The Continuing Crisis
- Vicious interpersonal conflicts among Hegseth staff cloud leak investigation (theguardian.com)
- Can Trump Still Kill Congestion Pricing After U.S. Lawyers Showed Doubt? (nytimes.com)
- Could RFK Jr’s assault on Covid protections be bad news for chronic disease? (theguardian.com)
- A Red State Begged Trump For Help. He Said No — And Now They’re Screwed. (yahoo.com)
- Pam Bondi rescinds Biden-era protections for journalists (theguardian.com)
- Democratic-Leaning States Sue Federal Government Over Demands to Drop D.E.I. (nytimes.com)
- Pete Hegseth’s Signal Phone Number Can Be Found Everywhere (newrepublic.com)Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's behavior has become 'erratic' and he seems increasingly 'insecure' about his job (nbcnews.com)
- Video casts doubt on Ed Martin’s apology for praising Nazi sympathizer (washingtonpost.com)
- U.S. Restores Legal Status for Many International Students, but Warns of Removals to Come (nytimes.com)
- ‘I don’t want to comment’: Trump dodges questions after China contradicts his statements (rawstory.com)
- Dementia? Trump Appears Unaware Supreme Court Ruled 9-0 Against Him: ‘That’s Not What My People Told Me’ (mediaite.com)
- ‘Beginning of end’: Analyst warns budget squabbles could be start of GOP’s collapse (rawstory.com)
- Russian Foreign Minister Says Moscow Is ‘Ready’ For Deal With Trump (And Without Ukraine) To End Ukraine War (msn.com)
- Trump’s immigration ratings turn negative, Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump to get ‘third-tier’ seat at Pope’s funeral after mocking Biden’s position for Queen’s service (irishstar.com)
- Judge Blocks Trump From Defunding 16 Sanctuary Cities: ‘Here We Are Again’ (nytimes.com)
- Democrats take fight to red districts as Republicans shirk town halls (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer (apnews.com)
- Trump and GOP ramp up investigations on Democrats’ top fundraising platform (washingtonpost.com)Fundraising Platform ActBlue Becomes Target of Trump Regime (huffpost.com)
- Many Jews say Trump is politicizing the fight against antisemitism (washingtonpost.com)
- George Santos, Expelled From House, Now Faces Sentencing (nytimes.com)
- Pete Hegseth Lost It In F-Word Rant At Joint Chiefs Chair Over Suspected Leak (huffpost.com)Hegseth Had Unsecured Internet Line Set Up In His Office To Connect To Signal, AP Reports (huffpost.com)Hegseth Reportedly Set Up Signal on Several Pentagon Computers to Circumvent Restrictions (mediaite.com)Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities (nytimes.com)Hegseth’s chief of staff exits amid Pentagon turmoil (washingtonpost.com)
More News
- Pope Francis buried after funeral attended by world leaders, royals and 400,000 mourners (theguardian.com)Trump and Zelenskyy hold ‘very productive’ ceasefire talks at Vatican (theguardian.com)Pope Francis mourners furious as Donald Trump wears blue suit to funeral (irishstar.com)
- 2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects (nytimes.com)
- Russian satellite at centre of nuclear weapons allegations is spinning out of control, analysts say (theguardian.com)
- Radicalized son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says (theguardian.com)
- Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein accuser, dies (bbc.com)
- ‘Embarrassing’: Elon Musk said to have ‘little to show’ for his time as ‘first buddy’ (rawstory.com)
- Feds Arrest Former Judge Accused of Sheltering Gang Member at Home (mediaite.com)
The home of a former judge in Las Cruces was raided Thursday, following accusations that he and his wife had an alleged Tren de Aragua member living in their home. KFOX14/CBS4 cameras captured the moment both Cano and his wife, Nancy, were handcuffed. https://t.co/LWvz39b8bt pic.twitter.com/sL5zjafIdC
— KFOX14 News (@KFOX14) April 24, 2025 - U.S. Says Blast in Yemen Was Caused by Houthi Missile, Not U.S. Strike (nytimes.com)
- Indicted ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Pays Roger Stone $600,000 to Lobby for Him (nytimes.com)
- Russian general killed in Moscow car blast on day of Trump envoy visit (theguardian.com)Putin Keeps Pummeling Ukraine, Convinced Trump Is on His Side (nytimes.com)
- Israel’s A.I. Experiments in Gaza War Raise Ethical Concerns (nytimes.com)
- New York beekeeper accused of concealing role in Rwanda genocide (theguardian.com)
- Disabled people ICE sound alarm over overcrowded jails (theguardian.com)Lawyers Seek Return of Migrants Deported Under Wartime Act (nytimes.com)
- Madrid’s Biggest Landlord? U.S. Investment Firms (nytimes.com)
- US federal agency texts Barnard College employees to ask if they’re Jewish (theguardian.com)
- Alleged former members of neo-Nazi group claim its leader is Russian spy (theguardian.com)
- Trump ‘eroding’ US brand, has made the country 20% poorer, Citadel chief says (semafor.com)
- Meet the lawyers pushing back on Trump’s campaign to corral big law firms (washingtonpost.com)
- Uproar as Wisconsin cops pick up rural homeless and ‘dump them’ in cities (rawstory.com)
- Trump Calls on Putin to ‘STOP’ Russian Strikes on Ukraine (nytimes.com)Zelenskyy Calls Massive Russian Attack On Kyiv 'Outrageous' (huffpost.com)
- China calls reports of ongoing US tariff talks ‘baseless’ while Trump claims administration ‘actively’ seeking deal (theguardian.com)Stocks Waver as China Calls Reports of U.S. Tariff Talks ‘Baseless’ (nytimes.com)
- On TikTok, Chinese Manufacturers Open a New Line in the Trade War (nytimes.com)
Media Mess
- Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts (huffpost.com)
- Mike Lindell’s lawyers used AI to write brief—judge finds nearly 30 mistakes (arstechnica.com)
- Author Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75 (nytimes.com)
- ‘He Just Called Y’all P*ssy!’ Flagrant Podcasters Bust Out Laughing at Pete Buttigieg’s Call-out of Fox News (mediaite.com)
- Reeling From Bill Owens’ Shock Exit, ‘60 Minutes’ Staffers Warn Shari Redstone to Back Off (variety.com)
- “Should have installed tampon machines”: Hegseth bashes report of his new makeup room in Pentagon (salon.com)
- The Untold Story of How Trump’s Handpicked DC Prosecutor Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor (propublica.org)
- Newsmax Host Greg Kelly Pushes Debunked Conspiracy About Trump’s Security Detail Following Butler Shooting (meidasnews.com)
- Surprising to the end, ‘The Conners’ found a nice life after Roseanne (washingtonpost.com)
- AOC’s Brother Denies He’s Linked to $1.2M Fentanyl Ring After Fake News Spreads Like Wildfire (mediaite.com)
The Blue Brain Room
- How Trump Plays Into Putin’s Hands, From Ukraine to Slashing U.S. Institutions (nytimes.com)
- Trump Is Dashing MAGA’s Biggest Populist Dreams (huffpost.com)
- Presidents have long criticized the Fed. It usually backfires. (washingtonpost.com)
- ‘Arrogance is stunning’: Florida’s ‘Ivy League governor’ now hates education (rawstory.com)
- RFK Jr.’s statistic on the spike in chronic diseases in the U.S. is completely absurd (washingtonpost.com)
- Trump’s Crimea Proposal Would End a Decade of U.S. Resistance (nytimes.com)
- On Major Economic Decisions, Trump Blinks, and Then Blinks Again (nytimes.com)
- Elon Musk had the government in his grasp. Then it unraveled. (washingtonpost.com)
- ‘This Moment Is Critical.’ Whither Progressive Christians After Pope Francis? (nytimes.com)
- John Bolton Predicts Exactly When Trump Will Boot Hegseth From Pentagon (huffpost.com)
