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8:15 AM ET, April 21, 2025

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New York Times:
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat  —  The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information …
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John Ullyot / Politico:
Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency  —  The total chaos at the Department of Defense is becoming a major distraction for the Trump administration, writes John Ullyot.  —  It's been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon.
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth  —  “The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.  —  The Pentagon is in “total chaos” …
CNN:
Hegseth shared detailed military plans in second Signal chat that included his wife and brother  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen on a second Signal group chat that included his wife, lawyer and brother, three people familiar with the chat told CNN.
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Playbook: For Pete's sake  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  This is Jack Blanchard.  —  BREAKING: Pope Francis has died at age 88, the Vatican announced early this morning.  The first Jesuit elected to the papacy, Francis used his time leading the Holy …
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88  —  Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday.
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Devin Watkins / vaticannews.va:
Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88  —  Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.  —  At 9:45 AM, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced the death of Pope Francis from the Casa Santa Marta with these words:
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Latest Updates: Pope Francis Dies at 88  —  His groundbreaking pontificate worked to make the Catholic Church more inclusive.  Cardinals will now decide whether to continue his approach or restore more doctrinaire leadership.  —  Buenos Aires  —  Jerusalem  —  Havana  —  Washington
Joshua McElwee / Reuters:
Pope Francis has died, Vatican says  —  Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.
Francis X. Rocca / Wall Street Journal:
Pope Francis, Advocate for Economic and Social Justice, Dies at 88
Ashley Mowreader / Inside Higher Ed:
What We've Learned So Far From Tracking Student Visa Data  —  More than 1,500 students from nearly 250 colleges have had their visas revoked, but who they are—and why they've been targeted—is still largely unknown. … Our goal was to understand the scope of the federal government's involvement …
Discussion: The Harvard Crimson
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:   Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Amy Klobuchar calls on supreme court to hold Trump officials in contempt  —  Senator warns of US getting ‘closer to a constitutional crisis’ as Samuel Alito's dissent signals deference to Trump  —  Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar warned on Sunday that the US is “getting closer and closer …
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The Free Press:
Is Donald Trump Breaking the Law?  Seven Experts Weigh In.  —  Trump critics say we are in a constitutional crisis.  The White House says that's hysterical.  What do our top legal minds say?  —  The first 90 days of President Trump's second term have been marked by a series of aggressive legal maneuvers.
Discussion: Reason
Anthony Clark / The Last Campaign:
Trump's Surgeon General Pick Distorted Key Parts of Her Résumé  —  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, an urgent-care physician and former Fox News medical contributor 1 who is President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general of the United States, has over at least the last 15 years falsely represented …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Irate at Harvard, Plans to Pull Additional $1 Billion in Funding  —  The university publicized a government demand letter that asked for federal oversight of the campus  —  The Trump administration has grown so furious with Harvard University after a week …
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
As bird flu hits cattle herds in U.S., scientists say these H5N1 factors worry them most  —  As the H5N1 bird flu virus mutates and rapidly spreads through American cattle herds — a first for the U.S. — doctors and veterinarians are fearful that if the virus is left unchecked, it could spiral into a possible pandemic
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 4-20-25: Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Trump Administration border czar Tom Homan & House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries  —  Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks during a press conference in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, April 16, 2025. … (COMMERCIAL BREAK)
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Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Anti-Trump resistance sees another leader in Van Hollen as Democrats' leadership carousel turns
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost:
Nancy Mace Films Herself Having Wild Meltdown On ‘Unhinged Lunatic’ Voter Over Hosting Town Halls  —  The shocking, filthy exchange took a turn after the politician alluded that he was gay.  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) shared footage of an expletive-laden confrontation between her and an “unhinged lunatic” voter over the weekend.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers running out of options to pay for Trump's costly agenda  —  Republican leaders are rapidly running out of ways to pay for President Trump's agenda as GOP lawmakers shoot down various proposals to cut spending or increase revenues.  —  Without finding some new ideas …
Discussion: Punchbowl News
Mark Olalde / ProPublica:
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths  —  The cuts, which are part of Trump's slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters' cancer cases.
Vox:
10 charts prove that clean energy is winning — even in the Trump era  —  At every light switch, power socket, and on the road, an unstoppable revolution is already underway.  —  Technologies that can power our lives and jobs while doing less harm to the global climate — wind, solar …
Discussion: The Equation
Kalea Hall / Reuters:
Buick finally had cars Americans wanted to buy - then came tariffs  —  General Motors' (GM.N) Buick was on a roll.  Sales for the once-stodgy brand were up 39% in the first quarter with a refreshed lineup of compact SUVs including the Envision, Encore GX, and the Envista, its top-selling SUV for under $30,000.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Rubio denies that Trump will politicize the Foreign Service and slash embassies  —  The Trump administration is distancing itself from a document that has circulated within the State Department that would eliminate the career diplomatic corps in its current, non-partisan form and slash embassies around the world.
Discussion: Rolling Stone and New York Times
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Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
60,000 Americans to lose their rental assistance and risk eviction unless Congress acts
The Guardian:
US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days
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Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality:
The Self-Inflicted Slump: How Tariffs Are Pushing the U.S. Toward a VTRR—A Voluntary Trade Reset Recession
John Harris / The Guardian:
RFK's statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Zeldin says he can ‘absolutely’ assure public EPA deregulation efforts won't harm environment
Discussion: RedState and CBS News
Douglas MacMillan / Washington Post:
Immigrants forced to sleep on floors at overwhelmed ICE detention centers
Discussion: NBC News
Jacob Grier / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Tariffs Won't Even Let You Drink Your Way Through these Tough Times
Kristina Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Tomatoes Become One of the First Everyday Casualties of Trade War
New York Times:
Kash Patel Embraces the Limelight, Unlike Recent F.B.I. Directors
 

 
From Techmeme:

Apple Inc.:
Apple reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to $95.4B, vs. $94.6B est., China sales down 2% YoY to $16B, vs. $16.83B est., and authorizes a $100B share buyback program

Amazon.com, Inc.:
Amazon reports Q1 revenue up 9% YoY to $155.67B, vs. $155.04B est., operating income up 20% YoY to $18.4B, and forecasts Q2 operating income below estimates

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple updates its App Store Guidelines to comply with a US judge's April 30 injunction, including allowing app developers to link to external payments in the US
 
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