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Fox News Accidentally Wrecks Trump's Tariff Spin as MAGA Panic Worsens — After President Trump's supposed tariff “pause,” we still have a 10 percent tariff on most global imports; the trade war with China is intensifying; and markets have plunged again. Fox News figures are aggressively spinning the …
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The Third-Worlding of America — How to destroy 80 years of credibility in less than 3 months — Oops, they're doing it again. — Major news media organizations sanewashed Donald Trump all through the 2024 campaign, cleaning up his incoherence and downplaying his extreme policy positions.


China Raises Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125%, Calling Trump's Policies a ‘Joke’ — Beijing's retaliation came after the White House ratcheted up its tariff on Chinese goods to 125 percent, on top of an existing 20 percent tax. — 阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
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Trump is waiting for Xi to call. The Chinese see it differently — A tariff reprieve from President Donald Trump sent global markets soaring on Wednesday, with the White House saying it's been in touch with dozens of countries about striking deals, lining up calls and meetings in the coming weeks.
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China raises tariffs on U.S. goods to 125 percent as trade war deepens
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Trump brags in Oval Office that his billionaire pals made a killing in stocks after he pulled the plug on tariffs
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Consumers now face “tariff surcharges” for some goods as companies pass along costs

China Raises Tariffs on US Goods to 125% in Retaliation
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The Tariff Madness Isn't Over — When Donald Trump paused many of his awful “Liberation Day” …
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See why Trump's reversal actually increased tariff rates
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Trump trade advisor says stock market plunge ‘No big deal’: Live updates
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Donald Trump Is Raising Your Taxes, and Republicans Won't Stop Him
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US fires Greenland military base chief for ‘undermining’ Vance — The head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark. — The US military's Space Operations Command …
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Space Force Commander in Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vance After His Visit — Just days after Vice President JD Vance's March visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, the installation commander sent out an email to the base distancing it from Vance's criticism of Denmark …


U.S. Military Removes Commander of Greenland Base After Vance Visit
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Greenland space base commander removed after Vance visit
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US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit
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Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man — The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must work to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to prison in El Salvador, rejecting the administration's emergency appeal.
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DOJ seeks more time to answer questions on wrongfully deported Maryland man — Chloe Atkins — Gary Grumbach and Dareh Gregorian — The Justice Department says it needs more time to answer questions about its efforts to return a wrongfully deported Maryland man from an El Salvador prison.
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Breaking: SCOTUS says Trump admin must “facilitate” Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return

Trump pushes Congress to make daylight saving permanent
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US Supreme Court tells Trump administration to facilitate return of Salvadoran man deported in error
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Supreme Court Sides With Wrongly Deported Migrant
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Government Spending Continues to Climb Even as DOGE Touts Cuts — Musk team's $150 billion in savings barely dents $6.8 trillion in spending largely on autopilot, WSJ analysis finds — Cumulative total spending since Trump's inauguration compared with the same periods in 2023 and 2024
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US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952 — Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy. — Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday …


Trump doubles down on prosecuting his political enemies — I've got to hand it to President Trump. I would not have thought it possible, but he did something on Wednesday that distracted me from his tariff train wreck. — Of course, I'm not saying this is a good thing.
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U.S. cyber defenders shaken by Trump's attack on their former boss
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The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges — Christopher Rufo has helped inspire Republican messaging and bills on hot-button issues. — Produced by Eric Krupke and Asthaa Chaturvedi — Original music by Marion Lozano and Dan Powell — Listen and follow ‘The Daily’


Social Security Lists Thousands of Migrants as Dead to Prompt Them to ‘Self-Deport’ … Migrants who arrived in New York last year waited for shelter assignments at the Roosevelt Hotel.Todd Heisler/The New York Times — Since taking office, the Trump administration has moved aggressively …
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AI Slop Farms Are Churning Out Fake Heartwarming Videos About Trump Figures — Machine-made YouTube videos are racking up views while fooling the MAGA faithful. — The judge demanded that White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt remove her cross necklace, but soon he was humiliated.


How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives — One of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency lieutenants working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing dubious claims about noncitizens voting, apparently using access to data …
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Florida's DOGE agency asks university faculty to hand over research — A letter sent last week asks colleges to compile a list of all research and grants. — Gov. Ron DeSantis' office has asked colleges and universities across Florida to hand over detailed information on grants received …


CDC's cruise ship inspectors laid off amid bad year for outbreaks — All of the full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vessel Sanitation Program are now off the job, multiple officials tell CBS News, gutting the agency's ability to investigate outbreaks and conduct health inspections on cruise ships.
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Massive cuts to NASA science proposed in early White House budget plan — The preliminary version of President Donald Trump's budget proposal to Congress, known as a “passback,” would cut the agency's science budget funding nearly in half. — NASA's science budget could be cut nearly …
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Six people have died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in New York City, an AP source says — A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, killing all six people aboard in the latest high …
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Visas revoked for students, graduates at multiple Texas universities amid deportation efforts — A growing number of international students attending Texas universities have had their visas revoked by the U.S. government as part of a nationwide crackdown on student activism at public campuses.
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In Cabinet Meeting, Musk Seems to Drastically Lower DOGE's Savings Goal — Musk said his group was on pace to cut $150 billion from the federal budget in one budget year. That would be a sharp drop from his previous stated goal of $1 trillion. — While stumping for Donald J. Trump during …
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