by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, March 18.
- The World Is Running Out of Fresh Water Fast (“Without action, demand will outstrip supply by 40 percent within six years, researchers say.”)
- Why the Black Sea is such a flashpoint between the U.S. and Russia
- ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin over war crimes in Ukraine
- Russia ‘will have to make a stop in The Hague on their way to hell’ after ICC arrest warrant
- How a warrant for Putin puts new spin on Xi visit to Russia
- Putin arrest warrant: Biden welcomes ICC’s war crimes charges
- Kremlin likely to spin ICC arrest warrant as proof west wants to remove Putin
- Criminal Court’s Arrest Warrant Pierces Putin’s Aura of Impunity
- U.N. in Urgent Talks to Keep Ukrainian Grain Flowing
- Where the 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls stand on Ukraine (Trump and DeSantis are both pro-Putin, anti-democracy, anti-Ukraine, etc.)
- Some of my GOP colleagues have lost their moral compass on Ukraine (By Chris Sununu)
- Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan to appear in court, fearing arrest
- Finland, but not Sweden, step closer to joining NATO
- UBS to Explore Credit Suisse Deal in Crisis Combination
- These Republicans Want Drone Strikes on Mexico
- Analysis: Macron Faces an Angry France Alone (“President Emmanuel Macron saw his decision to ram through a change in the retirement age as necessary. But the price may be high.”)
- 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One (“Conversations with dozens of Iraqis offer a portrait of a nation that is rich in oil, hobbled by corruption and unable to guarantee its citizens’ safety.”)
- WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here’s what we know
- What’s the Path Forward for Haiti? (“As the international community contemplates another armed intervention, a reckoning with history is long overdue.”)
- Fed poised to approve quarter-point rate hike next week, despite turmoil
- First Republic Rescue Effort Fails to Ease Investor Worries
- FERC works ‘feverishly’ on transmission reform, with near-term focus on interconnection rule
- Biden asks Congress to impose tougher penalties on executives of failed banks
- Biden, Democratic National Committee will return political donations from Silicon Valley Bank executives
- Ibram X. Kendi says a backlash has ‘crushed’ the nation’s racial reckoning. But there’s one reason he remains hopeful
- Trump’s looming potential indictments pose a big question for the media: How to cover his campaign? (The media definitely can’t handle it.)
- Law enforcement agencies are prepping for a possible Trump indictment as early as next week
- Trump won’t refuse to surrender if indicted in NYC, lawyer says: ‘There won’t be a standoff at Mar-a-Lago’
- The prosecutor, the ex-president and the ‘zombie’ case that came back to life
- Trump attorney ordered to testify before grand jury investigating former president (“In a monumental ruling Friday, a federal judge has ordered Donald Trump attorney Evan Corcoran to provide additional testimony as part of an investigation into the former president’s handling of classified documents”)
- Judge rules Trump lawyer Corcoran must testify, people familiar say
- Trump Posts on Facebook for First Time Since 2021 After Ban Ends (Meta/Facebook’s completely f’ed up.)
- The Daily Wire has earned millions of Facebook interactions amplifying anti-trans content (See previous comment.)
- Trump Continues to Show He Can Always Get Darker (“Greatest threat to ‘Western Civilization’? Nuclear war? Loss of constitutional freedoms? Nope—he thinks it’s your representative.”)
- House GOP gave Jan. 6 footage to Carlson without telling Capitol Police, lawyer says
- House GOP ignored Capitol Police requests to review public Jan. 6 footage, lawyer says
- Republicans worry pro-Trump candidates will haunt them in 2024 (It’s not just that they’re “pro-Trump,” they’re far-right extremists.)
- Pre-Riot Tour Guide Is Leading the January 6 Committee Committee
- Trump: Ron DeSantis Would Be Working at a Law Firm “or Maybe a Pizza Hut” If Not for My Endorsement
- The Ousted Reporter Was Right to Call Out Ron DeSantis’ Propaganda (Absolutely. And Axios is a f’ing disgrace for firing the journalist.)
- Teflon Don Meets Puddin’ Ron
- Michigan Is Becoming The Anti-Florida On LGBTQ Rights ― And A Lot More
- Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw Abortion Pills
- Derek Chauvin, ex-officer convicted of killing George Floyd, pleads guilty to federal tax evasion (So this guy’s horrible in other ways too.)
- Mike Flynn and MAGA Activists Wage War Against a Florida Hospital (How has Flynn not been court martialed yet?)
- Lance Reddick, Star of ‘The Wire’ and ‘John Wick,’ Dies at 60
- VA Senate Privileges & Elections Chair Spruill Demands Answers From Gov. Youngkin on Sharp Decline in Automatic Restorations for Non-Violent Felons (“…only 4,000 voters’ rights were restored in 2022 [under Gov. Youngkin] compared with about 90,000 in 2021, 17,000 in 2020 and 16,000 in 2019 [under Gov. Northam]”)
- Schapiro: Departing legislators leave piles of campaign cash
- Video: Echoing President Biden’s Remarks, Former VA House Dem Leader David Toscano, Virginia Beach Residents Discuss the Urgency of Protecting Medicaid and the ACA From GOP Attacks (“500,000 Virginians [have] access to Medicaid. Now that’s being threatened [by House Republicans]”)
- Surovell, Spruill ask if Youngkin has changed rights restoration process
- Virginia GOP Candidates for State Senate Endorse Bringing Guns To School (“The Republican Party’s race to the far-right is permanently damaging our ability to protect our children.”)
- State revenues soften, but beat projections; Youngkin urges tax cuts (Of course he does, because that’s what Republicans always urge – tax cuts for wealthy individuals and corporations.)
- Virginia House Democratic Caucus Statement on Death of Irvo Otieno (Leader Don Scott: “one thing is clear: no person here in Virginia should be met with anything but compassion and support in the midst of a mental health crisis”)
- Irvo Otieno surveillance video to be released to public, says Dinwiddie prosecutor
- Irvo Otieno, man who died at Virginia mental hospital, was ‘brilliant and creative and bright,’ mother says
- Arlington expands no right on red to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety (Probably should go back to no-right-on-red as the default.)
- Put an end to single-family zoning in Arlington (Exclusionary single-family zoning, which is fundamentally/clearly based in racism, should be eliminated everywhere.)
- As Norfolk reinvents itself again, downtown businesses worry. But developers say there’s hope.
- D.C.-area forecast: Seasonable but gusty today, then colder through Sunday
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