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Lets put this in context: U.S. government #bonds are not doing well. Unlike stocks that recuperated some losses after Trump's tariff u-turn, bonds did not. Why? China, among the biggest bond holders, may be selling our debt, existing tariffs is expected to lock U.S. inflation and more @barrons.com

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Updated: A Minecraft Movie, the live-action movie based on the best-selling video game of all time, clobbered the domestic box office last weekend, racking up a higher-than-expected $162.8 million in ticket sales to become the biggest domestic opening this year. …

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www.barrons.com/articles/tre... The Treasury’s auction of 10-year bonds on Weds encountered solid demand, lowering yields in parts of the fixed-income market and calming fear that buyers are fleeing U.S. debt. The debt sold at a yield of 4.435%, compared with the 4.465% just before the sale. …

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www.barrons.com/articles/us-... The selloff in U.S. government bonds gathered speed on Wednesday, with the 30-year Treasury yield set to rise the most in more than 40 years as a paradigm shift in trade policy upends the bond market. Yields on the 30-year govt debt were up to 4.858% on Wednesday. …

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www.barrons.com/articles/tru... The value-added tax, or VAT, is something President Trump has targeted as one of his justifications for imposing his so-called “reciprocal tariffs” on goods imported from other nations. Trump has called VATs that other countries charge on consumption “exorbitant.” …

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Listen to Thomas Sipp’s story. American hero. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/p...

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GIFT ARTICLE The Social Security is now "crashing" thanks to citizens voting in Trump. If you are elderly & rely on SS, Trump has again told you to go screw yourself. Who knew that you needed techinal staff for technical computer systems? Answer: everyone with a brain. wapo.st/3FXUSdu

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www.barrons.com/articles/war... A Minecraft Movie, the live-action movie based on the best-selling videogame of all time, clobbered the box office this weekend, racking up $157 million to become the biggest domestic opening this year. It was Warner Bros. Discovery’s largest opening since Barbie…

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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/h... When every email inbox in the division pinged with a new message at 5:07 p.m. Friday, the staff collectively held their breath. But it wasn’t the dismissal employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been waiting for. It was… a “love letter.”

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www.barrons.com/livecoverage... Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the economic effects of President Trump’s massive tariff hikes could be larger than expected… The outlook for the U.S. economy is still highly uncertain, w/ “elevated risks of both higher unemployment and higher inflation,”…

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Abrego Garcia’s wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, a U.S. citizen, hasn’t spoken to him since he was flown to his native El Salvador last month and imprisoned. She urged her supporters to keep fighting for her husband “and all the Kilmars out there whose stories are still waiting to be heard.” …

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Justin Wolfers does economics a service here. Tariffs make stuff pricier, yes, but we pay their real costs in so many more ways. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...

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News: Suspended journalists sue Kari Lake and Trump administration over shutting down Voice of America My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...

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www.inquirer.com/politics/sen... As he neared 24 hrs of standing on the Senate floor, Sen. Cory Booker held up his Constitution, his voice only slightly more strained than when he'd started. "I keep going back to how this document is being undermined and attacked by this president," Booker said…

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www.barrons.com/articles/fda... The Trump administration began slashing jobs at U.S. public-health agencies on Tuesday morning, and the impact on the Food and Drug Administration so far has been dire, according to current and former employees. … @barrons.com

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I could not be prouder of this Georgetown University Law Center student group. They were invited to an exclusive recruiting event with Skadden and withdrew because of Skadden’s preemptive capitulation to the Trump regime. Alanna, Caleb, and Carly were all students of mine.

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Japanese American survivors of US internment camps say invocation of 1798 wartime law “reopens deep wounds and inflicts new ones.” “I hate the fear that is rampant, hurting people just like in (the 1940s),” said US internment camp survivor Kyoko Oda: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/japanese-a...

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"The White House wants its actions viewed solely through the lens of immigration, but they pose a broader threat to the due process rights and basic liberties and freedoms of everyone in America," @davidleopold.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3FMLv01

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NEW: Senate Overturns Biden era Rule Limiting Bank Overdraft Fees to $5 Lawmakers voted to invalidate a rule adopted last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It now moves to the House.

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www.inquirer.com/politics/sen... Sen. Dave McCormick (R, Pa.) held his first town hall since becoming Pennsylvania's senator, in an hour-long, wide-ranging Q&A with residents... The tele-town hall was advertised 30 minutes before it started via a post on McCormick's X account… @inquirer.com

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www.barrons.com/articles/us-... The number of U.S. billionaires reached 870 in mid-January, outpacing the number in China for the first time in 10 years... The U.S. gained 70 billionaires since last year, powered by a rising stock market, a strong dollar, and insatiable appetite for all things AI…

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"Imagine this dispute outside the U.S. context. If you discovered that the AP caved to a different government trying to control its speech, would you ever again trust anything the AP reported from that country—or for that matter, from anywhere? " -Julie Pace, @apnews.com www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

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Clear visual showing the tariff bobbling from WaPo www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

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Underappreciated is that Trump and Musk will increase the amount of fraud through their attacks on Social Security The chaos and service disruptions are perfect opportunities for scammers to steal identities and benefits www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The children we think of as "orphans" very often have living parents: "Adoption agencies falsified documents to present babies as orphans when they had known parents, the commission acknowledged." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/w...

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www.barrons.com/articles/way... Waymo, the driverless taxi operation owned by Alphabet, plans to expand its fully autonomous ride-hailing services to Washington, D.C., in 2026. Waymo tested its robotaxis in Washington last year and earlier this year, but still needs permission from city officials…

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www.barrons.com/articles/dis... Walt Disney’s Snow White won the top spot at the weekend box office, opening with an estimated $43 million in domestic ticket sales through Sunday. The PG-rated live-action remake debuted in 4,200 theaters and sold an average of $10,238 per theater…

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