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12:45 PM ET, April 10, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect  —  Treasury secretary helped persuade president to take time to negotiate with trading partners in face of pressure from business leaders  —  President Trump finally blinked.  —  It took a week for the plunge in the stock …
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Paul Krugman:
Trump Is Stupid, Erratic and Weak  —  The disaster of Trumponomics continues  —  Live shot of Donald Trump setting tariffs:  —  And here's what happened yesterday:  —  Anyone sounding the all-clear on tariffs, or Trump economic policy in general, should be kept away from sharp objects and banned from operating heavy machinery.
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He Will Consider Exempting Some U.S. Companies From Tariffs  —  President Trump said Wednesday that he's considering granting some U.S. companies an exemption from his tariff program.  “There are some that have been hard,” Trump told reporters when asked about companies requesting exemptions.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
We Just Saw the Cracks in Trump's Wall of Power  —  The past week undermined the narrative that has surrounded the president — that he is a political juggernaut able to run roughshod over his party and beyond.  —  The opening months of President Donald Trump's second term have been studded …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’: Inside Trump's Reversal on Tariffs  —  Economic turmoil, particularly a rapid rise in government bond yields, caused President Trump to reverse course on the steep levies.  —  For the past week, President Trump has been urging calm in the face …
Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
Forget Trade.  Here's the Real Reason Trump Wants Tariffs  —  A power-crazy president is using tariff relief to force big business to kiss his ring.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Trillions of dollars lost.  The stock market in turmoil.  A recession possibly around the corner.
Discussion: Washington Post
NBC News:
A ‘disaster’: Gretchen Whitmer's talk on tariffs and meeting with Trump anger fellow Democrats
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. Market Rally Fades as China Trade Tensions Intensify
Avery Lotz / Axios:
“Market manipulation”: Democrats scrutinize Trump's posts ahead of tariff pause
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez: Colleagues ‘should probably disclose’ recent stock purchases now
Discussion: The Guardian
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Trade Math Ignores a Major Export: American Services
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump's Encouragement of Stock Investors Draws Scrutiny
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:   When Autocrats Screw Up  —  Acting president Elon Musk declared that tariff cheerleader Peter Navarro “is truly a moron.”
Washington Post:
The 18 hours that changed Trump's mind on trade
Discussion: Daily Mail
Nik Popli / Time:
Adam Schiff Calls For Insider Trading Investigation into Trump Over Tariff Pause
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
House Republicans Just Passed a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions  —  Two weeks after Donald Trump issued a sweeping anti-voting executive order, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed a measure, the SAVE Act, that is described by voting rights advocates …
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House GOP adopts Trump budget blueprint after last-minute scramble  —  House Republicans on Thursday adopted the Senate's framework that will be used to enact key parts of President Trump's legislative agenda, getting the blueprint over the finish line after a last-minute scramble to win …
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Republican-led House passes bill to limit nationwide orders from federal district judges
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson presses forward with budget vote despite conservative opposition
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Why Republicans in Congress Are Hiding Their Panic
Discussion: Axios and Deseret News
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
House Republicans pass bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote
NPR:
House approves budget framework, kickstarting work on Trump's domestic agenda
Axios:
White House axes land bureau pick after past Jan. 6 criticism  —  The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of Kathleen Sgamma to be director of the Bureau of Land Management, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Mike Lee said Thursday.  —  Why it matters …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
John Roberts will save the judiciary if he has to burn it down  —  ✍️ ⚖️ ✍️ With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.
Discussion: Default, Law & Crime and Truthout
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:   Trump administration prepares to send more deported migrants to notorious El Salvador prison
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
Trump Refuses to Bring Back Those Wrongly Detained in El Salvador. You Could Be Next.
Discussion: The Nation and Associated Press
Josh Funk / Associated Press:
Egg prices increase to record high despite Trump's predictions and bird flu outbreak slowing  —  U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump's predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks.
Discussion: Mercury News, Quartz and Fortune
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Politico:
Feds move to drop criminal case against man they previously called a major gang leader  —  Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and President Donald Trump celebrated his arrest.  —  Federal prosecutors have abruptly abandoned the criminal case against a Virginia man portrayed by the Justice Department …
Maddy Lauria / NPR:
Judge finds Newsmax aired false and defamatory claims about voting-tech company  —  A Delaware judge, once again, has found that a conservative news outlet broadcast false and defamatory claims about the role a voting technology company played in the 2020 presidential election.
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies  —  The president targeted two officials from his first administration and an elite law firm as part of his campaign for retribution.  —  President Trump on Wednesday signed executive orders punishing two officials …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Pool Filter  —  Some White House pool reports are no longer making it to the official distribution list, Status has learned—an unsettling development in the Trump administration's escalating war on the press.  —  At approximately six-thirty on Tuesday evening, Joseph Morton …
New York Times:
Top Pro Bono Leader Resigns from Paul Weiss, a Firm Hit in Trump's Crackdown on Big Law  —  Steven Banks, who once ran New York's social services department, said he wanted to return to helping the homeless.  He leaves within weeks of the elite firm striking a deal with President Trump.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Daily Mail
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump  —  Just over a month ago, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell, four sources told CBS News.  It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president.
John-John Williams IV / The Baltimore Banner:
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 …
Discussion: Washington City Paper and Fox News
 
 
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Elizabeth Goitein / Brennan Center for Justice:
How the President Is Misusing Emergency Powers to Impose Worldwide Tariffs
Discussion: Reason and Vox
CNN:
Trump administration has tightly restricted access to president's daily intelligence brief
Gregg Gonsalves / The Nation:
Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge
Discussion: STAT and Raw Story
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
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Financial Times:
Musk's Doge fired self-drive car safety experts at agency that regulates Tesla
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Washington Post:
Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
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OPM lacks funds to relocate ‘significant’ number of remote employees in return-to-office plans
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Greenland ‘Freedom City’? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Trump administration ends union dues collection for most feds without notice
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NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
 

 
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