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AlterNet Crooks and Liars Daily Kos (Note: these articles are from RSS News Feeds websites, and are deleted after 30 days, April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM EDT Either the world economy isn't actually burning, or President Donald Trump just doesn't care. The convicted felon was spotted jetting off to Miami on Thursday as chaos ensued following tariffs he placed on more than 180 countries and territories. April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT President Donald Trump's embattled Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared on CNN Thursday to defend Trump's sweeping tariffs, which the president announced in a rambling speech on Wednesday. As the stock market took a nosedive after Trump's announcement, Lutnick told CNN's Pamela Brown that everything is just fine " er, that things will be fine in the future if they weren't actually fine now. April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT President Donald Trump's embattled Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared on CNN Thursday to defend Trump's sweeping tariffs, which the president announced in a rambling speech on Wednesday. As the stock market took a nosedive after Trump's announcement, Lutnick told CNN's Pamela Brown that everything is just fine " er, that things will be fine in the future if they weren't actually fine now. April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM EDT President Donald Trump's embattled Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared on CNN Thursday to defend Trump's sweeping tariffs, which the president announced in a rambling speech on Wednesday. As the stock market took a nosedive after Trump's announcement, Lutnick told CNN's Pamela Brown that everything is just fine " er, that things will be fine in the future if they weren't actually fine now. April 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday that he's running for reelection as an independent""just one day after a federal judge dismissed his pending corruption case. In an unnecessarily long video posted on X Thursday, Adams claimed that even though 25,000 residents had signed his Democratic petition, the "bogus" case against him "dragged on too long," making it impossible to mount a serious campaign in what surely would've been a brutal primary election for him. April 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT On Thursday""one day after President Donald Trump's self-branded "Liberation Day"""900 auto workers in Michigan and Indiana were "liberated" from their jobs, thanks to Trump's new tariffs. Stellantis NV, which manufactures Ram trucks and Jeeps, announced on Thursday that 900 U.S. workers across five facilities were being temporarily laid off, directly citing Trump's 25% tariffs on imported cars as the cause. April 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s purge of almost a quarter of the federal workforce under his control includes senior veterinarians who focus on response to bird flu outbreaks, according to sources that spoke with the Washington Post. The laid-off veterinarians, who worked under the Food and Drug Administration, included those who designed studies showing that pasteurized milk would kill the virus. This was particularly important as the bird flu rampaged through dairy herds last spring. Officials who oversaw efforts to protect Americans by recalling pet food that may have been contaminated by the avian disease also lost their jobs. April 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM EDT A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related | Trump marks 'Liberation Day' with bizarre rant, conspiracies""and lame props April 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT Leaders from around the world are reacting negatively to President Donald Trump's announcement on Wednesday of new tariffs on various countries ranging from 10% to 54%. Trump signed an executive order kicking off the tariff hikes at a White House event marked by a rambling speech where he promoted conspiracy theories and economic ideas widely panned by experts. April 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday issued a rare rebuke of President Donald Trump, when four GOP lawmakers joined every Democrat to cancel the national emergency that Trump declared to justify putting punishing 25% tariffs on Canadian imports. In February, Trump announced he was putting a blanket 25% tariff on Canadian imports, saying the tariffs are a punishment for the country supposedly allowing fentanyl to cross the border into the United States. On March 6, Trump paused those tariffs. But Canada is now subjected to tariffs on cars, aluminum, and steel""which Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said will negatively impact its economy and has vowed to announce retaliatory tariffs. April 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley launched a hypocrisy-laden attack against fellow Justice Susan Crawford, who had a sweeping victory over conservative Judge Brad Schimel on Tuesday. Bradley called Crawford's campaign "disgusting" and accused the Democratic Party of "buying another justice." April 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT Tesla's first-quarter sales in 2025 fell a hefty 13% year over year""and in a climate where global electric vehicle sales are increasing. For comparison, General Motors saw 94% growth in first-quarter EV sales, and Ford was up 12%. Tesla is blaming the retooling of its Model Y compact SUV, but given that Tesla didn't sell all the vehicles it produced (362,615 manufactured and 336,681 delivered), it's clear that the company's problems weren't supply. It's a demand issue. |
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