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6:40 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 …
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 …
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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Tara Suter / The Hill:   GOP Rep says Trump ‘does not want’ agenda bill ‘to be a health care bill’
Olivia Beavers / Wall Street Journal:
These GOP Lawmakers Could Sink Trump's ‘Big Beautiful’ Tax Bill
Discussion: The Hill and The Guardian
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:
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
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
Fox News:
Suspect arrested for alleged theft of Kristi Noem's bag containing $3K in cash: reports
The Atlantic:
American Panopticon  —  The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans.  Experts fear what comes next.  —  If you have tips about DOGE and its data collection, you can contact Ian and Charlie on Signal at @ibogost.47 and @cwarzel.92.  —  If you were tasked with building a panopticon …
Discussion: The Independent
María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He's Restoring Columbus Day to Its Former Prominence  —  President Donald Trump pledged to boost the status of Columbus Day, stoking a conflict with activists and some US states that argue the day should honor indigenous Americans rather than the Italian explorer's legacy.
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Anna Bower / Default:
On DOGE, Directives, and DOJ  —  A new court filing reveals the most compelling evidence yet that the government has been spinning a fiction about DOGE in federal court.  —  @annabower.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors … “US DOGE service advises and consults,” said Kendall Lindemann …
NBC News:
Sen. Bernie Sanders says Democrats lack ‘vision for the future’: Full interview  —  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are trying to “strengthen democracy” rather than start a third party as they traverse …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Rubio Says Trump Will Decide This Week on Continuing Ukraine War Talks  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there are reasons to be optimistic, but also asserted there are “other issues” on which the administration wants to spend its energy.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday …
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CBS News:
Transcript: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” April 27, 2025
Discussion: Politico and The Kyiv Independent
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Trump officials deny U.S. citizen children were ‘deported’ to Honduras  —  The children's removals have intensified concerns about whether the administration is violating the rights of citizens and noncitizens.  —  Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, insisted Sunday …
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.
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.
CBS News:
Transcript: Gary Cohn on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” April 27, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of an interview with Gary Cohn, IBM vice chairman and former director of the U.S. National Economic Council, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on April 27, 2025.
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.”
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 …
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
The Missteps That Led to a Fatal Plane Crash at Reagan National Airport … As they flew south along the Potomac River on the gusty night of Jan. 29, the crew aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter attempted to execute a common aviation practice.  It would play a role in ending their lives.
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 …
Associated Press:
As Musk gained power in Washington, his popularity has fallen, an AP-NORC poll finds  —  Elon Musk spent years building cachet as a business titan and tech visionary, brushing aside critics and skeptics to become the richest person on the planet.  But as Musk gained power in Washington in recent months …
Steve Contorno / CNN:
Ron and Casey DeSantis were plotting a political dynasty in Florida.  Then came a scandal  —  A year after his presidential ambitions collapsed, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey can no longer lay claim to the future of the Republican Party.  And in Florida, even their present is in jeopardy.
Discussion: Daily Mail, Sun-Sentinel and The Hill
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
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more  —  CBS News has obtained a list of 365 federal grant programs halted this week by the Justice Department, disrupting programs to help victims of hate crime and sex trafficking, children who've suffered violence, and refugees.
ABC News:
'I don't know if President Trump has spoken with President Xi': Secretary Bessent  —  ABC News' Martha Raddatz interviews Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on “This Week.”
 
 
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Steven Rattner / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Selling the White House to the Highest Bidder
Jack Crosbie / New York Times:
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Claims He's Made 200 Deals on Tariffs. His Cabinet Members Can't Name One
Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr.'s Wish Is Coming True: Everybody's Getting Measles
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel, UPI and Off the Kuff
Bloomberg:
Shein Hikes US Prices as Much as 377% Ahead of Tariff Increases
Discussion: The Guardian
Samantha Hancox-Li / The UnPopulist:
Democrats are Losing Because they Give Not a Fig About Governing, Only Virtue Signaling
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One Hundred Days of Ineptitude
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Drug bust at ‘underground illegal’ nightclub in Colorado Springs
 Earlier Items: 
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump golf club to host speaker who claims bleach can cure cancer and Covid
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'Can't turn that over': James Comer accuses Trump admin of stonewalling on Epstein files
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
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
 

 
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