April 1, 2025

Good morning.

1. President Trump told reporters that his administration has “settled” on a broad tariff plan that will be unveiled tomorrow – a day Trump has dubbed “Liberation Day” (BBC: nwppr.co/042z).

2. The Trump administration announced it will review $9B in federal grants and contracts with Harvard, as part of efforts by the “Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism” on college campuses (AP: nwppr.co/042y).

3. Federal workers for the Health and Human Services Department started receiving notices of dismissal, as part of a plan to shrink the agency to 62k workers with 10k layoffs and 10k voluntary resignation deals (AP: nwppr.co/042x).

4. Wisconsin and Florida will hold closely watched elections today that have gained national attention and will be bellwethers for the Trump administration (Hill: nwppr.co/042w).

5. President Trump signed an executive order enabling the FTC and DOJ to combat “unfair practices in the live entertainment market” like ticket scalping (Hill: nwppr.co/042v).

6. The Israeli military ordered the evacuation of Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah (AP: nwppr.co/042u).

7. Scientists developed a new blood test that can check for Alzheimer’s, assess its progression, and help guide treatment more effectively than existing methods (TG: nwppr.co/042t).

8. OpenAI closed $40B in new funding, valuing the AI firm at $300B in the largest-ever fundraising deal by a private technology company. Japanese investor SoftBank notably accounted for $30B (CNBC: nwppr.co/042s).

Happy April Fools’ Day 😛!

–Editors