by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 9.
- Trump hits the world stage, Day 1: Come late, leave early, offend host, alienate allies (“The president made quite an impression at the G-7 meeting in Canada on Friday. Saturday he departs to Singapore for his summit with Kim Jong Un.”)
- Trump is helping Putin with a key goal when he spurns US allies (“Experts across the political spectrum said that the rift Trump created between the U.S. and its historical allies advances a Russian objective.”)
- Republicans deny evidence Russia meddled while Trump invites Putin to rejoin G-7
- Trump Arrives at G-7 Meeting With a Call to Readmit Russia (“President Trump suggested the Group of 7 nations reinstate Russia four years after it was cast out for annexing Crimea.”)
- Trump Is Fulfilling Russia’s Dream of Splitting the Western Alliance
- U.S., EU take small step on trade, but no breakthrough at G7 summit
- G-7 Officials Toil Through Night to Paper Over Differences (It’s pretty hard to paper over a dumpster fire like Trump.)
- A failed Trump-Kim summit would be a catastrophe
- Exclusive: Nearly 1,800 families separated at U.S.-Mexico border in 17 months through February (This administration is evil.)
- New Obstruction Charges for Manafort and Longtime Aide
- The internet was supposed to save democracy. I asked 4 tech optimists what went wrong. (“After Cambridge Analytica, social networks look less like a savior than a menace.”)
- In Trump, some fear the end of the world order (“As each day brings new punches and counterpunches between President Trump and longtime U.S. partners, questions arise about the lasting effect of trade wars and antagonism.”)
- Trump’s decision to sow discord among G-7 allies is a more than a childish tantrum
- Trump is no joke (“Laugh if you want, but our democracy is at stake.”)
- In Maine, new voting system faces landmark test (“Maine is the first state to adopt a system called ranked-choice voting, which makes its statewide debut in Tuesday’s primary.”)
- Trump’s legal attack on the ACA isn’t about health care. It’s a war on the rule of law. (I’d say it’s both.)
- I Don’t Need to ‘Understand’ Anyone Who Still Supports This President* (“What his administration* is doing to these migrant children is a national disgrace.”)
- Press Groups Criticize the Seizing of a Times Reporter’s Records
- ‘You’ve handed us an issue’: Democrats pounce on Trump administration’s health-care move (“Republicans were caught off guard by the administration’s decision to abandon a popular element of the Affordable Care Act — protections for people with preexisting medical conditions.”)
- Only One Guy Is Indicting People, and His Name Is Robert Mueller (“Whether or not Trump is winning the political war is irrelevant at this stage.”)
- DNC panel adopts rule requiring candidates to run, serve as a Democrat (Good.)
- Trump’s latest health care move squeezes Republicans (“Striking protections for pre-existing conditions renews a fraught repeal fight.”)
- Charles Krauthammer’s Courageous Farewell (“On the day that Charles Krauthammer released a poignant open letter announcing that he has terminal cancer and only a few weeks to live, many expressed their shock and admiration.”)
- The Astonishing Tale of the Man Mueller Just Indicted (“One of the most shocking revelations from the special counsel’s investigation is the suggestion that Paul Manafort’s longtime aide is a pawn of Russian intelligence.”)
- Dan Rather trashes Trump at G7 for ‘coddling dictators while spitting in the faces of our best friends’
- Trump will miss G7 climate change meeting following spat with Macron and Trudeau (“The president will leave Quebec early, underscoring U.S. isolation from global climate leadership.” Disgraceful.)
- Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade and Preventable Tragedies
- God’s EPA Administrator (“Did the politics and history of evangelical Christianity create Scott Pruitt?”)
- Ultra-right Texas think tank wields power over Trump’s environmental and energy policy
- Tangier, the Sinking Island in the Chesapeake (“Without climate change, the island would have remained above water for perhaps another century; now the cutoff date is only a few decades away, if not sooner.”)
- Democratic donors push Mark Warner to enter 2020 race as moderate alternative to Warren, Sanders (“Warner has made it clear that he doesn’t feel the ‘fire in his belly to run at this point,’ according to a source with knowledge of his thinking.”)
- Democrats Battle To Face Comstock in ‘Up For Grabs’ Primary
- Schapiro: Senate primary could produce the beast of a bad bunch
- Hard-Right Corey Stewart Leads Pack For GOP Senate Nomination in Virginia
- Virginia has a massive energy source sitting just offshore (“Virginia offshore wind offers some of the highest value of anywhere along the East Coast.” Dominion is slow-walking this.)
- S&P upgrades Virginia’s financial outlook to stable after budget approval
- Senator Tim Kaine to offer campaign website in three foreign languages
- In Navy’s plan to reach 355 ships, Hampton Roads slated to play key role
- Low-Income Virginians Will Soon Have Access to Long-Lasting Birth Control (“With nearly half of U.S. pregnancies unplanned, public health experts are seeing a rising interest in LARCs.”)
- Forum in Hampton explores Navy fleet expansion
- A Virginia Beach councilwoman took her newborn baby to work. She wants to give others that option.
- Showers at times through the weekend, and some could be heavy
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