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The president himself hasn't commented and had no public events after his "Liberation Day" tariffs announcement.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trust-president-trump-white-house-defending-tariffs-amid/story?id=120449641 The White House has fired a handful of National Security Council staffers following a Wednesday meeting with far-right political activist Laura Loomer.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/national-security-council-staffers-fired-after-trump-met/story?id=120452752 As world markets slumped in reaction to President Trump’s tariffs, Democratic and Republican senators' bill would require Congress to approve new tariffs.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senators-introduce-bipartisan-bill-limit-trump-tariffs/story?id=120453972 U.S. and Chinese military officials have met for their first working-level talks since President Donald Trump took office for the second time
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-chinese-military-officials-hold-talks-maritime-security-120469162 A Trump administration official says the United States is talking with conflict-plagued Congo about developing its mineral resources under a deal that the Congolese president has said could help make his country safer
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/us-negotiating-minerals-deal-conflict-hit-congo-trump-120472029
Economy
The tariffs will be a 'huge, huge shock to the economy,' one expert said.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/trumps-sweeping-tariffs-us-economy/story?id=120457570 Trump is imposing ruinous tariffs because American democracy is no longer strong enough to stop him.
https://vox.com/politics/407053/trump-tariff-expensive-democracy-authoritarianism-breakdown Susan B. Glasser writes about Donald Trump’s tariffs and the unaccountable power he holds over such a large swath of the world economy.
https://newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trumps-ego-melts-the-global-economy President Donald Trump on Wednesday launched a US trade war with every country via a barrage of tariffs that are set to go into effect almost immediately. American consumers and businesses stand to pay a hefty price for that battl...
https://cnn.com/2025/04/03/economy/what-more-expensive-price-increase-new-tariffs/index.html US President Donald Trump slapped tariffs of 34 percent on imports from China and 20 percent on imports from the European Union on Wednesday, adding a baseline of 10 percent on most goods imported to…
https://france24.com/en/americas/20250402-live-us-stocks-fall-ahead-of-trump-s-liberation-day-tariff-announcement
Tech
Roku, Amazon, and practically every company in the streaming business are inventing new ways to make money off your data.
https://vox.com/technology/405879/roku-amazon-netflix-moana-disney I spent a week living with the minimal smartphone alternative. It wasn’t long enough.
https://vox.com/technology/406829/light-phone-iphone-screen-time-kids This annual time shift has long-lasting effects on health | Science & technology
https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/04/02/how-daylight-saving-time-affects-your-sleep-and-diet Follow FRANCE 24’s coverage of events in Paris and across France, Corsica and the French overseas territories. An insider look at French politics, culture, society, technology and sport through on-the-ground…
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Sports
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https://dailymail.co.uk/home/latest/index.html The state legislature for California shut down not just one, but two bills that looked to ban transgender athletes from being able to compete in female sports.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/02/california-legislation-transgender-ban-female-sports/ Two female athletes at Washington high schools are asking the Trump administration to stop a male from competing against them during their track season.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/03/exclusive-washington-female-athletes-trump-admin-male-sports/ It seems that while we are making incredible gains in the march to end transgender ideology, we are still very much in the middle of the fight.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/03/rooke-trump-athletes-transgender-sports-maryland-virginia/
Space
The popular show about a boy’s troubled life comes as teens on a TikTok forum discover the joys of books, bookstores, and a safe space to gather.
https://csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0403/What-Netflix-s-Adolescence-misses In this “Letter from a bomb shelter” (really just a dusty storage space under a Tel Aviv apartment building), correspondent Dina Kraft tells of a community that has formed over the course of the Israel-Hamas war, and of the yo...
https://csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0403/israel-hamas-war-bomb-shelter-community Although France is less exposed than EU neighbours Italy and Spain, new tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump on Wednesday could severely impact strategic industries including aeronautics, wine…
https://france24.com/en/france/20250403-how-will-trump-s-liberation-day-tariffs-impact-france FRANCE 24’s analyses of the economic events and technological innovations shaping our world, including economic trends, energy markets, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and space exploration.
https://france24.com/en/business-tech/ My friend is a program scientist for the International Space Station. She told me all I needed to know.
https://slate.com/life/2025/04/space-nasa-sex-astronaut-sunita-williams-butch-wilmore.html
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