Trump's advisers keep downplaying the extent of his tariff proposals -- saying this 10% idea is just one more extreme idea among many -- but then Trump himself keeps suggesting he would actually like to be *more* aggressive

AP -- Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children (one aged 5 days old)
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As giant factories rise up in the desert, Heather Long heads to Arizona to chronicle the challenges and promise on the ground

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'What's happening, according to our own intelligence analysis, is that we are essentially creating bulletin board material, recruiting material, for terrorist groups all around the world when you have 13,000, 15,000 children dying inside Gaza' - Chris Murphy 🟧 on Fox this morning

Reporting from Andrew Restuccia & co on Trump allies’ sweeping plans for the Federal Reserve

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Latest via Kelly Kasulis Cho & Adela Suliman washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

A remarkable story from Rick Perlstein about a night he shared with Marc Andreessen, who said of rural small-town Americans who didn't leave their communities, 'I’m glad there’s OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet'
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A TikTok ban, should ByteDance refuse to sell, won't be triggered before 2025. For now, a number of Democrats and Republicans are saying TikTok won't be banned.

'TikTok ain’t going away,' says Sen. Tim Kaine. 'If you like it, you’re going to keep it.'

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Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it. The baby's mother, who was 30 weeks pregnant with her, died along with the baby's father and sister in an Israeli airstrike. nbc4dc.com/CVy99Qo

One example we found:

A pregnant woman arrived at a Florida hospital in Dec. 2022, five days after her water broke, pleading for treatment. She was sent home.

Federal officials concluded that the hospital put her life at risk.

Read the investigation: documentcloud.org/documents/2457…

“Israel made public claims that a significant number of UNRWA employees are members of terrorist organizations,” the report said. “However, Israel has yet to provide supporting evidence of this.” Claire Parker

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Wow via Jeanne Whalen
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It ... sure seems like the bill to force a TikTok divestiture (possibly leading to a ban) is going to be approved?

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Mike Johnson's Ukraine aid plan is moving closer to becoming reality via Amy B Wang Marianna Sotomayor Leigh Ann Caldwell
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New: Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes propublica.org/article/israel…

'U.S. Steel has been an iconic American company for more than a century. And it should remain a totally American company,' Pres. Biden says in Pittsburgh.

Palestinian paramedics said they were given safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed.

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Joe Biden’s approval rating on the economy is rising among US voters on.ft.com/3vQuPQM