by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 17.
- Britain is bracing for a record 104 degrees as heat waves sweep across Europe.
- As the Planet Cooks, Climate Stalls as a Political Issue
- Forest fires rage across Europe as heatwave sends temperatures soaring
- Heatwave: More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread
- IMF to Cut Global Growth Outlook ‘Substantially’ at Next Review
- G-20 meeting ends without full consensus; food security and inflation top agenda at Bali meeting
- Economic War of Attrition Takes Toll on Russia, West
- Russia and Iran Are Allies Against West, Rivals in Commodity Sales
- ‘I worry about this place’: A day in Ukraine’s Donetsk
- Russia strikes south Ukraine city, presses attacks in east
- As Biden Reaches Out to Mideast Dictators, His Eyes Are on China and Russia
- Saudi crown prince says unrealistic energy policies will lead to higher inflation
- Biden tells summit of Arab leaders the US ‘will not walk away’ from Middle East
- Biden disputes Saudi account of Khashoggi murder discussion
- Biden’s Middle East expedition: Reputation dinged, interests secured?
- Sri Lanka’s protests are just the beginning of global instability (“Why rising costs of food and other essentials are leading to protests around the world.”)
- Britain’s Conservative party leadership race is turning into a transphobic spectacle
- Italians ask Draghi to overcome political crisis, stay in office
- Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “The BA.4 and BA.5 variants are incredibly contagious,” More So Than Measles “and becoming the world’s most infectious virus”
- Watchdog: Secret Service’s January 6 text messages story has shifted several times
- What Joe Manchin Cost Us (“Hold your children close tonight. Leave some water out for the birds. And make a plan to call your elected leaders to demand climate action, to rip out your fossil fuel furnace or to buy an e-bike. The climate crisis is getting worse, and Congress is one vote short of saving us. We’re going to have to save ourselves.”)
- Always listen to Joe Manchin’s public comments, not what others hear in private
- Biden is taking the right approach to the latest Manchin clash (The top-rated comment on this article is excellent: “Instead of the media constantly focusing on how Biden, Manchin, and the Dems are failing to pass popular legislation, the media should be focusing on how the Republicans + Manchin are preventing the Dems from passing popular legislation…Come on WaPo — you support Dem candidates virtually all the time, yet your reporting and editorials are something of a circular firing squad for Dem elected officials.”)
- Here’s what the post-Roe polling says about voters’ top issues
- Abortion laws spark profound changes in other medical care
- Jill Biden on President Joe Biden’s hindered progress: ‘He had so many hopes’
- January 6 committee’s investigation stirs up fresh revelations ahead of last planned hearing
- DOJ Steps Up Jan. 6 Probe of Those in Trump’s Orbit
- DOJ seeks longer sentence for Capitol rioter they labeled as a domestic terrorist
- Former Pence aide: Testifying to Jan. 6 panel could set “very risky precedent”
- The case for charging Trump with manslaughter
- Right-Wing Lawyer Pitched Trump on ‘Martial Law’ Plan to Subvert Election (These insurrectionists all need to be in prison.)
- New book claims Steve Bannon admitted Trump ‘would lie about anything’
- Facing trial, Bannon vows to go ‘medieval.’ But rulings have left his legal strategy in tatters.
- Lawyer’s plan for Trump to overturn 2020 election included firing acting AG
- What the subpoena for the Secret Service’s erased texts means for the Jan. 6 probe
- The FBI hasn’t arrested hundreds who joined the Capitol mob on Jan. 6. Just ask this MAGA comedian. (Arrest them all and lock ’em up.)
- Broken and distrusting: why Americans are pulling away from the daily news (“A Reuters Institute survey found that a rising number of people are avoiding the news or just don’t believe it”)
- Donald Trump’s fundraising juggernaut slows as other Republicans gain
- Texas Democrats Focus on Abortion, Grid as GOP Vulnerabilities
- Senate GOP fundraising flop
- Chuck Grassley holds 8-point lead over Mike Franken in US Senate race, Iowa Poll finds (That’s not great at all for Grassley.)
- Small donors give John Fetterman a big financial lead over Mehmet Oz in state’s Senate race
- Kevin McCarthy called out for ignoring death threats against Adam Kinzinger (Republicans only care if it’s a right-wing Supreme Court Justice.)
- Elon Musk’s Inner Circle Rocked by Fight Over His $230 Billion Fortune (“Before the Tesla CEO’s billion-dollar battle over Twitter, another fight broke out over how his charitable giving should be managed. Ex-professional gambler Igor Kurganov became a top Musk adviser on giving his fortune away. Jared Birchall, his wealth manager and key player in financing the bid for Twitter, wanted him out.”)
- A fact-focused report on the Uvalde school massacre is expected to be released to the public Sunday
- Luria, Spanberger hold fundraising edge so far in hard-fought U.S. House races
- Editorial: Slip in the rankings (“Virginia dropped from No. 1 to No. 3 in the latest CNBC ranking, but that’s cause for concern, not alarm.”)
- Anti-Abortion Extremist Slips Onto Governor Youngkin’s Commission to Combat Antisemitism (Among other things, this guy (March Bell) led a politically motivated investigation of Planned Parenthood)
- How to turn Youngkin’s misstep on same-sex marriage into an opportunity (Youngkin’s never going to do the right thing on this or anything else.)
- Former Del. Jay Jones Says Youngkin “continues his open embrace of white supremacy” with Pick of Confederate Monuments Defender to Board of Historic Resources (The appointee also cites “Christian nationalist”‘s debunked book; argues that criticism of Thomas Jefferson “is going back to Marx” and that Jefferson “really loved many of the people that he cared for and his laborers”)
- CAIR Calls on Va. Governor to Rescind Appointment of Confederate Statue Defender to Historic Resources Board (“An individual who supports honoring the traitors of the Confederacy and who has such a twisted vision of our nation’s history should not serve on a public body that oversees state historic site designations”)
- Editorial: Roanoke police discussion left out the elephant in the room
- Opinion/Editorial: UVa thrives as it pushes for diversity
- Juan Soto rejects $440 million offer; Nationals will entertain trade proposals: Sources
- D.C.-area forecast: Storm chances stick around through tomorrow before heat builds
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