Trumps Trade War Pushes Canadian Tech Workers to Rethink Silicon Valley
Canada’s top tech talent has long moved to the US for better opportunities, but Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats are raising questions about how to build a stronger ecosystem at home.
https://www.wired.com/story/canada-startups-silicon-valley-trump-annexation/
E.U. weighs targeting big U.S. tech firms in response to Trump tariffs
European officials are worried that measures against companies like Google and Meta could escalate the trade war, but they say Trump has shifted the goalposts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/01/eu-trump-tariffs-retaliation-big-tech/
Trumps USAID cuts cripple American response to Myanmar earthquake
Three days after the quake, there are no U.S. teams on the ground in Myanmar, a stark illustration of how Trump has upended America’s role in disaster response.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/31/myanmar-earthquake-thailand-usaid-trump/
Lure of the north: What Russias Arctic can offer Trump
Putin is offering the U.S. a stake in the minerals, rare earths and vast natural gas deposits in Russia’s Arctic.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/31/russia-arctic-gas-minerals-trump-putin/
Trump Wants NATO to Spend More. Europe Pitches Redefining Defense to Get There.
The U.S.’s call for Europeans to spend more on militaries prompts talk of changing the rules for what counts as military spending.
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-wants-nato-to-spend-more-europe-pitches-redefining-defense-to-get-there-d99fa2a3
Trump Plans to Visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar in First Foreign Trip
The president said he may also visit the U.A.E. and other countries.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-plans-to-visit-saudi-arabia-qatar-in-first-foreign-trip-288fa1b9
Trump Expresses Anger at Putin as Ukraine Talks Make Little Progress
The president threatened to limit access to U.S. markets for any purchaser of Russian oil.
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/trump-says-hes-angry-at-putin-says-ukraine-peace-talks-going-in-wrong-direction-cf2bbcf5
Trump Sends More Migrants to El Salvador Prison
The country’s notorious maximum-security facility has become a cornerstone of the U.S. president’s deportation strategy.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-sends-more-migrants-to-el-salvador-prison-a0431a07
A $6 Trillion Trump Tax Increase?
Navarro says tariffs will raise $600 billion a year for the government, but he says this is a tax cut.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-tariffs-peter-navarro-6-trillion-tax-increase-2e5cc39d
Trump Wins a Big One on Executive Power
The D.C. Circuit lets the President’s dismissals of independent agency heads stand. The Supreme Court may be next.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-wins-a-big-one-on-executive-power-dismissals-independent-agency-heads-b8d55001
Trumps Greenland Gambit
U.S. history gives the president reason to believe the public will come around in time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-greenland-gambit-foreign-policy-national-security-a8403412
How Trump Can Ensure Fair Admissions
If schools had to post SAT scores by race, any big disparities would raise red flags.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-trump-can-ensure-fair-admissions-schools-sat-scores-race-7bf19260
Trump Doesnt Need Congress to Cut Waste
Activist courts block fund freezes, but not likely redirection.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-doesnt-need-congress-to-cut-waste-courts-law-63db5289
Trumps Auto Tariffs and the Anti-Israel Protesters
The UAW’s Shawn Fain represents graduate students as well as car factory employees.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-auto-tariffs-and-the-anti-israel-protesters-shawn-fain-uaw-union-a4194418
Trump admin live updates: Layoffs begin at HHS, including at the FDA and CDC
Layoffs have begun at the Department of Health and Human Services, including at the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates-trump-automakers-make-lot/?id=120323605
Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest 'crisis' he says Trump and Musk created
Sen. Cory Booker has been staging a filibuster for more than 12 hours in protest of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/booker-stages-senate-filibuster-protest-crisis-trump-musk/story?id=120365354
Florida State Sen. Fine says he doesn't think he disagrees with Trump on anything
Florida state Sen. Randy Fine said on ABC News Live on Monday that doesn't think be breaks with President Donald Trump on policies.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/state-sen-randy-fine-disagrees-trump/story?id=120331402
How Donald Trump Is Teaching Christians to Abandon Empathy
The head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says that it is “used politically in ways that are very destructive and manipulative.”
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-donald-trump-is-teaching-christians-to-abandon-empathy-albert-mohler
The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act
The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process—and, in many cases, under false pretenses.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-immigration/the-makeup-artist-donald-trump-deported-under-the-alien-enemies-act
Judge delays Trump admin's move to end protection for Venezuelan migrants
Venezuelan migrants were slated to lose their government-issued work permits and deportation protections next week, on April 7.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-delays-ending-temporary-protected-status-for-venezuelans/
