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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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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.
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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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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.
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Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, increases China tariffs to 125%
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Republicans trying to change rules to avoid House vote on Trump tariffs
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House GOP moves to turn off ability to force vote on rescinding Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
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Trump pauses reciprocal tariffs for 90 days for everyone but China
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The Art of the Retreat — Ask President Donald Trump's aides and allies, and they'll tell …
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Johnson Delays Budget Vote As G.O.P. Defectors Balk
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Live updates: S&P 500 soars 9.5% to one of its biggest gains since WWII after Trump limits some tariffs
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A Clown in a China Shop
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China issues US travel advisory as Trump ramps up tariff retaliation
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Trump announces pause in ‘reciprocal’ tariffs for all countries but China
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Stocks turn higher as trade war escalates: Live Updates
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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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Bloomberg, The Guardian and Futurism
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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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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 …


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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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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President Trump Signs EOs Directing DOJ to Investigate Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs
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Trump Takes Aim at Low-Pressure Showers With Executive Order
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Trump orders investigations of Chris Krebs, Miles Taylor
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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 …
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Above the Law and Daily Kos
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Energy Dept. Instructs Employees to Gather Info on Deals with Law Firms
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Law & Crime and Reason


Trump signs order targeting law firm behind $787.5m Fox defamation suit
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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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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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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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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 …


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


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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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


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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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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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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Supreme Court allows Trump to fire independent agency members
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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


U.S. Treasury Yields Jump as Trump Tariffs Fuel Bond Selloff — The increase in long-end Treasury yields prompted a rise in European counterparts, though the selloff in Europe was less intense — U.S. Treasury yields continued to surge after President Trump's sweeping duties …
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The bond market plunges as crisis brews
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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.