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'Rankled' Trump issues veto threat over Chuck Grassley's bipartisan tariff bill

President Donald Trump has reportedly threatened to veto a tariff bill sponsored by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

Axios reported on Monday that the White House objected to the bill that would limit the president's ability to impose tariffs without first notifying Congress.

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'Has no friends': Ex-White House economic adviser warns Trump tariffs have 'isolated' him

The former chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers admitted on MSNBC on Monday morning that Donald Trump is finding out initial supporters of his tariff plans are quickly abandoning him.

On the same day that a bevy of Wall Street executives — many of them the president's biggest boosters during the 2024 election — harshly criticized his economic policies, noted economist Jared Bernstein told MSNBC's Ana Cabrera things are not looking good for the embattled president.

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'Path of lawlessness': Reagan-appointed judge buries Trump DOJ in scathing ruling

Over the weekend, a Justice Department attorney was put on administrative leave after acknowledging in court that he'd never been given a "satisfactory" answer for why the U.S. government couldn't return a wrongfully deported immigrant from Venezuela who had been residing in Maryland. Now, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals is scolding the DOJ's behavior in a new ruling.

In a unanimous decision on Monday, the court denied President Donald Trump's administration's efforts to resist returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by midnight on Monday, wrote Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney on X.

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National Park Service removes photo of Harriet Tubman from Underground Railroad webpage

The National Park Services (NPS) has removed a prominent photo of Black abolitionist Harriet Tubman from its Underground Railroad webpage after President Donald Trump's executive order abolishing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.

According to a snapshot of the webpage saved by Archive.org, the reference to Tubman was removed as early as March 25. It had been replaced with a smaller Tubman photo that included white abolitionists Catherine Coffin and Thomas Garrett.

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Trump revenge campaign is 'far more expansive, efficient and creative' than expected: NYT

While running in 2024, President Donald Trump promised his audience, "I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution."

By the end of the campaign, Trump backed off.

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Trump levels new trade threats against China as markets sink again

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday morning to attack China and issue new trade threats.

"Yesterday, China issued Retaliatory Tariffs of 34%, on top of their already record setting Tariffs, Non-Monetary Tariffs, Illegal Subsidization of companies, and massive long term Currency Manipulation, despite my warning that any country that Retaliates against the U.S. by issuing additional Tariffs, above and beyond their already existing long term Tariff abuse of our Nation, will be immediately met with new and substantially higher Tariffs, over and above those initially set," Trump promised, with randomly capitalized words.

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Trump is 'disconnected from reality' as economy crashes: MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle

MSNBC host and former Wall Street executive Stephanie Ruhle jumped all over Donald Trump on Monday morning as the stock market spiraled downward once again due to economic uncertainty over his wide-ranging tariff plans.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Ruhle, who spent 14 years working on Wall Street before leaving her job as a managing director at Deutsche Bank, criticized the president's blithe dismissal about the economic pain the country is experiencing while he was busy playing golf in Florida.

Speaking with the hosts, she explained, "I would just say the thing that's really alarming about what our government is doing is, think about this weekend. Over this weekend, I was talking to former colleagues of mine from Deutsche Bank saying, compare this weekend to where we were in 2008, right? That the famous 2008 weekend when traders were flooding back to trading desks to figure out what was their counterparty exposure to, to all other banks out there, how bad was it going to be?"

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'Fake news': Stocks crash anew as Karoline Leavitt disavows rumor of tariff 'pause'

Stock market investments took a wild swing as the White House disavowed rumors that President Donald Trump was considering a 90-day pause on his trade war.

The Dow fell over 1,000 points just minutes after Monday's opening but swung into positive territory for a few seconds when some outlets reported rumors that White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Trump was considering a tariff pause.

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Trump scrambling to 'quell a GOP rebellion' as heat turns up: MSNBC

Donald Trump started his Monday morning repeatedly talking up his sweeping tariff plans as the stock market, once again, spiraled downward and could lead to a Republican "bloodbath" in the 2026 midterm election.

According to MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Jonathan Lemire, what the president is doing is scrambling as he is starting to get heat from his own party as multiple GOP lawmakers are going public awith concerns about the damage he is doing to the economy.


With the Dow Jones Indices dropping another 1,000 points moments after opening, Trump wrote on Truth Social, "The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!"

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'Means nothing to us!' Trump adviser blows off nation's offer to scrap tariffs on US goods

Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro on Monday said countries could not appease President Donald Trump — even if they reduce their tariffs on American goods all the way to zero.

Appearing on CNBC, Navarro was asked about Vietnam's offer to completely eliminate its tariffs on American goods. He said that was nowhere near enough of a concession to satisfy Trump and get him to back off his plans to reduce the massive 46 percent tariff he slapped on all their goods.

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'Oops': JPMorgan CEO shredded after belatedly realizing Trump's tariffs are bad

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, a long-outspoken analyst of economic trends from Wall Street's perspective, sounded a dire warning this week that President Donald Trump's tariff regime could dismantle the economy as we know it — but more than one person brought receipts showing he was singing a different tune just a couple of months ago.

Dimon, one of a number of finance executives who are declaring a break-glass emergency, made his grim forecast in a letter to shareholders.

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Untested new software installed by DOGE employees crashing Social Security servers: report

Retirees and other beneficiaries of funds distributed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) are having major problems accessing their online accounts since staffers from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have assumed control of the agency

According to a report from the Washington Post, access to accounts has been unavailable for hours extending into days after new software was installed, with a message popping up reading "Online Service Not Available" and ending there.

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Trump administration says emails ‘sent in error’ ordering Ukrainians to leave the U.S.

WASHINGTON — Unknown numbers of Ukrainians received emails by mistake from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security saying their humanitarian protected status was being revoked and they would have to leave the United States within days, the agency said Friday.

“A message was sent in error to some Ukrainians under the U4U program. The U4U parole program has not been terminated,” a DHS spokesperson told States Newsroom, referring to the Uniting for Ukraine program.

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