by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 16.
- Trump lashes out after reports of obstruction probe; Pence hires a lawyer
- ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi May Have Been Killed, Russia Says (Let’s hope so.)
- Special counsel looks into Jared Kushner’s business dealings
- Pence’s balancing act as Trump’s No. 2 shows signs of strain amid White House turmoil
- I’ve covered Obamacare since day one. I’ve never seen lying and obstruction like this.
- Trump’s Russia problems got a whole lot worse in the past 24 hours (“Trump is now being investigated for obstruction of justice.”)
- Meet the all-star legal team who may take down Trump (“Special counsel Robert Mueller’s legal team is full of pros. Trump’s team makes typos.”)
- Blaming “heated political rhetoric” is the most useless response to a shooting (Agreed, that is brain dead; political rhetoric has ALWAYS been heated in this country – and every other country throughout human history. The problem in THIS country is the proliferation of guns. Duh.)
- Senate likely to miss its Obamacare repeal deadline (“The prospects of Republicans meeting their deadline of a Senate health care vote before the end of the month are bleak — and growing more so by the day.”)
- GOP sirens blaze over Georgia special election (Great, except sirens “blare,” they don’t “blaze.”)
- A ballgame of unity, spirit, friendly rivalry, won by Dems
- Mueller, Once Above the Fray, Is Now in the Thick of It
- Trump Transition Staff Is Told to Save Russia-Related Files
- Trump officials invent a new strategy to dodge questions — it won’t stop unless Congress gets tough
- President Trump chooses inexperienced woman who planned his son Eric’s wedding to run N.Y. federal housing programs
- Trump: Why is Clinton not investigated but I am? (The guy’s a whining idiot.)
- Why Is Trump Causing Chaos In Washington But Not In The Stock Market? (It’s bizarre.)
- Fact Check: Distortions and Fake News in Virginia Shooting
- ‘Unremarkable’ Virginia Attacker Shows Difficulty of Fighting Political Violence
- Sen. Warner wishes for closer cooperation from Trump administration on Russia probe
- Fresh off primary loss, Corey Stewart is eyeing Senate run against Tim Kaine (LOL)
- New York Times tries, fails to blame Virginia shooting on Bernie Sanders (“America’s newspaper goes left-punching for a hot take about Wednesday’s Alexandria shooting” Why liberals love the NY Times is beyond me.)
- Megyn Kelly, NBC’s first lady of normalizing (The fact that NBC hired her basically destroys NBC’s credibility.)
- More guns is not the answer to mass shootings — or violence against women (“Sexual assault, domestic violence and mass shootings are connected — but more women with guns is not the answer”)
- Editorial: Advice for Gillespie and Northam (“Another request, specifically for Gillespie: Please don’t talk about how you’re going to bring coal back. You can’t.”)
- Close Virginia race shows Trump poses risks to Republican incumbents
- Pollsters miss mark again on Trump voters in Virginia Republican governor’s primary (Wildly off, other than the online polling outfit run by LinkedIn tech guys, who basically nailed it.)
- The Stage Is Now Set for November (“Virginia, a presidential battleground state that’s turning bluer with each passing year, is the only Southern state President Trump lost in 2016.”)
- Editorial: Statewide races should focus on Virginia, not Washington (Yeah, sure, but…whatever.)
- McAuliffe to turn over list of restored felons to settle suit from state prosecutor
- Virginia ahead of budget forecast, but officials eyeing late deposits
- Tough choices for DMV – raise fees, shift money, or make cuts?
- After Trump’s call to Tangier mayor, fundraiser aims to raise profile of island’s erosion problem
- Williams: Richmond could use a Loving monument
- Down but not out: Stewart returns to Prince William with 2 more years as county’s top elected leader (He needs to be defeated in 2019.)
- Otto Warmbier Has Extensive Brain Damage, Doctors Say
- In Va. enclave shattered by baseball shooting, making beauty out of pain
- Transportation commission tweaks funding to keep HRBT plan on track
- Four people found shot, one fatally, in North Richmond
- Temperatures and humidity to creep up through Father’s Day
