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3:15 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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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 …
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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Washington Post:
Arrest made in Kristi Noem's purse snatching, officials say  —  The Department of Homeland Security secretary's purse contained her driver's license, medication, keys, checks, department badge, passport and $3,000 in cash.  —  Authorities have arrested a person in the theft of Department …
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
David Remnick / New Yorker:
One Hundred Days of Ineptitude  —  Now we know that Donald Trump's first term, his initial attempt at authoritarian primacy, was amateur hour, a fitful rehearsal.  —  Eight years ago, in this space, a survey of the first hundred days of the initial Trump Presidency described just how …
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Associated Press:
Trump's first 100 days: Steamrolling government, strong-arming allies, igniting trade wars
Reuters:   Trump's first 100 days: America First president is overturning the world order
Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:   Voters on How Trump Has Already Changed Their Day-to-Day Lives
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 …
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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
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Newest IRS Chief Tries to Steer a Leaner Agency Through Turmoil  —  Michael Faulkender, fourth interim leader since January, promises modernization of agency systems in two years  —  WASHINGTON—It's Michael Faulkender's turn in the hot seat atop the Internal Revenue Service …
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Joshua Zeitz / Politico:   The IRS Has Only Pulled a University's Tax Exemption Once. Here's What Happened.
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 …
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 and The Gateway Pundit
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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 …
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 …
Brianna Leonard / KKTV-TV:
Drug bust at ‘underground illegal’ nightclub in Colorado Springs  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Law enforcement conducted a large-scale operation at what they are calling an underground illegal nightclub early Sunday morning, according to the Rocky Mountain Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:
Tyrants like Trump always fall - and we can already predict how he will be dethroned  —  The US constitution protects incompetence.  But don't underestimate the self-destructive power of the president's own hubris  —  Tyrants come to a sticky end, or so history suggests.  Richard III and Coriolanus made bloody exits.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
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.
Samantha Hancox-Li / The UnPopulist:
Democrats are Losing Because they Give Not a Fig About Governing, Only Virtue Signaling  —  Their idea of rebellion is to stop the system from making life better for ordinary Americans  —  We Democrats like to think of ourselves as the sane and reasonable party, the party offering real policy solutions …
 
 
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
Ron and Casey DeSantis were plotting a political dynasty in Florida. Then came a scandal
Discussion: Daily Mail, Sun-Sentinel and The Hill
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump golf club to host speaker who claims bleach can cure cancer and Covid
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
Alexis Wainwright / WUSA:
Civil rights leader says artifacts have been removed from Smithsonian's Museum of African American History
Discussion: BlackPressUSA
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
An unpopular president continues to push radical changes on the country
CNN:
Trump criticizes Putin after meeting with Zelensky: 'Maybe he doesn't want to stop the war'
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Fayeulle / ABC News:
Bessent says he doesn't know if Trump has spoken with China's Xi
Discussion: New York Times and The Guardian
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump's Tariffs Prompt Wave of Lawsuits as States and Businesses Fight Back
Discussion: Business Insider
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
Associated Press:
Wife of US Coast Guard member arrested over expired visa after security check for military housing
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Naomi Nix / Washington Post:
Musk says DOGE's work recalls Clinton-era cuts. Al Gore disagrees.
 

 
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