Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
9:25 PM ET, July 28, 2025

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents  —  Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed.  Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals  —  US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court brief appealing Epstein conviction … - The Trump administration has faced weeks of bipartisan backlash after reneging on promises to release all files related to the now-deceased sex trafficker.  — MAGA activists have suggested that Maxwell …
RELATED:
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Durbin Demands Tapes of Ghislaine Maxwell Interviews  —  The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee also pressed the Justice Department for a promise that Ms. Maxwell will not be pardoned for her cooperation in matters related to the Jeffrey Epstein files.
John Fritze / CNN:
Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell urges Supreme Court to overturn her conviction  —  Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to take up her pending appeal and overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, claiming she was covered …
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Justice Department Scrutinizes George Mason Faculty's Diversity Stance  —  The Faculty Senate at George Mason University in Virginia adopted a resolution supporting the school's president and his work related to diversity.  The Justice Department says it will investigate.
New York Times:
Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute  —  The sum sought by the government is more than twice as much as the $200 million fine that Columbia University said it would pay when it settled its clash with the White House last week.
Washington Post:
Whistleblower evidence suggests Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove misled Senate  —  A third whistleblower has new information about a Justice Department official the president has nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.  —  A new whistleblower has come forward to challenge …
RELATED:
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:   Bove's nomination not yet derailed by new whistleblower complaint
Politico:
Another Trump clash with the courts is already spinning out into criminal cases … In a nine-page filing, Mirigliano said his client is “facing an imminent criminal trial proceeding under questionable legal authority” and asked for the charges to be thrown out or that Habba and her assistants …
Discussion: Forbes, CBS News and The Independent
Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
Trump administration urges federal employees to talk religion at work  —  The guidance from the Office of Personnel Management builds on the administration's efforts to bolster faith's presence in the federal workforce.  —  Federal employees can display religious items at work …
RELATED:
Anastasia Obis / Federal News Network:   ‘A never-ending nightmare.’ Federal workers detail mental health toll of government downsizing
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Trump administration reminds federal employees they can proselytize in the office
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood  —  A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation's largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump's administration …
RELATED:
Aaron Boxerman / New York Times:
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide  —  Israel says it is fighting against Hamas, not Palestinians as a group.  But two of Israel's best-known rights groups — long critical of Israeli policy — now say they disagree.  —  Two of Israel's best-known human …
RELATED:
Andy Barron / Associated Press:
Shooter opens fire outside Reno casino, killing 3 and injuring several others  —  Police in Nevada say a gunman opened fire just outside the Grand Sierra Resort casino in Reno and shot multiple people.  The conditions of the victims were not immediately known.
RELATED:
The White House:
Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal  —  MAKING GLOBAL HISTORY: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union (EU), fundamentally rebalancing the economic relationship between the world's two largest economies.
Associated Press:
Project 2025 author Paul Dans will challenge Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina  —  A chief architect of Project 2025, Paul Dans, is launching a Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, joining a crowded field that will test the loyalties …
RELATED:
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How Axios rebranded conservative ideology as objectivity  —  The biggest lie in media is the one that it tells about itself.  —  Journalists at many mainstream media publications insist that their coverage is objective and unbiased.  This isn't true.  —  Two of the biggest purveyors …
Discussion: The Present Age
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Imagining A Democratic Majority  —  Steve Bannon thinks House Republicans are on track to lose 40 seats next November, in a wipeout driven by their participation in the Epstein-Trump coverup.  —  Assuming he's right, Democrats will hold a fairly sizable House majority a year and a half from now …
RELATED:
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls' sports  —  Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg offered one of the most carefully worded responses yet to the debate over transgender youth participation in sports on Monday morning in an NPR interview.
Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Delta co-pilot reportedly arrested on plane for child sexual abuse materials  —  Several passengers told various media outlets that law enforcement officers removed co-pilot from plane in San Francisco  —  A co-pilot with Delta Air Lines was reportedly arrested by federal agents …
Ruchir Sharma / Financial Times:
What the world got wrong about tariffs  —  No economy rises or falls for just one reason, even a shock as big as Trump's trade policy … At the beginning of the year, the world was in striking agreement on one point: if Donald Trump went ahead with tariffs, it would strengthen the dollar and trigger stagflation.
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Trump seeks quick Murdoch deposition in Wall Street Journal lawsuit over Epstein story  —  President Donald Trump is asking a federal court in Florida to force Rupert Murdoch to give a deposition for the president's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal within 15 days, citing the media mogul's age and physical condition.
Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Former Trump aide tapped to help lead Megyn Kelly's growing media empire  —  Hope Hicks, a former aide to President Donald Trump, is joining Megyn Kelly's media company as its new chief operating officer, marking a powerful partnership.  —  Hicks was named COO of Devil May Care Media on Monday …
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Meet the out-of-state investors funding a Christian nationalist community in Tennessee  —  For the politically connected investors behind the project, our NewsChannel 5 investigation has now discovered, it's about business, power and creating an alternative view of America.
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Texas Attorney General Paxton sues New York county clerk over abortion ruling  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against a New York county clerk for refusing to file a judgment and court summons against a doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed abortion medication to a woman in Texas.
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Total Mental Collapse’: Trump Ripped After ‘Insane’ New Ramble In Europe  —  Critics tore into the president after an unexpected digression against a familiar target.  —  President Donald Trump spent part of his weekend in Scotland reviving his old grievances against wind power …
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Republican Nancy Mace says she likes to watch videos of Ice detaining people  —  Congresswoman says she ‘can think of nothing more American’ than Ice dragging people out of court  —  Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace has claimed she cruises the web for videos of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Discussion: The Independent and Daily Kos
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Takes Break From $10 Million Golf Vacation To Put Forward New Jeffrey Epstein Explanation  —  The president also announced new taxes on American importers and consumers during his trip to Scotland.  —  President Donald Trump on Monday took a break from his $10 million taxpayer-funded golf vacation …
ABC News:
2 shot, including officer, outside office building in Midtown Manhattan; suspect dead: Sources  —  The shooting occurred outside an office building, police sources said.  —  A police officer and a civilian were shot outside an office building on Park Avenue on Monday, police sources told ABC News.
Financial Times:
Trump blocks Taiwan's President Lai from New York stopover  —  Move comes as US and China hold trade talks and seek to stabilise relations  —  Donald Trump's administration has denied permission for Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te to stop in New York en route to Central America …
Keely Bastow / Associated Press:
Islamic State-backed rebels attack a Catholic church in eastern Congo, killing at least 34  —  Islamic State-backed rebels attacked a Catholic church in eastern Congo on Sunday, killing at least 34 people, according to a local civil society leader.  Dieudonne Duranthabo …
Tim Reid / Reuters:
This construction project was on time and on budget.  Then came ICE.  —  Under a broiling Alabama sky a frustrated Robby Robertson, a construction site superintendent, surveys an 84,000 square foot, mostly built recreation center close to the Gulf coast port city of Mobile.  —  The site is eerily quiet.
Discussion: Balls and Strikes and Reason
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
The Depopulation Bomb  —  As global fertility rates drop, two economists make the case for humans  —  If humanity's existence were threatened by plague, nuclear war or environmental catastrophe, people would surely demand action.  —  But what if the threat came from our own, passive acceptance of decline?
Cara Anna / Associated Press:
Israel's leader claims no one in Gaza is starving.  Data and witnesses disagree  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says no one in Gaza is starving: “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza.  We enable humanitarian aid throughout the duration …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Joe Rogan isn't letting go of Epstein — that's a problem for Trump  —  Joe Rogan says the Trump administration's refusal to release more information about Jeffrey Epstein is a “line in the sand.”  —  Epstein's name was mentioned more than 40 times on the most recent episode of …
Discussion: Mediaite and Grabien
Associated Press:
Ex-officer who mistook a Black man's keys and phone for a gun gets 15 years to life for murder  —  A former Ohio police officer convicted of murder in the shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed, was given a mandatory sentence Monday of 15 years to life.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 9:25 PM ET, July 28, 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: 
Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Tariffs on Medicines From Europe Stand to Cost Drugmakers Billions
Discussion: UnHerd
Stefanie Dazio / Washington Post:
Morton Mintz, Post reporter with a muckraker spirit, dies at 103
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
New Data Shows Trump Gained Big With Muslims Just As He Betrays Them Over Gaza
Murtaza Hussain / Drop Site News:
A Pro-Israel Nonprofit is Funneling News Content Through Bari Weiss's “Free Press”
Axios:
Scoop: Sherrod Brown met with Schumer in Ohio amid 2026 Senate push
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad slammed as ‘Nazi propaganda’ by crazed woke mob over jeans/genes pun
 Earlier Items: 
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Appeals Court Delivers Another Blow to Voting Rights Act
Discussion: Associated Press and Mother Jones
Jeff Coltin / Politico:
‘Africans are starting to organize’
Isabela Dias / Mother Jones:
Trump Is Making Thousands of Rule-Abiding Immigrants Undocumented
Discussion: Staten Island Advance
The Free Press:
Amy Coney Barrett and Bari Weiss Live in NYC: Get Your Tickets Now
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump trade deals prove access to the U.S. still matters above all else