by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 25.
- President seeks 15 percent corporate tax rate, even if it swells the national debt
- Trump softens border wall demands in bid to calm shutdown jitters
- Almost everyone in French politics is working to stop Le Pen
- Can Trump Avoid A Government Shutdown On His 100th Day?
- Trump should stop playing his game of budget brinkmanship
- Trump Rejects Grading of First 100 Days, Yet He Seeks an ‘A’ (“… he is deeply anxious about judgments of his success at the traditional benchmark.”)
- The Spending Bill Was Supposed to Be Easy. Then Trump Intervened.
- Trump’s over-the-top, boastful AP interview, annotated (Yes, we have a president who is both profoundly ignorant and completely unhinged. Can we survive his presidency? I’m highly skeptical, but we must continue to resist regardless.)
- Entire U.S. Senate to go to White House for North Korea briefing
- Trump’s border-wall fantasy is crumbling (“He can huff and puff, but his weasel words reveal desperation in the quest to fund a costly and ineffective idea.”)
- Obama returns — and avoids Trump (“In his first event since leaving the White House, Obama sidesteps talk of his successor as he nudges future political leaders.”)
- State Department, U.S. embassies promoted Trump’s Mar-a-Lago (Corrupt.)
- 100 days of Democratic rage (“Trump has enabled the Democratic Party to overlook its serious problems.”)
- France’s Voters Keep Hope for Europe Alive
- Today’s Energy Jobs Are in Solar, Not Coal (Also in wind power.)
- Networks Covering March For Science Provided Platform For Climate Deniers
- Trump’s Defining Trait (“It’s his insecurity. Why that should frighten us all.”)
- A display of unbelievable ignorance: In a real country with a real president, Trump’s AP interview would destroy him (“Our president thinks the Pentagon is a company, terrorism was a recent invention and 9/11 was a ratings coup”)
- “ISIS has won”: GOP candidates in Virginia and South Carolina enraged by Louisiana’s removal of Confederate monument
- Terry McAuliffe 2020? Name one Democrat who can stop him (Hmmmm….alrighty.)
- Elizabeth Warren Endorses Tom Perriello In Virginia Governor’s Race (“The Democratic former congressman also has the backing of Sen. Bernie Sanders.”)
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren endorses Perriello in Democratic primary for Va. gov
- ‘All that Confederate stuff’ leads to endorsement switch in Va. governor’s race (Yet again, the Washington Post reports on stuff days after Virginia blogs do.)
- Kaine, Warner to introduce resolution commemorating 10th anniversary of Virginia Tech shooting
- Northam: Roll back grocery tax for the poor (And bring back the estate tax while we’re at it!)
- Editorial: A challenge for Portsmouth council member (“IT WOULD BE incredibly misguided to view last week’s indictment of Portsmouth City Councilman Mark Whitaker as a deserved comeuppance. But it also would be a mistake to dismiss the allegations against him as a political hit job.”)
- Editorial: Medical marijuana would mean jobs for rural Virginia
- Vice President Mike Pence coming to Newport News Saturday for sub christening
- Norfolk Treasurer Anthony Burfoot permanently removed from office
- Expert warns against haste as rumors swirl about replacement for Richmond schools Superintendent Bedden
- Soggy today but drier tomorrow; summer weather returns Thursday
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