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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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Reuters:
US IRS chief to quit over deal to share data with immigration officials, report says  —  The acting head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service plans to resign over a new agreement to share the tax data of undocumented immigrants with Homeland Security personnel, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday …
Discussion: Politico, USA Today and IJR
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 …
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Top I.R.S. Officials Said to Resign After Deal to Give ICE Migrants' Data
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Disrupt Global Trade Without a Clear Strategy  —  The global trading system is only one example of the administration tearing something apart, only to reveal that it has no plan for how to replace it.  —  As the breadth of the Trump revolution has spread across Washington in recent weeks …
Discussion: Asia Times and The Hill
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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.
New York Times:
For U.S. and China, a Risky Game of Chicken With No Off-Ramp in Sight  —  Neither side wants to look weak by backing down on tariffs.  But if their trade relationship collapses, the global consequences could be profound.  —  A doubling of American tariffs on Chinese goods.
Jos Joseph / The Hill:
Trump just handed Democrats the golden ticket. Tariffs have unified the American electorate.
Discussion: Politico and Townhall
Reuters:
Limited options push China into trade ‘war of attrition’ with Trump
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Times
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump White House Won't Respond to Some Journalists Who Display Their Pronouns  —  Some Trump administration officials have declined to answer questions from several journalists on the basis of their email signatures.  —  The Trump administration formally barred federal workers from listing …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can't bar its journalists  —  A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press' full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish …
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.
Zach Montague / New York Times:   White House Must Allow The Associated Press Full Access to Trump, Judge Rules
Politico:
‘We are all waiting for a reply.’ Countries say White House hasn't responded on tariff talks.  —  The lack of engagement is one signal the White House is still far from reaching substantive trade deals ahead of the midnight deadline for stepped-up global tariffs to kick in.
Discussion: The Independent and The Hill
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Washington Post:
S&P 500 nears bear market, as highest tariffs in a century threaten trade
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
Trump embraces ‘tailored’ tariff deals as foreign leaders look to sweeten their offers
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Law firm WilmerHale asks federal judge to permanently block Trump's executive order against it
Discussion: PBS NewsHour
Wall Street Journal:
A Win-Win Exit Strategy for Trump on Tariffs
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: A dozen House Republicans mull defying Trump on tariff bill  —  At least a dozen House Republicans are considering signing onto Rep. Don Bacon's (R-Neb.) bill to restrict the White House's ability to impose tariffs unilaterally, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters …
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Politico:   House GOP leaders won't bring up District of Columbia funding fix bill this week
New York Times:
Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say  —  The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration's campaign against elite colleges.  —  The Trump administration …
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
Trump's tariffs will damage the world  —  The trade deficits will remain roughly unchanged — the globe will just end up poorer  —  Now we know which economy is the gravest threat to the US after China: Lesotho.  China currently has a combined tariff of 54 per cent under Donald Trump's new plan.
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Financial Times:   US Treasuries drop for second straight day after weak demand at $58bn auction
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 …
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 …
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, Slate and USA Today
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
Jessica Calarco / MSNBC:
There's something big missing from Trump's post-war manufacturing fantasy  —  Those who credit manufacturing jobs for a glorious past America mistake correlation for causation.  —  Many Trump supporters are celebrating his new tariffs on the hope that they'll make America great again …
Discussion: Fox Business
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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 …
Shira Stein / San Francisco Chronicle:
DOGE head denies responsibility for mass firings in private group chat message  —  WASHINGTON — Amy Gleason, acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, denied responsibility for widespread government layoffs in a message to industry colleagues obtained by the Chronicle.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Ken Paxton Says He Will Challenge Senator John Cornyn in 2026  —  The announcement by Mr. Paxton, the attorney general of Texas and a firebrand conservative, set up what is expected to be a blockbuster showdown in Texas.  —  Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, officially announced …
Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
17 Montana Republicans Cross Party Lines, Defeat Anti-Trans Bill After Nonbinary Rep's Speech  —  Erin In The Morning is a reader-supported publication.  To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a subscriber.  —  On Tuesday, Montana's House considered Senate Bill 164 …
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: CNBC, Semafor and NBC News
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 …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Kennedy's moves on measles don't quell criticism  —  Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s personal visit to the family of a Texas girl who died of measles appeared to mark a slight shift for the former anti-vaccine activist, who has sought to downplay the seriousness of the outbreak.
New York Times:
Trump's Gulag Archipelago  —  Of all the lawless acts by the Trump administration in its first two and a half months, none are more frightening than its dumping of human beings who have not had their day in court into an infamous maximum-security prison in El Salvador …
 
 
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Aaron Ross / Reuters:
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Carlos Gonzales / bellingcat:
US Border Patrol Called Raid 300 Miles From Border ‘Targeted’. Open Source Evidence Suggests Otherwise
Discussion: Mercury News
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
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Another Masterful Gambit: DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records
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Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Trump's very beautiful tariffs will fix America, masculinity and the family. It said so on Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Reviving a Struggling Coal Industry
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Live updates: Trump's approval hits new low after “Liberation Day” tariffs
 

 
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