by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 27.
- China Deaths Jump as Measures Fail to Slow Spread of Virus
- Coronavirus epidemic is growing fast, and it’s accelerating, expert says
- 75 Years After Auschwitz Liberation, Survivors Urge World To Remember
- Trump has created a global playbook to attack those revealing uncomfortable truths
- Yes, Secretary Pompeo, Americans Should Care About Ukraine
- Populists Humiliated in Italy Vote (“Salvini, Five Star were both losers in Emilia-Romagna election”)
- Emails support NPR host after Pompeo calls her a liar in setting up contentious interview
- Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna among 9 dead in helicopter crash in Calabasas
- Nine people died in crash that killed Kobe Bryant (“A baseball coach, his wife and daughter were among those flying with the NBA legend and his daughter Gianna in a helicopter when it crashed”)
- Trump Tied Ukraine Aid to Inquiries He Sought, Bolton Book Says
- GOP prospects of defeating witness vote uncertain after New York Times Bolton report
- Bolton bombshell undercuts Trump impeachment defense
- Democrats call for Bolton to testify in Trump impeachment trial after new report on aid to Ukraine
- Bolton account of Ukraine aid could reignite call for impeachment witnesses
- Bolton alleges in book that Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigations
- Schiff ‘has not paid the price’ for impeachment, Trump says in what appears to be veiled threat (Trump’s a thug.)
- Follow the money on impeachment: Trump bought off the jury — and hints at bigger tax cuts (“Republican senators are making millions off of Trump’s tax cuts — and will repay him by betraying their oath”)
- America, the Idea, Is Lost (“The Senate is poised to deliver another blow to voter confidence in our system.”)
- Senate Republicans face pivotal moment on impeachment witnesses
- The White House offers senators a false, and poisonous, choice
- John Roberts Can Call Witnesses to Trump’s Trial. Will He? (“Democratic House managers should ask the chief justice to issue subpoenas for John Bolton and others.”)
- The Fight Over Witnesses Is Really a Fight Against Trump’s Obstruction (“Congress needs to stand up for the integrity of impeachment, its own authority and the rule of law.”)
- GOP senator: Impeachment should encourage Trump to be more ‘careful’ next time
- Fox News poll: Half of Americans say Trump should be convicted and removed
- The GOP Isn’t Exonerating Trump — It’s Indicting Itself
- Trump impeachment trial: Democrat says ‘country’s fate hanging’ on outcome (“House manager says case against Trump ‘overwhelming’; Schiff says Trump’s comment about him intended as a threat”)
- Every day that Pompeo stays in office, he makes Tillerson look better by comparison
- After Trump’s spiritual adviser calls for ‘all satanic pregnancies to miscarry,’ she says it was a metaphor (Riiiiiiight.)
- Because of Fox News, Pompeo’s insult of reporter leads to Trump threatening NPR (“Pompeo vs. NPR controversy goes From Fox News’ mouth to Trump’s tweets”)
- Site That Ran Anti-Semitic Remarks Got Passes for Trump Trip (“The White House granted TruNews, a right-wing Christian site, press credentials for the president’s Davos trip after its founder’s remarks calling impeachment a ‘Jew coup.'”)
- Bloomberg addresses anti-Semitic violence, throws shade at Sanders and Trump
- Poll: A week before the caucuses, Joe Biden leads an Iowa race that remains unsettled
- CBS News Battleground Tracker: In Iowa, it’s Sanders, Biden and a wild finish ahead
- Election Update: Sanders Is On The Upswing
- ‘They let him get away with murder’: Dems tormented over how to stop Bernie (“The party establishment is caught in a catch-22.”)
- How record-high turnout in Iowa could upend the 2020 race (“A Sanders aide guarantees victory if turnout is ‘huge.’ But Warren and Buttigieg have amassed impressive organizations in preparation for this moment.”)
- Bloomberg’s surprising speech on anti-Semitism, Israel and Iran
- Demolishing Two of the Trumpsters’ Favorite Talking Points on Impeachment
- Billie Eilish Sweeps Top Awards at the Grammys (“The 18-year-old won five Grammys, including record of the year and best new artist, at a ceremony in which Kobe Bryant, who died on Sunday, was mourned”)
- Trump’s crusade against environmental protection reaches the Chesapeake Bay (“The EPA signals it will not enforce a 10-year-old anti-pollution accord; Pennsylvania is not complying.”)
- Absent timely federal vaping regulation, Virginia and other states cobble together a regulatory patchwork
- As schools look to solar, existing state law shuts down further development (Change the law, ASAP.)
- Video: Powerful Testimony, Facebook Post by Sexual Assault Victim Lisa Sales in Support of Del. Mike Mullin’s Permanent Protective Order Firearms Prohibition Bill
- ‘Unconstitutional and worthless’: Emails show officials doubting gun sanctuaries (“As local governments were voting on resolutions, lawyers warned of legal crisis and confusion.”)
- VAPLAN Reviews What Happened Last Week and Previews Monday in the Virginia General Assembly
- A study said Virginia shouldn’t award casino licenses without competition. Do lawmakers agree?
- Could This Be the Year Virginia Lawmakers Crack Down on Predatory Lenders?
- Hincker: Could ranked choice voting be coming to Virginia?
- Liberty University slams Northam’s proposed cut to online tuition aid (Falwell shouldn’t get a penny of taxpayer money.)
- Gov. Northam subpoenaed to testify in murder trial
- Health department investigating 3 possible coronavirus cases in Virginia
- Arlington County Board to Decide Tuesday on “Amazon Arlington Solar Farm Virginia”
- Editorial: Should Frederick County, Virginia join West Virginia? (Spoiler: It’s not happening.)
- Seasonably chilly and mostly dry this week. Will there be a Saturday storm?
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