Donald Trump a gold Rolex and a custom MAGA-wrapped Tesla Cybertruck, controversial streamer Adin Ross …
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Trump admin revokes legal status for migrants who entered the U.S. on Biden-era CBP One app — CBP One was a cornerstone of the Biden administration's strategy to create and expand legal pathways to enter the United States in an attempt to discourage illegal border crossings. — / Source: The Associated Press


Justice Dept. says it will pull back on litigating cryptocurrency fraud — In a memo sent to the Justice Department on Monday night, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department will largely stop bringing cases that violate the Bank Secrecy Act or contain unregistered broker dealer violations …
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