by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 27.
- Scientists find way to make energy from air using nearly any material (“The technology builds on research that showed it was possible to capture the energy in humidity. The latest discovery finds it’s possible to do so with any material.”)
- Not Winging It: Birders Hope Hard Data Will Help Save the Species They Love—and the Ecosystems Birds Depend On
- EU at the crossroads of fight for environment amid growing opposition to law to restore nature
- Oleksiy Danilov interview: Ukraine counter-offensive ‘ready to begin’
- Europe Rebuffs China’s Efforts to Split the West in Pushing Ukraine Cease-Fire
- The Russian Red Line Washington Won’t Cross—Yet (“Ukraine wants long-range missiles in order to regain Crimea and end the war. Why won’t Washington supply them?”)
- Russia tells United States: Don’t lecture Moscow on nuclear deployments
- Russians snitch on Russians who oppose war with Soviet-style denunciations
- Ukrainian soldiers have begun training on U.S. Abrams tanks, the Pentagon said.
- Barely Noting the Ukraine War in Public, Putin Acts Like Time Is on His Side
- Brazilian president says UN will hold 2025 climate conference in Brazil
- Trump and the Saudis: Is Jack Smith finally looking at this clear-cut corruption?
- Turkish election: Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu clash in desperate race for votes
- Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict
- As politically motivated hate crimes rise, Germany cracks down on far-right (The U.S. should do the same.)
- NATO urges Kosovo to de-escalate tension with Serbia
- Henry Kissinger’s Bloody Legacy (“The dark side of Kissinger’s tradecraft left a deep stain on vast quarters of the globe—and on America’s own reputation.”)
- Fall’s COVID Shots May Be Different in One Key Way (“This year’s might include XBB.1 and … perhaps no other strain.”)
- Debt-Limit Talks Get More Time as US Treasury Pushes Back Deadline
- Despite High-Level Guarantees, Time Is Running Out to Avoid a Default
- Negotiators aim for weekend deal to avert debt default
- Yellen sets new deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling: June 5
- Treasury Expects to Run Out of Cash by June 5
- Conservatives revolt as negotiators try to finish debt ceiling deal (They’re not really “conservatives,” they’re right-wing extremists and total nutjobs like Bob Good.)
- House Democrats Are Clearly Not Happy With Joe Biden’s Handling of the Debt Ceiling Fight
- White House hits Republicans over work requirements in debt talks
- Biden says debt deal ‘very close’ even as two sides far apart on work requirements
- Senate GOP takes backseat on debt talks, fueling anxiety
- Kavanaugh just went against his fellow conservative justices — for good reason
- Study: At all levels of public office, threats now come with the job
- Prosecutors in Trump’s criminal case say they have recording of Trump and a witness
- Evidence grows that Trump hoarded documents — and showed them to people
- Clean water ruling again reveals a radical and impatient court
- Clarence Thomas’s newest opinion would literally bring back child labor (“Some Supreme Court justices just want to watch the world burn.”)
- Wave of lawsuits against US gun makers raises hope of end to mass shootings
- Tech layoffs ravage the teams that fight online misinformation and hate speech
- ‘Chilling effect’: National experts decry decision against abortion doctor Caitlin Bernard
- The Far Right Is Splintering (“In his trial, the Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes turned against other extremists.”)
- DeSantis’s limp start to 2024 race delights Trump but battle is not over
- Ron DeSantis Is Two Days Away From Calling Donald Trump a Radical Leftist
- Ron DeSantis Is Supposed to Be the “Sane” One?
- Ron DeSantis upended education in Florida. He’s coming for your state next.
- DeSantis says he would push to repeal Trump criminal justice reform if elected
- GOP officials: Top aides in governor’s office asked lawmakers to endorse DeSantis
- DeSantis’s shameless defense of the Amanda Gorman fiasco is revealing
- Why Texas’ GOP-controlled House wants to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
- Effort to impeach Ken Paxton, led by fellow Republicans, sets off political earthquake in Texas
- Ken Paxton, Who Tried to Overturn an Election, Says Impeaching Him Would Be Overturning an Election
- Boebert dismisses antisemitism push as effort to target conservatives
- House Dems in No Labels-allied caucus are livid with No Labels (“No Labels” is “No Brains”)
- Tucker Carlson, Fox News hacks tied to FBI search of Tampa council member’s home
- Tuberville on inner city teachers: ‘I don’t know whether they can read and write’ (Tuberville is an imbecile and a virulent racist, among his other fine qualities…)
- Jessica Watkins: Oath Keepers member and Army veteran sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for January 6
- CNN Can Never Wash Away the Trump Disaster Stench (Or the Youngkin disaster stench.)
- Elon Musk’s Twitter emerges as right-wing media’s new center amid Fox’s plummeting ratings (“This is the place now where people can go who want to spread conspiracy theories”)
- Arizona Gov. Hobbs says predecessor misappropriated $50M
- Virginia Interfaith Power & Light: Supreme Court Rule on the Clean Water Act Puts Our Sacred Waterways at Risk (“This decision leaves Virginia waterways at risk of unregulated dumping and pollution.”)
- Virginia abortion funds strain as state becomes ‘central access point’ for procedure in the South, advocates say
- Williams: Libraries are for everyone, not solely for the morality police. (“In Spotsylvania, two school board members called for the burning of books that had been removed. In Nazi Germany, the sentiment against books considered un-German, degenerate or unaligned with the politics, ideology or culture of the day led to a frenzy that resulted in the burning of thousands of books across the country. One book, it should be noted, was not included in the list submitted in Hanover: Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf.'”)
- Mountain Valley Pipeline hits another potential legal roadblock
- Dominion Energy-Connected “Utility Front Group” Sends Out Mailer, Using a Non-Union Printer, Supporting VA Sen. George Barker (On or before 6/20, make sure you vote for Democrat Stella Pekarsky instead!)
- Fairfax County School Board Approves Budget Prioritizing Student Achievement, World-Class Educators (“Proposals Also Approved To Help Teachers Struggling with Student Loan Debt and Explore Expanding Mental Health Teletherapy Services to Middle School”)
- Chesterfield plans slate of pedestrian-focused infrastructure
- D.C.-area forecast: Pleasant today, but less ideal Sunday into Monday as showers roam
