
Start your week smart: Tax deadline, Trump’s trade war, Blue Origin launch, ‘The Last of Us,’ the Masters
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CNN’s 5 Things Sunday brings you all the news you need to start your week smart.
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.

Nationwide outcry over the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent spilled into the streets of cities across the US on Saturday, with protesters demanding the removal of federal immigration authorities from their communities and justice for the slain Renee Good.

Since early December the US Coast Guard and other military branches have boarded and taken control of five oil ships that had previously been sanctioned, all either accused of being in the process of transporting Venezuelan oil or on their way to take on oil that has been subject to US sanctions since President Donald Trump began a pressure campaign against the leadership of the country during his first term.

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing most of his executive order on elections against the vote-by-mail states Washington and Oregon, in the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote and to require that all ballots be received by Election Day.










