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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 …
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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.
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Smartphones and computers are now spared from Trump's reciprocal tariffs
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Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
Trump tariffs on China will soon bring ‘irreversible’ damage to many American businesses
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: New Rule Exempts Smartphones and Computers From Most Tariffs
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Associated Press:
Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from reciprocal tariffs
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Auzinea Bacon / CNN:
Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump's latest tariffs
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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 …
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Sherrilyn Ifill / Sherrilyn's Newsletter:
Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners — If there is something you can do, even one thing, to ensure humanity exists behind bars, do it. —Albert Woodfox (2019) — Sherrilyn's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
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 …
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Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Harvard Professors Sue Trump Administration Over Threat to Cut Funding — The administration is reviewing about $9 billion in federal funding that the university receives. — Two groups representing Harvard professors sued the Trump administration on Friday, saying that its threat …
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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.
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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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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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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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 …
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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 Ngo / Politico:
Canadians freeze visits to the US over Trump — Tourism from the north tanks amid annexation talk, tariff whiplash and border stops. — NEW YORK — Marketers for top U.S. destinations are trumpeting a reminder to Canadians amid a dive in tourism: You're welcome here regardless of who's president.
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 …
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ABC News:
Wisconsin teen allegedly killed parents in extremist plot to assassinate Trump, FBI says — Nikita Casap, 17, is accused of killing his mother and stepfather. — Nikita Casap is shown in court in the screen grab from a video. — WISN — A Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents to …
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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.
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