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1:30 PM ET, April 27, 2025

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Washington Post:
Trump approval sinks as Americans criticize his major policies, poll finds  —  After high expectations before he returned to office, most Americans say the president has made the economy worse.  —  As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump is facing growing opposition …
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump's approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades  —  Donald Trump won back the Oval Office and took charge of the government amid the strongest poll numbers of his political career, but as the 100-day mark of his presidency approaches …
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Democrats seize on a new issue to use against the GOP: Social Security  —  As Democrats link Trump to Social Security's struggles, he reiterates his promise to protect the agency's benefits while also carrying out sweeping staff and spending cuts.  —  Democrats, after weeks of struggling …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: POLL  —  Majorities of voters disapprove of many of Trump's policies, the poll found.  —  President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 23, 2025.  —  Donald Trump has the lowest 100 …
Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:   Voters on How Trump Has Already Changed Their Day-to-Day Lives
Hawes Spencer / Daily Progress:
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted  —  After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.  —  ×  —  Week in Virginia
Discussion: emptywheel
NBC News:
Nine dead and multiple injured as driver plows into Vancouver crowd  —  The attack happened during a block party celebrating Filipino culture.  The crowd took the suspect into custody at the scene, and police say they are “confident” it was not an act of terrorism.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Are Sitting in to Stand Up for Medicaid  —  The lawmakers are having “An Urgent Conversation with the American People” on the Capitol steps to oppose Republican plans to cut public healthcare benefits  —  Sen. Cory Booker and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries …
Discussion: USA Today and CBS News
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
GOP Medicaid debate intensifies as Republicans search for cuts
Discussion: Bloomberg
Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
These GOP Lawmakers Could Sink Trump's ‘Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana  —  The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration's expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.  —  Three U.S. citizen children from two different families were deported …
NBC News:
Man arrested in theft of DHS chief Kristi Noem's purse is in the U.S. illegally, official says  —  Noem's bag was stolen by a masked man Sunday night while she was having dinner with her family in Washington, D.C.  —  The suspect who was arrested Saturday in the theft of Secretary Kristi Noem's purse …
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New York Times:
Your Home Without China  —  It's hard to imagine an American home without Chinese products.  —  Many essentials are imported almost entirely from China — and with new tariffs, they're likely to become more expensive.  —  We analyzed import data to show where Americans may see product shortages, fewer choices and price increases.
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Fox News:
Wisconsin judge threatens courtroom boycott over Hannah Dugan arrest  —  A Wisconsin judge is threatening not to hold court in protest of federal authorities arresting her fellow judge Hannah Dugan last week.  —  Judge Monica Isham made the announcement in an email to judges across the state on Saturday.
Discussion: RedState, The Gateway Pundit and CNN
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Associated Press:
Trump's first 100 days: Steamrolling government, strong-arming allies, igniting trade wars  —  In his first 100 days, President Donald Trump exerted his power in a sweep and scale that has no easy historical comparison.  —  His actions target the architecture of the New Deal and the Great Society, but they hardly stop there.
Discussion: New York Daily News
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Reuters:   Trump's first 100 days: America First president is overturning the world order
Jeff Horwitz / Wall Street Journal:
Meta's ‘Digital Companions’ Will Talk Sex With Users—Even Children  —  Chatbots on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are empowered to engage in ‘romantic role-play’ that can turn explicit.  Some people inside the company are concerned.  —  Across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'Can't turn that over': James Comer accuses Trump admin of stonewalling on Epstein files  —  Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, accused President Donald Trump's administration of stonewalling his requests for files about accused child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
NPR:
Federal work shaped a Black middle class.  Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts  —  Shirley Hopkins built careers for herself and countless other Black workers through a federal government job.  —  While working in the National Institutes of Health's human resources office, she became known as the “recruitment lady.”
CBS News:
Transcript: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” April 27, 2025  —  The following is the full transcript of an interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, a portion of which aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on April 27, 2025.
Alexis Wainwright / WUSA:
Civil rights leader says artifacts have been removed from Smithsonian's Museum of African American History  —  A historical book and bible have been removed, there are concerns about the sit-in movement lunch counter being next. … WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution has begun quietly removing …
Discussion: BlackPressUSA
Associated Press:
Wife of US Coast Guard member arrested over expired visa after security check for military housing  —  The wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump golf club to host speaker who claims bleach can cure cancer and Covid  —  Andreas Kalcker, prominent peddler of chlorine dioxide remedy, to appear at ‘Truth Seekers Conference’ in Miami  —  Donald Trump's private golf resort in South Florida will next week host one of the world's leading purveyors …
CNN:
Trump criticizes Putin after meeting with Zelensky: 'Maybe he doesn't want to stop the war'  —  US President Donald Trump questioned whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin wants a peace deal, shortly after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in the heart of the Vatican minutes …
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Rachel Wolf / Fox News:
Trump and Zelenskyy have ‘very productive’ talk as they attend Pope Francis' funeral
 
 
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Associated Press:
As Musk gained power in Washington, his popularity has fallen, an AP-NORC poll finds
NBC News:
Young men and women are taking the ‘gender gap’ to staggering new levels
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
An unpopular president continues to push radical changes on the country
Joshua Zeitz / Politico:
The IRS Has Only Pulled a University's Tax Exemption Once. Here's What Happened.
Eric Fayeulle / ABC News:
Bessent says he doesn't know if Trump has spoken with China's Xi
Discussion: The Guardian
Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:
Tyrants like Trump always fall - and we can already predict how he will be dethroned
Discussion: Raw Story
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Prompt Wave of Lawsuits as States and Businesses Fight Back
Discussion: Business Insider
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Republicans in the toughest swing districts become hard to find for people angry about Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Analyzing the scale of Trump's federal layoffs in his first 100 days
CNN:
FBI director posts photo of arrested Wisconsin judge's perp walk, possibly violating DOJ policy
Discussion: The Guardian and Bloomberg
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. says “further progress was made” in third round of nuclear talks with Iran
Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Musk says DOGE's work recalls Clinton-era cuts. Al Gore disagrees.
Ashley Parker / The Atlantic:
Trump's Cosplay Cabinet
Discussion: Raw Story
Dasha Burns / Politico:
Trump-aligned club for the ultra rich launches in Washington
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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