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Washington Post:
IRS chief to quit over deal to share data with immigration authorities  —  Melanie Krause clashed with Treasury Department officials who sought to circumvent IRS executives so immigration authorities could access taxpayers' information.  —  The acting head of the Internal Revenue Service plans …
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
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 …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DOGE to Shutter DOJ Tax Division … I didn't know this until this morning.  And I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more press attention.  We know that DOGE is in the process of gutting the IRS.  According to internal IRS estimates reviewed by The Washington Post this internal sabotage …
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Jesse Eisinger / ProPublica:
No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn't A Mistake. But It Was an Accident.
Discussion: Daily Mail, KRDO and ShrinkRants
New Republic:   Transcript: Unwell Trump Rages at China, GOP as Allies Turn on Tariffs
Associated Press:
Trump fails to sway many House GOP holdouts as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts stalls
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Lauren Weinstein's Blog:   The Enormous Negative Impacts of the New Tariffs on the Technology Sector
Reuters:
Limited options push China into trade ‘war of attrition’ with Trump
Discussion: MeidasTouch News and Breitbart
New York Times:
Stock Markets Slide Again as Trump Plans to Move Ahead With More China Tariffs
Devan Cole / CNN:
Federal judge says White House's punishment of Associated Press is unconstitutional  —  The White House's decision to punish the Associated Press by eliminating its access to President Donald Trump's events, the Oval Office and Air Force One is unconstitutional, a federal judge said Tuesday.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump White House Won't Respond to Some Journalists Who Display Their Pronouns
Discussion: The Hill
Zach Montague / New York Times:   White House Must Allow The Associated Press Full Access to Trump, Judge Rules
David Folkenflik / Associated Press:
Judge orders White House to allow AP access to news events
Discussion: RedState, Newsbusters and Variety
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can't bar its journalists
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Retreats From Confrontation  —  In a series of narrow rulings, the justices have seemed to take pains to avoid a showdown with a president who has challenged the judiciary's legitimacy.  —  6 MIN READ  —  Justices Give Trump a Tentative Win in Push to Fire 16,000 Federal Workers
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Pauses Order to Rehire Federal Probationary Workers  —  Where Things Stand  — Federal workers: The Supreme Court blocked a lower-court order directing the Trump administration to rehire 16,000 fired federal workers who had been on probationary status.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court blocks order requiring Trump administration to reinstate thousands of federal workers
Marin Scotten / New Republic:
Trump Claims Nazis Treated Jewish Prisoners With “Love” … In his latest rewrite of European history, Donald Trump made a ridiculous and sympathetic declaration about the Nazis.  —  Amid the tariff chaos he spurred, Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office Monday …
Discussion: New Jersey Online and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern  —  The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration's campaign against elite colleges.  —  The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
DOJ: Some Jan. 6 defendants should be repaid money they sent to Congress  —  Prosecutors say those whose convictions were wiped out are entitled to reimbursement of the restitution they paid.  —  Jan. 6 defendants whose convictions were wiped out by President Donald Trump are entitled …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
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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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Musk Disparages Trump's Trade Adviser, Exposing Rift in President's Inner Circle
New York Times:
Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Reviving a Struggling Coal Industry  —  The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.  —  President Trump signed four executive orders Tuesday aimed …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal Industry and Amending Executive Order 14241
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Live updates: Trump's approval hits new low after “Liberation Day” tariffs  —  His average economic approval also hits a new low (-13), and his tariffs are underwater by 30 points … As of midday April 8, 2025, two pollsters have published new polls of Trump's approval rating …
Reuters:
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 …
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens  —  The administration could try removing American citizens if it identifies a pathway it can claim to be legal.  —  Video  —  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump …
Discussion: New Republic, USA Today, Slate and Newsweek
Wired:
Dr. Oz Pushed for AI Health Care in First Medicare Agency Town Hall  —  Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.  —  Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new administrator …
New York Times:
Wall Street Bursts With Anger Over Tariff ‘Stupidity’  —  Billionaire investors are in an unfamiliar position, watching and cringing as tariffs roll on and the stock market reels.  —  Wall Street billionaires are not used to being on the outside looking in.
Discussion: Semafor and NBC News
Ashley Lopez / NPR:
New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds  —  Americans seeking retirement or survivor benefits from the Social Security Administration will no longer be able to apply over the phone, starting on Monday.  —  Instead, they will have to seek services online …
Dee-Ann Durbin / Associated Press:
US expected a big travel year, but overseas visitors — angered by Trump — are heading elsewhere  —  Olja Ivanic looked forward to welcoming some cousins from Sweden to her Denver home in June.  Ivanic and the four travelers were planning to go hiking in Colorado and then visit Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Center for Constitutional Rights:
Video of arrest, new details in Trump administration's case targeting Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Dr. Khan Suri for speech on Palestinian rights  —  RICHMOND, Va. - Today Georgetown professor and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri filed an amended complaint in his case Khan Suri v. Trump challenging …
NBC News:
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 …
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Gabbard Starts a Task Force Focused on Politicization of the Intelligence Agencies  —  The director of national intelligence framed it as an effort to eliminate the politicization of the agencies and to investigate episodes where intelligence was “weaponized.”
Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
Trump Is Trying to Deport Students Who Show Up in a ‘Criminal Records Check.’ But Many Have Never Been Convicted  —  The Trump administration has expanded the scope of its deportation assault on international students.  What began as targeting students for their affiliation with anti-war …
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Suspect in Trump's second alleged assassination attempt asks judge to suppress eyewitness  —  Ryan Routh, the suspect in the second alleged assassination attempt against President Trump, has formally asked a judge to suppress statements from the eyewitness who identified him to police …
Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Trump admin cuts funding to Princeton University over climate programs  —  The Trump administration is pulling nearly $4 million in funding from Princeton University, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday.  —  The big picture: The cuts come days after the administration already paused dozens …
Discussion: Wausau
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Another Masterful Gambit: DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records  —  The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced Monday that the General Services Administration converted 14,000 magnetic to digital records, and claimed the process saved a million dollars a year.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Make Tooth Decay Great Again: GOP Comes For Fluoride In Drinking Water  —  “There's a concern that it may be having a negative effect on the health of children,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, parroting RFK's false claims.  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, UPI, Bloomberg Law and Axios
Kris Van Cleave / CBS News:
FAA's head of air traffic retires early as agency replaces senior managers at Reagan National Airport  —  Tim Arel, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization, will retire early as part of the second round of buyouts at the Department of Transportation.
 
 
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200, Do Go Out of Business
Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
El Salvador Is Now Viewed as Safer to Visit Than France by the US
Discussion: Reuters and KRDO
Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Trump's very beautiful tariffs will fix America, masculinity and the family. It said so on Fox News
Graham Kates / CBS News:
President Trump's New York fraud debt tops $500 million
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Jeffries challenges Johnson to “one-on-one” House floor debate
Discussion: The Hill
Pew Research Center:
Americans Give Early Trump Foreign Policy Actions Mixed or Negative Reviews
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Faces New Deportation Challenge After Supreme Court Order
Associated Press:
Trump admin revokes legal status for migrants who entered the U.S. on Biden-era CBP One app
Reuters:
Trump plans to fine migrants $998 a day for failing to leave after deportation order
Paul Krugman:
Attack of the Quack-Industrial Complex
 

 
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