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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
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.
Discussion: Vox and PBS NewsHour
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Markets Slide Further as U.S. Imposes Punishing Tariffs  —  President Trump's latest moves included a 104 percent tariff on Chinese goods.  Stocks and bonds slumped as Beijing hit back with its own levies and European leaders prepared retaliation measures.  —  Here's the latest.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries, hits China harder with 125% … President Donald Trump on Wednesday dropped tariffs under his new trade plan to 10% on imports from most countries, as he announced a 90-day pause for higher, so-called reciprocal tariffs that took effect on many countries this week.
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, increases China tariffs to 125%  —  President Trump on Wednesday announced a 90-day pause on most of his new tariffs, and a lowering of the “reciprocal tariff” rate to 10%, effective immediately, he said on Truth Social.
Brian Evans / CNBC:
Dow futures tumble 700 points as China hits back at Trump's tariffs, Apple shares decline: Live updates
Axios:
Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for everyone but China
Politico:
China issues US travel advisory as Trump ramps up tariff retaliation
Discussion: The Hill, Politico, UPI and The Daily Wire
HuffPost:
Donald Trump Backs Down On His Trade War Against The World
Duane Patterson / HotAir:
So About That Recession...  Good news!  I bring you good tidings and great cheer.  You can retire again.
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
New York Times:
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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Wired:
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).
Discussion: Federal News Network
Wired:   US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House GOP moves to turn off ability to force vote on rescinding Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs  —  House Republicans are moving to turn off Democrats' ability to force a vote on rescinding the sweeping global tariffs imposed by President Trump as part of his “Liberation Day” announcement.
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Politico:
House GOP leaders move to quash vote on Trump's global tariffs
Discussion: The Hill and MSNBC
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Leaders Press Ahead With Budget Vote as Defectors Dig In
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Ben Jacobs / Politico:
Dems mock GOP attempts to rename Gulf of Mexico
Discussion: Raw Story and Florida Politics
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Bessent cancels Hill appearance amid market turmoil
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Exclusive: Kash Patel removed as acting ATF director, replaced by Army Secretary, sources say  —  FBI Director Kash Patel was removed as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and replaced by U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll, four people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
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Reuters:
FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives  —  Trump appointee replaced by US army secretary Daniel Driscoll, four people familiar with the matter said  —  The FBI director Kash Patel was quietly removed as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
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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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
ICE Director: Deportation Should Operate Like Amazon ‘But With Human Beings’
Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and ABC News
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USCIS:
DHS to Begin Screening Aliens' Social Media Activity for Antisemitism  —  WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens' antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.
Felix Salmon / Axios:
The bond market plunges as crisis brews  —  The price of U.S. Treasury bonds is plunging, in what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday called “deleveraging convulsions.”  The effect is to raise borrowing costs just as recession fears spike.  —  Why it matters: The last thing America needed …
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Emese Bartha / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Treasury Yields Jump as Trump Tariffs Fuel Bond Selloff
New York Times:
How Trump Is Putting Law Firms in a No-Win Situation  —  As Willkie Farr & Gallagher learned, cutting a deal with the White House can avert a financially punitive executive order.  But doing so can draw internal rebukes and external criticism.  —  Willkie Farr & Gallagher last week became …
Discussion: The Hill
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire independent agency members  —  The case raises broad constitutional questions about whether Congress could set up agencies that prevented the president from removing officials without cause.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Some elite Trump supporters are having regrets.  We asked them why.  —  President Donald Trump's tariffs haven't only demolished trillions in wealth and raised the chance of a global recession.  They've also led some prominent Trump supporters to wonder whether they made a huge mistake.
CNBC:
European Union approves first set of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports … The European Union on Wednesday voted to approve its first set of retaliatory measures to counter tariffs imposed by the U.S. on steel and aluminum.  —  The European Commission, the bloc's executive arm, said duties would start being collected from April 15.
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Politico:
EU takes revenge on Trump's tariffs as countries approve €20B+ retaliation
Emily Peck / Axios:
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
CNN:
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Takes Aim at Low-Pressure Showers With Executive Order  —  Order would roll back Obama- and Biden-era restrictions on water pressure  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump took aim Wednesday at a low-pressure target: wimpy showers.  —  Trump plans to sign an executive order on Wednesday rolling …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Cuts Research Funding, Claiming It Creates ‘Climate Anxiety’  —  The cuts to a Princeton University program come as the Trump administration has been reviewing an array of research grants related to global warming.  —  The Trump administration announced …
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Gabbard's Pick to Run Counterterrorism Center Aided Start of a Right-Wing Paramilitary Group  —  When Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, went looking for someone to head the National Counterterrorism Center, she landed on Joe Kent, a former Green Beret, past CIA officer …
 
 
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Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Nuclear Energy Support Near Record High in U.S.
Discussion: The Hill and The Post Millennial
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
We Don't Have Dictators In America  —  What's missing from the fight over Trump's tariff fiasco.
JT Morris / Persuasion:
A Free Speech Fight in Maine
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Trump Has Targeted These Universities. Why?
Rep. Troy A. Carter, Sr / The Hill:
Lavish Trump spending undermines public trust
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Inside a Powerful Database ICE Uses to Identify and Deport People
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
'I Know Musk's Secret Blueprint to Destroy Social Security from The Inside'
Discussion: Raw Story
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Many lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are heading for the exit
Discussion: Bloomberg, New Republic and Townhall
KWTX-TV:
High school students post photo on social media standing in front of a Nazi flag
Discussion: Blaze Media
Wall Street Journal:
Why Musk vs. Navarro Matters
New York Times:
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Wall Street Journal:
Dollar Confidence Crisis Is Here, Deutsche Bank Warns
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
 

 
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