by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, September 9.
- Afghanistan Braces for Violence After Talks Are Called Off (“President Trump’s decision to break off peace talks with the Taliban left the country bracing for a bloody prelude to national elections this month. The administration declined to rule out a withdrawal of American troops without a peace accord.”)
- Trump’s Canceled Meeting With Taliban Was a Failed Attempt to Rush a Peace Deal
- Pompeo says canceled Taliban meeting was attempt at peace, Democrats attack ‘bizarre’ plan (Can you even imagine the Republicans’ reaction if President Obama had invited the Taliban to Camp David, a few days before the 9/11 anniversary no less?!?)/li>
- Trump proves he’s a better dealbreaker than dealmaker — this time, with the Taliban
- How Trump’s Plan to Secretly Meet With the Taliban Came Together, and Fell Apart
- Collapse of Afghanistan peace talks spotlights internal Trump administration divisions
- Boris Johnson Says Brexit Deal Can Be Done By Oct. 18 (“The beleaguered prime minister is pressing ahead with his hardline plan to leave the EU ‘do or die’ by Oct. 31.”)
- Jeremy Corbyn, Britain’s unlikely EU warrior, makes last stand on Brexit
- No-deal Brexit will not be clean break, Irish PM warns Boris Johnson
- Train wreck Britain still shows America a thing or 2 about political courage, cowardice
- As evacuations continue, hundreds of Bahamians were told to get off a ferry headed to the US
- In Abaco Islands, lives shattered by Hurricane Dorian’s devastation to the Bahamas (“A week after Dorian slammed the islands as the strongest hurricane to hit the Bahamas on record, those remaining said the storm took everything from them.”)
- ‘There is nothing here’: The future is uncertain for 70,000 in the Bahamas left homeless by Dorian
- How Greta Thunberg Captured Our Attention on Climate (“We’re finally ready to absorb her bleak message, and maybe act on it.”)
- AP Explains: How Trump upended US-Taliban peace talks
- Pompeo defends Trump’s decision to invite Taliban to talks at Camp David
- A Manufacturing Recession Could Cost Trump a Second Term (“The president’s trade wars are creating a scenario similar to 2016.”)
- Maps Shouldn’t Lie. Trump’s Do.
- Judd Gregg: The recession snowball may be rolling
- Juan Williams: Trump’s dangerous insecurity about Obama
- Donald Trump To Attend GOP Retreat In Baltimore, City He Called ‘Disgusting’
- Like it or not, Thursday’s debate is about electability
- GOP faces must-win race in North Carolina
- In North Carolina Do-Over Vote, a Reliable Republican District Is Up for Grabs
- Elizabeth Warren rises as Joe Biden clings to delegate edge — CBS News Battleground Tracker
- Trump Privately Tells Confidants That ‘Socialism’ Won’t Be ‘So Easy’ to Beat in 2020
- Is It Really A Three-Candidate Race? (“Prediction markets basically have it as a two-horse race between Warren and Biden. You can add Sanders to make it a top three… but factor in endorsements, and Harris probably also needs to join the group, which would leave us with four candidates.”)
- Democrats Need to Get More Ruthless (“And to stop helping Trump’s re-election chances.”)
- Beto O’Rourke Tries on Urgency for Size
- DNC amassing huge 2020 research trove against Trump: report
- ‘She Said’ Recounts How Two Times Reporters Broke the Harvey Weinstein Story
- Trump Campaign Manager: President’s Family Will Be a Decades-Long ‘Dynasty’ (Completely unhinged.)
- Kamala Harris rolls out broad plan for criminal justice reform
- Americans of both parties overwhelmingly support ‘red flag’ laws, expanded background checks for gun buyers, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds (“The Post-ABC poll finds 86 percent of Americans support implementing “red-flag” provisions, which allow guns to be taken from people judged to be a danger to themselves or others. And 89 percent support expanding federal background checks to cover private sales and gun-show transactions. Both measures are supported by at least 8 in 10 Republicans, white evangelical Christians, members of gun-owning households and other traditionally conservative groups.”)
- ‘Someone’s Gotta Tell the Freakin’ Truth’: Jerry Falwell’s Aides Break Their Silence (“More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world.” “Based on scores of new interviews and documents obtained for this article, concerns about Falwell’s behavior go well beyond that—and it’s causing longtime, loyal Liberty University officials to rapidly lose faith in him.”)
- As Soon as the 2019 Virginia Elections Are Over, We Need to Focus on Beating Trump Republicans, Including Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05)
- Video, Photos: Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Sen. Jennifer McClellan, Del. Sam Rasoul, Del. Kathy Tran Support Ghazala Hashmi for State Senate in District 10
- New justice joins the Virginia Supreme Court
- Photos, Video: “Our Air, Our Health, Our Future: The Fight to Save Union Hill”
- As cleanup deadline looms, Virginia mulls pushing Chesapeake Bay Act’s reach westward
- Will the anti-Trump wave that powered two years of Democratic wins flow into Virginia’s unusual off-off-year elections?
- Quadroon? Moor? Virginia Sued for Making Those Who Wed Say What They Are
- ‘Growing sense of despair’: Affluent Loudoun County confronts racism and hate in schools (“A report commissioned by Loudoun County Public Schools examining equity across the system found that students of color face racist slurs and insults.”)
- Pharmacy owned by Del. Chris Jones was among Suffolk’s biggest buyers of opioids
- Editorial: Why this local government summit matters
- UVa falls out of top 25 in college rankings list
- Kristen Amundson column: Leveling the playing field for first-generation college students
- A single mother seeks asylum locally, fleeing threats of violence in Guatemala
- Editorial: Resolve to help sea turtles showing results
- Beverly Harrison: The Secret Sauce to Winning in Rural America
- Downtown arena could benefit from not having a sports team, but big events remain on the wish list
- Cloudy today but then mid-summer heat and humidity midweek
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