Saturday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump team is pivoting to 'no pain, no gain' as economic message

[AP] US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending

[AP] Republicans try to go it alone on government funding as shutdown deadline nears

[AP] Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 20 as US cuts intelligence sharing with Kyiv

[Politico] Europe scrambles to aid Ukraine after US intelligence cutoff

[Yahoo Finance] Even conservatives are worried about Trump's plans to slash the IRS

[AP] China imposes retaliatory tariffs on Canadian farm and food products

[BBC] Bourbon is out, patriotism is in - How Canadians are facing Trump threats head on

[Yahoo/WSJ] Hedge Fund Millennium Puts Up an Uncharacteristic Loss in February

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Millennium Loses $900 Million on Strategy Roiled by Market Chaos

[Yahoo/Reuters] Japan must fix 'misunderstanding' it is manipulating yen, says ex-BOJ chief Kuroda

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB’s Schnabel Signals Inflation Concern in Rate Debate Salvo

[AP] Muslim nations reject Trump’s call to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population

[AP] 2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead

[MSN/The Atlantic] Putin Won

[Bloomberg] Ten Days That Shook Ukraine’s World Reverberate in Defiant Kyiv

[Bloomberg] Traders Who Bought Trump’s ‘Pro Growth’ Plan Now Pay for It

[Bloomberg] Support for UK to Raise Defense Spending Grows, Ipsos Poll Shows

[NYT] Fed in No Hurry to Adjust Rates Amid Trump Policy Uncertainty

[WSJ] Republican Infighting Stalls Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Tax Bill

[WSJ] The Week Howard Lutnick Became the Face of Trump’s Tariff Whiplash

[WSJ] Trump vs. Trudeau: Their Mutual Scorn Reflects a Trade War That Feels Personal

[WSJ] Tariffs Inflict Pain on Home Builders When They Can Least Afford It

[WSJ] The Forces That Flipped Trump From Crypto Critic to ‘Crypto President’

[WSJ] Trump Strong-Arms Leaders to the Table. Getting Them to Make a Deal May Prove Harder.

[FT] Federal Reserve chief Jay Powell plays down growth worries after jobs report disappoints

[FT] ‘Game changer’: German spending plans lift bond market’s growth forecasts

[FT] Can Germany spend its way out of industrial decline?

[FT] Hedge fund leverage is rising as a concern for regulators

[FT] Trump and the end of American soft power