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A federal judge whose son was shot and killed by a gunman posing as a FedEx delivery driver in a 2020 attack meant for the judge revealed a shocking new escalation to the hostility targeting the judiciary.

U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas on Friday said that not only are pizzas being delivered to the homes of judges, but they are also being sent to the homes of their children.

But now, she is sounding the alarm on an even darker twist to the threats after learning this week that pizzas are now being sent to judges and their families under the name of her slain son.

“Just this week I was contacted by a judge, and I was told that the second pizza that arrived at this judge's house – he had already received one before – the second pizza that arrived at this judge's house was sent by my son, Daniel Anderl,” Salas said in an interview on MSNBC. “The name that they used on the pizza was Daniel Anderl. My baby boy, who we lost on July 19, 2020.”

“And if it would have stopped there, it would have been bad enough,” she added. “But it's not stopping. Just last night, another pizza, there's four now, four pizzas that are being sent to judges as threats. And who's the sender? Daniel Anderl.”

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Salas told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace that the significance in the ominous deliveries is the message that it sends.

“You send a pizza to a judge's house – that’s the message – I know where you live. You send a pizza to a judge's child's house – I know where your child lives,” she said.

But the judge made clear that the new escalation of sending pizzas in the name of her deceased child as the sender “says ‘you want to end up like Judge Salas’ child, you want to end up like Judge Salas.’ These escalating threats are a problem.”

Salas delivered a message of her own on Friday: “For the love of God, stop all this hatred and all this anger because it is going to get someone killed” as she implored the Trump administration, members of Congress, and anyone with a social media megaphone “to tone down the rhetoric.”

“We have to stop calling us rogue judges, calling us ‘wanted,’ we have to stop impeaching judges for doing their jobs. We have to stop calling us corrupt and crazy, leftist, unconstitutional judges.”

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Top Wall Street executives are still reeling from the chaos caused by President Donald Trump's tariffs — and they're warning that we're about to see economic instability of a type that hasn't occurred in living memory, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

"Financiers came into the year excited for President Trump’s tenure, expecting corporate tax cuts and lower regulation to lift stocks, dealmaking and corporate confidence," reported Alexander Saeedy, AnnaMaria Andriotis, and Gina Heeb. "One quarter in, the tone is entirely different and executives are worried about tariffs and their impact, especially after the market gyrations of this month. Some economists are predicting a recession by the second half of 2025."

Trump initially announced so-called "reciprocal" tariffs of 10 to 49 percent on imports from virtually every country in the world based mainly on the U.S. trade deficit with each country, regardless of whether those countries actually have legal trade barriers and, in some cases, regardless of whether the region in question has trade at all or even people.

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After days of Republican infighting and plunging stock indices, Trump announced a 90-day period in which all countries will have their import tariffs reduced to the minimum of 10 percent, except for China, which will see even larger tariff hikes.

The announcement caused a stock rally, but markets remain wildly volatile and fluctuating — and still far lower than they were when Trump took office.

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, had a grim assessment: “This is different,” he said, comparing it to previous market shocks and recessions. “It’s a significant change we’ve never seen in our lives.”

Larry Fink, the head of BlackRock, agreed, saying, “In the short run, we have an economy that is at risk.”

The unveiling of the tariffs "surprised executives across the country, sent stock markets reeling and pushed down the price of supersafe Treasury bonds. Bankers said Friday that they are expecting businesses to pull back from big moves like deals and investments and worries are spreading about how much companies will earn this year," the report continued. Meanwhile, Fink, "whose firm BlackRock now oversees $11.6 trillion in assets, said the market downturn affects millions of people by hitting their retirement accounts and college-savings plans."

A massive sell-off in U.S. bonds led a CNN analyst to sound the alarm about a rare "red flag" as financial markets reel.

The country saw a significant sell-off in U.S. bonds this week, driven by concerns over President Donald Trump's tariff policies and broader economic uncertainty. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note surged to as high as 4.53%, marking its highest point since February and a dramatic increase from Monday’s low of 3.87%. This reflects a sharp decline in bond prices, as yields and prices move inversely.

Allison Morrow, a senior writer for CNN Business, told anchor Jake Tapper on Friday afternoon that tens of trillions of dollars come into the U.S. from all over the globe.

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"That asset, that bond, is considered to be one of the safest places any investor can put their money because it is backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government," she told viewers. "Ultimately a U.S. bond, a treasury, is a safe haven."

This, she said, is "important" to what happened this week.

"Normally in times of economic turmoil, we would see stocks sell off and investors go to bonds. That didn't happen. We saw investors selling stocks and bonds. And that is really a red flag because it's only happened a handful of times in history and its a signal that investors can't really see which way the economy is going. And they're putting their pencils down and saying, 'We're sitting this one out.'"

The economy is in a "precarious position," now, Morrow said.

The 10-year treasury yield is the benchmark for car loans, mortgages, and credit cards. When bonds are sold off, yield goes up.

"And that's exactly what we saw this week," she said.

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President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate Miles Taylor, a member of his first administration who wrote a New York Times op-ed under the pseudonym "Anonymous" claiming to be a member of the so-called resistance.

"What this presidential memorandum is going to do, one, it's going to strip any active clearance that he has in light of his past activities involving classified information," White House staff secretary Will Scharf explained as he handed the executive order to the president. "It's also going to order the Department of Justice to investigate his activities to see what else might come up in that context, given his egregious behavior during your previous administration."

For his part, Trump accused Taylor of saying "terrible things."

"And I think it's like a traitor. It's like spying. He walks into the office. He's supposed to be sitting here," he explained. "And he wrote a book, Anonymous, and I always thought it was terrible. And now we have a chance to find out whether or not it was terrible."

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"And if it was a Democrat president, I'd say that's a terrible thing," the president claimed. "And it's time to find out whether or not somebody can do that. Can they write a book about very confidential meetings? Because I happen to be one of a lot of people in a room, and they go out and write a book. And worse than that, call it anonymous, like it's a big deal."

"And I think he's guilty of treason, if you want to know the truth. But we'll find out. And I assume we're recommending this to the Department of Justice."

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House Republicans have reportedly inserted language into a procedural measure that would effectively prevent the chamber from voting on resolutions to curtail U.S. President Donald Trump's authority to impose tariffs unilaterally, a move that Democratic lawmakers condemned as spineless.

"This is cowardice of a kind our predecessors in this body frankly could not have imagined, and it is a gross betrayal of their constituents," Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) said in a statement ahead of the planned vote, which is expected to take place late Wednesday afternoon.

The vote will come after Trump announced on his social media platform that he is pausing for 90 days the higher "reciprocal tariffs" he announced last week, while leaving in place the 10% universal tariffs on imports. One exception to the 90-day pause is China, which Trump said will face a 125% tariff "effective immediately."

Trump's decision to pause some of his tariffs came amid mounting backlash within the U.S. and abroad, including from Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

On Tuesday, a group of House Democrats led by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) introduced a privileged resolution that, if passed, would terminate the national emergency Trump declared on April 2 in order to impose his sweeping tariffs, which are unpopular with the American public.

Privileged resolutions in the House typically must receive floor consideration within two legislative days. But the language that House Republicans included in the procedural measure would "turn off privilege for any resolution dealing with the April 2 trade emergency," Punchbowl's Jake Sherman reported Wednesday.

The provision states that each day between April 9 and September 30 of this year "shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 202 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622) with respect to a joint resolution terminating a national emergency declared by the president on April 2, 2025."

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who has vocally criticized Trump's tariff scheme, ripped House Republicans for shielding the president by declaring that "days don't exist anymore."

"They have passed a rule saying that, you know, not that day is night, but the days don't exist at all, that we aren't going to have any calendar days, because miraculously, by rule, we have decreed there are no days," said Paul, who earlier this week joined a group of Senate Democrats in introducing a privileged resolution that would end Trump's emergency declaration.

Beyer said Wednesday that a vote for the House GOP rule "is a vote for Trump's tariffs."

"Anyone who claims to want to retake congressional authority over trade and tariffs must vote against this rule," he added.

The rule vote, if successful, would pave the way for consideration of the House GOP's budget resolution, which would advance the party's plan to slash taxes for the rich while cutting Medicaid and other key federal assistance programs.

During a fundraising event on Tuesday, Trump instructed House Republicans to blindly support his policy agenda.

"Close your eyes and get there," the president said, a message directed at the handful of Republicans who have wavered on supporting the budget resolution.

The wild market fluctuations caused by President Donald Trump's tariff announcements raised questions Wednesday afternoon about the potential for insider trading.

Financial markets continued to free-fall Wednesday morning over Trump's tariffs for U.S. trading partners at an average rate of 29 percent. Trump posted on Truth Social, "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT"

After Trump announced that afternoon that he was issuing a 90-day reprieve on all tariffs except for those leveled against China, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 2,500 points, while the Nasdaq surged 10%.

This series of events led some, including Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), to wonder aloud who made money on the week-long financial roller-coaster ride.

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"Trump is creating giant market fluctuations with his on-again, off-again tariffs," Schiff posted to X. "These constant gyrations in policy provide dangerous opportunities for insider trading."

Schiff asked, "Who in the administration knew about Trump's latest tariff flip flop ahead of time? Did anyone buy or sell stocks, and profit at the public’s expense? I'm writing to the White House — the public has a right to know."

One woman whose bio dubbed her a conservative, agreed with Schiff, posting, "There needs to be an investigation. The market was up $35, when the news broke and within minutes it went to $1K than to over $2.5K. It was plain for all to see."

Market watcher, @unusual_whales, with 2.2 million followers on X, posted, "Alright, I think people knew of the tariff pause and traded it beforehand. You can see before Trump posted "buy" on Truth Social, traders opened $QQQ $TQQQ and $SPY calls RIGHT BEFORE THE NEWS, someone opened $SPY 509 calls, expiring TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those calls are up 2100% in one hour. You can see all volume was literally opened TODAY!!!!!!!!!! (That little green arrow). You can see all volume is new opening volume (not only on the Zero days, but also on the weekly $QQQ and $TQQQ calls).

They continued, "This is especially odd given IVR on these was around 82 this morning, with IV through the roof. The traders really wanted to trade directionally... In fact, using Unusual Whales' net premium, you can see people have been loading calls trading for a reversal, following these opening calls. Very clear example here. Insane, someone knew."