Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:00 PM ET, April 26, 2025

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
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.
RELATED:
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Lawyers: ICE deports immigrant mother of an infant and 3 children who are US citizens
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The horrors are not aberrations. This is the Trump administration's plan.
Discussion: The Atlantic and USA Today
RELATED:
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
Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: Trump and Zelenskyy's Vatican diplomacy
Discussion: The Independent
The Hill:
White House says Trump, Zelensky had ‘productive’ meeting ahead of Francis funeral
AP-NORC:
100 days in and the public feels Trump's presidency is proceeding mostly as expected  —  Most partisans agree they are getting what they expected from Trump's second term, but 84% of Democrats think Trump is doing a poor or terrible job as president so far and 68% of Republicans think he's doing a good or great job.
Discussion: The Guardian and Alternet.org
RELATED:
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.
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
About 4-in-10 Americans say Trump is a ‘terrible’ president amid sinking approval: Survey
Discussion: Associated Press and al.com
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 …
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 …
RELATED:
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Today's major stories must be seen in the context of President Donald Trump's dramatic losses …
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA maximalism: Trump's base loves Wisconsin judge arrest
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 …
RELATED:
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: Scientific American
RELATED:
Riley Beggin / USA Today:
National Science Foundation eliminates hundreds of grants day after director resigns
Discussion: naked capitalism
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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.
RELATED:
Benita Kolovos / The Guardian:
Virginia Giuffre, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse, has died aged 41
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 6:00 PM ET, April 26, 2025.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
David Smith / The Guardian:
'Everyone's scared': little appetite for mirth before White House correspondents' dinner
Shikha Dalmia / The UnPopulist:
Can Trump Really Deport 10 Million People? A Conversation with Dara Lind
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
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
Inherent Vice: Can America Come Back From Who We've Become?
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
US to miss out on billions as Trump's policies deter overseas tourists
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
RFK Jr. isn't staying in his lane. Trump is thrilled.
Washington Post:
Video casts doubt on Ed Martin's apology for praising Nazi sympathizer
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Constantly in Motion, Trump's Cabinet Portrays a White House That's Always Winning
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:
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk's X ahead of election
 

 
From Techmeme:

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Liv McMahon / BBC:
Vice President JD Vance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr denounce the EU's €120M X fine

New York Times:
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page