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10:45 AM ET, April 20, 2025

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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Trump Administration Draft Order Calls for Drastic Overhaul of State Department  —  The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.  —  A draft White House executive order proposes …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration, gets chocolate eggs for kids  —  U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant deportation plans.
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Washington Post:
Vance meets with pope as Francis's Easter message decries ‘logic of fear’  —  The visit at the Vatican brought together the ailing head of the Catholic church and a high-profile convert who has criticized the pope's social teachings.  —  Vance meets with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday
Vatican News:
Pope Francis meets with US Vice President JD Vance at Santa Marta  —  The brief meeting of Pope Francis with US Vice President JD Vance offered the opportunity to exchange Easter greetings.  Yesterday Cardinal Parolin met with the US leader at the Secretariat of State.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US  —  Thousands of protesters rallied in Washington and other cities across the U.S. on Saturday to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump's policies on deportations, government firings, and the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Haverford, 80-somethings and 90-somethings take to the road to protest Trump  —  There's a first time for everything.  Judy Bardes, like most women in the so-called Quiet Generation who went to colleges like her alma mater, Bryn Mawr, in the early 1950s, was never the protesting type.But on Saturday …
New York Times:
‘Shame!’ Protesters Nationwide Rally Again to Condemn Trump Policies.
Biz Carson / Bloomberg:
Zuckerberg, Dimon Are Among Top Sellers Ahead of Tariff Stock Rout  —  Billionaire Oracle CEO also unloaded shares in first quarter before markets tumbled.  —  Insiders including Meta Platforms Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Corp.'s Safra Catz and JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Jamie Dimon cashed …
NBC News:
As legal fight raged, ICE buses filled with Venezuelans heading toward airport turned around, video shows  —  At least 28 detainees were placed on buses Friday evening at ICE's Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, and then driven toward an airport about an hour away.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Musk to Force Pentagon to Build and Then Pay Him to Use Network of Killer Satellites … This is a two day old article.  But with so much else going on I hadn't seen it.  If you haven't really must read it.  It's one of growing number of examples that the US government is at present essentially …
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Stephen Marche / The Guardian:
The America I loved is gone  —  It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen.  Then it shattered  —  The first impression America gave me was gentle carelessness.  We were driving down from Canada to visit family friends in Texas sometime in the mid- to late 1980s …
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Supported Federal Immigration Efforts  —  The administration wants the Supreme Court to “dissolve” their block on deportations of Venezuelans and to allow lower courts to consider the case.  —  The Trump administration asks the justices to reject an A.C.L.U. request to pause deportations.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Late-Night Rebuke to Trump Is Extraordinary in More Ways Than One
Ryan J. Foley / Associated Press:
This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub.  The pain from DOGE's cuts is everywhere  —  In her 28 years working for the federal government, Shea Giagnorio provided day care for the children of U.S. soldiers, training for employees and oversight for safety net programs.
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry ‘baseless attacks’  —  Three former senior advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decried on Saturday what they called “baseless attacks” after each was escorted from the Pentagon in an expanding probe on information leaks.
Danyelle Khmara / Arizona Public Media:
U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days  —  IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS IN TUCSON ARRESTED THE 19-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM ALBUQUERQUE ON APRIL 8, SAYING HE HAD ENTERED THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, BEFORE A JUDGE DISMISSED HIS CASE ON APRIL 17.  —  19-year-old Jose Hermosillo …
The Hill:
Democrats face growing calls for generational change  —  Calls for generational change among Democrats are growing louder as the party seeks to chart a path forward going into the 2026 midterms.  —  On Wednesday, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair David Hogg's group Leaders …
Reuters:
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Russian army ‘trying to create impression’ of Easter ceasefire  —  Russia and Ukraine blamed each other on Sunday for breaking a one-day Easter ceasefire announced by President Vladimir Putin, with both sides accusing the other of carrying out hundreds of attacks.
Andrew O'Hehir / Salon:
The fascist moment is here: Have mainstream liberals heard the alarm go off?  —  Welcome to upside-down America: David Brooks calls for revolution while Gretchen Whitmer and Gavin Newsom grovel  —  This is pretty much it, I would say: This is the moment we have long feared — or …
Washington Post:
Trump isn't holding rallies these days — and doesn't seem to miss them much  —  “There's really no reason to do it,” a senior White House official said of holding a rally.  —  In his first eight months in the White House in 2017, Donald Trump held nine rallies — the kind of campaign-style events …
Ben Johansen / Politico:
Companies vying for Trump's attention are sponsoring the Easter Egg Roll  —  Ethics lawyers said the event raises concerns.  —  The White House's annual Easter Egg Roll will have major corporations sponsoring activities this year, which ethics experts say would not have passed muster under previous administrations.
Discussion: Business Insider
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