UNBIASED Politics (4/10/25): Trump Pauses Some Tariffs, But Increases China's; PLUS Is Trump Declaring Martial Law Soon? Increased Logging on Public Lands? And More.

Episode Format:

1. Supreme Court Rules on Alien Enemies Act (0:45)

2. Supreme Court Says Admin Does NOT Have to Reinstate Probationary Employees (8:14)

3. Judge Says Associated Press’s Access to White House Must be Reinstated (12:12)

4. IRS and DHS Reach Data Sharing Agreement for Immigration Enforcement (13:45)

5. Migrants Who Entered Through CBP One App Have Parole Status Revoked (15:57)

6. Trump Pauses Country-Specific Tariffs, Increases Tariff on China (17:48)

7. Elon Musk and Peter Navarro Publicly Feud Over Tariffs (22:54)

8. Quick Hitters: Funding Frozen for Cornell and Northwestern, Inflation Cools, US/Russia Prisoner Swap, Relaunch of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, Trump Signs Water Pressure Order, Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Run for Senate (26:01)

9. Rumor Has It: Is Trump Declaring Martial Law Soon? Is the Admin Logging on Public Lands? (29:02)

10. Homework Assignment (38:19)

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Supreme Court Rules on Alien Enemies Act

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a931_2c83.pdf

https://san.com/cc/trump-to-resume-alien-enemies-act-deportations-after-scotus-ruling/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/invocation-of-the-alien-enemies-act-regarding-the-invasion-of-the-united-states-by-tren-de-aragua/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/07/politics/supreme-court-deportation-flights-trump/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-grants-trump-request-lift-stay-halting-venezuelan-deportations

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/trump-supreme-court-alien-enemies-act-deportations

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114299368234840539

https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1909380071162626527

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741724/24/jgg-v-trump/

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/alien-enemies-act-trump-denied-court-00252157

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/alien-enemies-act-explained

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title50/chapter3&edition=prelim

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/politics/alien-enemies-act-new-york-texas/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-texas-blocks-doj-deportation-plaintiffs-in-alien-enemies-act/

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771/gov.uscourts.txsd.2000771.12.0.pdf

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportation-salvador-maryland-40136c5aa844b6c12ba20ee67ab4df9a

Supreme Court Says Admin Does NOT Have to Reinstate Probationary Employees

https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/040825zr_1b8e.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A904/354676/20250403112932801_No.24A904.Appendix%20to%20Opp%20to%20Application%20for%20Stay.4.3.25.pdf

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A904/352768/20250324090408115_Application%20America%20Federation%20of%20Govt%20Employees.pdf

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578045/gov.uscourts.mdd.578045.125.0_3.pdf

https://missouriindependent.com/2025/04/02/repub/judge-orders-fired-federal-probationary-workers-reinstated-in-19-states-d-c/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-pauses-judges-order-reinstate-federal-probationary-worke-rcna197840

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/fired-federal-probationary-employees-court-ruling-00228721

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/trump-federal-workers-firing-supreme-court-00278742

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-trump-probationary-federal-workers-ruling

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/04/justices-pause-order-to-reinstate-fired-federal-employees/

https://www.usa.gov/agencies/office-of-personnel-management#:~:text=The%20Office%20of%20Personnel%20Management,jobs%2C%20scholarships%2C%20and%20internships. 

AP Reinstated

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5238923-trump-administration-ap-access/

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/ap-news-lawsuit-white-house-first-amendment

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/judge-orders-white-house-to-restore-aps-access-d8f48028

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682/gov.uscourts.dcd.277682.46.0_1.pdf

IRS and DHS Reach Data Sharing Agreement for Immigration Enforcement

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/irs-dhs-reach-historic-deal-aid-pursuit-illegal-immigrants-subject-deportation

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/irs-dhs-sign-data-sharing-agreement-taxpayer-data/story?id=120596710

https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/federal-state-local-governments/disclosure-laws

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/08/irs-acting-head-to-resign-over-deal-to-send-immigrants-tax-data-to-ice.html 

https://www.irs.gov/government-entities/federal-state-local-governments/disclosure-laws

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/6103

Migrants Who Entered Through CBP One App Have Parole Status Revoked

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/dhs-parole-revoked-app-00007326

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrants-cbp-one-app-legal-status-stripped-dhs/

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g-s1-58984/cbp-one-app-migrants-dhs-border

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/03/10/dhs-launches-cbp-home-app-self-deport-reporting-feature

Trump Pauses Country-Specific Tariffs, Increases Tariff on China

https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-latest-tariffs-loom-set-deepen-global-trade-war-2025-04-09/ 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-backs-down-on-most-tariffs-for-90-days-but-raising-rate-on-chinese-imports-to-125 

https://san.com/cc/trump-announces-90-day-pause-on-tariffs-for-some-countries-but-not-china/ 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114309144289505174 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-declares-national-emergency-to-increase-our-competitive-edge-protect-our-sovereignty-and-strengthen-our-national-and-economic-security/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y66qe404po 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-mexico-and-china/ 

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_25_1025 

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-90-day-pause-china 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VulDamw0zkg&list=RDNSVulDamw0zkg&start_radio=1

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/china-slaps-retaliatory-tariffs-of-84percent-on-us-goods-in-response-to-trump.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/business/china-us-tariffs-retaliation-hnk-intl/index.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/china-impose-tariffs-34-all-us-goods-april-10-2025-04-04/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-tariffs-84-percent-retaliatory-tariff-us-products-trump-104/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tariffs-trump-in-effect-104-percent-china/

https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/trump-administration-revises-port-fee-plan-to-soften-blow-to-u-s-exports-603aa923?mod=hp_lead_pos2

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-considers-adjusting-port-fee-plan-chinese-vessels-after-pushback-sources-say-2025-04-08/

Elon Musk and Peter Navarro Publicly Feud Over Tariffs

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/elon-musks-dig-at-harvard-university-peter-navarro-over-trump-tariffs-in-every-disaster-throughout-history-article-151362711

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/musk-trump-tariffs

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/what-rankles-elon-musk-the-most--and-what-he-actually-likes--about-trumps-trade-approach-080031909.html

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/business/navarro-tariff-stock-market-trillions-intl/index.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/7/musk-vs-navarro-is-the-trump-team-divided-on-tariffs

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musk-top-trump-adviser-feud-tariffs-dumber-sack/story?id=120597806

https://x.com/mrp/status/1909414607741243710

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1909604085025956133

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrgx4ky1xxo

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1909605316121198860

Quick Hitters

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/economy/us-consumer-price-index-inflation-march/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5358937/u-s-russia-ballerina-freed-in-prisoner-swap

https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1910254119794680251

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/europe/russian-american-jailed-russia-ksenia-karelina-freed-intl/index.html

https://san.com/media-miss/trump-administration-reinstates-ice-office-for-americans-victimized-by-illegal-immigrants/

https://apnews.com/video/dhs-reopens-office-to-aid-victims-of-crimes-committed-by-immigrants-190dcfefce2647aeb90ef52e69526d96

https://www.ice.gov/voice

https://san.com/cc/new-trump-order-makes-showers-great-again/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/maintaining-acceptable-water-pressure-in-showerheads/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-makes-americas-showers-great-again/#:~:text=The%20Order%20directs%20the%20Secretary,was%20a%20staggering%2013%2C000%20words.

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-team-to-freeze-nearly-2-billion-at-cornell-and-northwestern-universities-2e13a88a?mod=hp_lead_pos6

Rumor Has It: Is Trump Declaring Martial Law Soon? Is the Admin Logging on Public Lands?

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declaring-a-national-emergency-at-the-southern-border-of-the-united-states/

https://constitution.findlaw.com/article2/annotation09.html

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/martial-law-times-civil-disorder

https://www.newsweek.com/insurrection-act-martial-law-comparison-donald-trump-deadline-2057016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act_of_1807

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/insurrection-act-explained

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/insurrection-act-of-1807-trump-southern-border-b2729694.html

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/sm-1078-006.pdf

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/immediate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/

https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/environment/logging-on-public-lands-has-increased-despite-president-bidens-forest-protection-efforts

https://apnews.com/article/biden-old-growth-forests-climate-change-e365debe64acf791f16de2ce75cb9342