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Financial Times:
Xi Jinping warns ‘no winners’ from Trump trade war as he heads to Vietnam — Chinese leader seeks to strengthen ties with export-dependent economies facing high US levies — Xi Jinping has warned that US protectionism will “lead nowhere” as the Chinese leader embarked on a tour of Vietnam …
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Reuters:
China, Vietnam sign agreements on supply chains, railway cooperation — China and Vietnam signed dozens of cooperation deals on Monday, including on production and supply chains as well as railway cooperation, as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Southeast Asian nation, footage of the signed documents seen by Reuters showed.
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The Diplomat
New York Times:
Trump Signals New Tariffs on Chips, Calling Exclusions Temporary — On Friday, the administration carved out an exception for a variety of electronics from the steep taxes now applied to Chinese imports. — President Trump signaled on Sunday that he would pursue new tariffs …
Luke Garrett / NPR:
Trump mulls semiconductor levies after lifting reciprocal tariffs on electronics
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Allies Are Sitting Out Trump's Trade War With China
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Exceptional Tariff Weekend
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump is pursuing a radical agenda. Does he have a strategy, or is he winging it?
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
China Would Lose a ‘Trade War’ With the US—'Gradually, then Suddenly'
CNN:
Suspect arrested after arson at Pennsylvania governor's house forced Shapiro and family to evacuate — A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an arson fire at the Pennsylvania governor's house as the governor and his family slept inside. — Harrisburg Bureau of Fire responded …
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Yasmeen Hamadeh / The Daily Beast:
Josh Shapiro's Firebombed House Revealed in New Inside Pics — SCORCHED EARTH — Photos show the horrific aftermath after an alleged 38-year-old arsonist set fire to the Pennsylvania governor's home. — New photos have been released capturing the horrific aftermath of a suspected arson attack …
NBC News:
Suspect in custody after overnight fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence — Shapiro said his family was evacuated from the official Harrisburg residence at 2 a.m. and that no one was injured. — One person is in custody in relation to the fire set to to Gov. Josh Shapiro's official residence …
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Harrisburg man to be charged with attempted murder for setting fire to Gov. Josh Shapiro's Harrisburg residence
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New York Times:
Suspect Charged in Arson at Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion
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Chandelis Duster / NPR:
Suspect arrested after fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence, police say
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Man arrested in suspected arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro's residence
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María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
Suspect Held in Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion Arson Attack
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found — An internal memo, prepared days before Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE agents, raises doubts about the Trump administration's claims that she supports Hamas. — Just now
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Politico:
Trump administration contends it has no duty to return illegally deported man to US — The administration's position suggests officials do not view the Supreme Court's order as compelling them to seek Abrego Garcia's return. — The Trump administration insisted Sunday that it has no legal obligation …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines — An emergency Sunday Triad, because I'm concerned that people don't appreciate how important this week will be for American democracy and our constitutional order. — Buckle up. — Join now — 1. Escape — If you were Chris Krebs, would you flee the country?
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
U.S. Renews Opposition to Bringing Back Maryland Man Wrongly Deported to El Salvador
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BBC:
Mario Vargas Llosa: Giant of Latin American literature dies at 89 — Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru, was a towering figure in Latin American literature and culture who rarely shied away from controversy. — With more than 50 works to his name …
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Bloomberg:
Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peru Novelist, Dies at 89 — One of the foremost writers and intellectuals in Latin America — He ran an unsuccessful campaign for president in 1990 — Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature …
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Washington Post:
Official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves State Department — Pete Marocco, a Trump administration official, left his position after less than three months. He and Elon Musk both recommended severe cuts to the aid agency. — Pete Marocco, a State Department official who oversaw …
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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
China Halts Critical Exports as Trade War Intensifies — Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world's car, semiconductor and aerospace industries. — China has suspended exports of a wide range of critical minerals and magnets …
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David Allen Green / The Law and Policy Blog:
A note about injunctions in the context of the Abrego Garcia case — What courts can and cannot order - and what those injuncted can and should do — In the United States the constitutional crisis seems to have intensified overnight, with the US government appearing to flout an injunctive order …
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The Federalist
Max Rivlin-Nadler / Hell Gate:
Andrew Cuomo Used ChatGPT For His Housing Plan — On Saturday, former governor and leading Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo released his plan for “Addressing New York's Housing Crisis.” — The 29-page plan itself is fairly unremarkable—much of it is spent talking …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Johnson: US must ‘eliminate people on Medicaid’ who are not ‘eligible to be there’ — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Republicans would protect entitlement programs as they press ahead with deep cuts to federal spending, but added the government must “eliminate people on Medicaid” who are not “eligible to be there.”
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Amanda Friedman / Politico:
JB Pritzker doubts Republican promises on Medicaid
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Tej Parikh / Financial Times:
Nostalgia for manufacturing will make the US poorer — Donald Trump's vision to onshore factory jobs reverses decades of progress — Welcome back. Now that Donald Trump has paused his “reciprocal” tariff plans (as predicted in last week's newsletter), this edition will unpick …
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