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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 …
Discussion: Reuters, Rolling Stone and ABC News
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Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Trump DOJ Flips Off SCOTUS in Brazen Update on Deported Dad  —  ‘BARBARIANS’  —  A senior department official stated that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was detained under the sovereign authority of El Salvador.  —  The Trump administration is continuing to seemingly do everything it can to avoid securing …
New York Times:
DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress  —  Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised.  But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.  —  Last week, Elon Musk indicated for the first time that his Department …
Paul Mason / The Atlantic:
Trump Brings Britain's ‘Moron Premium’ to the U.S. Economy  —  What America might have learned, but didn't, from Britain's 2022 financial-markets debacle  —  When donald trump launched his tariff war on April 2, lawmakers in Europe struggled to understand the strategy.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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The Kyiv Independent:
Russian strike kills at least 32, injures over 80 in Sumy on Palm Sunday  —  Editor's Note: This is a developing story.  —  A Russian ballistic missile strike killed dozens of people in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on the morning of Palm Sunday, Sumy Mayor Artem Kobzar reported on April 13.
Reuters:
Trump officials push immigrant gang message, but sometimes don't back it up in court  —  As U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cracks down on immigration, its officials have repeatedly publicly identified detainees as gang leaders or even terrorists, without attempting to back those inflammatory claims up in court.
Discussion: IJR
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Washington Post:
‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump's push for mass deportations.
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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Lori Ann LaRocco / CNBC:
Trump tariffs on China will soon bring ‘irreversible’ damage to many American businesses … Apple's iPhone and other technology hardware, from chips to PCs, received a China tariff reprieve from President Trump on Saturday, but for much of the U.S. economy and small business owners …
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Juliana Kim / NPR:
Smartphones and computers are now spared from Trump's reciprocal tariffs
Associated Press:
Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from reciprocal tariffs
Andrew Couts / Wired:
Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport  —  An email sent by the Department of Homeland Security instructs people in the US on a temporary legal status to leave the country.  But who the email actually applies to—and who actually received it—is far from clear.
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.
The Chicago Crusader:
Head of Smithsonian's Black Museum resigns amid Trump's attacks  —  Kevin Young, the director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C., resigned as President Donald Trump stepped up attacks with plans to overhaul the Smithsonian's landmark museums and cultural institutions.
Discussion: USA Today and Civil War Memory
Wall Street Journal:
Economic Outlook Dives Just Three Months Into Trump's Term  —  Probability of a recession leapt while growth outlook slumped, survey of economists finds  —  What a difference three months makes.  —  Since President Trump took office, economists have dramatically slashed estimates for growth …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Floods Supreme Court With Appeals to Push Through Agenda  —  Administration is quick with emergency requests to the justices, counting on conservative majority to reverse lower-court losses  —  WASHINGTON—A cascade of Trump administration cases is flooding the Supreme Court …
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.
Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
DOGE Goons Physically Drag Social Security Worker From Desk  —  TOSSED OUT  —  The high-ranking civil servant had opposed a plan to push out migrants by falsely listing them as dead.  —  A senior executive at the Social Security Administration was physically dragged from his office this week …
Discussion: Washington Post
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.
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 …
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 …
Jasmine Venet / The Daily Beast:
Teen Killed Parents To Fund Trump Murder Plot  —  A 17-year-old in Wisconsin planned to start a political revolution.  —  CAUSE FOR CONCERN  —  Fans called for BJ Penn to get help after he claimed his family had been “murdered and replaced by imposters.”  —  ISLAND IN THE SKY
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Musk goes where no other Trump adviser can: Publicly disagreeing with the president  —  The Trump adviser appears uninhibited in sharing his opinions — and that seems to be just fine with the president.  —  President Donald Trump is notorious for selecting advisers who closely follow his command — and firing those who don't.
 
 
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