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Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Trump exempts phones, computers, chips from new tariffs … Smartphones and computers will be exempted from President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, according to new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  —  The guidance comes after Trump earlier this month imposed 125% tariffs …
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
CSMS # 64724565 - UPDATED GUIDANCE - Reciprocal Tariff Exclusion for Specified Products; April 5, 2025 Effective Date  —  The purpose of this message is to provide further guidance on the additional duties due on imported merchandise which were imposed by Executive Order 14257, issued April 2 …
Bloomberg:
Apple, Nvidia Score Relief From US Tariffs With Exemptions  —  President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs, representing a major reprieve for global technology manufacturers including Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp. even if it proves a temporary one.
Juliana Kim / NPR:
Smartphones and computers are now spared from Trump's reciprocal tariffs  —  The Trump administration has amended its list of imports that will be affected by sweeping global tariffs in order to exempt certain electronics, including smartphones and computers.
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: New Rule Exempts Smartphones and Computers From Most Tariffs  —  Where Things Stand  — Smartphone reprieve: The Trump administration published a rule late Friday night that appears to exempt many electronic parts and devices from most of the president's punishing tariffs …
Financial Times:   Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs
Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:   Trump tariffs on China will soon bring ‘irreversible’ damage to many American businesses
Politico:
Trump administration says wrongly deported man is alive in El Salvador prison  —  The U.S. government continued to refuse to provide any details about whether it has taken any steps to return him to the United States.  —  The Trump administration confirmed Saturday that Kilmar Abrego Garcia …
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Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador  —  Trump officials are talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador  —  Donald Trump and his White House have moved to deport green-card holders for espousing pro-Palestinian views …
Discussion: New Republic, Twitchy and Politico
Chandelis Duster / NPR:
Trump admin tells judge man wrongly deported to El Salvador is alive, still detained  —  A Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador is alive and still detained in the country, the Trump administration said in a filing to a federal judge on Saturday.
Discussion: Reuters, NBC News, CBS News, Law Dork and Axios
Washington Post:
Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to list immigrants as dead  —  A senior executive who objected was marched out of his office and put on leave, while earlier warnings about the agency's deaths database were ignored.  —  Just now  —  Two days after the Social Security …
Discussion: USA Today
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Senior Social Security official removed by security after pointing out illegal plans: WaPo
New York Times:
Whitmer Shows How Democrats Are Playing With Fire in Cozying Up to Trump  —  The Michigan governor's awkward Oval Office appearance reflected how several Democratic state leaders are cultivating cordial but politically risky relationships with the president.
Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Trump Can't Recall the Details of His Favorite Cognitive Test  —  AN APPLE A DAY  —  Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, “It's a pretty well known test.  Whatever it is.  I got every one right.”  —  President Donald Trump was unable to recall the details of the cognitive test …
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Deborah Brunswick / CNN:
‘Why are high fertility people always so weird?’:  A weekend with the pronatalists  —  CNN's Meena Duerson travels to Austin to join roughly 200 “pronatalists” for the second-ever Natal Conference, an event devoted to discussing the world's declining birth rates and potential solutions.
Washington Post:
‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump's push for mass deportations.  —  Immigration officers and analysts are increasingly skeptical the Trump administration can deport that many immigrants in a single year.  —  Just now  —  As the Trump administration aggressively pushes to deport …
Gabe Cohen / CNN:
Dozens of DHS staffers, including top FEMA officials, given lie detector tests over alleged leaks  —  The Department of Homeland Security has administered lie detector tests to about 50 staffers in recent weeks, including FEMA's acting administrator and roughly a dozen officials at the disaster relief agency …
Washington Post:
Paris said au revoir to cars.  Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.  —  Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.  —  Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries …
T. Christian Miller / ProPublica:
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”  —  Uncovered: How the Insurance Industry Denies Coverage to Patients  — Shortchanged: Blue Cross Louisiana OK'd mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay a hospital's full bills.  For some claims, it paid nothing.
New Yorker:
So You Want to Be a Dissident?  —  A practical guide to courage in Trump's age of fear.  —  Once upon a time—say, several weeks ago—Americans tended to think of dissidents as of another place, perhaps, and another time.  They were overseas heroes—names like Alexei Navalny and Jamal Khashoggi …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Far-right Republicans tease rebellion but fall in line when Trump asks  —  The House Freedom Caucus, which used to drive a hard bargain on spending, is facing an identity crisis and has capitulated when pressured by the president.  —  Just now  —  First, they threatened …
Discussion: Raw Story
Kara Voght / Washington Post:
In Trump's Washington, MAGA fashionistas lay claim to American hotness  —  At a party thrown by a conservative lifestyle publication, an “objectively beautiful lifestyle” and an “objectively superior worldview” go hand in hand.  —  “We are the zeitgeist now.”
Emily Badger / New York Times:
Musk's Latest Fraud Finding Isn't What It Seems  —  His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits.  But that fake data exists for a reason.  —  Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency announced this week that they had found something especially startling …
Will Hutton / The Guardian:
Donald Trump is now badly wounded.  Europe and the UK can seize an advantage  —  It's time to fashion a new global trade order without the US  —  The game-changing geopolitical event last week was the near collapse of the immense $29tn market in US government debt, threatening the stability …
Discussion: Fortune
Kevin M. Levin / Civil War Memory:
Trump Cuts Funds for Boston's Museum of African American History  —  When people ask me to take them to the most important historic site in Boston, I take them to the Museum of African American History (MAAH) on Beacon Hill.  The museum, located in Smith Court along Joy Street …
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Bill Maher Praises ‘Gracious,’ ‘Measured’ Trump After Wild White House Meeting: 'You Can Hate Me For It, But I'm Not a Liar'  —  Bill Maher praised President Donald Trump as “gracious” and “measured” during their recent White House meeting while providing a “book report” from the night's events to his audience.
Emma Tucker / CNN:
Harvard University professors sue Trump administration to block review of nearly $9 billion in federal funds  —  The Harvard faculty chapter of the American Association of University Professors, along with the national organization, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration …
Politico:
USDA's $1B bird flu plan uses money intended for schools, food banks  —  The move tees up a major political fight over the Trump administration's priorities — and the small pot of money USDA has to spread around.  —  Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' $1 billion plan for fighting bird flu …
Discussion: Carolina Journal
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
On the road, Bernie Sanders rallies crowds for his ‘working class movement’  —  Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are appearing together across the West in rallies aimed at mobilizing Democrats and independents against Trump.  —  just now  —  LOS ANGELES — Bernie Sanders launched the next round of his …
 
 
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Musk goes where no other Trump adviser can: Publicly disagreeing with the president
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
On April 4, Trump fired head of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) and director of the National Security Agency …
Politico:
Forget tariffs — Beijing is already choking off US exports on the sly
Discussion: Fortune
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Discussion: CBS News and Politico
Juliana Kim / NPR:
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Bloomberg:
The Trump Family Is Going All-In on Crypto Projects, From Bitcoin Mining to Stablecoins
Discussion: New York Times
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down
Discussion: Raw Story
Holman W. Jenkins, Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants to Be Impeached Again
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