by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, March 10.
- Italy Goes Into Nationwide Lockdown as Virus Numbers Spiral
- Saudi Arabia Escalates Price War With Huge Oil Output Hike
- Xi Visits Wuhan in Sign China Sees Virus Under Control
- After a Buildup to Counter Iran, U.S. Troops Begin Leaving Mideast
- The UK Government Has Reacted With “Incredulity” And “Genuine Disbelief” At Trump’s Handling Of Coronavirus
- Who the Hell Wants Another Four Years of This?
- Stocks Drop Almost 8 Percent, One of the Worst Days Ever for the Dow
- Why the Financial Markets Are Melting Into Goo
- Wall Street Plunges as Trump Fiddles in Response to the Coronavirus
- Trump Can’t Handle the Truth
- Stocks Stabilize After Biggest Rout Since Financial Crisis
- Stock Market Turmoil Undermines Claimed Energy Dominance Benefits of US Shale Drilling
- Business Groups to Press Trump for Virus Response to Curb Damage
- Coal-Fired Power Plants Hit a Milestone in Reduced Operation
- 3 ways the coronavirus could end Trump’s presidency
- Economy Faces ‘Tornado-Like Headwind’ as Financial Markets Spiral
- From tweet eruptions to economic steps, Trump struggles for calm amid market meltdown and coronavirus crisis
- Trump’s minimized view of the coronavirus crisis puts his re-election at risk (“Analysis: The president doesn’t appear to be taking seriously the threat Americans see to their physical and financial health.”)
- ‘A tweet can’t knock over a pandemic’: has Trump met his match in coronavirus? (“Trump’s efforts at denial and distraction may come back to haunt him as he faces a different kind of enemy”)
- Trump’s focus on coronavirus numbers could backfire, health experts say
- “He’s Definitely Melting Down Over This”: Trump, Germaphobe in Chief, Struggles to Control the Covid-19 Story
- Trump Hasn’t Been Tested for Virus But Top Aide Is Quarantined
- Trump Floats Economic Stimulus in Response to Coronavirus
- Three GOP congressmen who interacted with Trump say they are quarantining after contact with coronavirus carrier
- The Dangerous Delays in U.S. Coronavirus Testing Continue
- Gohmert returns to Congress despite possible coronavirus exposure after physician recommendation
- We Are Watching the Probable Demise of Trump’s Reelection in Real Time
- Trump is endangering lives with his contempt for truth
- Coronavirus gets real for an aging Senate
- Now He Takes the Coronavirus Seriously, After It’s Spread
- Trump’s Media Attacks Are Always Shameful. But in the Middle of the Coronavirus Crisis, They’re Dangerous. (“A new campaign email takes his assault on the news to the next level.”)
- The GOP’s ‘Hunterghazi’ probe is about to get much worse
- Trump and GOP mount coordinated campaign to paint Biden as senile (“The president settles on a schoolyard strategy to take out his likely general election opponent.” Disgraceful.)
- Biden aims for big Michigan win, while Sanders looks to keep White House hopes alive
- Joe Biden Says Trump Should Just Shut Up About Coronavirus, Leave It To The Experts (“There’s no confidence in the president and anything he says or does”)
- Joe Biden hopes to cement lead in crucial Democratic primaries
- Poll: Biden leads Sanders by 19 points nationally
- Biden Holds Primary Lead; Dems Have Edge in General
- Democrats vote: What the polls show for Biden and Sanders in Michigan, other states
- Republican mayor drops Donald Trump for Joe Biden in key swing state of Michigan
- ‘Never Trump’ Republicans Will Support Biden, not Sanders
- Michigan Might Not Be As Sanders-Friendly This Time
- Bloomberg aides cut loose despite year-long employment promise
- Joe Biden Spent Years Embracing Michigan. Now He Hopes Voters Return The Favor
- Joe Biden up to 96% chance of winning nomination in FiveThirtyEight forecast (“Biden looks unstoppable after post-Super Tuesday polls show him pulling away in key upcoming primaries”)
- ‘I think Trump is in trouble’: Michigan primary could expose GOP vulnerabilities
- Why Kamala Harris waited for Warren to exit the race before endorsing Biden
- Election forecaster Bitecofer explains ‘the reason Joe Biden is the nominee’
- The Senate majority is within reach for Democrats
- Elizabeth Warren could be the lioness of the Senate
- Sanders gets more Trumpian by the day (“The purveyor of conspiracies on the left”)
- Here are 30 reasons why Virginia’s legislative session mattered — including ERA, marijuana, guns and Confederate statues
- From Going Nowhere To Becoming Law: How Virginia Made History On Guns
- Coronavirus Crisis-Opportunity: Accelerate Virginia Clean Economy
- Conference Committee Finalizes Biennial Virginia Budget (“This budget is the most progressive in Virginia’s history”)
- Were There “Lessons Learned” in Virginia’s 2020 General Assembly Session That National Democrats Should Look At for 2021?
- Editorial: What the Constitution Pipeline says about Virginia’s pipelines (“If either McAuliffe or Northam had opposed pipelines the way Cuomo does, might both be getting cancelled today the way the Constitution has been? This is one of those great ‘what ifs’? So is this: What if Tom Perriello had won the Democratic nomination for governor in 2017 and then the governorship as well? He vowed the same kind of anti-pipeline stance that Cuomo has taken.”)
- ‘A faster way to get to no:’ inside the failed efforts to reform health care facility approvals in Virginia
- Budget Deal Released, Vote Scheduled for Thursday
- Virginia House Democratic Caucus Chair Rip “Mr. Clean Energy” Sullivan’s End-of-Session Update
- CASA Celebrates Extraordinary Advances for Immigrants and Workers in Virginia (in English and en Español)
- Police chief is out: Virginia Beach Council won’t increase retirement age for public safety employees.
- Wife of Fairfax patient tests positive for the coronavirus; Virginia’s total increases to five
- Showers and clouds today with some sun returning tomorrow
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