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11:55 AM 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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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.
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.
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: Rolling Stone
NBC News:
A ‘disaster’: Gretchen Whitmer's talk on tariffs and meeting with Trump anger fellow Democrats  —  The Michigan governor tried to play nice with Trump.  Instead, there's a sense in the party that she got played when the president used her as a bipartisan Oval Office prop.
The Guardian:
The Guardian view on Trump's trade war: no one will win, but China is taking the long view  —  Beijing is braced for turbulence due to swingeing tariffs.  But it sees a bigger, more promising story of US hegemonic decline  —  No one, least of all consumers and workers, will win the ferocious trade war that Donald Trump has unleashed.
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. Market Rally Fades as China Trade Tensions Intensify
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:   Trump Is Showing Why Dictatorships Fail
Washington Post:
The 18 hours that changed Trump's mind on trade
Discussion: Daily Mail
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:   When Autocrats Screw Up  —  Acting president Elon Musk declared that tariff cheerleader Peter Navarro “is truly a moron.”
New York Times:
U.S. and China Headed for ‘Monumental’ Split, Putting World Economy on Edge
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's tariff whiplash leaves world dazed and confused
David Rothkopf / Need to Know:
The Markets Have the Whip Hand Over Trump
Discussion: Associated Press and Reuters
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson presses forward with budget vote despite conservative opposition  —  Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune sought to present a united front as they try to sway the GOP holdouts who have threatened to tank the plan for Trump's agenda.
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Punchbowl News:
4/10/25 ☀️ AM: … Johnson and House GOP leaders delayed a vote …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Why Republicans in Congress Are Hiding Their Panic
Discussion: Axios and Deseret News
Washington Post:
Live updates Democrats seize on volatility of Trump trade policies
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
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  —  The Trump administration is preparing to send more immigrants with criminal records to El Salvador's notorious mega prison on the heels of a Supreme Court order allowing the use …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
House Republicans Are Set to Pass a Voter Suppression Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions  —  Two weeks after Donald Trump issued a sweeping anti-voting executive order, the House of Representatives is set to pass a measure, the SAVE Act, that is described by voting rights advocates …
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 …
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David Gilmour / Mediaite:   Trump White House Accused of Cutting Press Pool Reports 'It Doesn't Like' From Distribution List
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 …
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.
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 …
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: Fox News
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.
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 …
Isabella Kwai / New York Times:
American Is Arrested in Thailand on Charges of Criticizing Royalty  —  The U.S. State Department said it was alarmed at the arrest of Paul Chambers, a lecturer in civil-military relations, under Thailand's strict lèse-majesté laws.  —  The arrest of an American academic …
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  Overregulation chokes the American economy and stifles personal freedom.
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Trump administration ends union dues collection for most feds without notice  —  The Trump administration has apparently ceased collecting federal workers' union dues via voluntary payroll deduction at agencies targeted by a recent executive order seeking to strip employees …
Discussion: Nextgov/FCW
Science:
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University  —  Trump administration fires staff for flagship U.S. climate assessment  —  After April Fools' Day purge, U.S. health agencies spiral into chaos  —  Sifter  —  Gene editing fixes DNA—and treats incurable lung and liver disease
 
 
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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: Raw Story
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Financial Times:
Musk's Doge fired self-drive car safety experts at agency that regulates Tesla
Discussion: TechCrunch and New Republic
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
American ballerina released from Russia in prisoner exchange: Rubio
Bloomberg:
Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Funding to Sanctuary Cities
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Mediaite and UPI
Washington Post:
Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jory Heckman / Federal News Network:
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Greenland ‘Freedom City’? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north
Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
US intelligence investigating whether FBI involved in 2021 Capitol riot
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
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CNN:
Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii
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