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Trump administration accidentally tells Ukrainian refugees they must leave U.S. immediately

Trump administration accidentally tells Ukrainian refugees they must leave U.S. immediately

CBS News reports: The Trump administration on Friday said it accidentally told some Ukrainian refugees they needed to leave the U.S. immediately because their legal status was being revoked, telling CBS News the message was sent by mistake. Some Ukrainians who had entered the U.S. under the Biden administration following Russia’s invasion of their homeland received emails this week telling them that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would be terminating their legal protections, according to advocates and a notice…

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Americans were souring on Trump’s economic plans even before tariff bloodbath

Americans were souring on Trump’s economic plans even before tariff bloodbath

The Wall Street Journal reports: Americans elected Donald Trump with a favorable opinion of his economic plans. But his expansive push for tariffs has helped turn that confidence into skepticism, a new Wall Street Journal poll finds. Tepid support for tariffs through the past year has become disapproval, with 54% of voters opposing Trump’s levies on imported goods, 12 points more than those who support his plans. Three quarters of voters say that tariffs will raise prices on the things…

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As financial meltdown plays out, the Trump family’s cash registers ring

As financial meltdown plays out, the Trump family’s cash registers ring

The New York Times reports: The financial market meltdown was underway when President Trump boarded Air Force One on his way to Florida on Thursday for a doubleheader of sorts: a Saudi-backed golf tournament at his family’s Miami resort and a weekend of fund-raisers attracting hundreds of donors to his Palm Beach club. It was a fresh reminder that in his second term, Mr. Trump has continued to find ways to drive business to his family-owned real-estate ventures, a practice…

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Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again

Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again

Jagan Chapagain writes: Which was most horrific? The agonising week-long wait – silence after our colleagues went missing, as we suspected the worst but hoped for something different? Or the confirmation, seven days later, that bodies had been found? Or, since, the ghastly details of how they were found, and killed? Their ambulances were crushed and partly buried. Nearby were their bodies – also buried, en masse, in the sand. Our dead colleagues were still wearing their Red Crescent vests….

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Listening to no one else, Trump is ‘at the peak of just not giving a f— anymore,’ says White House official

Listening to no one else, Trump is ‘at the peak of just not giving a f— anymore,’ says White House official

The Washington Post reports: After deliberations [on determining tariff rates] that went late into Tuesday, Trump didn’t decide on the final plan until about 1 p.m. Wednesday — less than three hours ahead of his Rose Garden announcement. Inside and outside the White House, advisers say Trump is unbowed even as the world reels from the biggest increase in trade hostilities in a century. They say Trump is unperturbed by negative headlines or criticism from foreign leaders. He is determined…

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How Trump’s tariffs can be reversed by Congress

How Trump’s tariffs can be reversed by Congress

Greg Sargent talks to Norm Ornstein: Greg Sargent: I think we can expect Democratic senators to push something in the next day or so that would effectively cancel the national emergency that Trump used to impose the tariffs. That would end them. You’d need a few GOP senators to support this, but a few already supported a narrower anti-tariff measure that just passed the other day. Then after that, you’d need a discharge petition in the House moving the same thing,…

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House Republican, Rep. Don Bacon, moves to rein in tariff powers

House Republican, Rep. Don Bacon, moves to rein in tariff powers

Politico reports: Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he plans to introduce a companion bill to the bipartisan Senate legislation aimed at reclaiming Congress’ authority over tariffs, becoming the first House Republican to openly challenge the powers President Donald Trump is using to launch a massive global trade war. Bacon confirmed his plans to POLITICO on Friday as market losses continued to pile up and rattle Republicans on Capitol Hill. The Senate bill introduced Thursday by Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and…

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Sen. Ted Cruz warns Trump tariffs could be ‘terrible for America’

Sen. Ted Cruz warns Trump tariffs could be ‘terrible for America’

Politico reports: Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz is warning about major risks for the American economy and its automotive industry thanks to President Donald Trump’s trade war, saying it could result in the biggest tax hike in a “long, long time.” “I’m seeing a lot of Republican cheerleaders reflexively defending what the White House is doing,” Cruz said on his podcast Friday, but cautioned the administration’s latest actions could “hurt jobs and hurt America.” Cruz added he is “not a…

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Laura Loomer directed Trump to fire NSA chief

Laura Loomer directed Trump to fire NSA chief

The Washington Post reports: The director of the National Security Agency, the powerful U.S. wiretapping and cyberespionage service, was fired Thursday, according to one former and two current U.S. officials. Gen. Timothy Haugh, who also heads U.S. Cyber Command, was let go along with his civilian deputy at the NSA, Wendy Noble, according to the officials. Like others in this report, they spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel moves. Far-right activist Laura Loomer advocated for the firings…

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‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs as EV and battery factories are being canceled

‘Oligarchy’: Trump exempts big oil donors from tariffs as EV and battery factories are being canceled

The Guardian reports: The sweeping package of tariffs unveiled by Donald Trump on Wednesday includes an exemption for the energy sector, which is a clear sign of the president’s fealty to his big oil donors over the American people, advocates say. Trump’s new 10% universal tariffs – which are higher for many major economies – are wreaking havoc on the global economy and are expected to increase consumer prices in the US. But the levies will not apply to many…

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Efficiency? RFK Jr says 20% of DOGE’s health agency job cuts were mistakes

Efficiency? RFK Jr says 20% of DOGE’s health agency job cuts were mistakes

The Guardian report: Around a fifth of the 10,000 jobs cut from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were done in error and will need to be corrected, the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has admitted. Mass layoffs from the health department began this week amid a push by Donald Trump’s administration to shrink the size of the federal government workforce. Union representatives were told around 10,000 people were to lose their jobs ahead of…

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Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, top insurer warns

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, top insurer warns

The Guardian reports: The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate. The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies. He said that without insurance, which is already being pulled in…

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Wall Street reels as Trump’s tariffs plan sinks markets, but he’s ‘not listening to anyone or anything’

Wall Street reels as Trump’s tariffs plan sinks markets, but he’s ‘not listening to anyone or anything’

The Wall Street Journal reports: Rob Citrone couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The 60-year-old hedge-fund manager watched from his Orlando, Fla., home as President Trump walked into the White House’s Rose Garden and announced his sweeping plan to impose tariffs on the rest of the world. Citrone knew more levies on imported goods were coming—the White House had stuck to this message for months—and so he’d placed a series of wagers against U.S., European and Chinese stocks, betting they…

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The fatal flaw in Trump’s trade war

The fatal flaw in Trump’s trade war

Victoria Guida writes: President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime will completely transform America’s economic relationship with the rest of the world, all in the name of revitalizing domestic manufacturing. And yet, many businesses won’t be rushing to shift their supply chains to U.S. shores. For all the detail in Trump’s Wednesday announcement, his endgame is still shrouded in confusion. That’s lethal for long-term investment, making confident planning all but impossible. “If you want stuff being put in the ground, you…

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