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5:40 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 organizations sanewashed Donald Trump all through the 2024 campaign, cleaning up his incoherence and downplaying his extreme policy positions.  Aaron Rupar reminds us of this:
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’
Zach Montague / New York Times:   The legal organization behind a lawsuit challenging President Trump's tariffs is funded by groups linked to Charles Koch and Leonard A. Leo.
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
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
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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge demands ‘daily updates’ on whether Trump admin is complying with court order to return illegally deported man
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and National Review
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Bloomberg:
RFK Jr. Warns FDA Staff of ‘Deep State’ in All-Hands Meeting
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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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)
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 …
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
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Trump's draft budget eviscerates weather and climate tracking and research  —  The Trump administration plans to eliminate the research arm of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, close all weather and climate labs and eviscerate its budget along with several other NOAA offices …
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Politico:   White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research
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
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
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” …
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
NPR:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, AMAC and Rolling Stone
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Makena Kelly / Wired:   Palantir Is Helping DOGE With a Massive IRS Data Project
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 …
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Announces Consequences for Maine's Title IX Noncompliance  —  The Department of Education Is Referring the Case to the Department of Justice; Initiating Federal Funding Termination Proceeding  —  Today, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) …
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Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
Trump administration advances effort to pull Maine's federal K-12 funding over trans athletes
Discussion: Townhall and Blaze Media
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
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’
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has rejected a request from health officials in Milwaukee for help with a lead poisoning investigation, after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eliminated the agency's response team.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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, Slate and CNN
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Arthur Allen / KFF Health News:
Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People  —  President Donald Trump's firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Justice Dept. fires longtime spokesperson who worked for Robert Mueller and Jack Smith
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Justice Department expands its retribution to American Bar Association
Discussion: New York Times
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
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
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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
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Yes, they voted for this  —  🐍 With corporate outlets obeying in advance …
Discussion: The Downballot