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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, May 22.
- Fossil Fuel Firms Owe $209 Billion a Year in Climate Reparations, Study Says (“‘This is only the tip of the iceberg,’ says co-author of groundbreaking new analysis.”)
- EU Parliament delays renewable energy vote after late backlash
- IAEA chief pushes plan to secure nuclear plant ahead of Ukraine offensive
- How Ukraine is trying to woo the Global South — and why it’s so hard
- Ukraine Insists It Sees an Opportunity Even as Russia Claims Bakhmut (“If Moscow continues to send reinforcements to defend the city, analysts say, it could weaken its ability to hold off a broader counteroffensive from Ukraine.”)
- Zelenskiy uses G7 summit to reach beyond the west for support (“Ukraine’s leader knows he needs to win over nonaligned countries such as Brazil and India to increase the pressure on Russia”)
- As hold on Bakhmut slips, Ukrainian forces push to encircle city
- Brutal Battle for Bakhmut Leaves Russia With an Uncertain Victory
- As Ukraine aid dries up, next package remains on back burner
- Two Weeks at the Front in Ukraine (“In the trenches in the Donbas, infantrymen face unrelenting horrors, from missiles to grenades to helicopter fire.”)
- Russia claims to have Bakhmut but top Ukrainian military leaders say the battle is not over
- Ukraine war: Satellite images reveal Russian defences before major assault
- To Aid Ukraine, Allies Look to Security Model Like Israel’s (“NATO membership isn’t on the table for now, but the U.S. and European allies could provide Kyiv guarantees for weapons and advanced technology.”)
- Put Ukraine on the U.N. Security Council (“Russia’s membership has no legal basis and should be transferred.”)
- Exclusive: Paul Whelan tells CNN he’s confident ‘wheels are turning’ toward his release
- ‘We are not decoupling’: G-7 leaders agree on approach to ‘de-risk’ from China
- Beijing rebukes Japan, Britain over ‘anti-China’ G7 summit
- US and Papua New Guinea sign pact amid Pacific militarisation concerns
- Spying in Mexico Strikes a New Victim: The President’s Ally (“While looking into abuses by the armed forces, the country’s top human rights official was targeted with Pegasus, the world’s most notorious spyware.”)
- Facebook parent Meta hit with record fine for transferring European user data to US
- Greek election: Centre-right Mitsotakis hails big win but wants majority
- Greece set for new vote as winning conservatives short of majority
- US debt ceiling talks ‘productive’ as Biden and McCarthy to meet 10 days from deadline (“A Sunday night phone call between the president and Republican House speaker was reported to have struck a more positive tone”)
- Biden urges debt ceiling compromise as talks resume
- On debt ceiling, Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday as negotiators ‘keep working’ to resolve standoff (The media keeps falsely reporting this in a “both sides” manner as a neutral “standoff,” not mentioning in their headlines that the House Republicans are basically 100% responsible. Pathetic.)
- Yellen says early June is ‘hard deadline for’ raising debt limit, warns bills will go unpaid
- Biden-McCarthy Meeting on Debt Limit Comes as Time Runs Short
- Opinion: Biden has one key option in the debt ceiling standoff
- Biden uses good cop, bad cop against the GOP’s debt ceiling extortion (“Negotiating with hostage takers is a mistake.”)
- Key Republican recruits hesitate to jump in if Trump is the nominee (“Potential Republican candidates in swing states and districts are reluctant to throw hats into ring.”)
- Trump Is Back, to Tear Our Families Apart Once More
- Why was this massive Trump scandal hiding in plain sight for 28 months?
- Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump’s CEO over Voice of America
- Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal (“Exclusive: Unreported warning contained in notes taken by lawyer Evan Corcoran that prosecutors have viewed in recent months”)
- ‘It gets real’: GOP presidential primary sprawls beyond a Trump-DeSantis clash (“With Sen. Tim Scott and Gov. Ron DeSantis expected to officially enter the race this week, at least a half-dozen other Republicans have signaled their possible interest in running.”)
- Back in hoodies and gym shorts, Fetterman tackles Senate life after depression treatment
- Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder’s Affair With Russian Bridge Player
- Thune, No. 2 Senate Republican, set to endorse Tim Scott’s presidential bid
- NAACP issues travel advisory for Florida, saying the state is ‘openly hostile toward African Americans’ under Gov. DeSantis’ administration
- Biden bets DeSantis’ ‘Florida blueprint’ will help him flip the Sunshine State and win reelection
- DeSantis keeps abortion comments brief at antiabortion group’s gala
- Ron DeSantis’s context-free history book vanished online. We got a copy.
- Warner Bros. Discovery CEO booed at Boston University commencement speech over writers strike
- Marjorie Taylor Greene’s fear is fake (“Call her by her name: white supremacist”)
- Colorado Frackers Doubled Freshwater Use During Megadrought, Even as Drilling and Oil Production Fell (That’s absolutely nuts – and irresponsible.)
- Some schools closed for years to avoid integration. Virginia is expanding a scholarship for students denied education to students’ descendants. (“In 2004, the General Assembly set up a scholarship fund for students denied education during Massive Resistance. It’s running out of students before it’s running out of money so the General Assembly has expanded eligibility to those students’ descendants.”)
- Inside Youngkin’s plan to use wastewater monitoring to track fentanyl in Virginia
- Ratepayer alliance asks Va. governor, legislators to fill State Corporation Commission vacancies
- “He made sure we saw the gun on his hip.” (Kellen Squire: “They want people intimidated. They want people scared. They want us to have to worry about knocking doors or getting killed.”)
- Virginia’s historic Black watermen communities are endangered (“Remnants remain of the once-thriving culture of Black water workers of the Chesapeake Bay, as state agencies and descendants honor their history and communities”)
- ANALYSIS: Is Spotsylvania County a Testing Ground for Building “Christian” Public Schools?
- Clouded market: Even as retail marijuana sales stall in Virginia, vaping and smoke shops are on the rise
- Newport News mother support’s Sen. Kaine on sponsoring bill to combat fentanyl, after losing daughter
- Henrico’s uphill battle to recruit more Black police officers
- Richmond-area police departments trying to thread the recruiting needle
- D.C.-area forecast: Outstanding weather through the workweek
