by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 10.
- Amid feud with Trudeau, Trump pulls U.S. from G-7 joint statement
- Trump’s Blasts Upend G-7, Alienating Oldest Allies
- Nixed Iran nuclear deal looms over Trump’s North Korea talks (“The president has abandoned what he says was a fatally flawed nuclear deal with Iran, but former U.S. officials contend he’ll be lucky to get a similar agreement with North Korea.”)
- McCain rips Trump over trade, tells allies: ‘Americans stand with you, even if our president doesn’t’
- The Madness of King Trump on Full Display at the G7 (“The Group of Seven is a club that is supposed to represent shared values. But, um, Trump doesn’t share any of them. No wonder he wanted his buddy Putin back in.”)
- Trump Threatens to End All Trade With Allies (WTF????)
- Kim Jong-un Arrives in Singapore Ahead of Summit Meeting With Trump
- ‘My touch, my feel’: Trump shows his contempt for G7 allies (“At summit, president hit EU and Canada on trade, urged kindness to Russia and enthused about meeting North Korea’s dictator”)
- China’s Xi calls out ‘selfish, short-sighted’ trade policies
- Blue states find ways to undercut GOP tax law
- Scoop: Trump open to U.S. embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea
- Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats: Russia is Attempting to Influence US Midterms, Divide Transatlantic Alliance
- The Best – and Worst – That Can Happen in Singapore
- What to watch in Tuesday’s primary elections
- Pruitt is proof that scandal doesn’t matter in the Trump era (“The EPA administrator is a prime example of how Washington’s ‘swamp’ is doing just fine under Trump.”)
- ‘They just took them?’: Frantic parents separated from their kids fill courts on the border
- 2 key environmental policies Scott Pruitt was dismantling this week amid his scandals (Evil.)
- Trump is draining White House of science (And facts in general.)
- Media failed on climate and extreme weather coverage last year. Will they do better in 2018? (Highly doubtful with people like Chuck Todd around.)
- Fox News host Jesse Watters runs reel of violent right-wingers — and falsely identifies them as Antifa
- Here’s Something to Think About the Next Time You Grab a Plastic Straw (“It’s time to limit Americans’ profligate suckage.”)
- The Resource Curse of Appalachia (“Since the 1990s, political scientists and development experts have used the resource curse to explain why countries richest in fossil fuels tend to remain poor. The problem, they contend, lies in the toxic impact of large influxes of cash: Easy money displaces more productive economic activity and fosters weak governments.”)
- ‘I’m going to break the mold’: Republican primary candidate makes stop in Richmond (“Meeting at a Get Out the Vote rally the Hilton Hotel on Broad St. Saturday, Jackson put prayer first to bring the people together.”)
- A look at Republicans running for Senate in Virginia
- Sen. Tim Kaine: Military families deserve our support
- Republicans haven’t won statewide in Virginia since 2009. Tuesday’s Senate primary shows why (“The best-known candidate, Corey Stewart, built his brand on defending Confederate icons. Another contender is a minister who called gay people ‘perverted’ and ‘very sick people’ and warned that yoga leads to Satan. And a third, who has emerged as the establishment preference, is most closely aligned with Sens. Rand Paul and Mike Lee.”)
- Mike Pence Endorses Rep. Barbara Comstock for Tuesday’s GOP Primary (Aw, ain’t that sweet?)
- Stewart hopes to swat down GOP establishment in Tuesday’s three-way Senate primary
- Rep. Comstock goes on offense in GOP primary (“She is heavily favored to win, but her competition seized on times she broke with President Trump”)
- Four questions for six Democrats vying to challenge Rep. Barbara Comstock
- Editorial: A last look at the Virginia primary
- 2 Democrats compete for chance to take on Rep. Morgan Griffith in 9th District
- 6th District Democrats competing for nomination for shot at seat vacated by Bob Goodlatte
- Navy cites concerns with nuclear work at Newport News shipyard
- Rossie Alston nominated as judge for Eastern District of Virginia
- Justify Wins Triple Crown After Breezing to Victory in Belmont Stakes
- More rain late today into tomorrow; will Tuesday be a nice day for a parade?
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