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- Trump Aides Defend His Tariffs Amid Global Blowbackby Tony Romm on April 6, 2025 at 6:10 pm
The president’s top advisers acknowledged President Trump’s sweeping tariffs could raise prices but said an economic adjustment that would ultimately benefit American workers was overdue.
- Trump’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracyby Peter Baker on April 6, 2025 at 4:42 pm
The 22nd Amendment is clear: President Trump has to give up his office after his second term. But his refusal to accept that underscores how far he is willing to consider going to consolidate power.
- Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Outby Eric Lipton, Theodore Schleifer and Zolan Kanno-Youngs on April 6, 2025 at 3:50 pm
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
- Judge Calls Mistaken Deportation of Maryland Man a ‘Grievous Error’by Alan Feuer on April 6, 2025 at 2:54 pm
Judge Paula Xinis, who has ordered that the Trump administration return the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, also rejected a request to pause that order.
- Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges: Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffsby Lydia DePillis on April 6, 2025 at 2:08 pm
President Trump vowed to aid entrepreneurs by reducing taxes and slicing red tape. But some owners say other policies have put them at a disadvantage.
- Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Countryby Shaila Dewan, Minho Kim and Katie Benner on April 6, 2025 at 1:53 pm
Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.
- Trump Administration Revokes Visas of South Sudanese in Clash Over Deporteesby Edward Wong and Hamed Aleaziz on April 6, 2025 at 1:13 pm
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he was making the move because the transitional government of South Sudan had refused to accept its citizens in a timely manner.
- ‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britainby Michael D. Shear on April 6, 2025 at 10:11 am
Humor and art have been used to mock the powerful in Britain for centuries. Now Elon Musk is on the receiving end.
- Musk Says He Hopes Europe and U.S. Move to a ‘Zero-Tariff Situation’by Emma Bubola on April 6, 2025 at 9:39 am
The billionaire adviser to the Trump administration appeared to part ways with the president in a videoconference appearance with Italy’s far-right League party.
- For Republicans, Tariffs Pose a Risk Like No Otherby Nate Cohn on April 6, 2025 at 9:01 am
Trump’s political strength is built on the economy. If it sinks, he could drag his party down with him.
- Republicans Want to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Last Foreverby Andrew Duehren on April 6, 2025 at 9:01 am
Senate Republicans are hoping to ice Democrats out from deciding the fate of President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, a move that Democrats could eventually use against them.
- Used Tesla Market Heats Up as Owners Sell to Protest Elon Muskby Neal E. Boudette on April 6, 2025 at 9:00 am
Teslas that have been sold or traded in during the backlash against the company’s chief executive have become bargains on lots.
- The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaidby Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz on April 6, 2025 at 9:00 am
States that were once reluctant to expand Medicaid now have their state budgets tied to the fate of the program by constitutional amendments.
- Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Ordersby Glenn Thrush on April 6, 2025 at 3:34 am
Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
- Firing of National Security Agency Chief Rattles Lawmakersby Julian E. Barnes on April 5, 2025 at 11:37 pm
Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, who was also the head of U.S. Cyber Command, was one of several national security officials fired on the advice of a conspiracy theorist.
- He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.by Annie Karni on April 5, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., who campaigned on prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, has emerged as one of the most active stock traders in the freshman class.
- Trump Administration Fires U.S. Aid Workers in Quake Zone in Myanmarby Edward Wong and Hannah Beech on April 5, 2025 at 10:24 pm
The move comes despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the U.S. would still do some humanitarian work while shrinking foreign aid. Democratic lawmakers have denounced the cuts.
- Netanyahu Will Meet Trump in Washington in a Sign of Their Strong Tiesby Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Aaron Boxerman on April 5, 2025 at 10:20 pm
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s expected visit, his second since January, underscores how the Israeli leader has seen his diplomatic standing in Washington shift since President Trump’s return to power
- Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentenceby Isabella Kwai and Alyce McFadden on April 5, 2025 at 7:06 pm
The disgraced former congressman is set to be sentenced on April 25. His lawyers asked for a penalty of two years, the minimum allowed.
- Former Aides to Ken Paxton Win $6.6 Million in Whistle-Blower Caseby Simon J. Levien on April 5, 2025 at 6:41 pm
A judge found that four whistle-blowers who accused Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, of corruption and reported him to the F.B.I. were unjustly fired.