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5:35 PM ET, April 26, 2025

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Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer  —  Two families — among them three U.S. citizens aged two, four, and seven — were abruptly deported under “troubling circumstances,” says the ACLU … One of the children was undergoing cancer treatment and one of the mothers is pregnant.
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Lawyers: ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are U.S. citizens along …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The horrors are not aberrations. This is the Trump administration's plan.
Discussion: The Atlantic and USA Today
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Today's major stories must be seen in the context of President Donald Trump's dramatic losses …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen on Friday
Discussion: WBAL Baltimore News
Politico:
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Meets With Zelensky in Vatican City, White House Says
Associated Press:
Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close
The Hill:
White House says Trump, Zelensky had ‘productive’ meeting ahead of Francis funeral
Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: Trump and Zelenskyy's Vatican diplomacy
Discussion: The Independent
Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Trump Plays Into Putin's Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions  —  Many of President Trump's actions have been seen as benefiting Russia either directly or indirectly, so much so that Russian officials have celebrated some of his moves.  —  If President Vladimir V. Putin …
Politico:
Poll: Canadians despise Trump and distrust US  —  A new POLITICO/Focaldata poll finds Trump looms over the race, boosting Mark Carney and the Liberals as Canadians turn against the United States.  —  Three quarters of Canadians dislike President Donald Trump — and Conservatives appear likely …
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
About 4-in-10 Americans say Trump is a ‘terrible’ president amid sinking approval: Survey
Discussion: AP-NORC, Associated Press and al.com
John Ismay / New York Times:
From Book Bans to Canceled Lectures, the Naval Academy Is Bending to Trump  —  Even before the presidential election, the school began preparing for Donald Trump's potential return to power.  Now faculty members are resigning in protest.  —  For 65 years, the U.S. Naval Academy's annual …
Discussion: WBAL Baltimore News
Washington Post:
Among the meek and the mighty, Catholics bury their 'people's pope'  —  The pope's unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of “simplicity and essential things.”  —  VATICAN CITY — The Roman Catholic Church bid farewell …
New York Times:
Trump Pardons Executive Whose Family Sought to Publicize Ashley Biden's Diary  —  The pardon of Paul Walczak, who had been convicted of tax crimes, comes as the president uses clemency to reward allies and swipe at perceived enemies.  —  President Trump on Wednesday pardoned …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts  —  Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support - the opposite of what the site was set up for.  —  WASHINGTON - A few years ago …
Andrew Weissmann / Behind The Headlines:
The Arrest Of A Milwaukee Judge: A Troubling Assault On The Judiciary  —  The recent arrest of a Milwaukee state court judge has raised serious legal and constitutional concerns.  In this commentary, I break down the core allegations, explain why the criminal case appears tenuous both factually and legally …
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Officials Weaken Rules Insulating Government Workers From Politics  —  A reinterpretation of the Hatch Act announced by the administration lets officials wear campaign paraphernalia like MAGA hats, and removes an independent board's role in policing violations.
Noah Shachtman / New York Times:
Trump Is Breaking the Rule That Every Barroom Brawler Knows  —  Provoking your enemies, alienating your friends and actively sabotaging your own defenses is no one's idea of a sound national security plan.  And yet, this is the playbook that President Trump has apparently followed over the first 100 days of his second term.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
As Trump destroys the economy, GOP and Wall Street execs stay mum  —  They seem to think they can pressure Trump privately.  It's not working.  —  President Donald Trump is torching the U.S. economy.  He's attacking our trade alliances and our ability to control inflation.
Mary K. Feeney / Can We Still Govern?:
I oversaw rigorous review of NSF-funded research on misinformation: Now the Trump administration is cancelling it  —  For the last three years, I was the director of the Science of Science: Discovery, Communication, and Impact program at the NSF.  This program funded research on the social science …
Discussion: USA Today and Scientific American
NBC News:
Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide  —  Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.  —  Virginia Giuffre, one of the most prominent survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died by suicide, her family said Friday.
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Benita Kolovos / The Guardian:
Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died aged 41
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Why the New NYT Poll is Very Bad News for Trump  —  A+ rated poll shows the collapse of the premise of Trump's election.  —  ∙ Paid  —  There is something inherently triggering about writing about a New York Times/Siena poll.  Throughout the 2024 campaign, I waited with dread for the New York Times/Siena polls to drop.
 
 
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David Smith / The Guardian:
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Shikha Dalmia / The UnPopulist:
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Discussion: Townhall
Irina Ivanova / Fortune:
Albertsons tells suppliers to eat the cost of tariffs: ‘We are not accepting cost increases’
Discussion: STAT and CBS News
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Sen. Chris Murphy's ‘emergency’ message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Vicious Sewing Circle
Discussion: Raw Story
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Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA maximalism: Trump's base loves Wisconsin judge arrest
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Washington Post:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
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Evan Bush / NBC News:
Medical journals complain of ‘harassment’ from Justice Department
Paul Berger / Wall Street Journal:
Cargo Shipments From China to U.S. Slide Toward a Standstill
Discussion: Fortune
Financial Times:
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Rolling Stone:
Musk Allies Made FAA Staff Sign NDAs to Keep New Project Secret