Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
8:05 PM ET, April 11, 2026

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Reps. Swalwell and Gonzales set to face expulsion votes  —  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) plans to force a vote to expel Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) next week over sexual assault and misconduct allegations, Axios has learned.  Swalwell denies the allegations.
RELATED:
Michael Williams / CNN:
Manhattan DA launches investigation into sexual assault allegation against Eric Swalwell  —  The Manhattan District Attorney's Office said on Saturday it is investigating an allegation of sexual assault against Rep. Eric Swalwell, a day after CNN reported that a former staffer for the congressman accused …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Swalwell loses all 21 of his endorsements from Dem colleagues  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) lost the last of the 21 endorsements he had from fellow Democratic members of Congress on Saturday as Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) rescinded her support for his gubernatorial campaign.
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Luna moves to oust Swalwell from House over assault allegations
Washington Post:
Swalwell staffers stand with accusers as Manhattan DA confirms investigation
Ella Morrison / New York Post:
Eric Swalwell under investigation by Manhattan DA over alleged sex assault of staffer
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. warships cross Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war began  —  Several U.S. Navy ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a U.S. official told Axios. … It is the first time U.S. warships crossed the strait since the beginning of the war.
RELATED:
Al Jazeera:
US says two naval ships ‘transited’ Strait of Hormuz for mine-clearing
Discussion: USNI News, Bloomberg and Chatham House
Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Saturday Afternoon News Updates: The Islamabad Talks Are Collapsing — 4/11/26
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Navy Warships Cross Hormuz Strait for Mine-Clearing Work, U.S. Says
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Former general urges Trump to call Xi over Iran, Strait of Hormuz
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Two U.S. Warships Transit Strait of Hormuz in First Since War Began
Discussion: RedState, CBS News and Associated Press
New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Shows China Taking a More Active Role in Iran War  —  China may have shipped missiles to Iran, and Beijing is allowing some companies to sell Tehran supplies that can be used in military production, American officials said.  —  American intelligence agencies have obtained information …
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:   The Era of Free Seas Is Unraveling—and Now Everyone's Going to Pay
Kari Soo Lindberg / Bloomberg:   US Intelligence Shows China Set to Supply Iran Arms, CNN Reports
New York Times:
Judges Fired After Blocking Deportations of Pro-Palestinian Students  —  The immigration judges' abrupt dismissals marked the latest efforts by the Trump administration to reshape the country's immigration courts.  —  The Trump administration has fired two immigration judges …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
He Was ‘Trump Before Trump.’ Now He's in Trouble.  —  The Danube Institute, located in a refurbished villa in Budapest's wealthy castle district, is one of several government-supported think tanks and foundations in Hungary that cater to foreign conservatives.
RELATED:
Paul Krugman:
Delusions of Grandeur, Hungary Edition
United States Department of State:
Secretary Rubio Terminates Green Cards of Foreign Nationals Tied to Infamous Iranian Regime Propagandist  —  This week, three Iranian nationals with ties to the Iranian regime were arrested by federal agents following Secretary of State Marco Rubio's termination of their lawful permanent resident (LPR) statuses.
RELATED:
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
3 more Iranian nationals with ties to Islamic regime arrested while living lavishly in LA
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Kennedy Center nixes top lawyer's cover band from venue … Staff responsible for organizing acts at the Speakeasy ultimately rejected Berke's requests, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, in part because they believed it was a conflict of interest.
Discussion: Raw Story
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Another round of layoffs hits Kennedy Center ahead of two-year closure
Discussion: Raw Story
Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:
Revelations About a Trump-Witkoff Business Raise Troubling Questions  —  When I was the Obama White House ethics czar during the Great Recession, I would not even allow the president to refinance his modest family home in Chicago.  He was regulating the banks in a time of crisis, and it wouldn't have looked right.
abc7NY:
Man with knife fatally shot by police after stabbing people at Grand Central, police say  —  MIDTOWN EAST, Manhattan (WABC) — Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man on a subway platform at Grand Central Station on Saturday morning after he stabbed at least three people, according to the NYPD.
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Staff At Minnesota Deportation Hub Received ‘Obscene’ Trump-Themed Challenge Coins Adorned With Skulls  —  Federal employees involved in the massive operation that led to a surge of deportations and detentions around Minneapolis in recent months have received a souvenir from the controversial mission.
Discussion: Washington Times and Zeteo
NBC News:
Appeals court rules Trump's White House ballroom construction can temporarily move forward  —  Trump's lawyers argued the ballroom is “a vital project for the safety and security of the White House and the President, his family, and his staff.”  —  A federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily allowed …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
It feels like something shifted in the United States this week after President Donald J. Trump threatened on Tuesday that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”  As professor of human rights, global affairs, and philosophy Mathias Risse of Harvard University's …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Adam Sella / New York Times:
The Postal Service Is in Trouble.  Here's How It Could Affect Your Mail.  —  Despite numerous attempts to reform the Postal Service, the agency's business model has not changed significantly since 1970.  Officials are proposing to decrease service and increase prices.
Discussion: The US Sun and Washington Examiner
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 8:05 PM ET, April 11, 2026.

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: 
Michael Wriston / Project Salt Box:
Held in Federal Custody, a Baltimore Man Injured in an ICE Arrest Has Gone Eight Days Without Treatment
Alex Nguyen / Mother Jones:
Trump: Buy American, Unless It's for My Ballroom
Discussion: MS NOW and New York Times
Cassandra Dumay / Politico:
AI use in housing is booming. The rules to keep it fair are shrinking.
Dasha Burns / Politico:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts a GOP Bloodbath in the Midterms
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Newsweek and Raw Story
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Trump is still trying to DOGE the NIH. Republicans are tired.
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Exclusive: Iranian source says US has agreed to unfreeze Iranian funds, Washington denies it
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
‘The plan is working’: Trump's trade chief brushes off economic fears in Rust Belt tour
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Paul Krugman:
Talking with Lisa Graves
Tracy Simmons / RNS:
Hegseth mentor Doug Wilson's vision for a Christian nation means married women can't vote
Politico:
Republicans wanted Trump to sell the economy. He's been talking war instead.
Amanda Chu / Politico:
RFK Jr. has turned corporate America's name to mud, POLITICO Poll finds
Jon R. Lindsay / New York Times:
Iran Is Losing the Cyberwar, Not the Real War
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
As Election Looms, Washington Wonders if Trump Will Get a New Supreme Court Pick
Discussion: The Atlantic
 

 
From Techmeme:

Washington Post:
Sources: Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to seek input on Claude's moral and spiritual development and if it could be considered a “child of God”

The Citizen Lab:
An investigation details Webloc, an ad-based geo surveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of records from up to 500M mobile devices

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Google says Polymarket bets “briefly appeared in Google News in error”, after the bets appeared alongside news articles in the “For You” section
 
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