by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 5.
- The E.U.’s Judgment Against Meta Could Be a Very Big Deal (“The company was fined over $400 million for violating users’ privacy in a decision with far-reaching implications.”)
- Qin Gang: The planet’s future depends on a stable China-U.S. relationship
- UK saw hottest-ever year in 2022 as Europe’s climate warms
- Germany generates record amount of electricity from wind
- The E.U.’s lurid ‘Qatargate’ scandal hurts the cause of democracy
- U.S. edges closer to sending armored weaponry to Ukraine
- France to send ‘tank killer’ armoured vehicles to Ukraine
- Kyiv urges allies to give it tanks to fight Russia; Ukraine’s economy shrank by 30.4% in 2022
- ‘Fear Still Remains’: Ukraine Finds Sexual Crimes Where Russian Troops Ruled
- Ukraine pleads with allies to send tanks as fighting grinds on in east
- Former NATO chief: Europe must help deter China from attacking Taiwan
- Pope Offers ‘Final Farewell’ to Benedict at Funeral Mass
- CNN Exclusive: A single Iranian attack drone found to contain parts from more than a dozen US companies
- Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ cartoons depicting supreme leader Ali Khamenei
- In Iran, the adage ‘it’s all America’s fault’ has lost luster
- China went from “zero-COVID” to uncontrolled spread. What happened? (Very poor governance, irresponsible at best.)
- The U.S. is reopening visa and consular services at embassy in Cuba
- Prince Harry details physical attack by brother William in new book (This headline should read, “In new book, Prince Harry details…” The attack didn’t occur in the book. Newspaper headline writers can’t write for shit.)
- Prince Harry’s teasers trigger tsunami of outrage as the Windsors await his book
- Biden Plans to Visit U.S.-Mexico Border
- Romanian authorities seize Andrew Tate’s car collection as investigation continues
- Exclusive: Andrew Tate Was Arrested on Suspicion of Rape in the UK in 2015
- Three solar industry trends to watch in 2023
- Heavier Storms Are Here. Rain Gardens Can Help.
- US Job Growth to Slow or Even Reverse After Near-Record Year
- What We Know About the ‘Kraken’ Covid Variant and Why It’s Causing Concern
- Another January, Another Attempt at Destabilizing the Government (“This time the insurrection is coming from inside the House.”)
- McCarthy debacle comes with a lesson: There’s a downside to being a party of fascist trolls (“Calling Republican renegades ‘ultraconservative’ doesn’t cut it: This clown show is a symptom of the big F”)
- House’s speaker drama shrinks congressional agenda
- The Burn-It-All-Down Republican Caucus
- Why the Fringiest Fringe of the G.O.P. Now Has So Much Power Over the Party
- Leopards Eat Kevin McCarthy’s Face
- ‘Nobody Is in Charge’: A Ragged G.O.P. Stumbles Through the Wilderness (“With no unified agenda or leadership, Republicans face the prospect of their anti-establishment fervor devouring the party, our reporters write in an analysis.”)
- Kevin McCarthy Is Only Barely Better Than His GOP Enemies (“The idea that the wannabe Speaker will stand up to the far-right misses his extremism”)
- Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker Disaster Is A Preview Of The Next 2 Years
- Lawmakers say McCarthy Speaker fight portends debt ceiling crisis (If you voted Republican, YOU are responsible for this mess.)
- Kevin McCarthy Is Running Out of Options
- McCarthy takes desperation for speakership to new level
- GOP scrambles to end impasse over speakership bid (“With his bid in peril, Rep. Kevin McCarthy proposes key concessions after House adjourns for second day without electing a speaker”)
- Conservative Revolt Against McCarthy Erupts After Years of Anger
- Kevin McCarthy: Three ways the House Speaker stalemate could finally end
- GOP’s McCarthy pressured to ‘figure out’ speaker race
- McCarthy sweetens his offer to House GOP rebels
- House remains paralyzed as GOP speaker stalemate drags on
- These 21 House members didn’t vote for Kevin McCarthy. Here’s what they want
- What The 20 Republicans Who Voted Against Kevin McCarthy Have In Common
- Does the House even exist right now?
- The Kevin McCarthy Mess Is Peak Trumpism
- The House hard-liners blocking McCarthy aren’t listening to Trump
- GOP debates: Who could take McCarthy’s place?
- House Republicans’ dysfunction points to more chaos ahead
- GOP Hard-Liners Angle for Plum Posts as Price of McCarthy Votes
- House Is Paralyzed Without a Speaker—Creating National Security Risks and a Shadow Shutdown
- Democrats’ Sherman Floats Possible Deal to Make McCarthy Speaker (“House Democrat Brad Sherman floated a potential deal Wednesday that would trade Democratic votes to make beleaguered Republican Kevin McCarthy the speaker of the House in return for rules aimed at preventing a US government shutdown or a debt limit crisis.”)
- House adjourns after tense vote as McCarthy plays for more time
- Here’s how the Kevin McCarthy speaker debacle could actually end
- Republicans want to gut the House ethics office. They will regret it.
- Lauren Boebert Tells Trump to Stage an Intervention With Kevin McCarthy, Who’s Apparently Addicted to Losing the Speaker Vote
- In bipartisan event with McConnell, Biden shows contrast with House Republicans
- Why Biden is going to Kentucky — with McConnell, no less
- Biden-McConnell Comity Is Sharp Contrast to GOP’s Speaker Mayhem
- Walgreens Becomes First U.S. Pharmacy Chain to Say It Will Sell Abortion Pill
- Hope Hicks Watched the Capitol Being Attacked and Thought, Oh No! My Job Prospects!
- Powerful storm slams into California, bringing power outages and fears of flooding
- Hackers leak email addresses tied to 235 million Twitter accounts
- How New York’s governor turned a chance to reshape the courts into a debacle
- ‘ I gave my word:’ Congressman Morgan Griffith weighs in on Kevin McCarthy vote
- Community Viewpoint: Bob Good a caricature of what Republicans are
- Schapiro: McCarthy’s calamity rooted in Va. GOP cannibalism (“More than eight years since his stunning loss for renomination to a suburban Richmond-anchored congressional seat he first won in 2000, Cantor perhaps is experiencing jittery flashbacks, night sweats and a touch of paranoia, watching from his high-dollar perch as a globe-trotting financier the flameout of the last of his fellow Young Guns, Kevin McCarthy.”)
- Former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) Says “20 right-wing extremists” in U.S. House…make the entire GOP look silly and incapable of leading” (Bolling is referring, of course, to people like Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05))
- General Assembly Dems urge more funds for schools
- Morrissey to keep ‘open mind’ on abortion ban proposals, raising stakes of Virginia special election
- Virginia has hired a new community college chancellor. He wants to fix a disconnect between business and academia.
- Here’s What We’re Watching: A Look At Prefiled General Assembly Bills That Could Impact You
- Virginia awards $52 million for additional flood resilience projects (“Money for the Flood Fund comes from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-invest market where electricity producers pay to emit carbon.” Youngkin wants to kill this.)
- A look back at the 1998 struggle to elect a Speaker of the House in Virginia
- Localities in Virginia with the fastest-rising temperatures in the last 100 years
- Virginia reviewing potential of two-way I-95 express lanes
- Judge slashes damages awarded in deadly Charlottesville rally
- Opinion/Editorial: Limited damages let violent racists off way too easily
- State Attorney General Announces Investigations into Thomas Jefferson High School (“The attorney general’s office will investigate delays in notifying students about national awards and the school’s admissions policies.”)
- Saying “Data centers belong in industrial areas, not next to homes or schools,” Democrat Deshundra Jefferson Announces Primary Campaign Against Incumbent Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chair Ann Wheeler
- Criminal cases slated to move forward against Loudoun schools officials
- Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler says she will not voluntarily give police mystery laptop found in mass shooter’s home (“The discovery of the laptop, should it prove to be authentic, represents a major lapse in the investigation into the shooting, which has been roundly criticized by city employees and family members of the victims.”)
- Del. Williams found not guilty in assault case brought by Del. March (“After a trial in Wythe County, the judge said the prosecution ‘fell short’ in proving the contact between the two legislators was intentional.”)
- D.C.-area forecast: Still mild today before trending cooler into the weekend
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