Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:35 PM ET, July 24, 2026

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
New York Times:
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him  —  Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
Politico:
‘A circular firing squad’: Senate GOP pushes back on Trump's tiff with Thune  —  President Donald Trump is escalating his war of words against Senate Majority Leader John Thune.  He's still not likely to get what he wants.  —  Trump on Wednesday told rally-goers in Georgia to “call John Thune” …
RELATED:
New Republic:
Angry Trump Openly Urges GOP to Rig Midterms as Brutal Fox Poll Hits  —  Donald Trump exploded at Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday, taking the extraordinary step of demanding during a rally that Thune hurry up and railroad GOP holdouts to pass the horrific voter suppression bill known as the SAVE Act.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Trump to Senate GOP: Adopt budget blueprint before August break10 minutes ago
Discussion: The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Losing Patience Over an Iran War With No Clear End in Sight  —  President has grown skeptical of diplomacy and is in ‘revenge mode’ against Tehran, according to a senior administration official  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump was fed up.  —  During a recent meeting in the Oval Office …
RELATED:
Paul Krugman:
Quagmire of the Vanities  —  Yesterday Donald Trump declared that the Iran war is going “better than anybody expected could be done.”  He's delusional, of course.  And his delusions are the reason the price of oil is back at around $100 a barrel, and — as I'll explain shortly — the effective price is much higher than that.
NBC News:NEW!
Trump to deliver ‘unifying yet vicious’ remarks at press dinner months after shooting incident, White House says  —  The president, first lady and top administration officials had to be evacuated and the April dinner canceled after a heavily armed man rushed past security.
RELATED:
Politico:
Dinner with a side of ‘vicious’
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane  —  More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.  —  The United States has now recorded more cases of measles in 2026 than in any other year since …
RELATED:
Devi Shastri / Associated Press:
There are already more US measles cases this year than in all of 2025  —  The number of measles cases in the U.S. has surpassed the record-breaking tally for all of 2025, with five more months of 2026 still to come.  —  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention logged 2,318 cases …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Poll: These Americans say they'd be disenfranchised by Trump's election law  —  Strength In Numbers is independent and reader-funded.  Paying subscribers get premium posts like weekly Deep Dive article, can access our community Discord server, and support the data collection and analysis work …
Discussion: ABC News
RELATED:
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
MAGA's “pasta pass” talking point is height of gaslighting
Discussion: Fox News and ABC News
RELATED:
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fired ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Says She Was Pushed to Report on Events ‘That Never Happened’ Under Bari Weiss' Leadership at CBS News … Vega claimed that the “new administration” at CBS News — indicating Weiss, whom Paramount CEO David Ellison installed as editor in chief of the division last fall …
RELATED:
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Knives are out for Vance in the GOP.  His allies say it's a coordinated ‘op.’  —  The vice president has faced a barrage of attacks recently that are unusual for their intensity and how early in the political calendar they are taking place.  —  Summary  —  As JD Vance prepares …
RELATED:
Emily Davies / New York Times:
How a Grieving Trump Decided to Back Lindsey Graham's Sister for Senate  —  The president initially backed a little-known congressman.  Then he talked to Gov. Henry McMaster and Ms. Graham herself.  —  The morning after Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina died, President Trump floated …
RELATED:
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Republicans skeptical Darline Graham can win a full Senate term
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Patrick Svitek / CNN:
Joe Manchin reenters the political orbit with a new independent experiment  —  At 78, Joe Manchin is stepping back into politics.  —  A year and a half after leaving office fed up with the major parties, the former West Virginia senator is launching a new effort, the Independent Leadership Council …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Semafor
RELATED:
Finya Swai / The Hill:   Manchin launches effort to elect independent candidates to Congress
Natasha Sarin / New York Times:
Trump's Tariff Runaround Defies the Courts and Common Sense  —  Effective tariff rates are going to change on Friday for the 45th time in the last 18 months — an average of once every 12 days.  Rates will ratchet up yet again next month if President Trump's recently announced 50 percent levy on some Canadian goods goes into effect.
RELATED:
The Guardian:
Trump accused of using forced labor as ‘convenient’ justification for tariffs
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump threatens new tariffs against EU over Google fine  —  President Donald Trump floated plans Friday to place a “substantial” new tariff on the European Union, accusing the bloc of “robbing” American companies and pledging to initiate a trade investigation after the EU fined Google for illegal trade practices.
RELATED:
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Dems pick South Carolina to lead 2028 primary calendar  —  The state edged Nevada to be first, marking a major shift from past primary schedules  —  Democrats voted to make South Carolina their first presidential primary state for 2028 — a significant shift from past election cycles …
New York Times:
Number of U.S. Troop Deaths Suddenly Appears Lower on Pentagon Website  —  Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.  —  On Wednesday, the Pentagon reported on its casualties website …
RELATED:
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Thursday was the worst day for DOJ.  So far.  —  The degradation of the Justice Department in the second Trump administration is clear, is having immediate effects, and will have long-term effects.  Just how degraded DOJ has become was on full display in the Southern District of New York on Thursday.
Amy Curtis / Townhall:
Why Isn't the Left Outraged About Nancy Armour?  —  It was 1955, and 14-year-old Emmett Till was visiting relatives near Money, Mississippi, when he went to a grocery store.  What happened at the store, exactly, has been disputed for years, but Till was accused of flirting, touching, or whistling at the proprietor, Carolyn Bryant.
Jessie Blaeser / Politico:
Poll: Republicans' gas price problem is even worse than it seems  —  Gas prices are high.  Americans think they're even higher.  —  Three in five Americans believe gas prices in their area have risen by more than they actually have, according to an analysis of new results from The POLITICO Poll.
 
 
 New Item Finder: 
New
MPR News:
Rochester jury finds woman who hurled racial slurs at a Black child on a playground guilty   Find
5 minutes ago
NBC News:
Trump to deliver ‘unifying yet vicious’ remarks at press dinner months after shooting incident, White House says   Find
10 minutes ago
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Trump to Senate GOP: Adopt budget blueprint before August break   Find
25 minutes ago
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Abdul El-Sayed's Slippery Argument About Israel's Right to Exist   Find
25 minutes ago
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Elon Musk says he backs ‘normal people’ when asked about support for ‘far right’   Find
40 minutes ago
Devi Shastri / Associated Press:
There are already more US measles cases this year than in all of 2025   Find
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 Archives: 
 
 
 More Items: 
MPR News:
Rochester jury finds woman who hurled racial slurs at a Black child on a playground guiltyNEW!
Discussion: The Federalist and twitchy.com
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Abdul El-Sayed's Slippery Argument About Israel's Right to Exist25 minutes ago
Discussion: Israpundit
CNN:
How Trump upended the Saudi nuclear deal less than 24 hours after its signing
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. and U.K. planning international conference on Strait of Hormuz
Discussion: Forbes and Joe.My.God.
 Earlier Items: 
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Ken Paxton Uses Young Grandchildren to Defend Character, Raise Money
Robert A. Pape / Foreign Affairs:
Iran and the New Rules of Global Power
Rachel Louise Snyder / New York Times:
I Visited the Evidence of Epstein's Crimes
 

 
From Techmeme:

Anthropic:
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5, which it says comes close to Fable 5 performance at half the price; it is the new default model on Claude Max

Leo Schwartz / The Information:
Meta, Nvidia, Microsoft, a16z, and others sign a letter defending open-source AI; Jensen Huang, in his first X post, says open models strengthen cybersecurity

Mat Smith / Engadget:
Meta launches Facebook Verified, a free program it says will verify that users are real humans by analyzing a facial recognition selfie and assigning badges
 
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