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Trump's Lust for Power Cannot Be Satiated — It is a fool's errand to try to rationalize President Trump's obsession with tariffs. — This is not to say that people haven't tried. There are any number of theories that seek to explain Trump's preoccupation with tariffs and trade wars.
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HotAir, The Mahablog and PBS NewsHour
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China Has Readied a Trade-War Arsenal That Takes Aim at U.S. Companies — Beijing's strategy to hit back at Trump goes well beyond tariffs, targeting companies who bank on their China ties — In the years since President Trump's first trade war with China, Beijing has built an arsenal of tools to hit the U.S. where it hurts.
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New York Times, CNN, San Diego Union-Tribune and National Legal …, more at Techmeme »


Live Updates: Markets Slide Further as U.S. Imposes Punishing Tariffs
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Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect
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Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries, hits China harder with 125%

Trump pauses most of his new tariffs for 90 days, increases China tariffs to 125%

Trump's team and supporters justify abrupt tariff reversal: It's ‘The Art of the Deal,’ dummy
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The Atlantic, HuffPost, Associated Press, The Hill, Washington Post, Deseret News, The Japan Times, New Republic, Twitchy, Daily Mail, The Independent and Mediaite

Trump told people to buy. Hours later, his tariff pause sent markets soaring.
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Associated Press, Fox News, New Republic, WHDH-TV, Axios and The Independent

Trump announces pause in tariffs; markets jump
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Politico, The Atlantic, USA Today, One America News Network, Fox News, Breitbart, Roll Call, CBS News, Reason, The Gateway Pundit, Forbes and NPR

‘Economically Indefensible’: Trump's Bad Tariff Math Was Too Stupid To Implement
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American Enterprise Institute, The Daily Signal, Fox Business and Raw Story

Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for everyone but China
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Donald Trump Backs Down On His Trade War Against The World
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Trump Orders DOJ To Investigate Prominent Critic in Shocking Oval Office Remarks: 'I Think He's Guilty of Treason' — President Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor over his “anonymous” essay and book hammering Trump during his first term.
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Associated Press, Raw Story, The Hill and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship — RESTORING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum revoking any active security clearance held by Chris Krebs and his associates.
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Axios, USA Today, Federal News Network, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit, more at Techmeme »




How Musk and Trump Are Working to Consolidate Government Data About You — Databases that Elon Musk's team is trying to access include more than 300 personal details about members of the U.S. public. — The federal government knows your mother's maiden name and your bank account number.
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The Guardian, Bloomberg, Futurism and Rolling Stone
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US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission — The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE's work with federal agencies. — An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service …


Elon Musk's DOGE Is Getting Audited — The General Accountability Office's audit examines DOGE's handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED. — The General Accountability Office (GAO) is auditing Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
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Federal News Network


Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk — After more than an hour of labored negotiations with conservative holdouts, House G.O.P. leaders yanked their blueprint for the president's tax and spending package, lacking the votes to pass it. — Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday …
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CNN, Washington Examiner, Axios, Politico, USA Today, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, CBS News, Associated Press, The Hill, The Independent, ABC News, NBC News and Washington Post
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House GOP cancels budget vote as hard-liners agitate for more spending cuts in Trump's ‘beautiful’ bill
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Axios, Associated Press, Raw Story, Business Insider and ABC News

Republicans trying to change rules to avoid House vote on Trump tariffs
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HuffPost, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Fox News and The Hill


Kash Patel Quietly Removed as Acting ATF Director After Ghosting Gig — CANNED — He has been replaced by Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll after he reportedly did not show face in an ATF facility for weeks. — FBI Director Kash Patel has been quietly removed as the acting director …
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Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Purpose. Overregulation chokes the American economy and stifles personal freedom.
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Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window — The arrest was captured on camera by her daughter — This Monday started off like any other day for Karen Cruz Berrios. — The 18-year-old and her mother — Elsy Noemi Berrios, 52 …
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Reuters


Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii — As Tulsi Gabbard completed her transformation from a Hawaii Democratic politician to a MAGA surrogate last year, she put down stakes in a far redder state. Gabbard and her husband bought a home outside of Austin …
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Raw Story and The Daily Wire

Energy Dept. Instructs Employees to Gather Info on Deals with Law Firms — Emails obtained by Lawfare reveal that DOE instructed employees to gather information on business dealings between contractors and law firms. — Meet The Authors … The Department of Energy instructed employees …
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Law & Crime and Reason
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Trump signs order targeting law firm behind $787.5m Fox defamation suit
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Business Insider, New York Times and Above the Law

Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, judge rules
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Reuters, NPR, The Independent and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »


The Pool Filter — Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned—an unsettling development in the Trump administration's escalating war on the press. — At approximately six-thirty on Tuesday evening, Joseph Morton …
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Law & Crime


U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced it will begin screening immigrant's social media for evidence of antisemitic activity as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.
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DHS to Begin Screening Aliens' Social Media Activity for Antisemitism
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H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump — Just over a month ago, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell, four sources told CBS News. It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president.
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Mediaite


Social Security backs off cuts to phone services amid outcry — After weeks of confusion and outcry, the Social Security Administration said it is backing off its announced drastic cuts to phone services. — Why it matters: The changes would've strained an already backlogged agency …
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Washington Post, HuffPost, The Hill and The Daily Caller


Supreme Court lets Trump remove independent regulators, for now — The cases test the boundaries of presidential power and involve Gwynne Wilcox of the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board. — just now — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr …
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Washington Examiner, GovExec.com, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
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Supreme Court allows Trump to fire independent agency members
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HuffPost, CNN, Associated Press, Daily Caller News Foundation, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and RedState


NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University — Trump administration fires staff for flagship U.S. climate assessment — After April Fools' Day purge, U.S. health agencies spiral into chaos — Sifter — Gene editing fixes DNA—and treats incurable lung and liver disease


US Justice Dept bars its attorneys from participating in American Bar Association events — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday barred its attorneys from traveling to or speaking at American Bar Association events, in the latest salvo by President Donald Trump's administration …
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Trans pilot falsely blamed in D.C. plane crash sues conservative influencer — Military pilot Jo Ellis said she had to hire private armed security for her family because of the false claims, which went viral on social media. — A transgender military pilot filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday …
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HuffPost and New York Times

Mixed Signals on Alleged Alien Enemies — The Supreme Court insists on due process but offers no specifics and leaves hundreds in a Salvadoran prison with no remedy. — Meet The Authors … The Supreme Court's decision Monday in Trump v. J.G.G. has sent a strange set of mixed messages …
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HotAir, UPI, Politico, The Atlantic, Truthout, Above the Law, New Republic, HuffPost, Wall Street Journal, Reason, The Federalist and JONATHAN TURLEY


CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs — Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out teams working on research …