Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:00 PM ET, November 16, 2025

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Plays Hardball With GOP Lawmakers as Epstein Vote Approaches  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene says president is publicly targeting her to discourage other Republicans from supporting the measure  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is making a last-ditch push to dissuade House Republicans …
Discussion: Zeteo, ABC News and Grabien
RELATED:
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Many House Republicans will back a bill to release Epstein files, leaders of the effort say  —  Lawmakers seeking to force the release of files related to the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein are predicting a big win in the House this week with a “deluge of Republicans” …
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 251
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Johnson: Epstein push is Democrats' ‘entire game plan’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about  —  The Trump administration's Department of Homeland Security decided to terrorize another city this weekend, with Gregory Bovino heading to Charlotte, North Carolina, to engage in the very type …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
RELATED:
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Launches Operation Charlotte's Web to Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans in Charlotte, North Carolina  —  Sanctuary policies prevented nearly 1,400 detainers from being honored, putting criminal illegal aliens back on Charlotte's streets
Associated Press:
Border Patrol official touts North Carolina arrests despite objections of local leaders  —  A top Border Patrol commander touted dozens of arrests in North Carolina's largest city on Sunday as Charlotte residents reported encounters with federal immigration agents near churches, apartment complexes and stores.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Indiana Republican called out by Trump on redistricting is swatted … Fell said that around 5 p.m. Sunday “an email was sent to the Terre Haute Police Department advising harm had been done to persons inside a home, located in southeastern Vigo County,” Fell said.
RELATED:
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump blasts Indiana state lawmakers for not pursuing redistricting efforts
Kit Maher / CNN:
US military carried out 21st strike on alleged drug boat, killing 3  —  The Pentagon on Saturday conducted the 21st known strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat, US Southern Command announced Sunday.  —  “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling …
RELATED:
Fox News:
US forces kill 3 narco-terrorists in Eastern Pacific lethal strike operation targeting drug networks
Discussion: IJR and RedState
The Harvard Crimson:
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’  —  When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Ben Finley / Associated Press:
Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major buildup near Venezuela  —  The nation's most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations  —  Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.  —  The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents …
Kathryn Carlson / Politico:
Ukraine has ‘no chance’ of winning war, Hungary's Orbán says  —  Ukraine has “no chance” of winning against Russia's ongoing invasion, and the EU's continued financial support for the country is “just crazy,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said.
Discussion: The Guardian
CBS News:
Transcript: Reps. Tom Suozzi and Don Bacon on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 16, 2025  —  The following is the transcript of the interview with Reps. Tom Suozzi, Democrat of New York, and Don Bacon, Republican of Nebraska, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Nov. 16, 2025.
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and NewsMax.com
RELATED:
CNN:
Trump pulling out all the stops to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing  —  President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House this week with all the trappings of a state visit …
Discussion: New York Times
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Pentagon to Withdraw Some National Guard Troops From Chicago and Portland  —  The move comes amid court battles and objections by state and local leaders to President Trump's deployment orders.  —  The Pentagon is withdrawing hundreds of National Guard soldiers from Chicago and Portland …
Sean James / Mediaite:
‘This Is Corruption’: ‘60 Minutes’ Reports Trump Pardoned Binance Boss After He ‘Enriched’ Crypto Business Tied to Trump Family  —  60 Minutes reported President Donald Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former boss of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, after Zhao “enriched” …
Discussion: CBS News
NBC News:
Epstein survivors push for release of files in new PSA, say fight isn't political  —  “While we are Epstein and [Ghislaine] Maxwell survivors, we are standing for so many victims of sexual assault and of domestic violence, as well,” Danielle Bensky said.  —  Several women who survived abuse …
Discussion: The Independent
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The Grift Bubble  —  A Political Theory of American Collapse  —  How does a country burst?  To answer this questions, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble.  —  As I traveled around the United States these last few weeks — Columbus …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Epstein's emails are the end of America as they ruined it  —  The ex-skipper of Harvard, and the professor(s).  A billionaire (from Silicon Valley), but not many wives — and featuring guest appearances by the MAGA publisher of Breitbart News, a former Israeli prime minister, a past president...and a future one.
Discussion: Newsweek
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 10:00 PM ET, November 16, 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: 
Stephan Kueffner / Bloomberg:
Ecuador Referendum Voters Deliver Stinging Defeat to Noboa
Discussion: France 24, IJR and Al Jazeera
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: AOC's ad outscores Newsom's in California
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Lisa Bonos / Washington Post:
How a tech billionaire philanthropist got caught between Trump and San Francisco
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
How Ezra Klein's power play is guiding Democrats
Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press:
South Carolina looks at most restrictive abortion bill in the US as opponents keep pushing limits
Discussion: IJR and Los Angeles Times
Axios:
Relief at the grocery store
Discussion: Mother Jones
 Earlier Items: 
Al Jazeera:
Are Israeli-backed human trafficking networks forcing people out of Gaza?
Financial Times:
Trump trade negotiator hits out at EU delays in cutting tariffs and rules
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Doug Palmer / Politico:
Trump's tariffs are costing companies. Keeping up with them may cost even more.
David Smith / The Guardian:
The banality of evil: how Epstein's powerful friends normalised him
Associated Press:
Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
White House Hunts for Ways to Lower the Cost of Living
Discussion: Axios
 

 
From Techmeme:

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The EU fines X €120M for breaching online content rules, the first fine under the DSA, citing issues including the deceptive design of its blue checkmarks

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to buy WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash and stock deal; the transaction is expected to close after Q3 2026

Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

 
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