Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:30 AM ET, July 17, 2025

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Erica Orden / Politico:
Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey and prosecutor of Jeffrey Epstein, is fired … In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have faced a firestorm of criticism over their decision not to release additional files related to Epstein, the disgraced financier …
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director  —  The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a veteran federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Maurene Comey, federal prosecutor in Epstein case, fired from SDNY  —  Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, has been fired from her job in the Southern District of New York, according to people familiar with the situation.
Discussion: Associated Press and New York Sun
New York Times:
Manhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired  —  Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.  —  Santul Nerkar and Maggie Haberman
Wall Street Journal:   Justice Department Fires Ghislaine Maxwell Prosecutor Maurene Comey
Drew Magary / SFGATE:
Jeez, I wonder why Trump won't release the Epstein files  —  SFGATE columnist Drew Magary unpacks what could be the biggest scandal of our time  —  When Donald Trump doesn't want to talk about something, that usually means that we need to talk about it.  That's especially true of the president's …
RELATED:
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Blows Major Hole in Trump's Epstein ‘Hoax’ Theory  —  ‘WOW’  —  Trump's former right-hand man is defiantly refusing to let the Jeffrey Epstein story go away.  —  Elon Musk went on a posting spree Wednesday afternoon to slam President Donald Trump's claim that the so-called “Epstein Files” are a lefty-created hoax.
Rolling Stone:
Inside Trump's Frantic, Failing Mission to Crush the Epstein ‘MAGA Rebellion’  —  The president and his administration are telling supporters to forget about the convicted sex offender.  It isn't working … By the time it was over, the president had sustained more blowback and political damage …
New York Times:   What Are Trump and His Supporters Saying About the Epstein Case?
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
Trump makes it personal with MAGA over Epstein
Washington Post:
Senate approves Trump's bill to cut spending, sending it to the House  —  The legislation hands the Trump administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle with Congress over federal spending.  The bill now heads to the House.  —  Summary170  —  The Senate narrowly approved President …
RELATED:
Politico:
Senate votes to cut $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid … “What we are talking about is one-tenth of one percent of all federal spending ... but it's a step in the right direction and it's the first time we have done anything like this in 35 years,” Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said early Thursday morning.
Politico:   Trump world searches for off-ramp on Epstein
New York Times:
Can Trump Fire Powell?  He Likely Lacks a Case, Legal Experts Say.  —  The Trump administration is toying with removing Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, accusing him of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar update to its Washington headquarters.
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Don't Fire Jerome Powell, Mr. President  —  Whatever the Fed chief's errors, canning him early would be worse.  —  It's often hard to know when President Trump is serious about something, or merely creating a distraction.  But in case he really meant it this week when he told Republican lawmakers …
Tim Balk / New York Times:
900 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Bove as Federal Appeals Judge  —  The lawyers wrote that Emil Bove III, the face of some controversial moves by President Trump's Justice Department, had disgraced the department.  —  More than 900 former Justice Department lawyers …
Discussion: New York Sun
RELATED:
Jeffrey Toobin / New York Times:
Trump's Plans to Put Emil Bove on the Supreme Court
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and Salon
Diana Nerozzi / New York Post:
Trump says Coca-Cola agreed to use real cane sugar in US drinks: 'It's just better!'  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was on a sugar high Wednesday, announcing that Coca-Cola would soon include the real sweet stuff in its US-sold beverages.  —  “I have been speaking to Coca-Cola …
RELATED:
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink. The company isn't confirming that
RELATED:
David Weigel / Semafor:
Democrats' former chair tries to become the left's Joe Rogan  —  The News  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. - The search for a liberal Joe Rogan has led Democrats to an unlikely candidate: Jaime Harrison, their former party chair.  —  Harrison will launch “At Our Table” on Thursday.
RELATED:
Washington Post:   Democrats try a new tone: Less scripted, more cursing, Trumpier insults
NBC News:
New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites  —  President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran's nuclear program that would have lasted weeks, NBC News has also learned.
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Memo Reveals D.C. Judges Are Predisposed Against Trump Administration  —  The Trump Administration has been doing its part, but the lower courts remain rabid in their attack on the rule of law.  —  Federal judge James Boasberg advised Chief Justice John Roberts and some two dozen …
RELATED:
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Chief Justice Roberts Secretly Praised Trump in Crisis Talks With Judges
Discussion: Instapundit
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Goodbye, separation of church and state  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please sign up and support us.  👇  —  The Trump administration last week handed a huge win …
Discussion: Deseret News and Townhall
Jake Traylor / Politico:
White House has private discussions about Collins backup in Maine  —  White House officials have discussed potential candidates who could replace Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) if she elects not to run again in 2026, according to a person familiar with the conversation granted anonymity to speak about political strategy.
Popular Information:
A massive Trump scandal.  Minuscule media attention.  —  Historically, financial entanglements with foreign nationals has been covered as a scandal.  Times have changed.  —  For decades, any suggestion of financial entanglements between a U.S. president or presidential candidate and foreign nationals has been considered a scandal.
New York Times:
African Nation Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by U.S.  —  The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them.  But Eswatini says it will send them home.  —  The tiny African kingdom of Eswatini announced …
New York Times:
The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida's ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center  —  Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.  —  The men at the new immigrant detention center …
Ana Ionova / New York Times:
Trump's Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula  —  Once called the planet's most popular politician, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil faced long odds in next year's election.  President Trump's tariffs are changing that.
Patricia Callahan / ProPublica:
RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations.  The Results Could Be Catastrophic.  — Little-known but Vital: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is targeting a little-known program that underpins childhood immunizations in the U.S. by paying people who suffer rare side effects from shots.
Discussion: WUSA
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:30 AM ET, July 17, 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: 
Washington Post:
Over 1 in 5 high-level Trump picks held crypto, Post analysis finds
New York Times:
Spurned U.S. Attorney Clings to Job by Being Appointed His Own Assistant
Molly Gibbs / Mercury News:
California to provide LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline after Trump administration axes it
Timothy Nerozzi / Washington Examiner:
Rubio signs civil nuclear pact with Bahrain as Trump meets with crown prince
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump administration sued by 20 states over FEMA funding cuts
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Despite vow to remove the worst offenders, ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions
Wall Street Journal:
National-Security Concerns Tie Up Trump's U.A.E. Chips Deal
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Trump officials halt ‘dangerous’ research, overriding NIH career scientists
Discussion: Grabien
Politico:
Trump administration taking new steps to block wind and solar projects, undisclosed memo says
Marie Woolf / Globe and Mail:
Judge halts deportation of non-binary American in ruling after Trump's gender edicts
Discussion: archive.ph
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Jill Biden ‘work husband’ refuses to answer Oversight questions
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Bloomberg:
Sources: WBD begins exclusive talks with Netflix to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max; Netflix is offering a $5B breakup fee if the deal isn't approved

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
Kalshi strikes a deal with CNBC that will integrate Kalshi's prediction data into CNBC's channel, site, and app starting in 2026, days after striking a CNN deal
 
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