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6:25 PM ET, April 11, 2025

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Stephen McDonell / BBC:
Why Beijing is not backing down on tariffs  —  In response to why Beijing is not backing down to Donald Trump on tariffs, the answer is that it doesn't have to.  —  China's leaders would say that they are not inclined to cave in to a bully - something its government has repeatedly labelled …
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Paul Krugman:
The Third-Worlding of America  —  Oops, they're doing it again.  —  Major news media …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Does Trump Have a China Trade Strategy?
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
China Raises Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125%, Calling Trump's Policies a ‘Joke’
Jason Douglas / Wall Street Journal:
The World Is Taking Urgent Steps to Prepare for Trade War Downturn
Zoë Schiffer / Wired:
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X  —  The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.  —  The Social Security Administration …
Discussion: Federal News Network and The Hill
Associated Press:
Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported  —  Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil can be deported as a national security risk, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday during a hearing over the legality of kicking the activist …
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ABC News:
Judge rules Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
Discussion: UPI, Al Jazeera and The Guardian
Adrian Florido / NPR:
Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
Trump tariff collection for freight shipments delayed by Customs ‘glitch’ … An alert from U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday notified users of a glitch in the system that is used to exempt freight from tariffs, including shipments from China that were already on the water …
Discussion: New Republic
Reuters:
Trump envoy's embrace of Russian demands worries Republicans, U.S. allies  —  Less than 48 hours after dining with a negotiator sent by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Washington last week, Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy leading talks with Moscow, sat down with President Donald Trump …
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Andrew Stiles / The Washington Free Beacon:
BEST WEEK EVER: Trump Frees Hot Ballerina After Winning Trade War, Making Showers Great Again (PHOTOS)  —  President Donald Trump is having one of the best weeks of his presidency.  The stock market surged on Wednesday after Trump declared victory against unfair trade practices.
Reuters:
Russia and US bring ballerina and tech smuggler back home in prisoner swap
John Ismay / New York Times:
Who's In and Who's Out at the Naval Academy's Library?  —  An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.  —  Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou's transformative best-selling …
Discussion: Raw Story
Makena Kelly / Wired:
Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project  —  For the last three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers, have been collaborating to build a “mega API,” WIRED has learned.  —  Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel …
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Washington Post:
Judge orders government to lay out steps for return of wrongly deported man  —  U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also directed the government to confirm the location of Kilmar Abrego García, who was deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison, by 9:30 a.m. Friday.  —  just now
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Politico:
White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research
Wall Street Journal:
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
Discussion: Strength In Numbers and Jacobin
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
DOGE's Methods May Be Chaotic, But They're Also Ineffective
Discussion: Fortune
Politico:
RFK Jr. says Deep State ‘is real,’ references past work with ‘the r—  d’ in speech to FDA staff  —  The HHS secretary's remarks shocked staffers at the Food and Drug Administration, prompting some of them to walk out.  —  HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s visit to the FDA Friday …
Financial Times:
European travellers cancel US visits as Trump's policies threaten tourism  —  International visitors stay away as political and economic tension and fears of a hostile border rise  —  The number of European travellers visiting the US has fallen sharply as political and economic tension …
Discussion: Daring Fireball
Politico:
State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’  —  “It's very 'Handmaid's Tale'-esque,” one official said.  —  The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” …
BBC:
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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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Head of US Space Force base in Greenland is fired after Vance visit
Bryan Mena / CNN:
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 …
Discussion: CNBC, Baltimore Sun and Mediaite
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New Republic:
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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Tom Sanders / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Beekeeper Admits Trump Tariffs Have Cost Him Half His Business
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA … This week, as part of the process to develop a budget for fiscal-year 2026, the Trump White House shared the draft version of its budget request for NASA with the space agency.  —  This initial version …
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Paul Voosen / Science:
Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency
Discussion: Inside Climate News
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Trump administration advances effort to pull Maine's federal K-12 funding over trans athletes  —  The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights launched a self-initiated investigation into the Maine agency for potentially violating Title IX.  —  The Education Department launched …
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U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Consequences for Maine's Title IX Noncompliance
Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
An Uprising at a Big Law Firm Targeted by Trump  —  [Editor's note, April 11, 2025, 1:40 p.m.: This story has been updated to reflect President Trump's announcement of an agreement with Kirkland & Ellis, A&O Sherman, Simpson Thatcher, and Latham & Watkins.]  —  MORE THAN 500 ASSOCIATES …
Emily Shapiro / Associated Press:
Small plane crashes in Boca Raton, Florida; all 3 on board killed  —  One man on the ground suffered non-life-threatening injuries.  —  Emergency crew inspects the site of a small plane crash, April 11, 2025 in Boca Raton, Fla.  —  All three people on board a small plane were killed …
Politico:
Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants  —  Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the US to El Salvador.  —  Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and a team of defense contractors are pitching the White House …
Discussion: NextDraft and Slate
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her  —  President Trump's immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine.  She fears arrest if she is deported there.  —  President Trump's immigration …
New York Times:
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’
Associated Press:
Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading  —  The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds.
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
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.
Luke Gentile / Washington Examiner:
Joe Concha uses his daughter's experience to defend Maine father silenced while protecting girls sports  —  Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha detailed how his young daughter recently had to share the soccer field with a high school boy when defending a Maine father who was silenced trying to defend girls' sports.
 
 
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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians
Discussion: The Hill, Reuters and Asia Times
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Trump likely to propose pay freeze for federal workers in 2026
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Justice Dept. fires longtime spokesperson who worked for Robert Mueller and Jack Smith
Discussion: CNBC
CNN:
Republicans may be poised to kill tens of thousands of jobs in districts that voted for Trump
Diana Olick / CNBC:
Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market
Discussion: The Status Kuo
 Earlier Items: 
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Top U.S. Prosecutor in New Jersey, a Trump Loyalist, Targets Governor
Arthur Allen / KFF Health News:
Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People
Discussion: Mediaite
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
Trump is trying to quietly wrest control of a top federal civil rights board
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
How Politicians Get Their Bad Ideas
Daisy Dumas / The Guardian:
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister's memorial
Ian Hodgson / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida's DOGE agency asks university faculty to hand over research
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Yes, they voted for this  —  🐍 With corporate outlets obeying in advance …
Discussion: The Downballot
 

 
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
The stripped-down festivities at the WHCD reflected the somber tone in Washington, with White House journalists using the event to celebrate the First Amendment

Bloomberg:
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