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Today — 7 April 2025Main stream

Wall Street’s Decision Makers Brace for More Chaos After Markets Plunge

The financial titans who backed Trump are now dealing with the fallout from his tariffs. They spent the weekend surveying the damage of last week’s major sell-off.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

The New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Bankers, executives and traders said this weekend that they felt flashbacks to the global financial crisis that began in 2007.

Republicans Want to Make the Trump Tax Cuts Last Forever

6 April 2025 at 17:01
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.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the Republican majority leader, said that “Senate Republicans are united with the president in viewing a temporary extension as unacceptable.”

Trump Aides Defend His Tariffs Amid Global Blowback

By: Tony Romm
6 April 2025 at 23:47
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.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent waits in the Rose Garden before President Trump makes remarks and signs tariffs at the White House, on Wednesday.
Yesterday — 6 April 2025Main stream

Kennedy Attends Funeral in Texas of Girl Who Died of Measles

7 April 2025 at 05:20
The health secretary has faced harsh criticism for his handling of the multistate outbreak, embrace of alternative treatments and tepid endorsement of vaccination.

© Desiree Rios for The New York Times

A billboard in Seminole, Texas, in February. Nearly 500 cases of measles have been reported since January in West Texas.

Small Businesses Face a ‘Tornado’ of Challenges: Cuts, Freezes and Now Tariffs

6 April 2025 at 17:01
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.

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

Ben Coryell, owner of Golden Mountain Guides in Colorado, is concerned about how long his business can continue to offer climbing courses and mountaineering expeditions.

For Republicans, Tariffs Pose a Risk Like No Other

By: Nate Cohn
6 April 2025 at 17:01
Trump’s political strength is built on the economy. If it sinks, he could drag his party down with him.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

The fallout from tariffs could obscure the popular elements of the Trump agenda.

Trump’s Third Term Talk Defies Constitution and Tests Democracy

6 April 2025 at 17:01
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.

© Tom Brenner for The New York Times

President Donald Trump speaks to the media outside of the White House on Thursday.

Used Tesla Market Heats Up as Owners Sell to Protest Elon Musk

6 April 2025 at 17:00
Teslas that have been sold or traded in during the backlash against the company’s chief executive have become bargains on lots.

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

Used Teslas at Hayward Honda in Hayward, Calif. Many owners began selling their Teslas as a form of protest or because they no longer wanted to be associated with the company, led by Elon Musk.

Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders

6 April 2025 at 06:42
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.

© Sarah Silbiger for The New York Times

The Department of Justice building in Washington. Erez Reuveni was promoted to acting deputy director of the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation two weeks ago.

Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out

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.

© Scott McIntyre for The New York Times

LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed league, has sponsored a tournament at the Trump family’s Miami golf resort four times.

Former Aides to Ken Paxton Win $6.6 Million in Whistle-Blower Case

6 April 2025 at 02:41
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.

© Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times

The four whistle-blowers from the Texas attorney general’s office attending the final day of the impeachment trial of Ken Paxton in September 2023.

Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country

Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy.

© Adam Gray for The New York Times

The crowds stretched for nearly 20 blocks in Manhattan.

He Said He Would Ban Congressional Stock Trading. Now in Office, He Trades Freely.

6 April 2025 at 00:05
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.

© Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

Since he took office, Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr. has reported 264 stock trades, according to Capitol Trades, a site that monitors the stock market activity of lawmakers.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Prosecutors on George Santos Case Seek 7-Year Sentence

The disgraced former congressman is set to be sentenced on April 25. His lawyers asked for a penalty of two years, the minimum allowed.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

George Santos was expelled from Congress in 2023, after a report by the House Ethics Committee found evidence that he had broken federal law.
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