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Kristi Noem slammed for pointing assault rifle at law enforcement officer

David Badash April 08, 2025 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—who has been participating in immigration raids across the country and traveling to prisons beyond U.S. borders—is facing sharp criticism from veterans and firearms experts after appearing to point her assault rifle at a law enforcement officer during a video she filmed to promote her exploits. “Here we are with Marco and Brian today,” Noem, in protective gear, said (video below). “They’re letting me roll with them. We’re g ...

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National Review Urges Congress to End the Raw Chaos of Trump's Trade War: No Free Man Wants to Be at the Mercy of a King

Apr 8th, 2025, 1:05 pm National Review called on Congress to end President Donald Trump’s trade war in an editorial laying out both the political and constitutional cases for doing so on Tuesday. After arguing that Trump had thrown “the world’s economy into turmoil” by declaring that America’s trade deficit constituted an “emergency” and imposing “protectionist barriers that exceeded even the infamous Smoot-Hawley law in its scope,” the conservative magazine dove into its case. “If it seems ...

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Grassley says Congress 'delegated too much authority to the president' on trade

04/08/25 12:02 PM ET Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to limit President Trump’s trade authority, said Tuesday that he thinks Congress has “delegated too much authority to the president.” “I made very clear throughout my public service that I’m a free and fair trader. The Constitution gives Congress the authority to regulate interstate and foreign commerce. I believe that Congress delegated too much authority to the president in the Trade Expansion Act o ...

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Pentagon considering proposal to cut thousands of troops from Europe, officials say

April 8, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT / Updated April 8, 2025, 1:58 PM EDT Senior Defense Department officials are considering a proposal to withdraw as many as 10,000 troops from Eastern Europe, sparking concern on both continents that it would embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to six U.S. and European officials who have been briefed on the matter. The units under consideration are part of the 20,000 personnel the Biden administration deployed in 2022 to strengthen the defenses of ...

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White House tight-lipped on External Revenue Service on eve of tariff implementation

Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner • now • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to answer questions about how President Donald Trump's yet-to-be-launched External Revenue Service will work, just hours before he's set to enact a wave of tariffs on nearly 90 countries. In January, Trump signed an executive order directing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to establish the ERS to collect revenue from the president's tariffs and potentially even supplant the Internal Revenue ...

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Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs

Mon 7 Apr 2025 16.46 EDT Last modified on Mon 7 Apr 2025 19.05 EDT A libertarian group that has been funded by Leonard Leo and Charles Koch has mounted a legal challenge against Donald Trump’s tariff regime, in a sign of spreading rightwing opposition to a policy that has sent international markets plummeting. The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a suit against Trump’s imposition of import tariffs on exports from China, arguing that doing so under the International Emergency Economic Powers ...

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RFK Jr. MMR vaccine support spurs backlash: 'So much for MAHA'

Published 10:22 a.m. ET April 7, 2025 | Updated 4:59 p.m. ET April 7, 2025 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been widely maligned – and celebrated, depending who you ask – as a vaccine skeptic. So when he wrote in a post on X on Sunday that "the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine" – after visiting West Texas shortly after a second unvaccinated child there died of the measles – public opinion flipped as social media users ...

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Republican Megadonor Rips 'Bullsht' Trump Tariffs: 'I Don't Understand the Goddmn Formula'

Apr 7th, 2025, 8:36 pm Home Depot founder Ken Langone said he does not see the logic of the tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump last week. In an interview with The Financial Times published on Monday, Langone let fly on the measures, which impose a minimum 10% tariff on virtually all imports. However, the president singled out dozens of countries for much higher tariffs, which are paid by companies that import the goods. Those higher costs are subsequently passed on to consumers. M ...

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Colleges around the US say some international students' visas are being revoked

By ANNIE MA Updated 4:49 PM CDT, April 7, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Colleges around the country are reporting some of their international students’ visas are being revoked unexpectedly, expressing alarm over what appears to be a new level of government scrutiny. Visas can be canceled for a number of reasons, but college leaders say the government has been quietly terminating students’ legal residency status with little notice to students or schools. That marks a shift from past practice and ...

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Republicans Ted Cruz, Rand Paul speak out on risks of Trump tariff policy

April 7, 2025, 4:35 PM As fallout continues from President Donald Trump's destabilizing tariff policy on virtually all U.S. trading partners, some Republican senators are warning about the risks for American families. But so far, there are limited signs of any widespread cracks in overall GOP support for Trump or prospects for any congressional attempt to rein him in. Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican and ardent Trump supporter, made headlines when he spoke out -- first on Fox News last week ...

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AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can't bar its journalists

34 min ago - A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its spe ... (AP)

Hawaii confirms travel-related measles case in child under 5

45 min ago - The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed its first measles case this year in an unvaccinated child on Oahu under the age of 5. Gov. Josh Green made the announcement during a press conference this morning, in which he urged everyone to get vaccin ... (Honolulu Star Advertiser)

Trump demands EU buy $350 billion in energy as condition for tariff relief

54 min ago - Story by Daryna Vialko • 7h • The European Union must commit to purchasing $350 billion worth of American energy to receive tariff relief. US President Donald Trump rejected Brussels’ zero-for-zero proposal on cars, Politico reports. ... (msn)

CBS rubbishes Trump effort to avoid discovery with erroneous privilege and national security claims

1 hr ago - Apr 8th, 2025, 2:03 pm President Donald Trump is refusing to produce relevant evidence in his $20 billion lawsuit against CBS, the network’s attorneys say. In a 23-page motion to compel, CBS alleges Trump and his co-plaintiff, Rep. Ronny Jackson ... (Law & Crime)

Texas AG Ken Paxton officially joins U.S. Senate race challenging John Cornyn

1 hr ago - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s midterm elections, setting up a barnburner clash of two Republican titans that is sure to reverberate across state and national politics. ... (Texas Tribune)

Medicaid recipients demand that Congress protect healthcare program

1 hr ago - Tue 8 Apr 2025 13.16 EDT Last modified on Tue 8 Apr 2025 13.19 EDT Medicaid recipients from 28 states marched on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to call on Congress to protect the health insurance program – a vital lifeline for millions of Americans &#1 ... (The Guardian)

US lawmakers spar over food aid program facing uncertainty

1 hr ago - April 8, 2025 3:53 PM EDT Updated 4 hours ago April 8 (Reuters) - Lawmakers clashed over the future of the nation's largest food aid program during U.S. House and Senate Agriculture Committee hearings on Tuesday, previewing a partisan fight over the ... (Reuters)

Grassley says Congress 'delegated too much authority to the president' on trade

2 hrs ago - 04/08/25 12:02 PM ET Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who co-sponsored bipartisan legislation to limit President Trump’s trade authority, said Tuesday that he thinks Congress has “delegated too much authority to the president.” “I ma ... (The Hill)

Top commander, in potential clash with Pentagon, warns US troops should stay in Europe

2 hrs ago - 04/08/2025 11:58 AM EDT Republican lawmakers — and the commander of U.S. forces in Europe — argued Tuesday against withdrawing troops from the continent, clashing with a potential Trump administration plan. U.S. European Command chief Gen. ... (Politico)

Social Security wrongly told disabled people and some seniors their benefits ended, causing alarm

2 hrs ago - April 8, 2025 / 9:50 AM EDT The Social Security Administration last week wrongly informed some recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the federal program that provides financial assistance to disabled Americans and low-income senior citize ... (CBS News)

Trump cuts threaten massive steel plant in JD Vance's hometown: 'Makes no sense'

2 hrs ago - April 8, 2025 3:05PM ET Even though one of the goals of President Donald Trump 's trade war is to revive U.S. manufacturing, his administration is slashing a key program meant to help modernize plants across the country — including in Vice Presi ... (Raw Story)

Migrants who entered the U.S. via CBP One app should leave 'immediately,' DHS says

2 hrs ago - April 8, 2025 4:27 PM ET Y. was working her regular shift at a California Walmart on Monday when she got a notification on her phone. It was an email from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "It is time for you to leave the United States," the ... (NPR)

Top FAA air traffic control official stepping down: Reuters

2 hrs ago - Published Tue, Apr 8 2025 5:19 PM EDT Updated An Hour Ago The head of the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic organization is stepping down after more than 35 years with the agency. Tim Arel, who is chief operating officer of the FAA A ... (CNBC)

Government Given One Day to Produce Evidence for Deporting Columbia University Protester Khalil

3 hrs ago - April 8, 2025, at 4:17 p.m. JENA, Louisiana (Reuters) - A month after Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was picked up by immigration agents in New York and transferred 1,200 miles to a detention center in rural Louisiana, an immigration jud ... (US News and World Report/Reuters)

Kristi Noem slammed for pointing assault rifle at law enforcement officer

3 hrs ago - David Badash April 08, 2025 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—who has been participating in immigration raids across the country and traveling to prisons beyond U.S. borders—is facing sharp criticism from veterans and firearms expert ... (alternet)

Jasmine Crockett Blasts Trump for Skipping Transfer of Fallen Soldiers For Golf Event: Decided to Golf

3 hrs ago - Apr 8th, 2025, 1:07 pm Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) criticized President Donald Trump’s golfing habits after he missed the transfer of fallen soldiers for a tournament. Last week, LIV Golf held a tournament a Trump National Doral in Florida. Ah ... (MEDIAite)

National Park Service restores original Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad webpage

3 hrs ago - Updated 3:01 PM EDT, April 8, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the chan ... (AP)

Canada Says 25% Tariff on U.S. Autos to Kick In Starting Wednesday

3 hrs ago - April 8, 2025 at 3:46 pm ET OTTAWA—Canada said its 25% tariff on U.S.-made vehicles that aren’t compliant with the North American trade deal would take effect on Wednesday. Prime Minister Mark Carney had said last week this duty was in the ... (WSJ)

Democrats forge ahead with effort to kill Trump tariffs

4 hrs ago - 3 hours ago House Democrats are moving forward with their plan to try to force a vote on killing the across-the-board tariffs President Trump rolled out last week. Why it matters: Trump is almost certain to veto the measure if it passes, but Democra ... (Axios)

Keystone oil pipeline shutdown could quickly lead to higher gasoline prices

4 hrs ago - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The nearly 2,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of millions of gallons of crude oil from Canada to refineries in the U.S. and potentially leading ... (AP)