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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 25.
- Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists
- A Heat Shield for the Most Important Ice on Earth (“Engineers might be able to protect Arctic ice by coating it with tiny glass bubbles. Should they?”)
- European nations commit to more wind energy production (“A group of Western European nations led by Germany and France on Monday committed to massively ramp up the production of clean energy from wind turbines in the North Sea, to both meet climate targets and reduce their strategic energy dependence on Russia.”)
- A Case for Climate Optimism, and Pragmatism, from John Podesta
- Ukraine’s Spring Offensive Comes With Huge Stakes for War’s Future
- Ukraine stages raids across Dnipro River as counteroffensive looms
- Twitter changes stoke Russian, Chinese propaganda surge
- Xi’s Charm Offensive Falters After China Envoy Angers Europe
- Iran gained access to election results website in 2020, military reveals
- As Sudan’s capital burns, the Darfur region negotiates a fragile truce
- Sudan crisis: Gunfire heard as uneasy truce holds
- ‘The worst of worst case scenarios’: western diplomats blindsided over Sudan crisis
- ‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance (“Cities bringing climate litigation against oil majors welcome US supreme court’s decision to rebuff appeal to move cases to federal courts”)
- Supreme Court deals blow to oil companies by turning away climate cases
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies in Climate Change Lawsuits
- Biden to maintain US solar tariff pause with veto
- State regulators urge PJM to speed interconnection for new generation in face of power plant retirements
- Debt-limit plan won’t be changed, House GOP leaders tell holdouts
- Republicans’ ‘best’ issue on the debt is still horrible (“Work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps do not work.”)
- Senate GOP bemoans McCarthy plan to punt debt ceiling to election year
- Debt-ceiling vote poses a test for Republican U.S. House Speaker McCarthy
- Dr. Fauci Looks Back: ‘Something Clearly Went Wrong’ (“In his most extensive interview yet, Anthony Fauci wrestles with the hard lessons of the pandemic — and the decisions that will define his legacy.”)
- Republicans Don’t Like the Political Consequences of Dobbs, So They’re Changing the Rules
- Wyden asks Texas billionaire for detailed accounting of gifts to Clarence Thomas
- Clarence Thomas’s Billionaire Friend Did Have Business Before the Supreme Court
- Fact check: Trump’s latest false climate figure is off by more than 1,000 times
- D.A. in Georgia Trump Investigation Says Any Charges Would Be Announced This Summer
- Trump let trans beauty queen compete in Miss Universe, in a potential 2024 GOP primary liability
- Trump Is Losing the E. Jean Carroll Rape Case Even Before It Starts
- Jury selection to begin in Donald Trump’s civil rape trial (“Columnist E Jean Carroll alleges that the real estate mogul sexually assaulted her in a New York department store nearly 30 years ago”)
- For Years, Trump Has Evaded Trial For Sexual Assault. That Changes Today.
- Trump Endorsed by Senator Daines of Montana, a Key Republican Fund-Raiser
- Trump-aligned super PAC bankrolls $6 million ad campaign attacking DeSantis
- Trump probe: DA urges law enforcement to prep for indictments this summer
- Schumer announces Senate will vote on the Equal Rights Amendment this week
- The College Board Will Change Its A.P. African American Studies Course
- Biden team plans television ads after Tuesday reelection announcement
- Why a Biden-Trump Rematch Is Not a Done Deal
- Biden announces reelection bid to continue America’s comeback
- Biden Coveted This Job Forever. Of Course He Wants to Keep It. (And he’s doing a superb job, so he SHOULD keep it.)
- Biden-Trump rematch is coming closer to reality
- Biden’s 2024 Campaign Staff Starts to Take Shape and Includes a Lot of Familiar Faces
- Biden announces he is running for reelection in 2024
- Will Tucker Carlson Become Alex Jones?
- Five possible reasons Tucker Carlson and Fox News are parting company
- How Tucker Carlson Became Fox News (“And what it will become after him.”)
- Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. Here’s a brief look at his hatred and conspiracy theories.
- Angelo Carusone: Tucker Carlson is a uniquely dangerous misinformer, but even without him, Fox News is still Fox News
- Tucker Carlson’s departure is great news for America (and terrible news for Fox)
- Fox News’ sudden firing of Tucker Carlson may have come down to one simple calculation
- Tucker Carlson leaves a toxic legacy at Fox News. What’s next?
- Tucker’s Successor Will Be Worse (“The history of Fox News shows that the network and its issues are larger than any one anchor.”)
- Fox Fired ‘Uncontrollable’ Host Tucker Carlson, Who Badmouthed Bosses
- 13 Terrible Things Tucker Carlson Said That DIDN’T Get Him Fired
- Tucker Carlson’s ouster is another sign that MAGA is shrinking (Hmmmm…not sure about THAT.)
- Fox News Staffers Celebrate Tucker Carlson’s Departure: ‘Pure Joy’
- Rupert Murdoch’s Management Grows Erratic
- Tucker Carlson, a terrible individual, leaves Fox News
- Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News after Dominion lawsuit disclosures
- Tucker Carlson, Fake Populist and Genuine Racist
- Why Tucker Carlson’s Exit From Fox News Looks Like an Execution
- In a Lawsuit, Tucker Carlson Is Accused of Promoting a Hostile Work Environment
- The 10 Most Fascist Things Tucker Carlson Said on Air
- Tucker Carlson Was Blindsided by Fox News Firing
- Tucker Carlson’s Great Replacement
- Tucker Carlson was doing something different — and darker — than most Fox hosts (“And that’s why his departure really matters.”)
- World Reacts to Tucker Carlson’s Departure From Fox News Like the Allied Forces Just Defeated the Nazis
- ‘The End of Fox News’: MAGA World Reacts to Tucker Carlson’s Departure
- Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Exit Wipes Out $690 Million in Value
- ‘It Was a Firing’: Tucker Carlson’s Exit from Fox Was NOT Voluntary, Sources Say
- Don Lemon Ousted From CNN in Move That Left Him ‘Stunned’
- The dramatic end of Don Lemon’s controversial tenure at CNN
- North Dakota governor signs law banning nearly all abortions
- Florida surgeon general altered key findings in study on Covid-19 vaccine safety
- Kentucky sheriff’s office hires former officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor
- Montana transgender lawmaker silenced again, backers protest
- In first trade mission, Youngkin shows support for Taiwan’s independence (After Youngkin spent decades investing billions in China, praising China’s system, etc.)
- Youngkin meets with Taiwan’s leader during trade mission
- SpaceX Starship explosion spread particulate matter for miles
- VPAP: “New Districts Diminish Legislators’ Superpower” (“The higher the number, the less overlap the new district has with current or former district”; Very helpful for rating primaries)
- The higher education divestment movement has arrived in Virginia (“Students at the University of Richmond are trying to persuade administrators to become the first college in the state and among the first in the region to divest its endowment from fossil fuels.”)
- Youngkin’s top election official attended Heritage Foundation conference (“The event included panels like ‘Auditing Expertise,’ ‘Mapping the Opposition: Funding Streams,’ and ‘Election Integrity Updates from the States'”)
- Landowners’ lawsuit against Mountain Valley Pipeline revived by U.S. Supreme Court
- Care in Action Announces 18 VA Senate, House of Delegates Endorsements as Part of $1 Million Electoral Program
- America’s Climate-Adaptation Ambitions Are Coming to Life in Coastal Virginia (“Hampton Roads region is preparing for higher sea levels amid debates on strategy and costs”)
- Solar farm could power half the homes in Albemarle while feeding birds, bees, butterflies and sheep
- Endorsement: Shyamali Hauth for VA House of Delegates, HD07 (Reston/Fairfax)
- Endorsement: Adele McClure for VA House of Delegates in HD2 (Arlington)
- Hanover Board of Supervisors approve fiscal 2024 budget
- Roanoke’s Verletta White named Virginia school superintendent of the year
- Could more bus rapid transit systems pop up in Virginia?
- Nearly 400 rural acres are the latest to be protected by conservation easement in Bedford County
- A lost dog, a heartbroken lawmaker and the strangers who reunited them (“State Sen. Creigh Deeds adopted a beagle rescued from the infamous Envigo breeding farm. In early April, she got spooked and ran away. Here’s how she was found.”)
- Richmond finalizes deal to replace The Diamond
- Louisa County man trafficked $13,000 worth of turtles on Facebook Marketplace (Horrible.)
- Washington-Liberty students built technology that is set to be launched into space this week (Awesome!)
- Arlington County Budget Approved With Unchanged Real Estate Tax Rate
- D.C.-area forecast: Cool weather continues, with rain Friday through the weekend
