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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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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:
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CNN, Washington Post and The Budget Lab at Yale


Does Trump Have a China Trade Strategy?
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China Raises Tariffs on U.S. Imports to 125%, Calling Trump's Policies a ‘Joke’
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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 …


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 …
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Federal News Network and The Hill


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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Trump DOJ Refuses to Comply With Judge's Order on Return of Wrongly Deported Dad
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The UnPopulist, Washington Examiner, Scripps News and Talking Points Memo

DOJ defies return plan deadline for wrongfully deported Maryland man
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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 …
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Raw Story and National Review
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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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Strength In Numbers and Jacobin
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DOGE's Methods May Be Chaotic, But They're Also Ineffective
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Fortune


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 …


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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BEST WEEK EVER: Trump Frees Hot Ballerina After Winning Trade War, Making Showers Great Again (PHOTOS)
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Russia and US bring ballerina and tech smuggler back home in prisoner swap
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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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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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Washington Post, The Hill, Futurism and SpaceNews
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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” …
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Bloomberg, Filosofa's Word and Raw Story


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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Townhall and Blaze Media
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U.S. Department of Education Announces Consequences for Maine's Title IX Noncompliance
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Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’
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them., The Maine Wire, Fox News, Kennebec Journal … and Phyllis Schlafly Eagles


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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Status, New York Times, Raw Story, HuffPost, The Bulwark and Business Insider
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MAGA Beekeeper Admits Trump Tariffs Have Cost Him Half His Business
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Raw Story


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 …


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
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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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Immigration judge allows Mahmoud Khalil deportation effort to proceed
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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 …
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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 …


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.
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Washington Examiner


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’


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.


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 …


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 …
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CNBC, Baltimore Sun, New Jersey Online, UPI and Mediaite


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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Breitbart, New York Post, The Maine Wire and Blaze Media


Mortgage rates surge over 7% as tariffs hit bond market … WATCH NOW — The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage surged 13 basis points Friday to 7.1%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That's the highest rate since mid-February. — Mortgage rates have been on a roller coaster ride …
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New York Times and The Status Kuo


Republicans may be poised to kill tens of thousands of jobs in districts that voted for Trump — Republican Rep. Joe Wilson believes former President Joe Biden's landmark climate law was “fraud.” He dislikes the tax credits it created for solar power and electric vehicles.