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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: Daily Mail, Asia Times and The Hill
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South China Morning Post:
Breaking |  China fires back with fresh 50% tariff in stern rebuke to Trump's escalation  —  Matching blows with Washington, Beijing's tariff hike brings the accumulative tariff total to 84% on goods from US, as trade war rapidly intensifies  —  China has announced the imposition …
Discussion: Semafor, Daily Mail and Bloomberg
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
China slaps 84% retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods in response to Trump  —  China has pushed back again on U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies by hiking its levies on U.S. imports to more than 80%.  —  Tariffs on U.S. goods entering China will rise to 84% from 34% starting April 10 …
Rachel Wolf / Fox Business:
Trump reciprocal tariffs, additional China levies take effect  —  White House confirms additional import duties on China as Trump pushes tariffs  —  The Trump administration is hitting China with harsher tariffs after the country failed to meet the president's 12:00 p.m. deadline on Tuesday to lift its retaliatory tariffs.
New York Times:
Live Updates: Markets Slide Further as U.S. Imposes Punishing Tariffs
Brian Evans / CNBC:
Dow futures tumble 700 points as China hits back at Trump's tariffs, Apple shares decline: Live updates
Discussion: Quartz and UPI
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Trump threw the economy into chaos because of a bizarre misinterpretation of one statistic  —  Donald Trump has been angry about trade for nearly half a century — and throughout all that time, he's kept on making the same complaint.  —  The problem, he says, is that the US has trade deficits with other countries.
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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: PBS NewsHour
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:   Trump's tariffs will damage the world
CNN:
Trump embraces ‘tailored’ tariff deals as foreign leaders look to sweeten their offers
Jack Blanchard / Politico:   A minute past midnight
Washington Post:
S&P 500 nears bear market, as highest tariffs in a century threaten trade
Discussion: Mediaite
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, IJR and The Hill
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DOGE to Shutter DOJ Tax Division
NOTUS:
Trump's Tariffs Are Costing Republican Donors.  Will They Cost GOP Campaigns Next?  —  Some major Republican donors are outraged about the president's tariff strategy, which makes midterm fundraising more complicated for the party.  — Copy  —  In the hours before the U.S.'s global …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: A dozen House Republicans mull defying Trump on tariff bill
Emese Bartha / Wall Street Journal:
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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Financial Times:
US Treasuries drop for second straight day after weak demand at $58bn auction
Discussion: Bloomberg and Semafor
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 …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Federal judge says White House's punishment of Associated Press is unconstitutional
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Dollar Confidence Crisis Is Here, Deutsche Bank Warns  —  The broad selloff in U.S. stocks and bonds, and the continuing decline in the dollar, represents a “simultaneous collapse in the price of all U.S. assets,” analysts at Deutsche Bank said Wednesday.  They warned that “unchartered territory” lies ahead.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
New York Times:
'Where's Alex?'  A Beloved Caregiver Is Swept Up in Trump's Green Card Crackdown … Alfredo Orellana, 31, was not just a caregiver for Luke Ferris, a 28-year-old with severe autism.  The pair worked out at the gym, got tacos and played video games together.  They exchanged elbow bumps.
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
Aaron Ross / Reuters:
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says  —  Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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 …
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Treasury's Bessent says economy “in pretty good shape” amid market rout  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that the economy was on steady footing, and played down the panic on display in financial markets as a result of the escalating global trade war.
Discussion: The Hill
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Tariffs Put Fed Chair Powell in a ‘No-Win Situation’  —  A trade war ties the Fed's hands by pushing up inflation at the same time that uncertainty is sapping growth  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is facing an increasingly dreadful task.  —  Economists, business owners …
 
 
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Nate Weisberg / Washington Monthly:
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