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7:40 AM ET, April 14, 2025

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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 …
Discussion: New York Post
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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 …
New York Times:
Suspect Charged in Arson at Pennsylvania Governor's Mansion  —  A man was charged with setting fire to the residence, forcing Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family to flee.  Investigators said they found beer bottles with gasoline inside the house.  —  Pennsylvania state authorities have arrested …
CNN:
Suspect arrested after arson at Pennsylvania governor's house forced Shapiro and family to evacuate
pa.gov:
State Police Investigating Fire at Governor's Residence
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 …
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Allies Are Sitting Out Trump's Trade War With China
Discussion: Bloomberg and Semafor
Greg Wehner / Fox News:
Trump vows nobody getting ‘off the hook’ for ‘unfair’ trade balances, says there was no tariff ‘exception’
Discussion: The Independent
Reuters:
Trump plans separate levy on exempted electronics amid trade war, Lutnick says
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:   What President Trump's team wants from the rest of the world
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
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 …
Discussion: Rolling Stone and RedState
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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?
Discussion: Semafor and NPR
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.
Discussion: The Diplomat
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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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 …
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 …
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
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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 …
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:
Rubio says another 10 people have been sent to El Salvador  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that another 10 people have been sent to El Salvador amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.  —  “Last night, another 10 criminals from the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua Foreign …
 
 
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Paul Sandle / Reuters:
Ex-Conservative lawmaker and 14 others charged over UK election timing bets
Discussion: Politico
Caitlin Cassidy / The Guardian:
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
When this is over, U.S. rights abusers must be tried for crimes against humanity
New York Times:
Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. The Governor Says No.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: A rumble in the Rust Belt
Discussion: The Hill
Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Trump Slump Hits U.S. Tourism as European Visitors Steer Clear
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Hegseth on countering China: 'We've been sort of asleep at the wheel'
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
‘We are flying blind’: RFK Jr.'s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more
Hannah Allam / ProPublica:
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk's Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
Andy Craig / MSNBC:
Some Democrats in Congress are starting to talk about impeachment. They're right.
New York Times:
Russian Attack on Sumy in Ukraine Kills and Wounds Dozens