by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, March 26.
Guy at Trump rally claims he served in Marines. Christina Bobb says she did too and asks his MOS. He can’t say. Then asks him where he served. He can’t say. pic.twitter.com/UCmhdFOs30
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 25, 2023
- Deep-sea mining for rare metals will destroy ecosystems, say scientists (“Businesses want to trawl for nickel, manganese and cobalt to build electric cars and windfarms”)
- Ukraine slams Putin plan to station Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus
- Putin Says He Could Put Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus by Summer (“The proposal from President Vladimir Putin of Russia, talked of since last year, would be provocative without changing the West’s battlefield calculus.”)
- Putin Says Russia Will Station Tactical Nuclear Arms in Belarus
- The Problem With How the West Is Supporting Ukraine (“The West Must Give Ukraine the Weapons It Needs to Win”)
- Ukraine Latest: Putin Says Russia, China Not ‘Military Alliance’
- Putin is scaring the world to distract from his problems (“As usual, observers should check the context of the Russian leader’s words. He’s a man with a lot of difficulties right now.” Mostly self-imposed.)
- Russia accused of taking Belarus ‘nuclear hostage’ with deal to station missiles there (“Ukraine says Putin’s deal to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus destabilises neighbour”)
- Ukrainian top brass stirs the pot with talk of Bakhmut counterattack
- A Muslim minority loyal to Ukraine bears the brunt of Russia’s crackdown in Crimea
- Strong signal, pending action: Putin’s warrant shows limits of international law
- China is tightening its embrace with Russia as it builds bulwarks against the west
- America’s hypersonic arms race with China, explained (“Without treaties to rein in their use, a dangerous escalation between countries becomes much more likely.”)
- In Blow to Taiwan, Honduras Switches Relations to China
- An Anxious Asia Arms for a War It Hopes to Prevent (“Doubts about both China and the United States are driving an arms race in the Indo-Pacific with echoes of World War II and new levels of risk. Many countries hope that stronger militaries will discourage China, but the buildup also reflects declining confidence in America.”)
- India’s ruling party just kicked a major rival out of Parliament — and sparked a new crisis (“Rahul Gandhi’s expulsion from the Lok Sabha is the latest sign of Indian democracy’s decline.”)
- Israel’s Defense Minister Says Government Should Halt Contentious Judicial Plan
- Netanyahu’s Defense Minister Publicly Calls on Him to Halt Judicial Overhaul Legislation
- Netanyahu’s political touch eludes him as Israel spirals into chaos (“Little about his government’s sudden push to remake the courts, or its response to the international backlash, bears the hallmark of a Netanyahu production.”)
- Party pressure mounts on Netanyahu to pause judicial overhaul
- Berlin votes on tighter climate goals in test of Germans commitment to change
- ‘Live free and die’? The sad state of U.S. life expectancy
- Biden administration seeks to mend fences over Willow Project approval
- The clean energy transition needs an era of industrial statesmanship
- ‘A horrible vote’: Congress revisits one of its gravest mistakes, the Iraq War
- Donald Trump Thinks America Is a Sh*thole Country (“In Waco, Trump denounced America more than any alleged super-patriot ever.”)
- ‘It’s all about trolling’: how far-right influencers are shaping Republican narrative
- Trump describes 2024 election as ‘the final battle’ from podium in Waco (“Former president honours January 6 rioters and delivers violent rhetoric in rally at Texas city during anniversary of Branch Davidian massacre”)
- Trump repeats false claims during rally in Waco
- ‘God, guns and Trump’: Thousands turn out for Texas rally
- 1,000 people have been charged for the Capitol riot. Here’s where their cases stand (It was a violent insurrection, not a “riot,” but you do you NPR.)
- Indicting a Former President Should Always Have Been Fair Game (“If a grand jury does indict Donald Trump, it will finally confirm, as the Founders expected, that ordinary citizens have the power to treat former commanders in chief like anyone else.”)
- GOP weighs protecting Trump with law shielding ex-presidents from prosecution (That’s completely bonkers.)
- Trump Puts His Legal Peril at Center of First Big Rally for 2024 (” Former President Donald J. Trump spent much of his first major political rally of the 2024 campaign portraying his expected indictment by a New York grand jury as a result of what he claimed was a Democratic conspiracy to persecute him, arguing wildly that the United States was turning into a ‘banana republic.'”)
- Trump’s rhetoric is already dangerous. Taking it to Waco is an escalation.
- Trump’s first ’24 rally has a familiar feel: Anger and attacks on his tormentors
- Indictment or no, Trump’s strategy is the same: Attack and threaten
- Trump’s kickoff rally speech in Waco: half whining victim, half pompous overpromising
- GOP Insiders Say Everything’s Coming Up Trump (“After a low-energy start, Alvin Bragg and Ron DeSantis have energized him”)
- ‘Unhinged’: Trump Ripped In Withering Editorial From Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post
- Trump takes aim at DeSantis during Waco rally, vows to ‘destroy the deep state’
- Trump Lawyer Says Ron DeSantis Will Emerge a ‘Bloodied Pulp’ Against Trump
- McConnell leaves rehab facility after therapy for concussion
- Exclusive: Biden nominee to head FAA withdraws after Republican attacks
- Deadly Mississippi tornado brings devastation to US state
- A Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion has killed 3 people and 4 are missing
- Idaho Governor Signs Firing Squad Execution Bill Into Law (“Idaho is the latest state to turn to older methods of capital punishment amid a nationwide shortage of lethal-injection drugs.”)
- Video: Rhena Hicks of Norfolk Visits U.S. Capitol to Discuss the Importance of Affordable Health Care on ACA’s 13th Anniversary (“The ACA allowed me to stay on my dad’s insurance and to live an easier life with Type 1 Diabetes.”)
- RGGI ‘23: How much it costs you, and what it is used for
- Opinion: A true “second chance” requires a restoration of rights
- This Is Not the Type of Person Who Should Be in the Virginia State Senate. Fortunately, There’s an Alternative. (On June 20, the choice is crystal clear: SD13 Democrats should vote for Lashrecse Aird over Joe Morrissey.)
- Irvo Otieno’s last days: How a mental health system ‘completely failed’
- Editorial: His death is our shame (“The commonwealth’s failure to make necessary improvements to mental health services is painfully evident in the death of Irvo Otieno.”)
- Fairfax Co. police find child in car backseat after chasing down grocery store thieves
- He won a discrimination case against UVa. Now he says the school is retaliating.
- Arlington County condemns property formerly known as Key Bridge Marriott hotel
- D.C.-area forecast: Sunny and warmer today; cloudier with a few showers possible tomorrow
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