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U.S. economy shrank 0.3% in the first quarter as Trump policy uncertainty weighed on businesses

(CNBC) The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of 2025 on an import surge at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term in office as he wages a potentially costly trade war. Gross domestic product, a sum of all the goods and services produced from January through March, fell at a 0.3% annualized pace, according to a Commerce Department report Wednesday adjusted for seasonal factors and inflation. This was the first quarter of negative growth since Q1 of 2022.

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Poll finds Trump's approval rating below 50% in every 2024 swing state

(The Hill) As the Trump administration celebrates its first 100 days, polls show Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the president’s second term, even in the same swing states that vaulted him into the White House. Nationally, Trump’s approval rating fell to 41 percent according to a mid-April CNN poll conducted shortly before the 100 Day mark. In February, 48% approved of the job his administration was doing, a number that slid to 45% in March.

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Trump Says He Could Free Abrego Garcia From El Salvador, but Won't

(New York Times) Trump’s comments undermined previous statements by his top aides and were a blunt sign of his administration’s intention to double down and defy the courts. President Trump, whose administration has insisted it could not bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador to the United States, said he does have the ability to help return the wrongly deported Maryland man, but is not willing to do so because he believes he is a gang member.

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Trump Argues With ABC's Terry Moran About Photoshopped Image: 'He Had MS-13 On His Knuckles Tattooed!'

(Mediaite) President Donald Trump spent nearly two minutes arguing that a photoshopped image was real during an interview with ABC News on Tuesday. During a discussion about the deportation of illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Trump referenced a photograph of Garcia’s knuckles, which showed his real tattoos – a marijuana leaf, a smiley face, a cross, and a skull – below the letters “MS13,” which had been edited on. While the photo attempted to make the case that the symbols on Garcia’s hand were code for “MS-13,” Trump appeared to take the edited letters literally, believing that they had also been tattooed onto Garcia’s knuckles.

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Commerce Secretary says US is close to first tariff deal, days after Trump bragged he already had 200 deals

(The Independent) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has teased that the U.S. is very close to its first tariff deal – but declined to name the country involved. And he’s still waiting to hear from the leaders of the country for the final sign off, he told CNBC Tuesday. That could be a surprise to President Donald Trump, who boasted in an interview with Time magazine last Thursday that he had already struck 200 deals. “I’ve made 200 deals,” he told Time. “You’ve made 200 deals?” he was asked. He responded: “100 percent.” Yet he refused to name any countries.

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Senate Democrats seek inquiry into Kash Patel's use of FBI aircraft

(CBS News) Senate Democrats have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to review the FBI Director Kash Patel's personal travel on government aircraft, according to GAO and congressional sources. The review will examine Patel's use of the FBI's private fleet of jets, as well as every director's approach since 2013, when the GAO last studied the issue. Investigators at the congressional watchdog agency are expected to examine Patel's flight records to determine the purpose of his travel, how much the bureau spent and whether Patel reimbursed the government for personal trips.

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Federal judge slams Border Patrol: 'You can't just walk up to people with brown skin'

(Raw Story) A federal judge in California issued an injunction on Tuesday preventing the U.S. Border Patrol in that district from making most warrantless arrests. According to Cal Matters, "The ruling came in response to an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit filed after the El Centro Border Patrol traveled to Kern County to conduct a three-day sweep in January, detaining day laborers, farm workers and others in a Home Depot parking lot, outside a convenience store and along a highway between orchards."

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Trump's surgeon general pick promotes misleading claims about her education, new investigation shows

(The Independent) Questions are swirling about the background of President’s Donald Trump’s pick for Surgeon General and whether she has presented misleading claims about where she was educated. Dr Jannette Nesheiwat has been described by the president as “a double board-certified medical doctor,” and a “proud graduate of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.” Prior to her nomination as Surgeon General she has been employed as a New York City medical director with CityMD, a group of urgent care facilities and also has appeared on Fox News and other TV shows. However, according to CBS News, Nesheiwat only completed her residency through the university’s family medicine program in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and did not obtain her medical degree there.

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More than 1,100 law students back Susman Godfrey in its lawsuit over Trump order

(Reuters) More than 1,100 law students on Tuesday filed a court brief supporting law firm Susman Godfrey, saying U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order against the firm amounts to "government reprisal." The friend-of-the-court brief was filed by 1,129 law students and 51 law student organizations in Washington, D.C., federal court. The law students' brief said that Trump's executive orders are retaliation against Susman and other law firms for "taking up representations disfavored by those in control of the executive branch of the government."

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Starbucks says cutting shop staff in favour of automation has failed

(The Guardian) Starbucks is planning to hire more baristas, get them to work more hours at its coffee shops and roll back its embrace of automation, as the company’s new leadership battles to turn the chain around. Brian Niccol, who joined Starbucks as chief executive last September, has vowed to “fundamentally change” the company’s strategy in order to win back customers. In a call with investors on Wednesday, he acknowledged that reducing the number of staff members in outlets had backfired.

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Exclusive: FBI reassigns agents from iconic photo of them kneeling during George Floyd protest

53 min ago - Exclusive: FBI reassigns agents from iconic photo of them kneeling during George Floyd protest By Evan Perez, CNN Senior Justice Correspondent Updated 7:52 AM EDT, Wed April 30, 2025 Federal Bureau of Investigation officers take a knee with demonstra ... (CNN)

Judge orders Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi to be released

1 hr ago - April 30, 2025, 10:45 AM EDT / Updated April 30, 2025, 11:05 AM EDT A judge on Wednesday ordered that Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi be released from federal immigration custody. Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. permanent resident who was born ... (NBC News)

Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Stalls While Spending Picks Up

1 hr ago - April 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM EDT Updated on April 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM EDT The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge stalled in March for the first time in nearly a year and consumer spending was strong, a welcome reprieve before tariffs are expe ... (Bloomberg)

Commerce Secretary says US is close to first tariff deal, days after Trump bragged he already had 200 deals

2 hrs ago - Wednesday 30 April 2025 00:59 EDT Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has teased that the U.S. is very close to its first tariff deal – but declined to name the country involved. And he’s still waiting to hear from the leaders of the country ... (The Independent)

Starbucks says cutting shop staff in favour of automation has failed

2 hrs ago - Starbucks is planning to hire more baristas, get them to work more hours at its coffee shops and roll back its embrace of automation, as the company’s new leadership battles to turn the chain around. Brian Niccol, who joined Starbucks as chief e ... (The Guardian)

US senator presses Trump on wrongly detained man after El Salvador cites US funds

3 hrs ago - April 30, 2025 6:08 AM EDT Updated 3 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - El Salvador is only detaining an El Salvadoran man mistakenly deported from Maryland because the country is receiving U.S. payments, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said in ... (Reuters)

U.S. economy shrank 0.3% in the first quarter as Trump policy uncertainty weighed on businesses

3 hrs ago - Published Wed, Apr 30 2025 8:30 AM EDT Updated 2 Min Ago The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of 2025 on an import surge at the start of President Donald Trump's second term in office as he wages a potentially costly trade war. Gross ... (CNBC)

Senate Democrats seek inquiry into Kash Patel's use of FBI aircraft

3 hrs ago - Updated on: April 29, 2025 / 10:19 PM EDT Senate Democrats have asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to review the FBI Director Kash Patel's personal travel on government aircraft, according to GAO and congressional sources. The review wi ... (CBS News)

ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 62,000 Jobs in April; Annual Pay was Up 4.5%

4 hrs ago - ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 62,000 Jobs in April; Annual Pay was Up 4.5% PR Newswire Wed, April 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM EDT 5 min read ROSELAND, N.J., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Private sector employment inc ... (Yahoo)

Trump's late push for huge new corporate tax cuts

4 hrs ago - 12 hours ago The Trump administration is pressing Congress to dramatically expand the number of business-friendly tax cuts in a budget bill that's already complicated and costly. Why it matters: New additions, such as full expensing to build new fact ... (Axios)

Trump Argues With ABC's Terry Moran About Photoshopped Image: 'He Had MS-13 On His Knuckles Tattooed!'

4 hrs ago - Apr 29th, 2025, 9:54 pm President Donald Trump spent nearly two minutes arguing that a photoshopped image was real during an interview with ABC News on Tuesday. During a discussion about the deportation of illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Tru ... (MEDIAite)

Federal judge slams Border Patrol: 'You can't just walk up to people with brown skin'

5 hrs ago - April 29, 2025 8:15PM ET A federal judge in California issued an injunction on Tuesday preventing the U.S. Border Patrol in that district from making most warrantless arrests. According to Cal Matters, "The ruling came in response to an American Civi ... (Raw Story)

Judge blasts Trump administration's student visa terminations as 'arbitrary and capricious'

6 hrs ago - April 29, 2025, 6:23 PM A federal judge blasted the Trump administration's termination of immigration records for thousands of foreign students in the United States as "arbitrary and capricious," demanding that the government provide detailed explana ... (ABC News)

Trump's surgeon general pick promotes misleading claims about her education, new investigation shows

6 hrs ago - Tuesday 29 April 2025 18:00 EDT Questions are swirling about the background of President’s Donald Trump’s pick for Surgeon General and whether she has presented misleading claims about where she was educated. Dr Jannette Nesheiwat has been ... (The Independent)

Pa. among states suing Trump administration over funding cuts to Head Start

6 hrs ago - Apr 29, 2025 5:35 PM The Pennsylvania Head Start Association and several advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration over what they allege is an unlawful attempt to dismantle Head Start, a federal program that serves more than 800,000 of the n ... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

More than 1,100 law students back Susman Godfrey in its lawsuit over Trump order

7 hrs ago - April 29, 2025 5:06 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago April 29 (Reuters) - More than 1,100 law students on Tuesday filed a court brief supporting law firm Susman Godfrey, saying U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order against the firm amounts to "gov ... (Reuters)

Court rules Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care can be enforced amid suits

7 hrs ago - 04/29/25 4:47 PM ET The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a state law prohibiting minors from receiving gender-affirming care can be enforced as court battles proceed over the law’s constitutionality. The state’s high court granted a re ... (The Hill)

House Republicans block vote to probe Hegseth's Signal use

8 hrs ago - Published 4:34 PM EDT, Tue April 29, 2025 CNN — House Republicans have thwarted Democratic efforts to probe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s controversial use of Signal, using their power to stop the minority party from forcing a vote that ... (CNN Politics)

Patriots Team Plane Makes Trip To Guantanamo Bay

8 hrs ago - Apr 29, 2025, 03:48 PM EDT | Updated 10 hours ago Flight records Monday indicated that a New England Patriots team plane made a trip to and from Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the infamous U.S. military base that’s now being used as a detention ce ... (Huff Post)

White House dismisses authors of major climate report

8 hrs ago - April 29, 2025 3:48 PM ET The Trump Administration has dismissed the scientists working on the country's flagship climate report, a move that threatens to curtail climate science and make information about global warming less available to the public. ... (NPR)

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