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Hassett says Fed staff should be ‘disciplined’ for revealing how much Trump’s tariffs cost Americans

Hassett says Fed staff should be ‘disciplined’ for revealing how much Trump’s tariffs cost Americans

Politico reports: White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Wednesday said staffers at the New York Federal Reserve should be punished for producing research that found most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are being paid by U.S. firms and consumers. Hassett on CNBC called the paper, co-authored by four people including the New York Fed’s head of labor and product markets, “an embarrassment” and “the worst paper I’ve ever seen in the history of the Federal Reserve System.” “The people…

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As Trump retreats from climate goals, China is becoming a green superpower

As Trump retreats from climate goals, China is becoming a green superpower

BBC News reports: China has created a desert that no longer just reflects the Sun. It captures it. Aluminium soaks up the rays on the golden dunes of Inner Mongolia, transforming one of the harshest landscapes into one of the world’s largest solar farms. Xin Guiyi, who has lived here all his life, seems to welcome the change. “It used to be so dry and the desert was getting bigger,” he explains, as he mixes feed for his small flock…

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Trump wants to prosecute anti-fascists as domestic terrorists. This Texas trial will test his power

Trump wants to prosecute anti-fascists as domestic terrorists. This Texas trial will test his power

MS Now reports: On July 4 last year, a few hours after sundown, about a dozen left-wing activists gathered outside the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in North Texas. Some protesters set off fireworks while others spray-painted cars and a guard booth. As federal officers stepped outside to confront them, local police arrived, and shortly after, shots were fired. Investigators say an Alvarado police officer was hit in the neck by a bullet and released from the hospital…

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More than 600 people were fired or punished for posting about Charlie Kirk’s death. They want justice

More than 600 people were fired or punished for posting about Charlie Kirk’s death. They want justice

The Guardian reports: Julie Strebe, a 55-year-old sheriff’s deputy in the small Bible belt town of Salem, Missouri, was on a date with her husband at a Buffalo Wild Wings when her husband slid his phone across the table. On Facebook, people were demanding Strebe’s immediate termination, calling her a “wacko” with “extreme mental health issues”. It was the afternoon of 13 September 2025, just a few days after Charlie Kirk had been killed by a sniper’s bullet on a…

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ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis homicides

ICE officials knew use of force was rising well before Minneapolis homicides

Politico reports: Top Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials knew as early as March of last year that officers were using dramatically more force against civilians and the targets of their enforcement operations, months before ICE and Border Patrol officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. Internal emails obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act request from the liberal-leaning watchdog nonprofit American Oversight show that top officials knew the amount of force — be it lethal force…

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Jesse Jackson: ‘My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised’

Jesse Jackson: ‘My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised’

Bishop William Barber II is the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign and was a friend and mentee of Jesse Jackson:   Peter Applebome writes: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and populist vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday at his home…

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Federal judge says Trump can’t ‘erase’ history, orders slavery exhibit restored

Federal judge says Trump can’t ‘erase’ history, orders slavery exhibit restored

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore displays discussing slavery at a site in Philadelphia where George Washington lived as president. In a 40-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania compared the displays’ removal last month to the government mind-control employed in George Orwell’s famous novel “1984.” “The government claims it alone has the power to erase, alter, remove and hide historical accounts…

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Zelensky says Ukrainian public won’t let him hand Russia territory

Zelensky says Ukrainian public won’t let him hand Russia territory

Axios reports: The Ukrainian people would reject a peace deal that involves Ukraine unilaterally withdrawing from the eastern Donbas region and turning it over to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios in an interview Tuesday. Why it matters: As Zelensky was speaking to Axios, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were meeting for a third round of direct talks in Geneva. The main sticking point is control of the Donbas, around 10% of which is still in Ukrainian hands. Zelensky said U.S. mediators Steve Witkoff and…

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How astronomers are unveiling the ‘skeleton’ of the universe

How astronomers are unveiling the ‘skeleton’ of the universe

Paul Sutter writes: The universe is a vast, unseen loom, weaving galaxies into an intricate cosmic web through invisible threads of matter. This cosmic web is the fundamental scaffolding of everything we see, dictating where galaxies form and how they evolve. Much of this architecture remains a mystery, its delicate pathways hidden, and uncovering these cosmic threads requires new eyes and persistent effort. But a new observation has helped us trace one in the Ursa Major Supergroup. In a preprint…

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The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation through civil resistance

The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation through civil resistance

Mark Engler and Paul Engler write: In the wake of two horrifying killings of legal observers in Minnesota, on top of the abduction of countless immigrant community members, the country has reached a turning point. Backlash against ICE’s lawlessness and aggression has reverberated so loudly that even Trump has heard it. But the effects on ordinary Americans contemplating what they would do if they lived in Minneapolis or St Paul is perhaps even more profound. The extraordinary level of grassroots…

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Cover-up: FBI won’t share Alex Pretti homicide evidence, Minnesota authorities say

Cover-up: FBI won’t share Alex Pretti homicide evidence, Minnesota authorities say

The Guardian reports: Minnesota law enforcement authorities have said the FBI is refusing to share any evidence on its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal immigration authorities in late January. Pretti was shot on 24 January by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Minneapolis during the Trump administration’s surge of immigration enforcement operations in the city. His killing came just two weeks after an immigration official shot and killed Renee Good and 10…

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Warehouse owner won’t sell Texas property to ICE for migrant detention center

Warehouse owner won’t sell Texas property to ICE for migrant detention center

The Dallas Morning News reports: The owner of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government. “God answered our prayers,” Hutchins Mayor Mario Vasquez said after learning of the company’s decision. Internal ICE documents revealed that the agency had wanted to use the warehouse in Hutchins to house up to 9,500 migrants as the agency pushes…

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Viktor Orbán is trying to stay in power by stifling hope and promoting fear

Viktor Orbán is trying to stay in power by stifling hope and promoting fear

France 24 reports: US President Donald Trump has made no secret of his high regard for Orban, saying in a social media post on Friday that the prime minister had produced “phenomenal” results in Hungary. But Orban, 62, has a fight on his hands for the April 12 legislative elections in Hungary. Polls suggest his Fidesz party is trailing opposition leader Peter Magyar’s TISZA. “I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success…

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