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CNN:
IRS making plans to rescind Harvard's tax-exempt status  —  The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliation as the Trump administration seeks …
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Washington Post:
Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status  —  The directive to the IRS is a significant escalation of President Trump's feud with Harvard University and other Ivy League institutions and other nonprofit groups his administration views as “woke.”
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill, USA Today and Axios
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Trump administration plans to end the IRS Direct File program for free tax filing, AP sources say  —  The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS' Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.
David Sirota / The Lever:
Trump IRS Pick Was Just Enriched By Tax Schemers
Discussion: CBS News, Breitbart and New Republic
Senator Chris Van Hollen / Senator Chris Van Hollen on YouTube:
Van Hollen speaks to press after meeting with El Salvador VP about return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  Van Hollen speaks to press from El Salvador after meeting with El Salvador Vice President Félix Ulloa about return of wrongly deported Marylander Kilmar Abre...
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
El Salvador denies senator visit with mistakenly deported man: Van Hollen  —  The government of El Salvador denied a request from Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to see or speak to his Maryland constituent who was mistakenly deported there, the senator said during a visit to the country on Wednesday.
Associated Press:
Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with El Salvador's vice president in push for Abrego Garcia's release
Chris Stein / The Guardian:
US senator says El Salvador denied request to meet Kilmar Ábrego García
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
We're About to Find Out What Mass Deportation Really Looks Like  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  The Trump administration is working hard to convince the public that its mass-deportation campaign is fully under way.
NBC News:
Federal judge calls Trump's order targeting prominent law firm a ‘shocking abuse of power’  —  Trump, three months into his term, has moved swiftly to use the powers of the presidency in unprecedented ways to punish, weaken and silence his enemies, experts say.
Discussion: New York Times
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Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Official Targeted With Government Probe Vows to Fight  —  Chris Krebs, the top cybersecurity official in Trump's first term, resigned from his private-sector job  —  WASHINGTON—A former top Trump administration official targeted with a federal investigation by President Trump …
NPR:
Judge: ‘Probable cause’ to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations  —  Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia ruled Wednesday that there is “probable cause” to find the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court after he said it violated …
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New York Times:
Law Firms Made Deals With Trump.  Now He Wants More From Them.  —  To avoid retribution, big firms agreed to provide free legal services for uncontroversial causes.  To the White House, that could mean negotiating trade deals — or even defending the president and his allies.
Washington Post:
Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump's proposed health cuts  —  HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one third of its discretionary budget.  —  Just now  —  The Trump administration is seeking to deeply slash budgets for federal health programs …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill, Raw Story and STAT
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CNN:   Internal Trump administration document reveals massive budget cut proposal for federal health agencies
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
Manufacturing jobs are never coming back  —  “Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country,” President Donald Trump promised on “Liberation Day,” as he announced tariffs that have shocked global markets and set the country on course for a recession.  “We will supercharge our domestic industrial base.
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Paul Krugman:
Why Trump Will Lose His Trade War
Discussion: Vox and The Hill
Eileen Guo / MIT Technology Review:
US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated  —  The only office within the US State Department that monitors foreign disinformation is to be eliminated, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, confirming reporting by MIT Technology Review.
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Politico:
Third top Pentagon official suspended in leak investigation  —  Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was suspended a day after two other political appointees were placed on leave.  —  The Pentagon put a third top official on administrative leave Wednesday …
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Carl Zimmer / New York Times:
Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet  —  Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.  —  The search for life beyond Earth has led scientists to explore many suggestive mysteries …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Inside the Mind of an ICE Agent  —  Is this what she signed up for?  —  ∙ Paid  —  Quick update: Yesterday it was reported Cory Booker is joining Chris Van Hollen in going to El Salvador.  John Lewis would be proud.  This is good trouble; necessary trouble.  —  1. Choices
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Powell Warns of ‘Challenging Scenario’ for Fed as Trade War Rages  —  Sees strong likelihood that consumers face higher prices while unemployment rises because of tariff increases  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that the central bank could have less flexibility to quickly cushion …
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Is Sending People To The Camps  —  This is your TPM evening briefing.  —  Extraordinary times call for extraordinary and strong language.  President Trump's plan to have migrants — and potentially U.S. citizens — rounded up, flown to El Salvador, and confined there in a maximum security facility …
Washington Post:
Trump's D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times  —  Trump nominee Ed Martin's 100-plus appearances on Russian state-directed media RT and Sputnik from 2016 to 2024 alarm some former national security officials.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Truth Social launches scheme to profit from Trump's tariff policies  —  The signature economic policy of President Trump's second term has been tariffs, which Trump has imposed, frozen, and revised haphazardly.  On April 2, which Trump dubbed “Liberation Day,” Trump imposed “reciprocal” …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Tries to Run Harvard  —  Many of his demands on the school exceed his power under the Constitution.  —  Click for Sound  —  The Trump Administration on Monday froze $2.2 billion in funds to Harvard after the university refused to surrender to its sweeping demands.
Carolyn Y. Johnson / Washington Post:
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards  —  Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.  —  Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month …
Juliette Rihl / PennLive:
Pa. Gov. Shapiro was targeted for ‘what he wants to do to Palestinian people’: warrant  —  The suspect in the arson attack at the Governor's Residence targeted Josh Shapiro due to his perceived stance on Palestine, according to a search warrant obtained by PennLive.
Senator Chris Van Hollen / YouTube:
Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia...
Discussion: The Guardian, NBC News and Daily Kos
Norman Ornstein / The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:
The Contempt of a Fascist Regime  —  America is officially in a massive constitutional crisis as the Trump Administration defies court orders demanding the return of immigrants who were kidnapped and deported without due process.  —  THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali and Norman Ornstein  —  Transcript
Discussion: NPR, KDFX-TV and The Guardian
Molly Taft / Wired:
DOGE Cuts Pull AmeriCorps Volunteers Off of Disaster Relief Jobs  —  Workers for the National Civilian Community Corps were sent home due to “new operational parameters.”  The program's long-term fate is unclear.  —  AmeriCorps, the US federal agency that oversees volunteerism and service work …
Discussion: Associated Press
NPR:
Trump exploiting antisemitism fears to undermine rule of law, warns Jewish coalition  —  A coalition of Jewish groups warns that the Trump administration is making Jews less safe by targeting international students who protested Israel's war in Gaza and the universities where they study.
Tiffany Razzano / Bradenton, FL Patch:
FL Governor's Former Spokesman Accused Of Exposing Himself 4 Times  —  Frederick Piccolo Jr., a former Ron DeSantis spokesman, faces charges in Sarasota and Manatee counties for exposing himself, records show.  —  SARASOTA-BRADENTON, FL — A New College of Florida official and former spokesperson …
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times and Raw Story
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
Judge rules against parents who wore wristbands to protest transgender student athlete  —  A federal judge ruled Monday that two fathers cannot wear pink wristbands with two X's — the symbol for female chromosomes — drawn on them in opposition to a transgender high school athlete on one of their daughters' rival soccer teams.
New York Times:
Trump Waved Off Israeli Strike After Divisions Emerged in His Administration  —  Israel developed plans for attacking Iranian nuclear facilities that would have required U.S. assistance.  But some administration officials had doubts.  —  Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites …
Severin Carrell / The Guardian:
Legal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rules  —  Judges say Equality Act definition excludes transgender women, after gender-critical campaigners' challenge  —  The UK supreme court has ruled that the terms “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act refer …
 
 
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NBC News:
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro says he hasn't heard from Trump since the arson attack
Melody Mercado / Block Club Chicago:
New Curfew Proposal Would Let Chicago Police Declare A Curfew Anytime, Anywhere In City
Jordan Fischer / WUSA:
'I'm in ruins' | MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says he can't pay thousands in court-ordered sanctions in election defamation case
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Trump administration sues Maine over participation of trans athletes in girls sports
Nury Turkel / The Hill:
US-funded media like Voice of America must be saved and strengthened
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
 Earlier Items: 
Ari Hawkins / Politico:
The Chamber decides against a lawsuit on Trump tariffs
Discussion: Axios, Deadline, Townhall and UPI
Bloomberg:
GOP Senator McCormick Says Millionaire Tax Hike Won't Fly
New York Times:
Musk's Team Is Building a System to Sell ‘Gold Card’ Immigrant Visas
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Cass Sunstein / Cass's Substack:
Universities and Federal Funding
Tina Reed / Axios:
RFK Jr. contradicts CDC on causes of autism
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
America's Shameful ‘No’ to the World
Discussion: Lucid and The Hill
Bryan Anderson / Anderson Alerts:
Riggs on track to win NC Supreme Court race
Discussion: Carolina Journal and The Guardian
 

 
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
PBS and a public TV affiliate in Minnesota sue the Trump administration, saying his executive order to cut federal funding violated PBS' First Amendment rights

Chris Willman / Variety:
Taylor Swift acquires the rights to her first six albums from Shamrock Capital; sources say the deal was in the mid-$300M range

Rory Carroll / The Guardian:
Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams wins a defamation case against the BBC over a documentary that claimed that Adams had sanctioned an MI5 informant's murder

 
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