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9:50 AM ET, April 15, 2025

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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here  —  Between the path of outright defiance of the Supreme Court and following its order to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador's infamous Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT), the Trump administration has chosen a third way …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump's immigration agenda is not popular  —  To start this post, I am going to ask you a key question about immigration policy.  But first, I need to establish a few facts based on recent news:  —  On Monday, April 14, 2025, Donald Trump met with the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, in the Oval Office.
Discussion: Associated Press, RVM News and Truthout
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Trump told us the horrifying reason why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not back in the U.S.  —  We are approaching one month since the United States illegally sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the CECOT “terrorism” prison in El Salvador on the third March 15 flight that took people to the prison.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump is halfway to making America a police state  —  The president's refusal to accept a Supreme Court ruling on illegal deportation is a turning point  —  At around noon on April 14 2025, America ceased to have a law-abiding government.  Some would argue that had already happened on January 20, when Donald Trump was inaugurated.
Caroline Foreback / CBS News:
Maryland senator requests meeting with Salvadoran president to discuss deported Maryland man  —  Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen requested a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele during his visit to the United States to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump & Bukele Plot US Citizen Detention In Salvadoran Torture Camps, While Defying Supreme Court Via Gibberish Responses To Reporters
Chris Van Hollen:
Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned
Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Is Defying The Supreme Court
Harvard University President:
The Promise of American Higher Education  —  For three-quarters of a century, the federal government has awarded grants and contracts to Harvard and other universities to help pay for work that, along with investments by the universities themselves, has led to groundbreaking innovations across …
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U.S. Department of Education:
Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism Statement Regarding Harvard University  —  Today, the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism released the following statement:  —  “Harvard's statement today reinforces the troubling entitlement mindset that is endemic in our nation's …
Michael Casey / Associated Press:
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism
Jack Blanchard / Politico:   The Great Fightback?  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Tuesday morning.
New York Post:
Harvard may be free to target Jews — but not on the taxpayers' dime
Discussion: American Thinker
The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Will Fight Trump's Demands
Jenna McLaughlin / NPR:
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data  —  In the first days of March, a team of advisers from President Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency initiative arrived at the Southeast Washington, D.C., headquarters of the National Labor Relations Board.
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
New York Times:
Columbia Activist Arrested by ICE at His Appointment for Citizenship  —  Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, has lived in the United States for 10 years and was arrested in Vermont.  He has not been charged with a crime.  —  Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstrations …
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Ali Bianco / Politico:
US arrests co-founder of Palestinian student group at Columbia University
Sohrab Ahmari / UnHerd:
JD Vance: My message to Europe America doesn't want a vassal continent  —  “It's not good for Europe to be the permanent security vassal of the United States.”  So says JD Vance during a phone conversation with UnHerd on Monday, his first major interview with a European outlet since taking office as Vice President.
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Politico:
JD Vance: Europe can't be a ‘permanent security vassal’ of the US
Discussion: Reuters
Punchbowl News:
Why President Trump isn't signing many laws … Trump and Republican congressional leaders often claim his new administration has been the most productive in recent memory.  —  Except when it comes to passing laws.  —  Trump has signed fewer bills into law at this point in his presidency …
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Politico:
Tariff carve-outs underscore weak US position in China trade war: ‘This is going to get really ugly’  —  With its electronics exceptions, the United States has demonstrated that it is more willing to bend than the Chinese.  —  The White House says it has the upper hand in its trade war with China.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, fmprc.gov.cn and Xinhua
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Colby Smith / New York Times:
The Dollar Keeps Falling as Its ‘Safe Haven’ Status Is Questioned
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Vibe Shifts Against the Right  —  Alex Kaschuta's podcast, “Subversive,” used to be a node in the network between weird right-wing internet subcultures and mainstream conservatism.  She hosted men's rights activists and purveyors of “scientific” racism, neo-reactionary online personalities …
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Costas Pitas / Reuters:
US says most tomatoes imported from Mexico to face 21% duty from July 14  —  The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday said most tomatoes imported from Mexico to the United States will face duties of 20.91% from July 14 as it withdraws from an agreement it said had failed to protect domestic tomato growers.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Bloomberg:
US Derails G-7 Condemnation of Russian Missile Strike on Ukraine  —  The US has told Group of Seven allies it won't endorse a statement condemning Russia's deadliest attack on Ukraine this year because it wants to keep negotiations with Moscow on track.  —  Russia fired two short-range …
New York Times:
White House to Ask Congress to Claw Back Funding From NPR and PBS  —  Trump administration officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.  —  The White House is planning to ask Congress to claw …
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Inside Trump's Plan to Halt Hundreds of Regulations … At the Department of Health and Human Services, Trump administration officials want to reverse a regulation that has required nursing homes to have more medical staff on duty.  —  At the Mine Safety and Health Administration …
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
This Lawyer Defended Republicans and Democrats.  His Candor Cost Him His Job.  —  Erez Reuveni, a career Justice Department attorney, made no excuses for the government's error in deporting a man to an El Salvador prison  —  WASHINGTON—When a judge expressed outrage that the first Trump administration had …
Discussion: CBS News and American Greatness
Bloomberg:
China Orders Boeing Jet Delivery Halt as Trade War Expands … Beijing has also asked that Chinese carriers halt any purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from US companies, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing matters that are private.
 
 
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