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3 ways Trump's immigration crackdown could hit U.S. citizens — Trump administration officials are suggesting their immigration crackdown could expand to include deporting convicted U.S. citizens and charging anyone — not just immigrants — who criticizes Trump's policies.
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Trump Wants You to Think Resistance Is Futile. It Is Not. — The American constitutional system is built on the theory that the self-interest of lawmakers can be as much of a defense against tyranny as any given law or institution. — As James Madison wrote in Federalist 51 …


Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn't Get Trials Before Deportation
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Associated Press, The Daily Wire, The National Pulse, Metro.co.uk, masslive.com, The Guardian and Althouse

Laura Ingraham's Angry Rants at Dem on Fox Reveal MAGA's Dark Endgame
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Daily Mail, Fox News, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Hill, Raw Story and Mediaite


U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false — On April 8, Jose Hermosillo, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen, was wrongfully incarcerated by immigration authorities in Arizona, who claimed he was an undocumented immigrant. He was held for 10 days …
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Arizona Republic and Raw Story
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Trump softens tariff tone amid empty shelves warning, market slump — President Trump got a scare from CEOs and markets on Monday. On Tuesday, he blunted some of his sharpest threats — signaling a softer stance on China and retreating from fiery rhetoric targeting the Fed.
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Cronyism, Capitulation and Utter Chaos — Hitting the road today, but I have time for a note on the news that moved markets yesterday. Bloomberg reports: … Investors liked this report, but it was, if you think about it, deeply disturbing on two levels.
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The Daily Wire, Mock Paper Scissors, The Hill, The Japan Times, Fortune, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and Politico


White House Considers Slashing China Tariffs to De-Escalate Trade War — Levies could be cut by more than half in some cases although Trump hasn't yet made a final decision — The Trump administration is considering slashing its steep tariffs on Chinese imports—in some cases by more than half …
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Longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin decides 'it's time,' won't seek reelection — The 80-year-old Democrat told WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that age was a factor in his not seeking a sixth term in Congress. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek a sixth term next year …
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WBEZ Chicago, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal
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Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to Retire After 44 Years in Congress … Senator Richard J. Durbin was considered a forceful advocate of Democratic Party positions during his decades in the Senate.Eric Lee/The New York Times — Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat …


Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to retire
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Americans sour on Trump's handling of the economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — Americans elected President Donald Trump in hopes that he would fight inflation and boost the U.S. economy, but as he approaches his 100th day in office they are giving the Republican poor marks for his handling of both, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
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New Republic and The Daily Caller
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Americans souring on Trump's economic strategy, polls say — A majority of Americans disapprove of President Trump's handling of the economy, particularly his trade policies, per two new polls out Wednesday. — Why it matters: Over 10 years in and around public office …


Trump has lost his advantage on inflation and immigration
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The Colorado Sun and New York Daily News

Trump economic approval rating falls to 37 percent: Survey
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New York Magazine


They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed. — Note: Five-day moving average. Views are only shown up to 400,000. Source: X — When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022, he promised to create a free speech haven and named himself a “free speech absolutist.”
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New Republic, The Independent and Daily Mail, more at Techmeme »


Abrego Garcia's Wife Forced to Go Into Hiding Thanks to DHS Slip-Up — The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration, was forced to move to a safe house with her children after the government posted their home address to social media.
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Washington Post, The Independent, Notes From The Circus and Mediaite


The courage to be decent — One of the more pernicious effects of authoritarianism is to make the everyday participation in civic life we take for granted feel subversive. The goal isn't to police all behavior at all times. It's to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior.


Trump's Job Rating Drops, Key Policies Draw Majority Disapproval as He Nears 100 Days — Majorities in both parties say Trump administration must stop an action if a federal court rules it is illegal — Table of Contents Table of Contents — Majorities in both parties …
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USA Today


Rubio and Witkoff bail on crucial Ukraine talks amid Crimea split — Donald Trump's peace proposal involves a potential lifting of sanctions and informal U.S. recognition of Russia's control over Crimea. That's a nonstarter for Kyiv. — LONDON — British plans to host a summit Wednesday …
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Trump Administration Texted College Professors' Personal Phones to Ask If They're Jewish — Most professors at Barnard College received text messages on Monday notifying them that a federal agency was reviewing the college's employment practices, according to copies of the messages reviewed by The Intercept.
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New York Times


Tracking the Trump administration's nosedive — A lot of lines on a lot of charts are pointing down and to the right. — Perhaps the best analogy for the first three months of Donald Trump's second presidential term comes not from American history but from Looney Tunes.


Harvard Youth Poll — Introduction — A new national poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School reveals a generation navigating financial hardship, frayed social bonds, and declining trust in institutions. As the nation confronts generational turnover and a volatile political climate …
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Politico, The Hill, New York Post, The Post Millennial, Washington Post, IJR and Bloomberg


ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid — Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation. — × — A man is detained by officers with the U.S. Department …


Shari Redstone kept tabs on ‘60 Minutes’ segments on Trump — The Scoop — Paramount owner Shari Redstone in recent days sought to know which upcoming stories were about President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the situation — triggering a series of events that ended …
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Army suspends Wisconsin training base's first female commander after Trump portrait flipped to wall — The U.S. Army has suspended a Wisconsin training base's first female commander after discovering portraits of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been flipped around to face a wall.
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Raw Story, Alternet.org and RedState


After a month of searching, man learns from NBC News that DHS sent his brother to El Salvador — A Venezuelan man says he and his family back home have been anguished about the “forced disappearance” from the U.S. of Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel. — It was March 13 when Nedizon …
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New York Times


Labor Department Official Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face “Serious Legal Consequences” — Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer's chief of staff issued the warning as department employees have spoken to the news media about harms they see resulting from the dismantling of their agency …
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Truthout


NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women — The Women's Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings — Skip backwardsGo ten seconds backward Skip forwardsGo ten seconds forward — Audio is AI-generated. Report an issue| Give feedback


Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So. — Throughout the Trump era I've been firmly in the camp unaffectionately dismissed as ‘alarmist’ by most commentators. Put simply: It is that bad. Liberal democracy is in danger. Fascism is a reasonable term for what we're fighting.
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Frontpage Mag


The Trump Administration Is Preparing to Send American Allies to Their Deaths — OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, the Trump administration has begun laying the groundwork for a possible mass deportation of the nearly 90,000 Afghans living in the United States, most of whom came during or shortly after the fall of Afghanistan in August 2021.
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RedState


World's largest bleaching event on record has harmed 84 percent of coral reefs — Bleached coral dies when exposed to heat stress for too long, threatening the bountiful marine ecosystem that depends on it for survival. — Great Barrier Reef suffers from extensive coral bleaching
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Associated Press, The Guardian, UPI, Reuters and Conservation news


Pope Francis, JD Vance, And The Cultural Significance Of Los Desaparecidos — Another reason the pope had such disdain for our sinful vice president — On Easter Sunday, a grudging but magnanimous Pope Francis received JD Vance for a briefer visit than he'd normally extend …
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Washington Examiner and WTOP News


Jan Schakowsky planning May 5 retirement announcement — The veteran House Democrat is facing a longshot primary challenge. — Rep. Jan Schakowsky is planning to announce next month she won't seek reelection after 14 terms in the House and has started informing allies of her retirement decision …


‘Smooth operator’: Expert says thief who stole Noem's Gucci bag was a pro — New details have emerged in the brazen heist of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's Gucci bag from a downtown Washington, D.C. restaurant that have led CNN's John Miller to conclude the thief is likely a professional.
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CNN, The Independent and Daily Mail

Elite European uni warns staff about working with US colleges amid Trump crackdown — A prestigious Belgian university urgently warned its staff in recent days of possible risks of collaborating with American colleges amid United States President Donald Trump's ongoing crackdown on higher education institutions.
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New York Times and Fortune


The Dispatch buying SCOTUSblog — The Dispatch is buying the digital media website SCOTUSblog, the outlets announced Wednesday. — SCOTUSblog covers all things Supreme Court and has been a go-to resource for journalists, lawyers and court watchers for more than two decades.
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New York Times and The Dispatch, more at Mediagazer »