by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, March 13.
- David Attenborough warns ‘nature is in crisis’ but ‘we have the solutions’
- Moooove over: How single-celled yeasts are doing the work of 1,500-pound cows
- How a Decade of Pope Francis Has Changed the Church
- Trump Said He Might Have Let Russia “Take Over” Parts of Ukraine. Fox News Edited It Out. (“That’s what Russia secretly asked for in 2016”)
- Russia’s economy holds up, but growing challenges test Putin
- Putin is planning a Soviet-style punishment for his critics
- Defending Ukraine’s ‘highway of life’ — the last road out of Bakhmut
- Heavy losses reported as battle for Bakhmut rages
- China Plans New Middle East Summit as Diplomatic Role Takes Shape
- Netanyahu’s Response to Iran-Saudi Deal Shows a Growing Detachment From Reality
- China Bulls See Xi-Putin Ties as Top Wildcard Risk
- Xi Jinping vows to oppose Taiwan ‘pro-independence’ influences as third term begins
- For China, arming Russia would be folly
- Xi Jinping Brings China’s Reform Era to an End (“Bit by bit, the Chinese leader has torn down the governance model Deng Xiaoping built four decades ago.”)
- US, South Korea hold drills as North sub test-fires missiles
- U.K. PM Rishi Sunak says China is a ‘systemic challenge’ to the world order
- Xi could visit Russia next week, sources say, as Bakhmut battle rages
- As Economy Falters, China’s New Premier Tries to Boost Business Confidence
- Exclusive: UK approves increased submarine-related exports to Taiwan, risking angering China
- Biden to announce Australia submarine deal in San Diego
- Lineker to return to air as BBC announces review of guidelines
- Turkey’s opposition has a chance to beat Erdogan. It won’t be easy.
- U.S. says all deposits at failed Silicon Valley Bank will be available today (“Regulators also closed down Signature Bank of New York on Sunday, and said they are extending protection to those depositors.”)
- Joint Statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC
- Regulators close crypto-focused Signature Bank, citing systemic risk
- Can the chaos from Silicon Valley Bank’s fall be contained?
- Is Silicon Valley Bank getting a government bailout? Not in the 2008 sense.
- Wall Street — not taxpayers — will pay for the SVB and Signature deposit relief plans
- Biden team scrambles to contain financial contagion
- Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Threatens Climate Start-Ups (“The bank had relationships with more than 1500 companies working on technologies aimed at curbing global warming.”)
- Biden will announce sweeping protections preventing new Arctic drilling ahead of Willow decision
- Biden will approve Alaska oil project, alongside Arctic protections
- As Biden weighs Willow, he saves other areas from drilling
- 3 ways to spend Biden’s clean-energy windfall faster (“Federal money must come with policy muscle.”)
- Sierra Nevada’s zombie forests can’t withstand the changing climate
- Will Conservative Justices Ignore Their Own Limit on the Supreme Court’s Power?
- Biden’s TikTok Dilemma: A Ban Could Hurt Democrats More Than Republicans (“Trying to force a TikTok ban on security grounds would sacrifice what is emerging as a vital campaign asset for Democrats.”)
- Why we should all be liberal: The power of an adjective
- In military academies, 1 in 5 female students said they experienced sexual assault
- There is no secret plan: First they came for trans people (“America is sick with fascism”)
- How Red States Are Fighting Their Blue Cities
- ‘Hyper-partisan’ politicians get four times the news coverage of bipartisan colleagues (Yet another example of how our political media is badly flawed.)
- Mike Pence’s Harshest Critique of January 6 Comes Too Late (Waaaaayyyy too little, waaaayyyyy too late.)
- If Mike Pence continues his refusal to tell investigators the details of Trump’s Jan 6 attack, he must be viewed as complicit
- A New York indictment might be looming for Trump
- McCarthy: January 6 tapes to be ‘slowly’ rolled out to networks besides Fox News (McCarthy is a horrible person.)
- McCarthy and Jeffries forge relationship amid partisan fire
- He was with Emmett Till the night he was murdered. The horror haunts him still
- Next atmospheric river aims at rain-soaked California as floodwaters rise
- Trump continues to suck the air out of the GOP primary (“There was a window when the Republican party looked like it was ready to move on, but the party is once again ‘reliving the worst’ parts of the Trump presidency.”)
- Paul Ryan Says Even MAGA Diehards Believe Trump Can’t Win in 2024
- Tucker Carlson firestorm over Trump texts threatens to engulf Fox News (“The network is facing a $1.6bn false-claims lawsuit – and its top star’s private texts about the ex-president are causing anguish”)
- A former producer of the largest Fox show calls Trump supporters inbred ‘terrorists’
- No one knows when it is legal to perform medically necessary abortions in Texas
- Florida surgeon general’s Covid vaccine claims harm public, health agencies say
- What Florida Doesn’t Want You to Know About Its Book Bans
- Florida book bans are not a hoax
- Republicans brace for Tim Scott’s entrance into 2024 race
- The Inevitable Victory of Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Video: Sen. Mark Warner Comments on Silicon Valley Bank Collapse and How Tightly Mid-Sized Banks Should Be Regulated; Says TikTok “Absolutely” Should Be Banned
- Sen. Warner Praises “quick action” by Federal Reserve, FDIC, Treasury” That “will help companies make payroll and preserve jobs all across the country” (President Biden: “I’m pleased they reached a solution that protects workers, small businesses, taxpayers, and our financial system.”)
- Tim Kaine: Finding hope in the ‘most segregated hour’
- Virginia officials say rare syphilis is spiking among babies
- Youngkin scores some legislative wins as he eyes White House (Bizarre framing, but typical of the AP.)
- Virginia has rolled out its third version of history standards. Critics say problems remain. (Here we go with the lame/evasive “critics say” formulation…the journalism “view from nowhere,” in which they don’t look into what the “critics say” and report to readers what the actual FACTS are.)
- Virginia General Assembly split on whether to pursue nuclear power more aggressively (It’s far, FAR more expensive that energy efficiency or utility-scale solar.)
- A meritorious bill to curb kids’ access to online porn has limitations, downsides
- Japan is worried because its population is aging. Parts of rural Virginia are even older. (“Japan’s prime minister has been sounding the alarm. Five counties in Virginia are even older, though, and 15 more are close to it.”)
- Charlottesville considers gun buyback program: Is it worthwhile?
- Richmond just saw one of its warmest winters on record
- D.C.-area forecast: A chilly start to the workweek but milder by Thursday
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