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Trump says planned April 2 tariffs will 'start with all countries'

(NBC News) President Donald Trump said on Sunday that reciprocal tariffs he is set to announce this week will include all nations, not just a smaller group of 10 to 15 countries with the biggest trade imbalances. Trump has promised to unveil a massive tariff plan on Wednesday, which he has dubbed “Liberation Day.” White House economics adviser Kevin Hassett recently told Fox Business that the administration’s tariffs focus would be on 10 to 15 countries with the worst trade imbalances, though he did not list them.

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Global stock markets fall as new Trump tariffs loom

(The Guardian) Stock markets across the world fell heavily on Monday after Donald Trump suggested that new tariffs he is expected to announce this week would hit “all countries”. Shares fell across Asia-Pacific markets and in Europe after the US president crushed hopes that “reciprocal tariffs” expected on Wednesday would only target countries that have the largest trade imbalances with the US.

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JD Vance's role in Signal chat angers senior Republican lawmakers

(NBC News) Vice President JD Vance’s last-minute concerns about President Donald Trump’s decision to strike the Houthis in Yemen, raised in a now-public Signal chat with other top U.S. officials, have left senior Republican lawmakers angry. Some are upset because they think Vance was trying to block a directive from Trump. Others, reflecting a broader debate inside the administration and the GOP over the wisdom of embarking on a stepped-up campaign against the militant group, are upset about the side he took.

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House GOP leaders look to hold off push to impeach judges by prioritizing hearings, bill to limit reach of rulings

(CNN Politics) When House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan sat with President Donald Trump at the NCAA wrestling championship in Philadelphia earlier this month, it was only a matter of time before they discussed the party’s brewing effort to impeach federal judges seen as blocking the president’s agenda. Trump and Elon Musk have publicly pushed GOP lawmakers to impeach federal judges impeding the administration – a call that a number of far-right GOP lawmakers have seized on, introducing impeachment resolutions in the House. But House GOP leadership has signaled in recent days that they don’t have the votes to greenlight the effort and are pursuing other avenues.

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More Than 11,000 Tuberculosis Deaths Since Trump Cuts

(Political Wire) CNN: “Already, more than 11,000 additional TB patients are estimated to have died in the two months since almost all USAID funding froze on January 24.” “TB infections are also expected to increase by 28-32% globally this year as a result of the cuts.”

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Moskowitz quips that Bin Laden supports Lee's bill to abolish the TSA

(The Hill) Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) knocked Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) bill to abolish the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), suggesting only terrorists would support it. Lee reposted a Fox News article about his legislation and asked, in a post on the social platform X, “Who supports my bill to abolish TSA?” “Bin Laden,” Moskowitz responded, referring to the infamous al Qaeda founder, Osama bin Laden, who masterminded the attacks on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. Bin Laden was tracked down and killed by U.S. special forces in Pakistan in May 2011.

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Trump wants to move on from the Signal security scandal. House Republicans aren't making it easy

(The Independent) Republican national security hawks in the House are not making the White House’s efforts to move on from the “Signalgate” scandal any easier. As Donald Trump’s team trades blame and battles its critics, members of the House Republican caucus are facing their voters after The Atlantic published proof this past week that editor Jeffrey Goldberg had been mistakenly included in a group chat of Trump administration principals discussing plans for an imminent US strike on Houthi forces. The entire chat played out over Signal, an encrypted (but public) messaging app.

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As 'Buy Canadian' grows, more US companies say retailers turning away their products

(Reuters) The "Buy Canadian" movement is sending new ripples of concern through the executive offices of U.S.-based consumer companies that banked on selling their products on Canadian retail shelves. U.S. President Donald Trump's jabs to annex Canada, the imposition of a 25% levy on steel and aluminum from Canada and threats to tax all other imports from the country have prompted a rallying cry among many Canadian shoppers to eschew U.S.-made products.

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Trump's Latest Executive Order Is 'Erasing History' In Smithsonian Museums, Governor Says

(Huff Post) Maryland Gov. Wes Moore blasted President Donald Trump’s recent executive order that targeted the Smithsonian museum over content that Trump claims promotes so-called “divisive ideology.” “I just find it deeply disrespectful that their definition of making America great again is actually challenging some of the things that makes America great in the first place,” Moore, the third Black governor to ever be elected in the U.S. and first Black governor of Maryland, said while appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.

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Trump won't rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News 'there are methods' for doing so

(NBC News) President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.” “A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call with NBC News, referring to his allies. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”

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Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave

14 min ago - The Institute of Museum and Library Services has placed its entire staff on administrative leave. The IMLS is a relatively small federal agency, with around 70 employees, that awards grant funding to museums and libraries across the United States. Th ... (NPR)

Under financial and political pressure, the LGBTQ+ community is 'putting the protest back in Pride' celebrations

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New FDA commissioner agreed to oust top vaccine regulator after private swearing-in

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Judge blocks Trump administration from stripping deportation protections for Venezuelans

1 hr ago - March 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from stripping deportation protections for some Venezuelan immigrants. In a case brought by the National TPS Alliance, a group that advocates for immigrants, U.S. District J ... (Reuters)

Trump threatens $9 bn in Harvard funding over 'anti-Semitism'

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Trump targets ticket scalpers and high live event fees over price-gouging

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US agency leading Musk's firing spree to hire new driver, emails show

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Trump pardons January 6 loyalist and commutes jail time of Hunter Biden associate

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JUST IN: Republican Quits House Freedom Caucus In Protest of Colleagues Killing Bill to Help New Mothers

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Senate Republicans urge Trump, allies to stop threatening courts

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Republicans Want Voters To Provide Proof Of Citizenship To Vote. Millions Could Be Impacted.

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House Republican scolds Trump's "velvet gloves" approach with Putin

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Republican Operative Nicholas Jacobs Locks Twitter After Elon Musk Check Controversy

4 hrs ago - Nicholas Jacobs, chair of the Wisconsin College Republicans and a rising GOP operative, has locked his Twitter account following intense backlash over his acceptance of a $1 million check from Elon Musk. The controversial payout, handed to Jacobs dur ... (MeidasNews)

Union Sues to Block Trump From Ending Collective Bargaining for Many Federal Workers

4 hrs ago - March 31, 2025, at 12:22 p.m. (Reuters) -A union that represents 150,000 U.S. government employees filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block President Donald Trump from stripping hundreds of thousands of federal workers of the ability to collective ... (US News and World Report/Reuters)

Exclusive: White House weighs executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining, sources say

4 hrs ago - The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the ... (Reuters)

Duffy to lay out transportation funding plan amid cutback push

4 hrs ago - Posted March 31, 2025 at 6:22am Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is set to return to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to pitch the Trump administration’s take on the next big transportation and infrastructure bill as GOP lawmakers mull topline infra ... (Roll Call)

Open Source Genetic Database Shuts Down to Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments'

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A DOGE employee is put in charge of the US Institute of Peace, a court filing alleges

5 hrs ago - POLITICS A DOGE employee is put in charge of the US Institute of Peace, a court filing alleges BY GARY FIELDS Updated 12:41 PM EDT, March 31, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) -- An official allied with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has been pu ... (Associated Press)

'Going to be a lot of hungry people': Food banks, farmers across US decry federal cuts

5 hrs ago - Published 8:01 a.m. ET March 31, 2025 The abrupt cancellation of government funding for programs to help food banks distribute healthy, local food is being felt across the country, as some already strapped organizations turn to their local communitie ... (USA Today)

3 U.S. soldiers found dead in Lithuania; 1 still missing after vehicle is swallowed by peat bog

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