Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:30 PM ET, April 22, 2026

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Politico:
Republicans air misgivings about redistricting push after Virginia vote  —  A group of House Republicans openly questioned the mid-decade redistricting war sparked by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a day after a Democratic victory in Virginia threatened the GOP's chances of holding onto its slim House majority in November.
RELATED:
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
How Trump Accidentally Handed Dems Their Big Win in Virginia  —  On Monday night, just before Virginia voters approved a referendum Tuesday that will allow Democrats to draw up to four new House seats before the midterms, Donald Trump captured the true essence of this situation in a single sentence.
Winston Rogers / WJLA-TV:
Virginia judge blocks redistricting referendum from being certified  —  ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — A Virginia judge blocked the state from certifying the results of Tuesday's congressional map referendum, deeming the referendum and the bill that triggered it as unconstitutional, according to a judge's order issued Wednesday.
Axios:
Trump's redistricting war leaves Republicans worse off  —  The redistricting war President Trump forced on his party appears to have backfired. … It's increasingly looking like a self-inflicted wound, leaving Republicans with long-shot hopes of any major rewards.
Erin Doherty / Politico:
Virginia voters give Dems big win in the gerrymandering wars
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Fetterman on Democrats' redistricting win in Virginia: ‘We all lose at this point’
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
There is the unmistakable feeling that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus. …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Associated Press:
Pentagon says Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving, in latest departure of a top defense leader  —  The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the Navy's top civilian official, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, is leaving his job.  In a statement posted to social media, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell …
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
John Phelan Out as U.S. Navy Secretary  —  Hung Cao, currently undersecretary for the Navy, will take over on an acting basis  —  John Phelan has left his position as U.S. Navy secretary, the Pentagon announced Wednesday evening.  —  His departure was revealed in a social-media post by Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.
Matthew Adams / Stars & Stripes:
John Phelan out as Navy secretary
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump replacing Navy secretary in major shakeup as Strait of Hormuz blockade rages
Discussion: Washington Post
Shawn Cohen / Charleston Daily Mail:
Secret ‘sugar daddy’ sex scandal explodes inside Trump's counterterrorism HQ: Read glamorous senior aide's voracious text messages, itemized ‘trophies’... and her utterly shameless justification  —  A top-level Trump counterterrorism official is under investigation amid claims she actively looks …
RELATED:
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Top Trump Terror Official Exposed on ‘Sugar Daddy’ Site  —  SECURITY RISK  —  A complaint filed with the DHS inspector general's office accuses the 29-year-old of seeking out older men to fund her luxury lifestyle.  —  A Department of Homeland Security deputy assistant secretary …
Josh Christenson / New York Post:   DHS bigwig put on leave after ex-boyfriend accuses glitzy terror official of $40K sugar baby scheme
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Oversight members split over whether to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, committee chair says  —  Members on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are divided over whether President Donald Trump should pardon Jeffrey Epstein's convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange …
Discussion: Raw Story
RELATED:
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Democrat pushes DOJ on possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Clearing Strait of Hormuz of mines could take 6 months, Pentagon tells Congress  —  The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.  —  Summary  —  It could take six months …
Discussion: NOTUS, Forbes, New Republic, Semafor and BBC
RELATED:
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC won't publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits  —  The report, which had cleared the agency's scientific-review process, had been delayed.  It now won't be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.  —  Summary
RELATED:
Associated Press:
Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges  —  WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information …
RELATED:
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Investigating the Good Guys  —  DOJ claims the Southern Poverty Law Center was “paying off” the Ku Klux Klan.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Nearing Rescue Deal for Spirit Airlines  —  President signaled this week the government could help discount carrier, which has struggled with surging jet-fuel prices  —  The Trump administration is nearing a rescue deal for Spirit Airlines, people familiar with the matter said.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New poll: 55% support impeaching Trump  —  This article reports results from the April 2026 Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read our previous poll releases here.  Subscribers to Strength In Numbers have access to additional trended charts and a full archive of crosstabs …
Politico:
Trump admin agrees to pay $1.25M to 2016 Trump adviser over surveillance … A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment.  Page and one of his attorneys did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.  —  The settlement does not resolve Page's effort to revive his claims …
Discussion: Associated Press, CBS News and KDFX-TV
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Kalshi suspends, fines 3 congressional candidates in ‘insider trading’ enforcement actions … Prediction market platform Kalshi said Wednesday it had suspended and fined three candidates for Congress from Minnesota, Texas and Virginia for “political insider trading” activity on their own campaigns.
RELATED:
Bobby DeNault / Kalshi:
Enforcement update: Kalshi continues crackdown on political insider trading
Associated Press:
Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80  —  U.S. Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat who was seeking his 13th term in Congress despite challenges from within his party, has died.  He was 80.  —  Scott was Democrats' ranking member …
RELATED:
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Virginia court blocks voter-approved redistricting, appeal coming  —  A Virginia judge temporarily halted the state's newly approved congressional map — but state officials are already moving to try to overturn the ruling, setting up a rapid legal fight in the state's Supreme Court.
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Judge tosses Kash Patel's defamation suit against former MSNBC contributor  —  The judge said that Frank Figliuzzi's statement, “when taken in context, cannot have been perceived by a person of ordinary intelligence as stating actual facts about Patel.”  —  A federal judge in Texas has tossed …
Jaimie Ding / Associated Press:
Federal appeals court blocks California law requiring federal agents to wear identification  —  An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification.  The Trump administration filed a lawsuit …
RELATED:
Lindsey Holden / Politico:   Appeals court blocks enforcement of California ID law for federal officers
Ward Clark / RedState:
Couple Accused of Taking Child to Cuba for Gender Surgery Now Facing Kidnapping Charges  —  When it comes to the whole question of “gender-affirming surgery,” there's an argument to be made that adults, presumably those able to give informed consent, might seek out and obtain these treatments.
Will Knight / Wired:
5 AI Models Tried to Scam Me.  Some of Them Were Scary Good  —  The cyber capabilities of AI models have experts rattled.  AI's social skills may be just as dangerous.  —  I recently witnessed how scary-good artificial intelligence is getting at the human side of computer hacking …
Wall Street Journal:
Secretive Shipments of Iranian Oil to China Are Under Threat by U.S.  —  Boarding of tanker raises risk for sanctions-evading ‘shadow fleet’  —  Iran, China and an array of middlemen have evaded U.S. sanctions for years by shipping oil on aging tankers with opaque records …
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Democrats demand FBI director, Kash Patel, take alcohol abuse test  —  Amid growing congressional scrutiny of his conduct, Patel has claimed he has ‘never been intoxicated on the job’  —  House judiciary Democrats have launched a formal inquiry into the alleged drinking habits of the FBI director …
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
Justice Department asks California judge to pause its Anthropic appeal … Due to a quirk in federal law, in March Anthropic was forced to file lawsuits in both northern California and the D.C. Circuit when it challenged the government's actions.  On April 8, a three-judge panel …
Nick Turse / The Intercept:
Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up”  —  Amid a fragile ceasefire in the U.S. war on Iran, the Pentagon is playing a numbers game with American casualty statistics, adding and subtracting from the count as questions about the human toll mount.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
John Raby / Associated Press:
Chemical leak at a West Virginia plant kills 2 people and sends 19 to hospital, officials say  —  A chemical leak at a West Virginia silver recovery business on Wednesday killed two people and sent 19 others to the hospital, including one in critical condition, authorities said.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 7:30 PM ET, April 22, 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: 
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
GOP blocks plan to prepare North Carolina counties for ballot seizures, ICE at polls
Discussion: Raw Story
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Disgraced MAGA Congressman Floats Post-Prison Comeback
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
A 60-Day Deadline Could Pressure Trump on Ending the Iran War
Discussion: Time
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
RFK Jr. set to face Bill Cassidy in back-to-back Senate hearings
 Earlier Items: 
Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew
Jessica Grose / New York Times:
There's Another Reason Gen Z Can't Find Work
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Trump pushes back on Wall Street Journal editorial labeling him ‘sucker’ on Iran
Discussion: Politico
Ben Rhodes / New York Times:
Graham Platner Went to Hell and Back. He Has a Simple Message for Democrats.
Paul Krugman:
Bad Vibes and Broken Promises
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate hopeful Graham Platner calls to investigate Trump and impeach two Supreme Court justices
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
The FCC launches a review of TV Parental Guidelines, citing concerns that “gender identity issues are being included or promoted in children's programs”

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: the NFL met with the FCC on Friday to defend the league's media rights strategy and said 87% of games are primarily aired for free on broadcast TV

Brian Stelter / CNN:
WBD shareholders vote early Thursday on the Paramount deal, likely to be OK'ed; David Ellison will be in DC later for Paramount's event honoring the White House
 
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