
Start your week smart: Tax deadline, Trump’s trade war, Blue Origin launch, ‘The Last of Us,’ the Masters
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President Donald Trump’s aggressive measures to crack down on immigration are hurting beer sales, according to Modelo and Corona owner Constellation Brands. About half of Constellation’s US customers are Hispanic, and some have stopped going out to restaurants and gathering in large groups out of fear of being swept up in deportations, the company’s CEO said. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. With the April 15 tax filing deadline just two days away, few federal government agencies have endured as much turmoil the past few months as the Internal Revenue Service. The agency has been squarely in the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, which proposed a dramatic downsizing of the IRS workforce by May 15. One IRS worker said of DOGE that “‘delete’ is one of their favorite terms.” More than 7,000 IRS employees have been laid off. It remains to be seen what effect — if any — all the chaos will have on the processing of this year’s tax returns and refunds. 1️⃣ Last-minute filers: If you’ve been procrastinating and haven’t submitted your tax return yet, don’t worry. There are plenty of other people in the same boat. CNN’s Jeanne Sahadi breaks down what you need to know and how to avoid penalties.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an unclassified report released Thursday. It also details how Hegseth declined to cooperate with the probe.

Two top House lawmakers emerged divided along party lines after a private briefing with the military official who oversaw September’s attack on an alleged drug vessel that included a so-called double-tap strike that killed surviving crew members, with a top Democrat calling video of the incident that was shared as part of the briefing “one of the most troubling things” he has seen as a lawmaker.

Authorities in Colombia are dealing with increasingly sophisticated criminals, who use advanced tech to produce and conceal the drugs they hope to export around the world. But police and the military are fighting back, using AI to flag suspicious passengers, cargo and mail - alongside more conventional air and sea patrols. CNN’s Isa Soares gets an inside look at Bogotá’s war on drugs.

As lawmakers demand answers over reports that the US military carried out a follow-up strike that killed survivors during an attacked on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, a career Navy SEAL who has spent most of his 30 years of military experience in special operations will be responsible for providing them.









