by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 13.
- Trump’s clash with U.K. ambassador highlights a special relationship in danger (“Trump has ‘consistently disparaged the U.K. and shown disrespect,’ according to a former British ambassador to the U.S.”)
- House Votes to Require Congressional Approval for War With Iran
- Trump may sign asylum deal with Guatemala that critics call illegal and dangerous
- Strengthening Storm Spins Toward Rain-Soaked Louisiana Coast (“Barry seen making landfall on Saturday, possibly as hurricane”)
- ‘Every day, it is a risk’: immigrant communities paralyzed by fear of impending Ice raids (“Mayors in major cities have pledged to support those targeted by Sunday’s ‘enforcement operations’”)
- Epstein’s Behavior as a Teacher in the ’70s Drew Notice (“Some students at Dalton, a Manhattan prep school, recall that Mr. Epstein was willing to violate norms in his encounters with girls.”)
- Epstein Paid $350,000 to Possible Witnesses Against Him, Prosecutors Say
- Jeffrey Epstein Was Their Teacher. He Became A Monster. (“Former students of The Dalton School are reconsidering their memories of the disgraced billionaire, who taught in the ’70s and now faces sex trafficking charges.”)
- ‘No shower, no shower!’: Migrants shout as Pence visits Texas detention centers
- Pence Says Overcrowded Detention Center Shows Migrant ‘Crisis’
- ‘This is tough stuff’: At Texas detention facility, Pence sees hundreds of migrants crammed with no beds
- Border Patrol Official Circulates Article That Deems Our Reporting on Secret Facebook Group a Threat (“An official who directs a Border Patrol intelligence gathering center sent the article to all top intelligence officials and field offices. The article directly attacks a ProPublica reporter who revealed that agents were posting anti-migrant and misogynistic memes in group for current and former agents.” Appalling.)
- Acosta’s 72-hour failure to win back Trump (“The prosecution scandal hit a labor secretary who had a lukewarm relationship with the president and was already on thin ice with many members of the White House staff.”)
- Acosta Resigned. The Caligula Administration Lives On. (“The Epstein case is a reminder of the depraved milieu from which our president sprang.”)
- Clearly, Alex Acosta’s Slimy Press Conference Did Not Please the Audience of One (“The Labor Secretary departs, surely to make way for yet another Acting Secretary.”)
- Trump the storyteller: His gift for narrative is why he may win again (“Donald Trump is terrible at many things — but he’s a gifted spinner of tales. Can Democrats tell their own?”)
- Trump’s lawyers just had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad morning
- Trump Stings Honeybees While They’re Down (“The president just okayed a bee-killing insecticide and squashed a USDA program to track the insects’ health.” Evil.)
- Paul Ryan Did at Least as Much Damage to the Country as This President* Has (“Never Trumpers will have to become Never Ryans, too, if we’re going to get out of this.”)
- It Won’t Be Easy For Many Democrats To Make The September Debate (“At the moment, just five candidates have qualified for the third debate, according to our research”)
- (“The candidate who shows the greatest capacity to adapt to new challenges is likely going to be the winner. And, come to think of it, that’s a pretty good qualification for the presidency.”)
- Trump administration freezing fuel efficiency penalties
- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he has no plans to stop celebrating Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave trader and KKK member
- Gov. Bill Lee signs Nathan Bedford Forrest Day proclamation, is not considering law change (“[TN] Gov. Bill Lee has proclaimed Saturday as Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in Tennessee, a day of observation to honor the former Confederate general and early Ku Klux Klan leader whose bust is on display in the state Capitol.”)
- Virginia to get share of opioid settlement
- Sen. Kaine helps introduce bill to ban smoking at all VA facilities
- Scott Taylor pays Norfolk property taxes late — again
- House Dem Explodes on Ex-Acting ICE Director at Hearing: ‘I’m Not Calling on You, Sir!’
- ‘They’re Not to be Treated as Subhumans’: Democrat Scolds Trump’s Handling of Detained Child Migrants
- The NRA is in turmoil. But in Virginia gun debate this week, the group flexed its muscles.
- Schapiro: When the NRA was a Virginia Democratic front (Can’t read it, because it’s behind a paywall, but if the headlines’s any indication, I’m kinda glad I can’t.)
- It’s not the NRA’s money that sways Virginia politics: It’s the members. (How about both?)
- Audio: On WAMU’s Politics Hour, Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) Has VERY Strong Words for LG Justin Fairfax (Fairfax “needs to realize that he’ll never be elected to another public office again”)
- Former Va. governor Doug Wilder says claims against him are untrue, days after investigation finds he kissed a 20-year-old student
- Virginia AFL-CIO President Doris Crouse-Mays: Virginia’s #1 for Business and Last for Workers
- Legally Corrupt “Virginia Way” Continues On Its Not-So-Merry Way; Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC Gives $10k to Gov. Northam’s PAC
- Editorial: Will Roanoke move into the 9th District?
- VCU’s Michael Rao is Virginia’s highest-paid state official, topping $1 million
- Fairfax County police have linked a shooting spree to gangs and a recording studio. That has angered some black residents. (“Residents are pushing back on the representation of the shootings by police.”)
- Flip-A-District Friday: Virginia Democratic House of Delegates Candidates Tim Hickey, Ann Ridgeway, Jim Barker, Trudy Berry
- Update on Remote Area Medical’s Wise, Virginia Clinic
- A Year Ago, Richmond Debuted A New Bus System. Transit Ridership Is Up 17%
- Incoming FCEDA President Talks Amazon Impact on Fairfax County
- Springfield assisted-living unit closes to new admissions amid illness outbreak
- ‘Sea lice’ are stinging swimmers at Virginia Beach
- Do Arlington’s new bike projects hold up to the ambitious plans it recently passed? (“Arlington wants to make it safer, easier, and more pleasant to get around by bike, but recent projects don’t quite live up to the county’s stated goals.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Classic July weather this weekend, and beyond
