Inside Musk’s Government Takeover, and Frantic Tariff Negotiations

Plus, “Onyx Storm” smashes onto shelves. On Today’s Episode: China Swiftly Counters Trump’s Tariffs With a Flurry of Trade Curbs, by Ana Swanson and Chris Buckley Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government, by Jonathan Swan, Theodore Schleifer, Maggie Haberman, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac and Madeleine Ngo State Farm Seeks an Urgent Increase in California Rates After Fires, by Soumya Karlamangla Rebecca Yarros’s ‘Onyx Storm’ Is the Fastest-Selling Adult Novel in 20 Years, by Alexandra Alter Tune in every weekday morning.