by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, December 27.
- Here Are the Biggest Legal Challenges Facing Trump’s Agenda in 2018
- Blocked From Ballot, Putin Rival Can’t Even Boycott Vote (“Aleksei A. Navalny, an anticorruption activist, was barred from running for president and was warned not to organize a boycott of the election. It raises the question of what the Kremlin has to fear.”)
- Trump rams greatness down our throats (“And squanders American goodness along the way.”)
- Carl Bernstein: FBI isn’t tainted, Trump’s presidency is
- Victorious on taxes, GOP wonders: What’s next?
- Debate rages in the GOP over ObamaCare repeal
- Trump slams FBI, Clinton for ‘garbage’ dossier (Trump definitely protests too much…)
- Robert Mueller May Indict Paul Manafort Again
- ‘We have tapped into something.’ Impeachment drive builds digital army to take on Trump (“Tom Steyer’s trove of data is fueling speculation about how the Democratic activist might use his new political power.”)
- It’s Ryan vs. McConnell on entitlement reform (“The speaker’s plan to revamp the federal safety net faces stiff resistance from his own party in the Senate.”)
- Donald Trump’s 60 worst tweets of 2017, ranked
- 2018 isn’t looking good for U.S. world relations (“Trump administration announces ‘historic reduction’ to U.N. budget.”)
- America is on the brink of a historic break with Europe, thanks to Trump
- Obama warns against irresponsible social media use
- Barack Obama tells Prince Harry: leaders must stop corroding civil discourse (“Former US president also talks about life after leaving office in rare interview conducted by prince for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme”)
- OPINION: It’s not too late — join the fight against pipeline
- Wednesday drawing postponed after Democratic candidate asks court to declare her the winner in 94th District race (“Shelly Simonds will ask the Newport News Circuit Court to reconsider the decision to count one ballot in Republican Del. David Yancey’s favor last week. Simonds’ team will for an expedited decision from the court.”)
- Name-drawing in tied Va. House race delayed after Democrat announces court challenge
- Simonds to challenge tie ruling in 94th District race; random draw postponed
- Democrat will not file contest for Va. House election redo (“Democrat Joshua Cole will not contest his narrow election loss to Republican Bob Thomas, despite earlier indications that he was considering asking the House of Delegates for an election do-over…Cole, who had signaled he was strongly considering filing a contest, will instead continue to support the ongoing federal lawsuit filed by voters seeking a new election…A hearing in the lawsuit, including on the motion to stay, is scheduled for Jan. 5.”)
- Editorial: To fix the teacher shortage, raise teacher pay
- Before Va. killings, a swastika was mowed into a field. Now neighbors ask if they could have done more.
- Longleaf pine restoration takes root with recent tree-planting in Virginia Beach
- Freezing cold weather into next week, with a couple chances of light snow
