by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 24.
- How the World Is Spending $1.1 Trillion on Climate Technology
- The Climate Solutions We Can’t Live Without
- How to Spot Greenwashing—When Companies Aren’t as Green as They Claim
- Europe’s big battery fleet to surge to 95 GW by 2050, says research firm (“According to Aurora Energy Research, Europe is on track to install at least 95 GW of grid-scale battery energy storage systems by 2050, up from 5 GW of installed capacity today”)
- Weapons Makers Can’t Hire Enough Workers as Ukraine War Drives Demand
- At U.S. behest, Ukraine held off anniversary attacks on Russia
- Russian Foreign Minister Wraps Up Americas Tour at U.N.
- Russia ‘will not forgive’ US denial of journalist visas (What a joke.)
- Nikolai Peskov: Putin spokesman’s son ‘joined Wagner in Ukraine’
- Report From Russia: The Country’s “Special Military Operation” Is a Bloody Fiasco (“But why does more internal criticism just lead to more support?”)
- Biden’s team fears the aftermath of a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive
- China says it respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states after EU uproar (Bizarre…and revealing?)
- Sudan unrest: evacuations intensify as US warns of humanitarian crisis
- Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting
- In Sudan bloodbath, neither warring general should win (“Two rival generals are tearing apart the country, proving neither is fit to govern.”)
- Ukraine, China main focus as South Korean president visits White House
- Vietnam weaponized the law to punish environmental activists
- Hillary Clinton: Republicans Are Playing Into the Hands of Putin and Xi (“It’s a sad irony that Mr. McCarthy and many of the same congressional Republicans seemingly intent on sabotaging America’s global leadership by refusing to pay our debts are also positioning themselves as tougher-than-thou China hawks. They talk a good game about standing up to Beijing, yet they are handing a major win to the Chinese Communist Party.”)
- McCarthy’s authority on the line as crisis mounts (“A standoff over the debt celing is deepening between the Republican speaker and President Biden, which could be fateful for the country”)
- `Nobody knows when it’s going to happen’: Wall Street wakes up to default threat.
- ‘Positively disgraceful’ John Roberts buried by ethics expert for refusal to talk about Clarence Thomas
- Clarence Thomas didn’t learn anything from Watergate, apparently
- Durbin: Clarence Thomas would have ‘ignored’ invitation to testify on ethics
- House Republicans punt on national abortion ban amid fears of 2024 backlash
- The GOP Civil War Over Abortion Is Just Getting Started
- Republicans ‘glorify political violence’ by embracing extreme gun culture (Sick and dangerous.)
- The conservative campaign to rewrite child labor laws (Republicans want to roll the clock back to the…1800s?)
- In wake of Ralph Yarl shooting, Black teens face fear and resignation
- How Democrats Learned to Cast Aside Reservations and Embrace Biden 2024 (“President Biden, who is expected to announce his re-election campaign this week, has won his party’s support despite questions about his age and approval ratings.”)
- Biden’s 2024 campaign has been hiding in plain sight
- Biden set to name Julie Chavez Rodriguez as 2024 campaign manager
- Biden to name senior White House adviser to manage his reelection campaign
- ‘Destroy This Guy’: Why Trump’s Campaign Against DeSantis Is So Personal
- Sununu: Trump is positioning himself to be a ‘four-time loser’ in 2024
- GOP senators warn Trump’s legal problems a ‘bad look’ for the party in 2024
- Majorities don’t want Biden, Trump to run in 2024: survey (Biden’s actually doing a great job, so other than his age – and he appears to be 100% mentally sharp – what’s the problem?)
- Ron DeSantis, facing challenges at home, will test presidential ambitions overseas
- Lindsey Graham Erupts at CNN’s Dana Bash in Tense Exchange Over Abortion Access
- Hunter Biden’s legal team wants investigation of an ex-Trump aide, congressional action against MTG
- AOC: ‘Better for country’ if Dominion had secured Fox News apology
- Elon Musk’s Weekend-Long Masterclass in Business Failure
- The Cop Who Killed Breonna Taylor Just Got a New Policing Job
- Ray Epps, a Jan. 6 protester now at the center of a far-right conspiracy, says he relives the Capitol riot every day
- Bud Light Brewer Puts Two Executives on Leave After Uproar Over Transgender Influencer
- Pair of Potential US Presidential Candidates Start Asia Trips (“Glenn Youngkin heads to Taiwan, while Ron DeSantis is in Japan”)
- Video: On “This Week,” Sen. Mark Warner Says TX Judge’s Ruling Was “Crazy,” “women’s healthcare choices ought to be made by women” (On Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s extended absence, Sen. Warner said, “My hope is she’ll get back to work as soon as possible.”)
- Fundraising disclosures show an edge for Democrats in the state Senate
- Virginia General Assembly can ensure public education’s strength with key investments
- Virginia politicians can spend campaign donations on just about anything. Here’s why reform efforts have failed.
- New federal rules could cut emissions from sterilization facilities in Virginia
- Endorsement: Saddam Salim for VA Senate in the Newly Drawn, Deep-“Blue” SD37 (Fairfax/Falls Church)
- CANDIDATE PROFILE: Thirty Minutes with Ben Litchfield
- Youngkin signs bipartisan bill creating new committee on gambling addiction
- D.C.-area forecast: Cooler weather this week with highs stuck in the 60s
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