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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
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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 …
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 …
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.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Clown in a China Shop  —  A weird split-screen underway this morning: With Liberation Day tariffs slamming in place pretty much everywhere overnight, the wheels are well and truly coming off the economic bus.  J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said this morning on Fox News that a recession has become “a likely outcome.”
Reuters:
Has Trump cancelled Christmas? China's decorations makers report no US orders
Discussion: American Thinker
Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
Trump Pauses Higher Duties on Most Nations, Hikes China Rate
Eli Stokols / Politico:
As the trade war rattles bond markets, Trump advises to ‘BE COOL’
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
Washington Post:
IRS chief to quit over deal to share data with immigration authorities
Politico:
House GOP leaders move to quash vote on Trump's global tariffs  —  Republican leaders in the House are moving to short-circuit an attempt to force a vote on President Donald Trump's new global tariffs, repeating a maneuver they used earlier this year to block attempts to overturn narrower levies targeting Canada.
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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.
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Steve Doocy: Major GOP donors ‘terrified’ after Trump tariffs
Discussion: Mediaite
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Republicans who say they didn't vote for this economic crisis are wrong
Discussion: The Independent and The Hill
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
It's Republicans' Fault
Discussion: The Atlantic
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 8, 2025  —  Stocks were up early today as traders put their hopes in Treasury Secretary …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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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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 …
Colby Smith / New York Times:
U.S. Bond Sell-Off Raises Questions About ‘Safe Haven’ Status
Discussion: Reuters, Bloomberg and Semafor
Bloomberg:
About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record  — Men were accused of ties to Tren de Aragua criminal gang  — US court records show just a few charges for serious crimes  —  Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as …
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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.
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: Raw Story and The Hill
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 and Reuters
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 …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Kash Patel removed as acting ATF director, replaced by Army Secretary, sources say
Discussion: Breitbart
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Trump Has Targeted These Universities.  Why?  —  President Trump has set his sights on defunding colleges, singling out some of the world's wealthiest schools in what critics say is an attack on academic freedom.  —  The Trump administration is seeking to exert extraordinary influence …
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Inside a Powerful Database ICE Uses to Identify and Deport People  —  A powerful Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) database, parts of which have been seen by 404 Media, allows the federal government to search for and filter people by hundreds of different, highly specific categories.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Bessent cancels Hill appearance amid market turmoil  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent canceled a planned appearance on Capitol Hill Wednesday before a group of House Republicans.  Bessent had been scheduled to address the Republican Study Committee lunch, where he was expected …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Many lawyers who argue for Trump at Supreme Court are heading for the exit  —  At least half of the front-line attorneys in the solicitor general's office plan to leave, people familiar with the matter said, as Trump's emergency requests pile up at the high court.
Discussion: New Republic and Townhall
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
'I Know Musk's Secret Blueprint to Destroy Social Security from The Inside'  —  COLD AND CALCULATED  —  “I'm almost certain that the goal is privatization,” one 15-year veteran of the agency tells the Daily Beast.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Rennie Glasgow took a pay cut when he left a job in sales …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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.
Rep. Troy A. Carter, Sr / The Hill:
Lavish Trump spending undermines public trust  —  The Trump administration is forcing the American people to make sacrifices and endure “short-term” pain because of their policies.  Apparently, the need for sacrifice only applies to the American people, not Donald Trump.
 
 
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Kelsie Hoffman / CBS News:
RFK Jr. says he's “not familiar” with all health program cuts in exclusive interview
Discussion: The Hill, STAT and Washington Examiner
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
DOJ deals ‘major blow’ to Mexican cartels with $509 million drug bust by Coast Guard: Bondi
Discussion: ABC News
Politico:
Loomer sets her sights on Trump's nominee to serve as Pentagon's top lawyer
KWTX-TV:
High school students post photo on social media standing in front of a Nazi flag
NBC News:
Pete Hegseth senior adviser pushing for Pentagon to cut ties with Scouting America
 Earlier Items: 
Spencer Soper / Bloomberg:
Amazon Cancels Some Inventory Orders From China After Tariffs
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
IRS Acting Commissioner Is Resigning After Deal To Share Immigrants' Tax Information With ICE
Wall Street Journal:
Parents About to Tap 529 College Accounts Can't Wait Out Market Turmoil
Wall Street Journal:
Why Musk vs. Navarro Matters
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump tries to restore a grim era for American workers
Discussion: The Nation and Futurism
Washington Post:
Kari Lake to be detailed to State Department to dismantle VOA parent agency
David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can't bar its journalists
 

 
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